This walkthrough shows the different ways audio inputs (microphones, guitar inputs etc…) can be configured in Cantabile. The above screen shots shows a typical default configuration for the standard audio input device named “Main Microphone”. It’s configured as a stereo port with the

Today’s build (3196) adds the ability to move Cantabile’s settings folder. This issue has come up a couple of times over the past months and is a useful capability for when you want to share or synchronize your settings across multiple machines

This is a quick post to explain how to route incoming audio through an effect and then send it back to an audio output. Incoming AudioIn order to process an incoming audio signal the first thing we need is the signal itself. To configure

Up until today, the order that bindings execute has been “undefined”. For most bindings this is perfectly acceptable as the order is irrelevant. For bindings that have a blocking or suppressed routing mode however, this is an important factor and has now been properly

Today I’ve implemented an often asked for feature — the ability to replace a plugin with a different one. There’s a couple of caveats to be aware of with using this command: It can’t be undone — there’s simply too much state

Today a new experimental build of Cantabile is available with a significant set of improvements to Bindings. These changes let you do things like bind directly to and from plugins and devices, bind MIDI to MIDI, mirror settings across parameters and the much awaited

My free eBook on tuning Windows PC’s for reliable real-time audio performance is now available! I’ve been promising this book for quite a while now so last week I decided to just spend the week and get it done. It’s not

Cantabile now shows a MIDI Filter button on each MIDI route and plugin slot: Also, each button has a little green indicator that lights up when the object has one or more enabled filters to give a little feedback on things that might be

Cantabile’s new set list building improvements make it a breeze to knock together a new set list… New Add Songs DialogPreviously the Add Songs To Set List command showed a standard file open dialog and while it supported multiple selection it was a

Cantabile has a new “Tap Tempo” button on the main tool bar that also serves as a flashing tempo indicator. Tap TempoThis new button can be used to tap a tempo — just hit it repeatedly and Cantabile will measure the tempo and update the

Cantabile now supports verifying set lists. This is an important addition since it’s possible to create some very complex configurations and without a decent mechanism to check that everything that’s required is available it becomes very easy to overlook a missing media

Cantabile now supports key range indicators — little bars that appear on the on-screen keyboard to show the key ranges defined on any active MIDI routes. They can be used as an “at glance” reminder of which key ranges are active and also as much

Cantabile now supports a new MIDI filter for mapping a single program number to another. This can be useful when you have a set of footswitches or buttons that are preconfigured to send a particular program number and you want to map those program

Cantabile now supports a new MIDI filter that supports decoding HUI switch messages. About HUI Switch MessagesThe HUI spec encodes button presses using two CC messages and uses a concept of zones and ports. A zone typically represents a group of buttons such as

When loading a song with VST 2 plugins, Cantabile uses ID’s of saved plugins to determine which plugin should be reloaded. Normally this works perfectly fine but in some cases you might have two plugins with the same ID in which case a

The latest build of Cantabile supports a new set list binding target that lets you load a song with a specific program number. There’s also been some minor re-arrangement and renaming of list of bindings. The new binding target “Load Song with Program”

Cantabile now supports audio and MIDI loop back. Loop back provide the ability to route audio and MIDI from inside a song or rack back to one of the environment or rack input ports. This is useful for a few scenarios: Playback of recorded

Cantabile now supports setting the color of the custom buttons on the controller bar as a handy way to highlight buttons that you might have bound to important actions. Currently you can only change the colors of the custom buttons (not the built in

Every now and then I get an enquiry asking whether it’s possible to use Cantabile’s on-screen keyboard as an input device for another program. It certainly can and this post explains how to set it up so that it’s separate from

Racks are a key concept in Cantabile Performer. They’re the basis of re-usable instruments and fast song switching. This video lays out the basics of how to use them. For a playlist of all Cantabile videos see, see here.

Cantabile now has an improved control curve for it’s gain sliders, the ability to switch between different curves, some tricks to make sliders bit easier to use and various other tweaks and improvements. Selectable Control CurvesOne of the things that became apparent from

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…

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

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.

Cantabile has two new options: An option to specify how easily the file should be marked as modifiedA rack option to prevent the rack from being controlled by the parent songNon-Song Controlled RacksCantabile now supports non-song controlled racks. These racks aren’t affected by