The best way to perform live

Play VSTs In Real-Time

By using VST instruments and effects your PC becomes an incredibly flexible, high quality and high performance sound and effects module. Choose from the vast range of free and commercial plugins available - everything from simple FM synths to high quality samplers, convolution reverb effects and more.

• Replace bulky hardware with virtual instruments and effects that only take up disk space - not real space. Transport less gear to each gig - yet have more options.
• Carry literally thousands of instruments and effects on your hard drive and access them with not much more than a mouse click or button press.

Triggerable Media Clips

Cantabile's multiple media players allow loading a set of audio or MIDI clips that can be triggered either together or separately.

• Use media players for audio effects, MIDI loops, special sound effects etc...
• Media clips can be triggered from a MIDI button controller or by playing a note on your keyboard.
• Synchronise clips with each other and with MIDI clock.

Enhances Your Existing Hardware Rig

Cantabile makes it possible to extend, improve and simplify the usage of your existing hardware devices.

• Configure flexible routing between keyboards and hardware sound modules using Cantabile's MIDI routing table.
• Automatically configure external devices on song load (eg: send program and controller change events).
• Use different configurations for different songs and instantly switch between them.
• Smart routing ensures that after a routing change pending "off" events are routed correctly to ensure no stuck notes.
• Create keyboard splits where one part controls a VST instrument and the other a hardware sound module.

Set List Management

Pre-configure set lists and use simple commands to load the next or previous song in the list.

• On changing songs, Cantabile will load all required plugins and send MIDI configuration to any external hardware devices.
• Each song can have its own plugins, MIDI routings, media files etc...
• Re-use MIDI controllers for different purposes in different songs.
• Large font status panel shows the current song, next song and other important information in an easy to read format.

Fast Session Switching

On stage you can't afford to wait for things to load.

• With Cantabile's sub-session support you can pre-load a whole set of plugins in a suspended state and switch between them instantly.
• Fast session loading will re-use plugins from the previous session in the next session where possible.

Advanced MIDI Routing and Control

Cantabile's MIDI handling makes it easy to deal with common control problems:

• Don't like the response of a particular plugin with your keyboard? Use a velocity curve MIDI filter to tune it exactly how you want.
• Need flexible keyboard splits? It's easy with Cantabile's per-rack (and optionally per-subsession) split and traspose settings.
• Would you like to use MIDI program numbers to control routing to different devices? The MIDI routing table makes this possible.
• Need to convert a range of push button controllers to program changes? Cantabile's got filters for that too.
• How about routing controlled by velocity? Play a note heavily to trigger a different sound.
• Channel and controller remapping, velocity gates, button banks more...

Powerful Automatic Recording

Cantabile has automatic audio and MIDI recording which can automatically start recording on detection of input.

• Easily record everything you play.
• Capture inspiration when it strikes - just start playing and have it automatically recorded.

Remotely Control Everything

Using a PC keyboard and mouse is not viable for live performance. Using Cantabile just everything can be controlled remotely through MIDI controller assignments - master levels, rack and plugin settings, plugin parameters, media files and more...

Much more

Cantabile also includes tools for offline rendering, preset management and preset morphing and randomization. Editing sessions is easy with undo/redo, clipboard and drag-drop support.

Cantabile's audio engine offers excellent low-latency performance and leverages the additional processing power of modern multi-core processors. 64-bit audio is supported and the x64 edition provides memory head room and additional processing power for today's and tomorrow's amazing plugins.