Amps and pedals in MainStage

MainStage features an extensive collection of guitar and bass amplifiers and classic pedal effects. You can play live—or process recorded audio and software instrument parts—through these amps and effects.

The amplifier models recreate vintage and modern tube and solid-state amps. Built-in effect units, such as reverb, tremolo, or vibrato, are also reproduced. The modeled amplifiers can be paired with a number of emulated speaker cabinets. These amplifiers and speaker cabinets can be used as a matching set or combined in other ways to create interesting hybrids.

Also emulated are a number of “classic” foot pedal effects—or stompboxes—that were, and remain, popular with guitarists and keyboardists. As with their real-world counterparts, you can chain pedals in any order to create your sound.

Stompbox effects can be used in the Pedalboard plug-in, or you can use them individually in channel strip effect slots. See Stompboxes.

If you’re new to using plug-ins in MainStage, see Add and remove plug-ins in MainStage.