Hi, Ive just bought cantabile solo and im having a hard time trying to get the patches on my helix to change when i switch songs . Can cantabile solo send out any midi message at all when a song loads or is this just a feature of performer . If i could send a message to bomes midi translator that would be a great start . Any help appreciated
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
To send MIDI messages outside the VST environment you need a “Virtual MIDI Cable”, like the free LoopMidi.
AFAIK there is one included in MIDI Translator, but not sure.
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Hi John & Welcome!
Solo does have the bindings to send PG changes so to troubleshoot you need to check that you have created a MIDI OUT port for the Helix in Cantabile. This would be a USB MIDI connection from the Helix to the PC. Once the port is created you could use a binding like this to send the PG change. You can also send Banked PG changes. My example shows External Synth as the target instead of Helix.
Cheers,
Dave
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Thanks for the replies I got it working didn’t realize it had to be a binding I was trying to do it in the routing . My next problem is I was trying to get the patches to switch as I selected songs in cantabile ,Ive figured out from a forum post that I need the song on load` binding which can only be found in performer .So i switched over to the trial version of performer and got it working all good so far .Looks like I’m going to have to invest in performer but I was wondering how long the trial lasts ,I cant seem to find this information anywhere and what are the limitations of the trial ?
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Glad you got it going John, I’m sorry, I thought that Solo had that type of binding. You taught me better!
Thanks,
Dave
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found it on the splash screen as program loads all good thanks for your help you two 
John,
Trial has no limitations.
My tip: for serious use, you’d need Performer.
Paolo
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