Topic: Preview: Compact track layout

@Zynewave wrote:

There are new submenus for: “Assign Input”, “Assign Output”, “Assign Effect”, “Assign Source” and “Insert Effect Track”, depending on which track you click on.

The “Assign Source” submenu includes all device mappings that produce sound, i.e. instruments and bus returns.

I’m going to extend this menu with “New Parameter Track” and “Assign Preset” submenus. This should then allow you to do everything on the track headers, without having to use the track inspector.

Very good!

Just a small thing but would it be a good idea to include configurable “Favourites” items under the “Assign” menus?

For example:

Assign source ->
Unassign: Anysynth

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.
Favourite 1
Favourite 2
etc

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all other instruments
etc

Is it possible to understand what I mean? Could be “Recent” items too but I would personally prefer “Favourites”.

Edit: Perhaps there already is some other way of doing something similar?

/SQ

@Zsolt

You need to switch to compact mode in your arrangement properties.

@Zynewave wrote:

With a bit of manual work, you can arrange your plugins into favorites folders on the project start page.

Or pre – arrange them on your hard drive to taste, *before* you import them, that way Podium will correctly maintain the folder layout of your plugins after import.

B13 thoughts…
Podium is so much easier to navigate and use now. It is a really strange thing but those preset and parameter sub menu’s just make it so easy at track level to work very quickly now. Great idea. It is a joy to work at track level in 1.95. Love it.

z3ta+ presets using the new submenus:

Sonitus Compressor Parameters using the new submenus:

Those little additional graphical touches just give it a very refined, polished, stylish and elegant look.

While it is necessary to give feedback on problems when they occur so that they can be identified and fixed or refined…I think some really positive feedback is due here.

I really have to say Podium using Compact mode in 1.95 is a really nice experience. It really does feel very different to 1.94, it’s much easier to use, with more features and allows for a much quicker work flow. Excellent!

Thanks Frits. 🙂

@Zynewave wrote:

The new beta 13 has further changes to the track menus, including submenus for presets and parameters.

You said “including” so are there other undocumented changes in B13 as well?

Hi Frits and Posters,

Fist, really dig the changes comming through. I’ve been tracking the Betas since Beta 7 and am stoked with the changes and new layout. 8)

I wanted to raise a couple of issues that I think affect appearance and work-flow. I accept in advance that these are not really ground-breaking but think that raising this after the release of 1.95 (feels like 2.0 don’t you think?) would be worse.

First, can the background to the Volume/Pan faders and the buttons X,R etc. be left in the default background colour. Minor I know but when you’re using my colour scheme …well, there’s alot of orange.

Second, like the (new) default heights for the automation tracks, could it be possible to have the track ‘windows’ expand automatically to show all VSTxs on the track? (See above pic again)

Third, I note that a default track height can be set for all which is cool however I would like to raise the issue of why the tracks are so expandable (See Pic). Edits are done via the piano roll / list editor / sequence editor anyway right? So couldn’t the tracks start at a sensible minimum (ie. high enough to show mapped plugin and input) and grow automatically to show all plugs on that track as you can drag-n-drop a parameter any where on the track and it will jump nicely into place.

Then I guess the idea is that you build the tracks, roll them up and use the group panel and group menus for changes/access to effects & instruments.

I suppose all of this could be customisable through the ‘Tracks Region Properties’ under ‘view’ in the Inspector but I’m interested to hear anyone’s ideas on the above.

And finally, awesome stuff Frits 😀

Thanks Frits,

Perhaps it could be that the ability to ‘lock’ the track height could enble both types of behaviour with the defaut being locked?

That is, you could unlock the track, minimise the mixer and have your unlocked track expand nicely. Lock it again and jumps back into shape.

Just a suggestion, anyway thanks for the response 🙂

I must say that midi-routing options and time-stretching as per CQSD’s post would be pretty high on my (if not everyone’s) list for upcoming updates.

Rewire I could care less about. In fact if Re-birth had shipped with a VST version all though years ago we wouldn’t even be discussing this.
😛 (I just know someone is going to take offence to that!) 😛

On to Beta 14it is.