<s>
MainStage	B-Application
is	O
a	O
music	O
application	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
live	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MainStage	B-Application
might	O
be	O
thought	O
of	O
as	O
a	O
companion	O
app	O
to	O
Logic	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
on	O
live	O
use	O
rather	O
than	O
features	O
like	O
recording	O
and	O
editing	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MainStage	B-Application
comes	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sampled	O
software	B-Application
instruments	I-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
pianos	O
,	O
guitars	O
,	O
drum	O
kits	O
and	O
pads	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
host	O
"	O
and	O
centralize	O
any	O
third-party	B-General_Concept
virtual	B-Application
instruments	I-Application
or	O
audio	B-Operating_System
units	I-Operating_System
that	O
users	O
might	O
have	O
installed	O
on	O
their	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Application
instruments	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
MainStage	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Logic	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
MainStage	B-Application
concert	O
can	O
display	O
a	O
patch	O
list	O
which	O
displays	O
all	O
the	O
patches	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
user	O
for	O
that	O
concert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
MainStage	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
alongside	O
Logic	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
version	O
,	O
MainStage	B-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
updated	O
releases	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
Logic	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.2	O
,	O
updates	O
are	O
available	O
only	O
from	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MainStage	B-Application
3	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
Logic	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
X	I-Application
on	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
2013	O
as	O
a	O
paid	O
update	O
and	O
available	O
only	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
iPad	B-Device
companion	O
app	O
available	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Logic	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
MainStage	B-Application
3	O
and	O
GarageBand	B-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
hardware	O
controller	O
for	O
various	O
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
version	O
3.5	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
long-standing	O
compatibility	O
with	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.9	I-Operating_System
or	O
later	O
was	O
dropped	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
requirement	O
of	O
Metal	B-Library
;	O
MainStage	B-Application
became	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
10.15	B-Device
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
version	O
3.6	O
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
MainStage	B-Application
was	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Big	B-Operating_System
Sur	I-Operating_System
and	O
Monterey	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
3.6.3	O
,	O
only	O
Monterey	B-Device
(	O
12.3	B-Device
or	O
later	O
)	O
and	O
Ventura	B-Operating_System
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
