Ableton vs. Mainstage: None of them do what I want

[Ziggy1234]

I've recently had the opportunity to spend quite a bit of time with both Ableton and Mainstage2.. And I've come to the solution that none of them have the features that I would have wished for.
Ableton is great for a lot of things, it's stable and fast, but when it comes to accommodating for band live use, I feel it's not optimal. It's ridiculous that it doesn't have sub-live sets...So that you can put loads of song patches into each set, with different settings, eq's, instruments etc. automatically selected when you go to the next track.
This is the main reason why I started having a look at Mainstage 2.
Mainstage is quite terrible, but it does just that: you can choose between songs easily during a set, and only the vst's and/or plugins that you need for that song will be activated. Also Playback offers an easy way of playing backing tracks. Now to the problems: The sync is terrible. You cannot choose count-in length (which effectively renders it COMPLETELY useless, it's only 4 beats pre-roll, and to give heads up for the other musicians (especially those who are not on click) is impossible). While it's layout is completely customizable, nothing else is, from click to global quantization to complete lack of support for midi. Another thing that is ridiculous is that it can't accept tempo changes. Terrible!
I just wish one of these two programs could implement some of these changes, and it would really make things sooo much easier for bands in general to implement computers into their live shows.
(by the way, if anyone knows of a different software that does what I want to do easier, please tell me...)
Cheers,
Ziggy

[33tetragammon]

hi,

try Native Instruments' Kore 2(hardware and software).you can do the things you described with koresounds and performance presets.
plus the Kore 2 controller is really good.