Here’s the challenge: translate Cantabile into another language in one afternoon. Challenge Accepted! In these early builds of Cantabile 3 I’m trying to address all the mundane tasks that often get left to the end and in the process turn into a lot of work. One such area
A few weeks ago I released a preview build of Cantabile 3. Since then I’ve received some great feedback. I’ve also released a some follow up builds to address the issues raised. I think it’s now stable — so what’s next? For Preview 2 I’ll be
Two weeks ago I posted about getting a minimal version of Cantabile 3 out. Yesterday the build went out and so far things have gone fairly well… If you’re a licensed user of Cantabile 2 Solo or Performer you should have received an email with instructions on how to
For the last week and a bit I’ve been flat out working towards releasing a very minimal version of Cantabile 3. Things have progressed nicely, here’s an update… It’s amazing how much work it takes to get a piece of software out the door. Since deciding to
With the increasing availability of high-resolution screens on Windows machines, I’ve started to receive a few support requests about plugins that appear with a very tiny user interface. The problem stems from the fact that most plugins simply don’t support hi-res screens. This post attempts to explain the
Over the last few days I’ve received a couple of enquiries asking when Cantabile 3 will be available — to which I’ve been replying “I don’t know”. Not a good answer and it made me realize that without any sort of target date this thing could drag on
One of the most exciting things about Cantabile 3 is its new audio engine. Just about every aspect has been re-engineered to best suit Cantabile’s requirements going forward. Improved Audio and MIDI Routing One of the main things I wanted to fix in this version of Cantabile is audio
In my previous post I mentioned Cantabile was getting a new, cleaner, more minimal user interface. Well here is a first look at it: Some things to note: 1. The set list and toolbar aren’t functional yet and are there simply as part of the prototyping process. These areas
Since the last time I wrote about Cantabile 3 I’ve decided to take a completely new approach to it and for the last 8 or 9 months I’ve been working on a complete ground-up rebuild — from the audio engine to the user-interface and everything in between. There were
Over the last couple of days I’ve been working on adding support for FLAC files to Cantabile. It’s available in the latest experimental build, however please note: * It only supports 16 and 32 bit integer samples * I’ve only tested with 16 bit, 2 channel files * I haven’
Cantabile now has support for non-edge triggered MIDI Assignments. Prior to this build Cantabile required that controller assignments to commands be edge triggered. ie: their value transitions from a value less than 64 to a value greater than 64. Most of the time this works well since most MIDI controllers
Although it’s been a long time coming, Cantabile now supports shell plugins — required to load plugins by Waves. It’s not been tested heavily, but seems to be working. To try it out for yourself: 1. Grab the latest experimental build, available here 2. Make sure the Waves shell