Mac: Using MainStage as 'cheap' VEPro

[DanMcL]

Thanks Daniel, but I meant this one

HowTo: Use Logic playback engine with BBCSO

Hello, Unfortunately the BBCSO at least is too buggy right now in Dorico, I’ve been getting lots of crashes, hangs and other oddities. Fortunately, while we wait for Live Link Integration with Cubase, you can set up Logic as a playback engine without too much trouble. Even better I believe we can print the MIDI to Logic when the music is finalized, which then for those of us needing high quality stems we can work with the MIDI thereafter in the DAW. Here’s the list of steps. This is Mac only o…

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@DanMcL

while you can use Logic as a playback engine unfortunately it appears you cannot use it as a recording engine. This is due to a limitation in the sequencer input to the tracks, it only will accept 16 midi channels maximum. It appears though that this is a Logic peculiarity that others DAW’s don’t have

FWIW I’d just get VEP, they run a sale around Black Friday. It’s not terribly expensive, and now we have these Steinberg dongles looking for a use