Hi there
Sorry, this may be a bit long and confused, well, that’s probably because I’m quite confused here.
I’ve been using an Advance/VIP/Windows laptop setup on stage for a few years. We can say I know VIP quite well and it’s mostly a great solution for me. I have very few live issues and I’m very fast at exploring my VST presets thanks to the browser.
I love the integration it provides, especially with the Advance keyboard. I’m not taking a single look at my laptop during a whole live set. I have a lot of “multi” (sorry I don’t know the Cantabile vocabulary for that… songs maybe ?) that are meticulously crafted, programmed various set lists for different bands. On the other hand, it is “discoverable” enough for me to confidently join a gig or even an impromptu studio session and provide a lot of sounds/creative ideas in a very compact package.
But then, VIP is dead. I have provided a ton of feedback, did quality bug reports, contextualized suggestions… and got, well, almost nothing in return. No information just kills my long term confidence.
And of course I can see the product is not updated anymore.
So it’s sad, I can say I was 90% there - but maybe I’m lacking things I don’t even know exist - and it’s time for me to consider the jump.
Anybody can relate to my experience? I’m all hear for any kind of feedback, migration stories, tips on features you know are not available on VIP…
More specific questions if I’m not too much of a burden:
- Can I dream about Cantabile piloting the Advance screen like VIP? (for example showing the current song’s name)?
- Are there some midi mapping starting points for the Advance keyboard?
- Is it possible to sync Cantabile with external clocks (both ways)?
- How is Cantabile regarding browsing my VST’s patches? Could I import my user maps from VIP?
- Could I import my multis ? (set of up to 8 patches with range, velocity, attached effects)
- Could I import my set lists?
I’m more than willing to try/write programs to parse VIP setting files/SQLite and translate them to other formats if it proves to be less time consuming than doing everything again manually.
Thank you for reading up to this point!