Prepare Finale Banks for Use in MainStage Create one IAC bus per Finale Bank these will become visible in Finale as Midi Instruments in the Score Manager.Ģ. Note: Each IAC Port (“Bus”) supports 16 midi channels, to be used as a midi playback channels for individual staves and instruments in Finale. Rename them as you go, one for each Finale “Bank” in your score setup.
Open Mac>Applications>Utilities>Midi/Audio Setup, double-click the IAC icon, activate IAC (checkbox- “Device is Online”)Ĭreate an IAC port (“bus”) for each Sample Player instance or Multi to be used (MainStage Instrument, Aria Player, Kontakt, etc). Use SoundFlower to record your Finale/MainStage 3 mix.
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That Driver is key to making this possible. There’s a System Utility Driver known as IAC (for Inter-Application Communication) that routs MIDI between applications on the Mac.
The second is, MainStage offers DAW-level control over mix elements, much more powerfully and flexibly than the tools available in Finale. If we’re writing for the Musical Theater pit, we should be scoring for state-of-the-art professional tools like MainStage 3. The first is to take advantage of the wide sonic palette and powerful capabilities it offers at a very low price point. There are two good reasons to connect Finale to MainStage: MainStage 3 is a widely-used app, primarily by keyboardists and performers onstage and in the pit.
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