The Telenator.
duffmanHello everyone,
Someback ground: I was a long time CoolEdit/Adobe Audition user. When Adobe dropped midi development I moved over to Reaper.
I miss the ability to set the session or project KEY and have all imported loops match that KEY. Also, I miss the ability to embed this project KEY into any audio I record. Yes yes I know ACID will do this, but I hate their interface and work flow.
So is this something Podium can do or will be developed to do in the future?
How about preview at project tempo, and preview at project KEY?
Also, I see there is MCU support. How deep is the implementation?
I figure global automation of envelopes and pan, how about markers and regions? Save, Nudge, Loop/Cycle, Insert New Track?
Audition 3.01 was the cats meow as a DAW & editor in one. Reaper is not bad but the tid-bits it’s missing would make me move to something else.
Thanks,
duffman
The TelenatorSo, greetings duffman and welcome to the select group of Zynewave aficionados. I might as just be straight with you — Podium does a lot of things and does them extremely well, but as someone very knowledgeable of REAPER and also a sometimes user thereof, I’ve got to be honest with you by saying that, if you are not satisfied with the zillion and one commands, scripts, macros, options, thousand-menu items and more in REAPER, then you are not going to be happy with Podium either. In fact, I suspect there is not another full, professional DAW in existence now or anytime in this decade that will suit.
No, Podium is more about doing your own creative work. It doesn’t, for example, shift keys or tonalities of every clip or loop you throw at it and make them all the same key. I don’t even think Fruity Loops (of late called FL Studio) will do that for you. Those kinds of bells and whistles are pretty well absent here.
Now, what you will find is a recording system that is very stable, thoroughly tested prior to any newer release, rather low CPU, most excellently thought out in its MIDI editor, and containing a few concepts that one can tell were carefully designed in. There is a distinct focus on the meat and potatoes here — it’s created for artists, musician composers and the like, instead of being geared for fads, trends or as some DJ’s toy. I find it an extremely inspiring chunk of software but, no, it won’t hold your hand and do the fiddly things for you.
I should mention that it is rather good at supporting Mackie and Mackie-emulating controls and will process internally at 64-float — a feature that Pro Tools 11 just added and is now boasting about today yet Podium has had this for ages. In fact, perhaps go read the latest PT propaganda, then return and notice that Podium has had many of their recently-added features for years.
I realise this post doesn’t answer your every detail, but, frankly, I never think about or have ever needed many of those. I’m too busy making my own loops, samples and bits of music — in whatever key I choose to write them in. I suggest you simply try the demo and perhaps read the Guide for yourself. The demo is free, biggest limitation I think is it’s single core functioning . . . oh, and did I mention the price of the pro edition? It will leave you enough left over to buy one or more other DAWs.
Cheers and Best Wishes!
–Tele