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UPDATE:  If you'd like to see the second and third parts of this series, they are available on audiopropellor.com - my awesome audio tutorial website.  Signup is free.  You can see the entire series here:  http://www.audiopropellor.com/category/video-series/mainstage-live-looping/.  Many, many people have found the series useful - check it out!

Mainstage is a live performance host for logic and other Audio Unit plugins. Mainstage 2 brings a few new features, a looper and a backing track unit. All the pieces are there for a wonderful live tool, and I'll show you ONE WAY to assemble them. (See update at bottom)

Looping with mainstage is simple to get started with - and you can build more complicated setups as you progress. I'll show you how to set up a looper unit and then add playback for triggering a backing track. You can then duplicate the looper so you can record multiple loops - which will stay in time with your backing track. You should create your backing track with Logic using markers for the sections. You can easily navigate your backing track in Mainstage 2 - making practicing a section a breeze, or letting you freestyle over a section until you are ready to move on. If you are into looping, all of these things should make you pretty happy.