I need a PC-compatible software like MainStage... the features i need:
- Be able to add external VST plugins like Omnisphere, Alicia's Keys
- Connect my midi keyboard and midi controller (nanokontrol2)
- Have a GUI where i can add virtual knobs, faders and link then to the controller, so i can see when i move something and know what is changing is in that plugin
- Create setlist, so i can have one file with all the songs i'll play that day, and every song has its plugins and settings.
I've tried Cantabile, Forte, Ableton Live, but none of those seem to have all the features Mainstage has.
VST Host for live keyboard performance
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- KVRian
- 1063 posts since 28 Dec, 2012 from Boston area
I know I'm very late here, but I happened on this post via a search. Have you looked at Blue Cat Audio's Patchwork and Remote Control, probably in combination?
Not a Mac guy so I don't know MainStage, and I don't know Patchwork at all well either, but I'm pretty sure it's a standalone plugin host that can also run as a plugin itself in other hosts, lets you combine MIDI and audio to and from the plugins it's running.
Remote Control lets you build sets of faders to control more or less whatever you want.
The pair of them certainly isn't going to be seamless, but it'll be pretty powerful, and might get you where you're trying to go.
Not a Mac guy so I don't know MainStage, and I don't know Patchwork at all well either, but I'm pretty sure it's a standalone plugin host that can also run as a plugin itself in other hosts, lets you combine MIDI and audio to and from the plugins it's running.
Remote Control lets you build sets of faders to control more or less whatever you want.
The pair of them certainly isn't going to be seamless, but it'll be pretty powerful, and might get you where you're trying to go.