As you probably know, plugins are self contained programs that can function as Instruments or Effect add-ons 'plugins' to host programs like FL Studio. So plugins can be used across many different hosts, Steinberg introduced the VST standard. However, as this is a general standard format, it restricts what is possible to a core set of features.

Little Ferry, NJ (December 1, 2020) – Eventide Audio has introduced its new H9 Plug-in Series Bundle for Windows and Mac OS X, bringing together 11 plug-ins that draw on the effects from the H9 Harmonizer Effects Processor stompbox, the sounds of which are familiar to fans of St. Vincent, Imagine Dragons, Carlos Santana, Suzanne Ciani, Peter Frampton and other high-profile H9 users.

• Hey there, i love the H9. Outstanding soundquality and very nice concept. But one thing i really miss is a VST-option for the Control App. Controlling the algorithms directly in the daw, using automation and - of course - total recall for the projects/session. That would be just awesom!! And should be a nice selling point for all the homerecording-geeks!
• H9 Control allows you to unlock the incredible power of your Eventide stompboxes using an intuitive interface. All the algorithms from Eventide stompboxes (TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space) are available for demo and purchase with H9 Control for use on your H9 Harmonizer.
• ( FREE STEREO EXPANSION & CONTROLLING / AUDIO PLUGIN ) Introduction With my A1StereoControl plugin you will be able to expand or limit the STEREO WIDTH of your tracks using only one single knob. This powerful technique can be used on single tracks or groups tracks while mixing or even on a master bus in final mastering situations.

The H9 Plug-in Series Bundle offers sonic options based around specialized functions:

• Blackhole offers control to use ambient reverb as a creative effect.

• Classic hardware effects are replicated and expanded with the spring reverb tank reborn in Spring.

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• Control and sounds expected from a physical Leslie cabinet and more can be found in Rotary Mod.

• ShimmerVerb aids the production technique of paired pitch-shift and reverb with added control.

• MangledVerb feeds a tailored stereo reverb into a distortion algorithm

• TriceraChorus pairs bucket-brigade-delay style chorusing with Eventide’s MicroPitch detuning.

• Undulator serves up two multi-tap delays, two detuned voices and an FM modulated tremolo.

• CrushStation offers distortion effects while adding EQ, compression, octave mixing and more.

• UltraTap is a multi-tap delay effect,

• MicroPitch allows fine-tuning of left and right delay channels (and doubles as a delay)

• Crystals combines twin reverse pitch shifters with reverse delays and reverb.

All H9 Series plug-ins feature Ribbon control, which lets users sweep the effect between two different settings of any combination of controls. Ribbon can be automated as well as MIDI controlled. Several of the H9 Bundle plug-ins incorporate other H9 performance buttons – Hotswitch, Freeze, Flex and Swirl.

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Applicable in both studio and live performance settings, the bundle comes with more than 500 presets across all plug-ins, including artist, engineer and producer presets by Richard Devine, Matt Lange, Vernon Reid, Chris Carter, Sasha, Flood & Alan Moulder, Damian Taylor, Black Violin, Nick Hook, Dalek, Lady Starlight and more.

The H9 Plug-in Series Bundle for OS X and Windows supports VST, AAX, and AU plug-in protocols for compatibility with every DAW. The bundle has an introductory MSRP of $299 through January 4, 2021, and will run $499 thereafter. The H9 Plug-In Series Bundle is free for registered H9 Max owners through the end of 2020. Upgrades and crossgrades from the Eventide Anthology XI are also available.

Eventide • www.eventideaudio.com

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Recently I’ve had a few people email me asking if Cantabile can be used to host VST plugins for other MIDI-Only programs. It can, and it’s fairly easy to setup.

The trick to getting this working is to use a virtual MIDI cable. There are a few of these available, but the one I find the best is LoopMIDI.

Setting Up LoopMIDI

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First, download and install LoopMIDI. Once installed, run it and type “CantabileIn” into the New Port Name field and press the + button to create a new virtual MIDI port:

(You can use the built in “loopMIDI” port but the names can become confusing if you have a few of these virtual cables running).

Setting Up Cantabile

Now start Cantabile and go to the Options MIDI Ports page, click the Add button and choose “Input Port”. Give it the same name “CantabileIn” and place a check mark next to the MIDI device called “CantabileIn” — this is the virtual MIDI cable that we created above.

While we’re in Cantabile, lets setup a simple VST plugin to listen on that port. Click the Add Object button, choose Plugin and select a VST instrument. Here I’m using a simple piano plugin that I like for testing. Once you’ve loaded the plugin, change the source of the route in the Input Ports section to “Cantabile In”:

OK, we’ve now Cantabile running with a plugin loaded and listening on the virtual MIDI port called “CantabileIn”. The next step is to setup the “other program”.

Setting Up the MIDI Program

For this example I’ll be using “VanBasco Karaoke Player” but similar options should be available in any other MIDI software.

Go to the programs settings, and locate the setting for where MIDI should be sent. In the case of VanBasco, this is simply the Output Device drop-down in the Setup screen. Change it to CantabileIn:

That’s it! Now anything played from VanBasco, will be sent to Cantabile:

MIDI Channel Mapping

Most MIDI programs will have the ability to send different MIDI events on different MIDI channels. If you’re using a generic player like VanBasco, the MIDI files may have different instruments on different channels, or if you’re using a MIDI sequencer different tracks will generally be on different channels.

There are many different ways to handle MIDI channels in Cantabile, but the simplest is to simply send each MIDI channel to a different plugin.

To show how this works, lets load another plugin. This time I’m using VB3 — a great sounding organ plugin. You’ll notice now there are two routes in the Input Ports section. As before change the new route’s source port to CantabileIn.

Next we need to setup the channel mapping. Notice that in the Control column both routes are current set to Omni? This means send all incoming MIDI to the target without affecting the channel numbers. What we want instead is to send channel 1 to the piano and channel to the organ.

Click the Omni setting for the first route and choose Channel 1:

Repeat for the second route and choose channel 2. It should end up looking like this:

You can do lots of other things with MIDI routes too. For example you might like that second route to listen on channel 2, but send everything to the plugin on channel 1. Go back to the route settings and change the target channel to channel 2:

How you set things up here really depends on your requirements and the capabilities of the plugins you’re using — but Cantabile gives you a lot of flexibility here including keyboard splits, transpose settings, velocity curves and lots more.

What’s Next

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If you’re new to Cantabile and VST in general, you might find this video on getting started handy which covers all the basics of downloading and installing plugins, loading them into Cantabile, setting up routing and more.

One final tip: if you restart your computer, don’t forget you’ll need to restart loopMIDI too.

If you’ve got questions, please get in touch or check out the forum.