Topic: Vista support?

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  • April 2, 2007 at 16:49 #1243
    guy
    Participant

    Hey y’all,

    Just a few questions that I didn’t see anywhere on this forum (a search option would have been nice). It would be nice to know if Podium will work on my new computer (when it gets out of the repair shop!). I have a Dell E520 with Pentium D Processors (dual) and running Vista OS. I also have a 24 inch wide screen and a 19 inch monitor. Can Podium handle all this? If so, then the next question will be about how to do it in Podium.

    I have been impressed with Podium since I found it as a sort of aside comment from someone on the KVR forum. (Suggestion, a bigger presence on the KVR forum would certainly help get the word out and as a consequence, increase sales) This DAW has every thing that I was wishing for in FL Studio 7. I am still learning and getting used to it but I am, after only a few weeks, as far along in Podium as I am in FL Studio after a year!

    I have other questions but I really would like to know if Podium will handle the hardware before I get into the software.

    Thanks

    April 2, 2007 at 17:07 #9690
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    Hi,

    a search option would have been nice

    There is a search link at the top of the page.

    It would be nice to know if Podium will work on my new computer (when it gets out of the repair shop!). I have a Dell E520 with Pentium D Processors (dual) and running Vista OS. I also have a 24 inch wide screen and a 19 inch monitor. Can Podium handle all this?

    I have not personally tried Podium on Vista yet, so I cannot make any guarentees. I know that one user has tried Podium on Vista 32-bit Premium with success. Podium supports multiple monitors. Open a new browser window (Ctrl+W) and drag it to the second screen. The two browser windows can be synced so that project navigation in one window is followed in the other. Each window stores the last used editor profile, so one window can show a timeline editor while the other shows a mixer editor.

    April 3, 2007 at 09:06 #9702
    Conquistador
    Participant

    @guy wrote:

    Hey y’all,

    Just a few questions that I didn’t see anywhere on this forum (a search option would have been nice). It would be nice to know if Podium will work on my new computer (when it gets out of the repair shop!). I have a Dell E520 with Pentium D Processors (dual) and running Vista OS. I also have a 24 inch wide screen and a 19 inch monitor.

    I think the user Frits spoke of is most likely me 😉

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    As far as I can tell the performance, reliability and operation of Podium is identical in Vista (Premium 32 bit here) to usage in XP.

    It opens up fine, imports files, plays back e.t.c. in exactly the same way it does in XP. So if you want real world user feedback from someone else on a Pentium D, with Windows Vista then based on my experience it will work. I use a large widescreen with Podium on Vista.

    Of course I cannot guarantee Podium will work on Vista for you but I see no reason at all why it should not work.

    Projects are saved and re called correctly e.t.c everything seems 100% OK. Certainly my XP Podium usage mirrored on Vista has not produced any problems apart from a strange exit delay…Podium will take about 7 -10 seconds to close on Vista. It is almost instant on XP.

    I cannot find anything else that is problematic on Vista with Podium.

    A side issue not Zynewaves fault of course… Kjearhus plugs don’t appear to work on Vista yet (GAC, GMO GEQ) without throwing up some error messages and some other plugs have problems but as they are not officially Vista compatible yet problems with some plugs on Vista is to be expected I guess.

    I think some Voxengo plugs are a bit erratic as well on Vista. YMMV.

    @Frits…
    Vista Home basic (upgrade) should not be more than £50 – £100

    I currently dual boot and switch between Vista and XP.

    I am 99.9% certain that any testing you do with Vista Home basic should be able to cover users of Premium, Business and Ulitmate (32 bit)versions of Vista. Podium already works on Vista Premium. Ultimate costs around £300 – £400, no need to spend that!

    I have quoted these prices in pounds but it may even be cheaper than my £50 -£100 estimate to upgrade from your version of XP to Vista Home basic (upgrade version) from a local store near you in Denmark.

    I think starting with a 32bit version of Vista would be a good idea as the 64 bit version is I think more expensive. Most users will likely start out with the 32 bit version of Vista I would have thought anyway.

    It looks like there is only one bug on Vista to address as well 🙂 Not bad for an OS you have not even tested Podium with yet! 🙂

    April 5, 2007 at 12:36 #9708
    guy
    Participant

    Sorry its taken me so long to get back to y’all. Been trying to get my new computer integrated, work, life, etc. You know how it goes.

    Any way, I’ve had a chance to try Podium on a Pentium D with Vista now and have run into a problem. Everything opens fine when I just go with the defaults and what ever synth Podium chooses for me in a new arrangment. However, when I click on the power button a strange (and obnoxious) noise builds from 0 to 100% Db coming from the Record Track. Fortunately, I had my headphones wrapped around my neck the first time this happened! If I delete that track then everything works great! Am I doing something wrong?

    Also, Conquistadors “Exit delay” problem is something that has been happening to me from day one, with Windows XP and Vista. Strange but not a big deal.

    All in all, my experience with Podium so far has been totally positive and a purchase is in the near future. Thank you for developing this outstanding program!

    Guy

    April 5, 2007 at 13:18 #9709
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    when I click on the power button a strange (and obnoxious) noise builds from 0 to 100% Db coming from the Record Track. Fortunately, I had my headphones wrapped around my neck the first time this happened! If I delete that track then everything works great! Am I doing something wrong?

    It sounds like a speaker->microphone feedback problem, although it’s strange this should happen if you are only using headphones. The audio track you delete has an audio inptut mapped. You can bypass the input with the x button.

    April 5, 2007 at 18:13 #9710
    guy
    Participant

    Quote:
    “It sounds like a speaker->microphone feedback problem, although it’s strange this should happen if you are only using headphones.”

    Yeah, now that you mention it, the noise sounds exactly like feedback! The full title of the track is “Windows Record” and I read somewhere that Microsoft dropped all ASIO support in Vista or some such thing as that. I have found that if I change the input on that track to any thing else the problem goes away. Strange indeed. I’ll have to play around with it some more and see what I can come up with.

    Conquistador, I wonder if the reason you do not experience this problem is because you dual boot and Podium can find the propper support for a Windows Record track in Vista in XP? (Did that make sense? I’m so easily confused! 😳 ) Vista is the only OS on my computer.

    Well any way guys, thanks for the replies and the information. 😀

    April 9, 2007 at 16:41 #9737
    Conquistador
    Participant

    @guy wrote:

    Conquistador, I wonder if the reason you do not experience this problem is because you dual boot and Podium can find the propper support for a Windows Record track in Vista in XP? (Did that make sense? I’m so easily confused! 😳 ) Vista is the only OS on my computer.

    Well any way guys, thanks for the replies and the information. 😀

    Sorry guy! Your question was sitting there for days LOL! I just did not see it.

    To answer your question…it is an interesting theory but the Vista installation I have is totally separate from XP. Different partition. I can’t remember now but I think it is even on a different physical hard drive as well. I did not install Vista over XP. It is a clean full install not an upgrade install, even though it is an upgrade version.

    Also…

    and I read somewhere that Microsoft dropped all ASIO support in Vista

    I have successfully used the Edirol UA25 and the Echo audioFire 4 in Vista with Vista specific ASIO drivers from Edirol and Echo Audio.

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