The Sticker Project

About a month or so ago I was burned out on writing code so I took the evening off and somehow got to thinking about stickers. Quite a few…

Can’t use PayPal? Here’s a new payment method.

Recently I’ve received a number of enquiries asking about other methods to pay for Cantabile. Up until now the only option has been PayPal and while this generally works well, using a credit card without creating a PayPal account isn’t supported in some countries. Well now you can

Binding Jump Prevention and Rotary Encoder Support

Cantabile now support MIDI Binding Jump Prevention and Rotary Encoders through some new options on the binding’s options: The relative encoding options can also be used to binding buttons to increment or decrement a value. For more details please refer to this guide. These new options are available in

Non Song Controlled Racks and Modified File Behaviour Options

Cantabile has two new options: * An option to specify how easily the file should be marked as modified * A rack option to prevent the rack from being controlled by the parent song Non-Song Controlled Racks Cantabile now supports non-song controlled racks. These racks aren’t affected by the currently loaded

Reorganised File Menu

Cantabile’s File menu has had a clean up: Some notes: * The Open command now opens either Songs or Set Lists — there are no longer separate commands * The Save commands work on the currently active view — the focused song, rack or set list. You’ll notice the name of each

Media Players Video

This video covers Cantabile 3’s media player support For a playlist of all Cantabile videos, see here.

States Video

This video covers recording in Cantabile 3’s support for song and rack states. For a playlist of all Cantabile videos, see here.

Set List Breaks

Cantabile now supports breaks in the set list. Set list breaks can be used to divide up your set list into groups of songs. They serve no purpose other than to cosmetically group your songs. To create a set list break, just right click on the set list and choose

Variables in Show Notes

Cantabile’s Show Notes now support variables: These variables can be used to automatically substitute song and state names into the show notes as well as any other variable like date time, performance metrics etc… See this page in the guide for full list of variables. This features is available

MIDI Clock Sensitivity

Cantabile now supports a new setting to control the sensitivity vs stability of the tempo detection when synchronized to external MIDI clock sources. Since MIDI Clock events don’t include an explicit indicator for tempo, Cantabile needs to measure the interval between clock events and calculate the tempo that it

Recording Walkthrough Video

This video covers recording in Cantabile 3 including audio and MIDI recording, the auto record capabilities, multi-channel/track recording, playback and related topics. For a playlist of all Cantabile videos, see here.

Explaining Cantabile’s Subscription Model

Cantabile 3 includes one year worth of free updates. Beyond that first year there is a annual subscription to continue to receive updates. This post clarifies some confusion over this new pricing model and also explains the rationale behind it. It’s Not a Subscription to Use the Software The