Bugs/missing features in MainStage 3.1

3.1 has completed screwed up a complex series of screen control mappings I've been using in concerts since v.1...they simply don't work properly anymore. As an example: I have a single audio input for my live sax playing with 3 different channel strips with separate settings for soprano, alto & tenor sax. I have screen controls that will solo one of these channel strips but mute the other two simultaneously...these no longer work. I also have screen controls for different delay values so I can simply click "Short", "Medium" or "Long" and the relevant delay value is changed...these no longer work. Of course, each of these screen controls also light up when activated (or muted) and none of the lights work anymore either. For me, this update ***** big-time.

I've sent Feedback to Apple but who knows what'll happen with this.

EDIT: Interesting that the word "s u c k s" above has been censored.

Yes - same thing for me. Suddenly a bunch of onscreen controls in my concerts no longer work properly. No visual feedback, etc.

Now I can't perform with it live until something gets fixed.

Bandalong, have you submitted Feedback to Apple about your issues via the MainStage menu option?

I used to have buttons mapped to the drum buttons on my keyboard that would toggle on and off. While they were on, they would light up. Now, in 3.1, they don't "stick" and light up.

Thanks.

In my case, I upgraded yesterday. When I change patches it has a 6 second delay where it sounds very distorted, and is like I have two patches going at the same time.... then it finally selects the next patch. This makes MainStage impossible to use.

Does anybody know how to bring back this to its previous version? Any clues?

thewildest: you don't happen to have a Time Machine or other backup do you? If you do, it's easy to revert to your previous version of MS. If not, the only other option is to use Google to locate a previous version.

ericmurphysf - I tried to see if it was a doubling and that isn't it. Something is broken in buttons in particular.

I have exactly the same issue as thewildest. I use MainStage for electric guitar. When I change patches in v3.1, there's a pause in switching over to the new patch. During that pause, there's some hissing or crackling, as well as some effects noise (from effects I don't use). After a few seconds, the patch changes over to the new patch. This makes MainStage 3.1 unusable for me. Version 3.0.4 didn't have this problem; it changed patches immediately and cleanly.

Another bug is that hitting "V" to toggle view plug-ins doesn't work. I can see the plug-in as long as I hold down the "V" key, but it disappears as soon as I release the key. Looks like it's doing the same thing with Master Mute (keyboard shortcut "M").

I too have the problem of the screensaver turning on while in performance mode. Obviously, this is a bug, and isn't supposed to happen. The workaround of turning off the screensaver temporarily would work if this was the only bug. Sadly, it's not.

I want to downgrade to 3.0.4 until an update is released, but that older version is no longer available on the Mac App Store. I have it in my Time Machine backup, but when I try to use it, the support files are missing (such as Apple Sound Library Layouts). I have a call in to the Pro Apps Team (which supports MainStage) to ask them where I can download a fresh copy of 3.0.4 again. When I speak with them, I'll reference this thread.

It's disappointing (and somewhat offensive) that an application labeled "Pro" (and supported by the "Pro Apps Team") would ship with bugs like these. My livelihood doesn't depend on this software, but I know people for whom it does. I hope they didn't upgrade yet.

Guys, have you submitted feedback to Apple via the MainStage menu? I did this as soon as i downloaded 3.1 and found bugs, and I was contacted by someone from Apple yesterday following up. If you haven't submitted feedback regarding these bugs, I highly recommend doing so.

I spent a bit of time Friday on the phone with a very helpful Senior Advisor on Apple's "Professional Applications Team" (the group that supports Logic and MainStage). He and I discussed a few bugs, including the "M" and "V" keys not properly toggling Master Mute and Plug-Ins, respectively, Performance Mode not disabling the screensaver, and the noisy & lengthy patch changes. I also took the opportunity to reference this thread for examples of some of the issues we're experiencing.

The Senior Advisor was able to reproduce all but the last bug (he was in his office and didn't have an electric guitar and an audio interface handy). But he apparently shared the feedback with a MainStage software engineer, and confirmed that the development team is looking into the issues. He kindly offered to keep me in the loop regarding an update to 3.1.

He also helped me restore the prior version (3.0.4) from my Time Machine backup, so I'm back up and running until the update is released.

If you upgraded MainStage from 3.0.4 to 3.1 and are running into issues, consider reverting back to 3.0.4 until 3.1.1 is released. You'll need a Time Machine backup for this- Apple won't make 3.0.4 available for download again.

If you're a MainStage 3 user and haven't upgraded to 3.1 yet, I'd hold off until these bugs have been addressed.

If/when I learn more, I'll post it here.

Cheers.

Hello

one question : to restore the previous version, you just launch Time Machine then copy the previous MainStage app ?

Do you need to copy other files ?

To restore version 3.0.4 from your Time Machine backup, you need to restore the both the application and the support files. Here's a step-by-step guide. It assumes you DO NOT have Apple's Logic DAW installed:

1. Rename the existing MainStage application to "MainStage 3.1" in your Applications folder.

2. Archive the existing Application Support folder (Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Logic). Right click on the folder and select "Compress Logic."

3. Delete the existing Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Logic folder, leaving only the archive you just created.

4. Launch Time Machine and restore the MainStage application (from your Applications folder).

5. Rename the MainStage application you just restored to "MainStage 3.0.4"

6. Using Time Machine, restore the application support folder (Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Logic).

When you launch MainStage 3.0.4, you should now have access to any concerts you created in that version. Note that version 3.0.4 will NOT open concerts created in 3.1.

Hope this helps.

I just found a solution for the "V" and "M" not working. The solution lies with the shift key.

To open a plug-in window, press V and hold, press shift, release V, release shift - in that order

only. To close, it is same procedure in exactly the same order. To use Mute, same procedure,

substitute M for V.