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Mainstage3 and garageband

I recently purchased MainStage 3 as I saw that it had a lot more instruments than the current version of Garageband, and saw plenty of videos showing how easy it was to pull in sounds from MainStage into garageband. I am on the most current version of garageband and I see no way of loading patches, there's no library I can search or add to in the instrument selection, and no option under sound library that seems to mean anything. Can anyone help me, or will this no longer work?

iMac 21.5" 4K, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 30, 2019 8:24 AM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2019 8:51 AM

How have you tried to use the MainStage sounds? I am using mainly the sounds from the Legacy section, the JamPacks and the and the Loops. When you download all sounds for MainStage and install them, they will appear automatically in GarageBands Sound Library. MainStage will install a lot of sounds. You may want to be selective, when downloading the MainStage sounds. They require a lot of storage.

Once you installed MainStage, go to the menu MainStage 3 > Sound library > Open Sound Library Manager.


You will now see a list of all available sounds. Open the "Legacy" section to find the Jam Packs. I would primarily install the Jam Packs.



After you downloaded the loops and instruments, go to the Loops panel in GarageBand and scroll down to "Reindex all Loops". Then restart the Mac to update the sound library. Now GarageBand should be seeing the additional instruments. You can use the JamPacks directly from the Library panel in GarageBand. Just click the Legacy section in the sound library, when you select the patch for a software instrument track. And the loops should appear in the Loop browser.


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Jun 30, 2019 8:51 AM in response to mwatt11

How have you tried to use the MainStage sounds? I am using mainly the sounds from the Legacy section, the JamPacks and the and the Loops. When you download all sounds for MainStage and install them, they will appear automatically in GarageBands Sound Library. MainStage will install a lot of sounds. You may want to be selective, when downloading the MainStage sounds. They require a lot of storage.

Once you installed MainStage, go to the menu MainStage 3 > Sound library > Open Sound Library Manager.


You will now see a list of all available sounds. Open the "Legacy" section to find the Jam Packs. I would primarily install the Jam Packs.



After you downloaded the loops and instruments, go to the Loops panel in GarageBand and scroll down to "Reindex all Loops". Then restart the Mac to update the sound library. Now GarageBand should be seeing the additional instruments. You can use the JamPacks directly from the Library panel in GarageBand. Just click the Legacy section in the sound library, when you select the patch for a software instrument track. And the loops should appear in the Loop browser.


Jun 30, 2019 12:09 PM in response to mwatt11

I have not tried all of them. when I installed MainStage a few years ago some of the MainStage instruments dod not work, because of a different format. You have to try for yourself. I am mostly interested in the Jam Pack Symphony Orchestra and World Music. and the GarageBand '11 compatibility sounds. So I installed only the subset I ma really using to save storage.


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