Cantabile Lite, Solo and Performer
I may have hinted to this previously, but I've now decided there is going to be three editions of Cantabile 2.0.
- Cantabile Lite will continue to be free, have similar functionality to 1.2 Lite, except for MIDI Filters and MIDI Controller Assignments which have been removed.
- Cantabile Solo is intended for home hobbyists/casual users and has similar functionality to the full version of 1.2. Pricing will be more than 1.2 but still not expensive.
- Cantabile Performer is intended for live performance, includes all features and will be priced between US$100 and US$150.
All editions get the new UI (and all the associated benefits), plus many other minor improvements and new features.
There will be upgrade options from 1.2 to both Cantabile Solo and Cantabile Performer. There will also be a considerably discounted introductory offer to Cantabile Performer.
As noted above Cantabile Lite will be losing a couple of features. There's a couple of reasons for this.
- Firstly it's an attempt to pick up a few more sales - currently considerably less than 1% of Cantabile Lite downloads convert to a sale. By differentiating the editions a little more I hope improve that a bit.
- Secondly, I get considerably more support requests for these two features. By removing them I hope to reduce the time I spend supporting Lite.
- Finally, it's in keeping with the intended usage of each edition - Lite is only intended as lightweight plugin scratch pad host.
Final pricing and a feature comparison table will be published at the same time as the beta release (early next week).
Posted on November 6, 2008
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A. says:
Hi.
The intended final price for the performer version is a huge step up and that will set Cantabile in direct competition to other similar products like "forte"!
My final rating will strongly depend on how all the details turn out after the beta phase and how stable Cantabile will work then.
Anyway, I guess I will jump on a discounted upgrade introductiory offer to support your work early.
Looking forward to the upcoming beta.
A.
A. says:
The final Cantabile 2 is out now! I've to say that during beta a lot of stunning things users demanded were implemented.
While price for "Solo" is a no brainer, "Performer" Version is not "cheap"... but when looking at all the new features more than reasonable and competitive.
Cantabile 2 is unique and outstanding! If you're into a live host making VSTi really playable, check Cantabile out - maybe it's what you were waiting for for a long time...