Reply To: Just a concerning rant in my mind
LiquidProj3ctHey Infinitoar 😉
Why cripple plugin multiprocessing for the free version?
Podium free doesn’t support multicore CPUs, only the paidware version as you read. Anyway Podium should have any advantage over Podium Free. To be honest I think that the free version of Podium is the most generous “lite” version you will find. There are other famous hosts that doesn’t support multicore CPU in their full versions even…
Also Podium free only support one Midi Out, because… if you can spends hundred of dollars in them, you can spend $50 in Podium.
You could be using Reaper, but if you use it more than 30 days you would be ‘stealing’ the software. Reaper isn’t free, it costs $60.
I’m sure there are some capable people that can lend you a hand in the development of Podium and asking for nothing “HUGE” in return
Yes, I’m developing my own plugins in C++ and maybe I could help to Podium development, but I need more experience .
-Slow plugin loading
-When the project is fully rendered it “feels” like Podium is STILL using the CPU to keep the pluginactive even though the trackhave been rendered into a .wav. [which makes no damn sense whatsoever]If a track is “MUTED” all [CPU]processes from that track should cease, not “crank down”
I didn’t see that.
-Not a detailed CPU meter of what is running and taking the most CPU and what’s not.
I don’t miss that, i focus on make music and I know my plugins, so I guess what’s the problem and how could I solve it. Try bouncing whitin range, maybe that helps 🙂
-When loading a project it takes a while to load all the plugins used in the project.[whether they are heavy CPU load plugins or NOT, trust me I’ve did it]
Usually that’s plugin dependent. There is some fast and few slow plugins. My own plugins two months ago spend around 4 seconds to load in Podium, now 0.3 seconds (aprox)
-No “backup saves”
I think someday I will remake my Ctrl-S macro 😛 I don’t miss it because I’m used to do ctrl-s each 2-3 operations, however I understand your point.
Using your Keyboard as a MIDI keyboard
Yes, that’s cool for laptop users. I also miss it when I go with my laptop to another place where I don’t have any midi keyboard.