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Mainstage with logic v. 2.1.3 vs. Mainstage w/o logic v. 2.2.1

I have read, and have been told that there are major updates to Mainstage since it was released as a Feature Update and sold seperatly from Logic Pro Studio. But after reading all the information that I have been given, I dont see any improvment that might be the reason for the split from logic and the reason to buy another version that may be more buggy than the original. The explination below looks like a fix of 2.2 with the 2.2.1 release, and is actually stating that in version 2.1.3, this issue was not present.


Addresses an issue in MainStage 2.2 where performance decreased compared to MainStage 2.1.3 on non-hyper-threaded 2-core computers.


So I am still not clear why I should drop the 30 bucks, and risk getting more bugs than I have in version 2.1.3.


My original question still stands.


What are the Feature Updates in Mainstage 2.2 over version 2.1.3?



Please don't reply if you are just going to link me to the user manual or the reasons why there is an update from version 2.2 to version 2.2.1.

Powerbook 1.67, G4 DP 1.42 ghz, G4 1.0 ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Posted on Mar 1, 2012 10:51 PM

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Mar 2, 2012 12:07 AM in response to Betsy and Jerry Eadeh__

The split from Logic happened, because the apps are now all moved to the Mac App Store, which doesn't allow bundles of applications. Logic was moved without any changes, while MainStage 2.2 received a bunch of new features. The new features are explained in the manual, which is available online and some are briefly mentioned in the release notes for 2.2. If you are perfectly happy with 2.1.3, there might be no reason for you to buy 2.2, but on the other hand: it is just $30, what's the risk?

Jun 5, 2012 6:18 AM in response to Crespy

Hi

Crespy wrote:


Do you mean that you can have midi controls that are not shown on the screen?


Yes



Crespy wrote:


How then do you edit those contols. Is there a seperate page for hidden controls or what ?


Using the new "Assignments and Mappings" pane in Edit mode




Crespy wrote:


Is there any other features in the mainstage 2.2 update ?

All the info is here


http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4027



CCT

Mainstage with logic v. 2.1.3 vs. Mainstage w/o logic v. 2.2.1

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