Cantabile 2 - Beta History

[TiUser]

Hi

I'd suggest this thread to place the beta version history...

Here I am quoting of the most recent history on Cantabile Beta 2xxx


Beta 2001
A quick post cause I'm busy!

Firstly, thanks for the kind words... good to get some early positive feedback.

Regarding faults, please see http://www.cantabilesoftware.com/support/ for details on how to report faults, creating crash mini dumps and debug logs. The more detail the better.

PM is fine though I prefer email as it's easier for me to keep track off. Email address is on my site on the contact page.

Thanks again
Brad


Beta 2002
Build 2002 available now - http://www.cantabilesoftware.com/download

* New - new bypass and suspend functionality
* Fixed - incorrect usage of SSE 2 instructions on SSE 1 only machines (should fix instant crash on all SSE 1 machines)
* Fixed - crash loading wave file with uppercase characters in file extension (eg: .WAV)
* Fixed - crash reloading a session with audio file that can't be located
* Fixed - metronome test button always disabled.
* Fixed - removed icon from options dialog.
* Fixed - crash deleting media file while it's playing
* Fixed - loading some MIDI files causes hang
* Improved - removed some obsolete logging
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Beta 2003
Build 2003 now available:

* New - GUI for selecting plugins to ignore during scan
* New - Right click MIDI assignments on most Cantable UI controls
* New - ability to import/export rack to file
* Improved - Plugin scanning
* Fixed - crash on some undo/redo combinations
* Fixed - crash loading some .wav files (specifically files saved by WaveLab)
* Fixed - MIDI quick assignments from plugin editor not working
* Fixed - decimal number formatting/reading on non-US locales.
* Fixed - miscelleneous minor faults (text cropped, copyright year wrong etc...)
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Beta 2004
Build 2004 now available:

* New - In-place plugin editor
* New - drop-down menu for hiding/showing main window panels
* New - maximize and close buttons on main window panels
* New - Active panel highlight color
* New - Keyboard navigation between panels (Ctrl+PgUp/Down)
* New - Keyboard expand/contract panels (Ctrl+Enter)
* Fixed - Removed Vista UAC manifest for better compatibility with legacy plugins
* Fixed - crashes in audio channel mixing
* Fixed - crashes with some multi-channel ASIO drivers.
* Improved - update checking
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Beta 2005
Also, Build 2005 is now available:

* Improved - tap tempo dialog now allows typing tempo
* Improved - double click on plugin name now opens plugin editor
* Improved - new diagnostic options to log VST time info and VST MIDI events
* Fixed - crash when right clicking on metronome tempo/time signature drop downs
* Fixed - suppress program changes option not working
* Fixed - looping at end of audio file not working
* Fixed - various issues with in-place plugin editor
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[bradr]

Good idea though you could have just linked to the release notes page which also lists known issues and unfinished work. http://www.cantabilesoftware.com/suppor ... notes.html

[TiUser]

True... anyway, thought because you post things in KVR too... and not everyone has already bought a license where you get the news now in Cantabile itself. (Btw, new version check is a great feature too!). But in KVR you get a notifier automatically without monitoring your site...

[TiUser]

Hi Brad, I hope you won't mind if I add that here:

Cantabile 2 Beta 2006 released

Copy from website:
Build 2006 - 8th December, 2008

* New - Save Plugin Selector Preset command (in plugin's Tools drop down) to easily save bank/preset to plugin selector's Presets category.
* New - option to specify default category selection in plugin selector (VST Settings page)
* New - new MIDI filter - "Suppress Events"
* Improved - moved all settings from registry to new settings.ini file
* Improved - shared program banks now saved in same folder as settings.ini
* Improved - shared program banks no longer create folders for plugins with no shared programs
* Improved - shared program banks now includes the plugin name in the folder name
* Improved - shared program banks now update if manually copy or delete fxp to folder (requires Cantabile restart)
* Fixed - various repaint issues with plugins that use VstGui
* Fixed - looping of audio files at end of file (when sample rate doesn't match audio driver)
* Fixed - oversized plugin editor window in Cantabile Lite
* Fixed - missing show/hide panels drop-down in Solo and Lite
* Fixed - MIDI file track list empty
* Fixed - various drag/drop issues including dropping media files from Explorer
* Fixed - duplicate plugins in the same rack not selecting correct MIDI filter
* Fixed - Alt+R and Alt+S to switch to Record and Setup tabs now working
* Fixed - crash when right click on program selector
* Fixed - crash after closing options dialog when there are unloaded plugins
* Fixed - knob mode of in-place editor not being applied
* Fixed - various other minor issues

[SimSam]

I must've bought this (the solo version) the day before this update came out because I just checked and have the 2005 X64 version.

