Cantabile’s executable files are now all digitally code signed. When running the installer you should now see a much safe looking User Account Control popup like this: Compare the above to the older unsigned installers: What is Code Signing Code signing ensures that a file hasn’t been tampered
This video covers the absolute basics of working with Cantabile 3 — installing Cantabile, what is a plugin, downloading plugins, loading plugins into Cantabile and some tips and tricks along the way. For a playlist of all Cantabile videos, see here.
Cantabile 3 Solo and Performer now support per-MIDI Route velocity curves and the ability to apply a curve to other controller types. Per-MIDI Route Velocity Curves Cantabile has supported velocity curves for a long time now however they’ve been implemented as a MIDI filter. For most cases this is
This is the first in a series of videos planned to help get people up to speed with Cantabile 3. Ports and Routes are key concepts in Cantabile 3. This video walks through what ports and routes are and how they’re used to connect things together in Cantabile. For
Yesterday I was setting up to create some training videos for Cantabile 3 and couldn’t figure out how to capture the sounds from Cantabile effectively. As they say, “Necessity is the mother of invention” so I set about fixing WASAPI shared mode. Shared Mode WASAPI shared mode is a
Cantabile 3 build 3120 released today introduces a couple of minor, but handy new features including some new display options, a new learn mode in the MIDI route settings window and the ability to suppress metronome measure sounds. Display Format Options In Options | General you’ll now find a new
Cantabile now supports Suppressing and Blocking MIDI Bindings to solve problems with two common binding scenarios: 1. Using notes as the source for a binding and suppressing the note 2. Sending a song or state change event followed by a series of configuration events. Suppressing Bindings Unlike Cantabile 2 where
Cantabile 3 has finally been launched! Over two years in the making I’m finally unleashing it on the world! If you’ve been following Cantabile 3’s development and especially if you’ve been running the preview builds of Cantabile 3 that were made available to existing customers there
Software licensing is often a contentious issue. Balancing the need for developers to protect their products while at the same time providing a simple and flexible system for the end user is not easy. Cantabile 3 introduces a new licensing system and this post explains the thought process behind it.
Cantabile 3 Build 3105 available today includes some changes to MIDI Controller Assignments including a new target object kind and a new name. A New Name MIDI Assignments have been renamed to “Bindings”. Although the functionality hasn’t changed yet, the new name reflects planned functionality where you’ll be
Cantabile now has a discussion forum! Cantabile Community is a Discourse based discussion forum for Cantabile and related topics. It’s only been running for about a week and even though I haven’t promoted it much yet there’s already some great discussions emerging. The main topic of the
Previously I’ve written about plans to improve Cantabile’s song management. After a couple of weeks coding and a further few weeks stabilizing it, it’s now in pretty good shape. This post attempts to sum up all the changes and provide a high-level overview of some new concepts