Change patch of external synth on state change

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Hi

I’ve been happily using Cantabile for a few years now to play soft synths (VSTs) for live performances. I just bought a Sequential Take 5 and would love to integrate it in my setup.

The way I currently work is that, for every song, I just load all the plugins I need and then, to switch between sounds during a song, I use state changes to suspend the plugins I don’t want to play and unsuspend the plugins I do want to play.

I figured that to integrate my external synth I would need to somehow be able to send program change messages from my Cantabile to my external synth when changing states. This would allow me to automatically load the patch I need on my external synth by simply changing state on my Cantabile. This would fit my currently workflow perfectly.

Does anyone know how to do this? Does it make sense?

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Hi Alan,

A binding like this should do it.

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Dave

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I do it, but am away from home, so cannot show how, but Dave comes to the rescue! :slight_smile:

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Thank you for your reply. However I can’t figure out how to send the program change only when a specific state is loaded. Where are you setting the state index or name in that binding?

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The idea is to use State Behavior on that binding to set the binding target specific to every state.

Or if you just want a binding to fire on a specific state, use the “Enabled” State Behavior for that binding - set it inactive for every other state.

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I finally managed. I have a binding (on background rack) between buttons on my MIDI keyboard and state change - this is to change the state of the song on the fly. I basically added bindings at song level between these same buttons and a trigger for an event. Then I added a binding between that specific event and a program change.

Thank you all for your help.