Cantabile 4300 - Tech Update

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It's time to move on! Cantabile 4300 is a technology update that:

  • Moves to latest version of Microsoft build tool-chain
  • Moves to .NET 8.0
  • Drops support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
  • Drops support for 32-bit (aka x86) Windows

Other Changes

Aside from the underlying tech changes, build 4300 should be identical in functionality to build 4225 with the following minor exceptions:

  • The platform (x86/x64) is no longer displayed in the title bar, about page or monitor panel.  It can only be x64 so no point displaying it.
  • The Windows start menu short-cut to launch Cantabile no longer includes "x64".
  • The "Cantabile Portal" menu commands have been renamed to "Cantabile Account".
  • The installer works the same as the previous version, except it will remove any previous 32-bit installation.  
  • When Cantabile is first launched after running the installer you'll no longer be prompted whether to run the x86 or x64 edition.
  • You can still manually install from a .zip file from the release notes pages - but there's no longer separate 32 and 64-bit packages, just the 64-bit version.

Website Update

Also, you might notice the Cantabile website has had a little freshen up - most noticeably it now supports dark mode if you have that option selected in your browser.

Available Now

This is all available now - but should be considered experimental.  Let me know if you find any issues.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/blog/cantabile-4300-tech-update
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I know been discussed at length, but absolutely right thing to do. Wondering if anyone seeing any performance improvements as a consequence of .NET 8?

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I have that option selected, and it works in other websites, not in this one :thinking:

And I receive this alert…

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What browser are you using?

As for the subscription notification, send me an email and we’ll take it from there.

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Google Chrome
Versione 134.0.6998.179

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Dark mode for the website works without a problem with Chrome 134.0.6998.178 and 135.0.7049.42 on my system. But the forum stays in light mode - maybe that’s what @Clap is addressing?

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Maybe
I see a dark area on the top, but the rest is light

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That’s the forum - not the Cantabile web site that @brad referred to

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Ooops, sorry, I believed it was the forum
OK

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The forum is next on the list for darkification.

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The funny thing is that, in the Scaler forum, most users are angry because the theme is dark… :rofl:

Indeed, for people like me, with a not-so perfect sight, the contrast between the font colour and the background colour is important, not the theme colour

And there are other people, colour-blind person for example, that have other needs, clearly

When I build my last website, I searched for the matter and found a lot of variations in the way different people see the text in a GUI or a webpage

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I cross all my fingers, feet included, but this set seems solid

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And my PC is quiet

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But latency is not an issue to me, so I set the ASIO as I usually do

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Now I’ll try to use the minimum value to stress the beta more…

Here is the minimum value that my system copes with: never seen before, also in my DAW :astonished:

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It’s definitely a personal preference, so:

  • Cantabile (app) includes selectable dark/light themes
  • Cantabile website will follow the browser provided user preference
  • Cantabile forum - changes coming soon See here.

Brad

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First time with the new layout and dark mode. Love this.

The usual @brad good job. :slight_smile:

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This is the smart move of smart developers :heart_eyes:

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Anyway, my one-man-band & zero-audience gig’s set above keeps working without crashing :grinning_face: and it means that the stability of this beta is improved

So, I am eventually able to get rid of my Bitwig 5 Producer upgrade, currently discounted on KnobKloud, if interested :grin: