.Yay, this looks great! 🙂
The only thing missing is some kind of visual clue that there are things still further up the chain. You could potentially wonder for ages where that reverb sound comes from, only to realize there was a send mapping on the track all along, just not visible. Like on the old track headers, the box around the signal chain would drop a shadow when there were hidden parent tracks. Sadly I’m fresh out of ideas for this right now.
Edit: Ooh, there’s drag-and drop rearranging of effects on the track header! If possible, pop-up help should close as soon as you start to click-drag an effect track, otherwise you can’t see where you’re dropping it.
Two wholly cosmetic observations:
1. There’s a definite 1 pixel space between the new buttons that is only really noticable with dark color schemes, it seems. I wonder if it wouldn’t look nicer if the buttons were actually joined (but still separated by a line). I don’t think there’d be much of a concern about it being just one button that way.
Extreme example:
2. I can’t help but to think those shadows look a little exaggerated on brightly colored backgrounds, like the default blue for selections on Vista. I don’t know about your UI rendering engine, of course, but is there any way you could try something similar to rendering shadows with a different blend mode? You know, Like in image editors – multiply, screen, overlay… A “simple matter of programming”, surely. 😉
Edit: Also, I believe the letters S & M aren’t centered on the new bigger version of the track header buttons! Unbelievable! 😛
And something a little off-topic. I recently wiped the dust off an old laptop computer; it has a native screen resolution of 1400×1050… on a measly 14″ screen. 🙄
Text in Podium is awfully small that way, and changing DPI settings in Windows doesn’t help. This is no request – I’m just curious – have you ever thought about changing Podium’s font for a heavier one, or using the system’s font?
I find that drag-and-drop feels a little inconsistent, I’m afraid.
If I want to drag zPEQ up one level, it’s enough to just grab it and move the mouse directly on the track above (BuzMaxi).
If I want to move an effect down a level, however, I have to drag it two tracks down, actually! (If I wanted to drag zPEQ down, I’d have to drag it into empty space.)
@Zynewave wrote:
In beta6 the effect record buttons are finally gone. The track lane record button will also record enable all plugin effect tracks.
I love those minor changes that simplify Podium workflow! I was trying it and I saw this:
Since green inputs are the same that red input, the green inputs hasn’t too much sense, I see them as a waste of space and an unnecesary interface overload. Unless you have another plans for them, I would hide them from children tracks.
@LiquidProj3ct wrote:
@Zynewave wrote:
In beta6 the effect record buttons are finally gone. The track lane record button will also record enable all plugin effect tracks.
I love those minor changes that simplify Podium workflow! I was trying it and I saw this:
Since green inputs are the same that red input, the green inputs hasn’t too much sense, I see them as a waste of space and an unnecesary interface overload. Unless you have another plans for them, I would hide them from children tracks.
Thanks, that’s a bug. The fader, source and input selectors should not be shown at all on parameter tracks. Only the parameter selector should be shown. I’ll fix it for the next beta.
