Topic: idiots corner here

Navigator: Unlike Live, dragging vertically will scroll down through your tracks. The zooming function on the navigator is assigned to the mouse wheel in Podium! Does that not work for you?

Inspector: I’m sure you noticed this – you’ve got gain and pan faders right directly above that big space (it’s empty in your screen shot, but normally you get a listing of sequences on the track there). I don’t know about the faders, but I think I’d like a bigger dB meter in the inspector too. 🙂

These are my most used keyboard shortcuts.
For the complete list check the Podium Guide!

Numpad enter – play
Num ins – stop (double press to return to the start)
Num del – record mode on/off
Num 7/9 – move to next/previous marker
Insert – duplicate selected event (good for drum patterns!)
L – loop mode on/off
U – metronome on/off
G – minimize/expand group tracks

And in the piano roll:
Ctrl-up/down arrow keys – transpose selected notes a semitone
Shift-ctrl-up/down arrow keys – transpose by an octave

It’s impossible to have multiple instruments on a track. You’ll have to use one track each and copy the MIDI events over. Maybe group them, too, for better view.

@Limiter: You probably want to switch between pre and post meters. This can be done with the small rectangles on the channel pane in the mixer (Click and Shift+Click). Maybe your limiter doesn’t do anything because there is not enough input. The “Pre-“-gain (which is probably shown by the mixer) can reach higher values than 0db.

@Recording: “Bounce” is the right thing to do. You have to do a few things first.
1. set the tracks bounce mode to “realtime recording” (right click on the track header -> bounce)
2. set “activate realtime record” or press CTRL+B
3. play your arrangement and activate record (K)

Editor:
Go to View menu -> Editor Profile Properties -> select Embedded editor and delete it.

Mixer:
If it’s taller you want, just drag the titlebar (where it says Mixer) upwards. To give it specific settings, go to the Mixer Region Properties from the mixer menu and fill in the height/width fields under layout.

I’ll have to let someone else explain side-chaining.