So do I have to uninstall the old or can I just install over top of the old? Also, where do I get the latest version.

BTW, this works incredibly well with PLAY. I'm using Canatbile 2 as an external VST host for Sibelius 5 via Loopbe30 and have access to all 8 gigs of ram for composing.

Can't thank you enough 'TopTen' for this software.

Brian

[bradr]

So do I have to uninstall the old or can I just install over top of the old? Also, where do I get the latest version.

Yes, you can just install over the top and the latest is available from the same location as where you originally downloaded it from. Alternatively you can find the download by going into options -> Resource page -> click the check for updates button which should report updates are available... then click the download button

BTW, this works incredibly well with PLAY. I'm using Canatbile 2 as an external VST host for Sibelius 5 via Loopbe30 and have access to all 8 gigs of ram for composing.

Can't thank you enough 'TopTen' for this software.

Brian

Thanks for your kind words!

[SimSam]

Thanks, Brad. Downloaded and installed.

Brian

[TiUser]

Cantabile 2 Beta 2007 released

Copy from website:
Build 2007 - 20th December, 2008

* New - Manually loaded plugins are now automatically added to the plugin selector.
* New - Automatic disabling of keyboard capture when focus in a text box.
* Fixed - incorrect categorisation of some plugins (eg: TAL-U-No-62).
* Fixed - clicking past the left hand side of onscreen keyboard incorrectly triggering notes.
* Improved - internal clean up of graphic resources should reduce exe sizes a little.

[TiUser]

Cantabile 2 Beta 2008 released

Copy from website:
Build 2008 - 2nd January, 2009

* New - MIDI Assignments now support universal real-time sys-ex for Master Volume and Master Balance
* New - MIDI Assignments now support RPN and NRPN parameters
* New - MIDI Assignments now support MMC assignments
* New - Custom Trigger Events
* New - Button Bank MIDI Filter
* New - Custom External Tools
* Improved - On-screen keyboard sliders can now send universal realtime sys-ex for Master Volume, Master Balance, RPN and NRPN
* Improved - On-screen keyboard push buttons can now send MMC sys-ex commands
* Fixed - MIDI assignment for Transport Rewind

[bradr]

Thanks for keeping this up to date TiUser. I've made it a sticky too.

[TiUser]

I am a bit busy these days, but that's the least I can do...

[TiUser]

Cantabile 2 Beta 2009 -
forget that one, a bad build that didn't work...

Cantabile 2 Beta 2010 released

Copy from website:
Build 2010 - 9th January, 2009

* Fixed - problems launching help.
* Fixed - editing trigger program change action incrementing program number on every edit.
* Fixed - fix for crash on startup after settings upgrade (rare)

[TiUser]

Cantabile Beta 2011 - seems to be released just this instant...

Copy from Website
Build 2011 - Soon

* New - Offline Renderer (Cantabile Performer only)
* New - shell drag/drop support for session list files.
* New - command line argument /subsession:<subsession> to load a session file with specific sub-session.
* New - option to use the name of fxp files when importing using the program organiser.
* New - MIDI source select for racks and triggers now has "None" option.
* Improved - better scale range on MIDI file speed slider.
* Improved - better error reporting when session file fails to save.
* Improved - stopping, pausing and resuming audio files now soft ramp correctly.
* Fixed - media files dropped from Explorer are now added to MRU list.
* Fixed - crash when attempting to save over a read-only session file.
* Fixed - disabled speed slider for audio files.
* Fixed - keystrokes not working in plugin editor.
* Fixed - clear pending MIDI events on engine stop to avoid notes on engine restart.
* Fixed - renamed various "Settings" to "Options"
* Fixed - splash screen obscuring error messages (CRK edition)

[aMUSEd]

Offline Renderer - what does that do?

[TiUser]

Offline Renderer - what does that do?

I haven't checked this out but usually it's somethings that transforms for instance a midi file to audio in non realtime - on slow machines it allows to produce audio at all and on fast ones it saves time because audio is calculated much faster than you usually replay it.

In other words, it's an audio calculation process.

Usually you get in trouble with this when you use HW synthesizers as well because those work normally realtime only, so rendering audio can also work realtime only.

That's what I know about it in general...

Other than that, Brad should know...