LEDs
Bi-Directional Bindings
Cantabile now supports bi-directional bindings making it easy to setup control surfaces with motorized faders and LED rings.
Latest
MIDI
Generating Sys-Ex Messages
This post takes a deep dive into Cantabile's ability to synthesize and send complex MIDI System Exclusive messages from a binding. The idea for this post came from a question from Cantabile user Dave Dore about sending reverb parameter change messages to a Roland RD-2000 Stage Piano. The
Tempo
Adding a Hardware LED Tempo Indicator to Your Cantabile Rig
Using Cantabile's new "Tempo LEDs" binding to build an Arduino based tempo indicator or flasher.
GUI
System Tray Icon Support
Cantabile now supports displaying a system tray icon and minimizing to the system tray: By default, the system tray icon is disabled. To enable it, just go to Tools → Options → General → User Interface where you'll find two new options: * Show System Tray Icon - enables the tray icon
hidpi
Controlling Plugin GUI Upscaling
Explains how to get crisp hi-DPI GUI's for plugins that support it.
20+ New Features Available Now!
Cantabile build 3650 introduces over 20 new features! Check out the video walk-through of everything that's changed.
translation
Installing Cantabile Language Files
This video walk-through shows how to install and activate Cantabile language translation files.
VST3
VST 3 Support
It's been a long time coming, but Cantabile now supports VST 3 plugins!
Controller Bar Layouts
Cantabile's controller bar now (as of build 3591) supports multiple layouts, where each layout stores the set of custom buttons you've configured as well as the visibility of the built-in buttons. Working with layouts is pretty easy, just use the Layouts menu in the right click
Detached Plugin Editors
Today's build of Cantabile (3591) introduces "Detached" plugin editors, which is the ability for a plugin editor to go behind Cantabile's main window. In previous builds, plugins always appeared on top of Cantabile's main window. While this helps prevent losing a plugin
Introducing Routing Diagrams
Today, I'm excited to release the next major feature to Cantabile. Routing Diagrams which provide a more visual way to setup routing in songs and racks. Check out the video walk through below or, for those who prefer to read see this guide, Routing diagrams are available now
Cantabile Goes Sci-Fi with Orbital Redux
Orbital Redux is a LIVE interactive sci-fi adventure series, featuring live music and live special effects. The show chronicals a former…