Topic: Is Podium Dead?

Azure, I haven’t had cause to return to this thread, but I was scanning the forum just now to see what I might have missed in the last couple of days. I thought I’d said plenty in this one.

I happened to catch your response, page 2, and then alex’s return comment and must concur with him. This is indeed no joke: you need to set straight your relationship with Cockos, and I mean without delay. They have no concern there for the many who run a few days over before getting to it with a proper registration, but a Day 151 is a serious abuse of their graces. I trust you will give this matter you immediate attention. -Tele

Sorry if that sounded like I was talking down to you — I wasn’t. If it helps any, let me assure you what a great little team of devs you have there at Cockos. Don’t judge from the membership at the forum, although I will say, less trolling and jerks there than many other audio and DAW forums. The quality of membership I’m guessing would perhaps be a little better were it not for the low price tag attracting all sorts. Back to the devs, though, they are a deserving crew. They will just about bend over backwards for a user, despite how you see posts every day that contain all sorts of outright demands for features. I really don’t know how they put up with it over there. No fun at all if you ask me. I have to be honest here, if it were Steinberg’s Cubase or AVID’s Poor Tools we were talking about, I’m sure I would have said …

So, soon you will be to able carry a wallet that is full of plastic cards, and you will be entitled to accumulate thousands of dollars in debt, just like my own sons. When I used to teach guitar I used to caution the many younger students not to be in too big of a hurry to grow up. Not that it ever did any good, but they were always saying to me, I can’t wait until I’m old enough to _____ (insert your own here).

In case I become too busy in the next few days, let me take this moment to wish you a Happy Birthday! now. What a world to come of age in today!

Cheers!
–Tele

Well, it’s great there’s somebody who’s more patient and tolerant than I am.

Azure,

I’ve read the last couple of posts and I want to explain some things. As The Telenator ‘s already said you’re not the only one who’s using REAPER past 60 days. Some people posted they did that over at Cockos. But (off the top of my head):

1. A guy was posting to thank Cockos for being able to finish his work thanks to their evaluation policy. People who responded just told him he should buy it when he can. Later he reported that he did it using his mother’s credit card (you can imagine how embaracing that can be for a grown man).

2. A guy was asking what to do – he installed REAPER and was away from home after that, so, when he came back the evaluation period was over. A mod responded and told him to evaluate it like he’s just downloaded it.

3. A guy who’s living in the country where $60 is a small fortune said he was saving up but he was gonna need another six months to be able to buy it.

So, nothing to laugh about. On the other hand, I see that you’re laughing all the time, which is a great thing, and I realize that I was wrong about that (about what I thought you were laughing about). Just pick a DAW and learn. BTW, it’s not necessarily a bad thing to be limited in some way – weak machine or Podium Free…. Such things can help you force the decision – bounce some tracks down and move on. There’s so many people who’re looping two bars for hours, trying to make something perfect and at the and of the day, they don’t even know what they wanted to do. That’s not the way to go (except when practicing and trying out new approaches and techniques….). Later, when you really know what you’re doing you will also know which DAW suits you best for your work. Finally, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with asking questions – something in your posts made me believe you were a noob, not a newb. It seems I was wrong.

Best of luck!

No is not! 🙂