accordoFrits, this is way head of the competition!
The Android, as an OS, has surpassed Apple but the numbers are shown, from Steve Jobs, in the wrong way.
iPhone is the #1 Phone sold in the world as a unit but not as operating system, Android is selling at twice the speed of the iPhone.
Anyone can do this investigation and it is amazing how things are twisted.
I had an iPhone until someone in my company showed me a Samsung Android and I could not believe how far head it is in programs, speed, quality AND FREEDOM!
So, yes I will buy the Android version no question about it.
No iTune, just drag and drop anything in it.
Imagine Podium on a NEXUS S = Amazing!
accordoIt seems that everyone has more baskets (DAW) then eggs (Music).
From the very first Performer on my Mac SE to now I never found the perfect software but it will never be. I grow, the Thing grows too but not with me….
I like Podium but it lacks some of my main working flow tools, big time.
I will be in touch with this developer as much as I can in order to push my agenda but that’s the best I can do.
I can not DEMAND anything, I am not an investor and shareholder but a customers that agreed upon buying the product and the rules of the game.
I still use MuLab for the unbeatable work flow in the piano roll and the infinite shortcut single key to every single command.
Orion is own by a “deft” skillful developer guarded by a bunch of pit bulls still lighting the fire with stones.
EnergyXt is driven by testosterone and rarely by the user feedback.
Fl…. never mind
Reaper it begins to look more like an orgy of feature hardly under a coherent vision.
We can go on for every single software out there.
I hope Podium will implement what I need but until then, instead of wasting energy in complaining, I will use my best tool available for my music passion (MuLab) and see how far I can manage with Podium because it has a superb interface and some very cool tools that I love to have under my hood.
accordoAnd it goes with the topic’s Title: Future(s) 
You’re cool man… 8)
accordo@function wrote:
I hope our respected developer may also see this trend.
The “Contrarian” are the one though that make the profits in the stock market Trends :wink:…..
accordo@H-man wrote:
The area just beyond the note event is where you instinctively attempt to grab it and at present the grab zone is a little skinny, and it seems biased the other way (over the note).
Orion has one of the most comfortable hot spot feature available.
It’s almost impossible to miss it. Unbelievably comfortable!
The rest of the piano roll though, is quite outdated. V8 will be better.
accordoThere is also another issue but it may be a bug.
I’m going to add another post next week in order not to mix things.
accordoHi H-man,
yes I tried them and that’s actually the reason for my post.
A mouse is quite powerful if its functions are funneled to spacial actions without modifiers, it increases execution’s speed in the pianoroll where ideas are turned into music leaving the other hand available for the keyboard. We do the same thing on the piano: left hand on the keys, right hand pencil and paper very often, naturally.
@H-man wrote:
but the speed and control in the note editor is second to none.
No quite but at the very very top though (In some respect, yes, way above the competition taken as an overall list of possibilities).
Thank you for your input. I really like Podium and I hope that Frits will find the time to increase the user’s options for a more flexible mouse behavior. (I worked as a beta tester for another program in refining the mouse behavior and I know how many new users jumped in after this issue was resolved. It really impacts performance if you are inclined to write directly rather than via keyboard).
Trust me, the rest of the program is more then I need, it’s beautiful and looks like it’s going to give the competition some hard time, already as it is….
accordoThank you Frits.
accordoCorrect. Small events ( I tend to have a lot of them) are difficult unless the zoom/pixel ratio is taken into consideration and/or the Wheel Zoom is active, in that case then is very fast.
Zoom in, work and zoom out.
accordoI found my Twin Opposite! Just kidding.
It’s probably a matter of styles. No one is right, but if I go through that protocol I loose it. All that, is avoidable with a macro adjustment of the sensitive spot on the note which would leave intact everything else without impacting other users but rather adding to them.
I hardly believe that the very end of a note is used for anything but length adjustment and this would give more comfort to the more inclined to the use of mouse when the use of creativity needs to slowdown because of dexterity for keyboard’s inputs…
This would leave your “style” intact but make more room for “other styles of composing” more or less.
accordoHi michi,
beside quantize I hardly see how I can manage with shortcuts on an improvisation that needs some polishing, or while writing a complex loop on the fly with the sound feedback and the mouse fine tuning the events at a fair speed not to loose the moment….
That’s when the mouse is THE tool and trying to get the right spot on the note, based on several factor of screen size, zoom, space allocation of window, it’s not pleasent, which can make the pianoroll a little inefficient if such acuity is required when needed.
I know you love shortcuts, and so do I!
In Mulab there are custom shortcut for every command in the program but still that can’t help for the above circumstance. I am not comparing the two program, just making a point of clarification.
I am migrating my work in Podium, tedious but it’s worth the effort.
So, not looking back in that respect.
A Mouse is a Mouse when things are designed for a Mouse 😉
accordoI had to. I’ve got the Tattoo!
I own a wonderful copy of Podium.
Hopefully something will be done with that zoom/slide wish in the future.
Thanks for writing such a great DAW, and more to come 😀
accordo@Zynewave wrote:
So you would like an option to change the default mousewheel action to do zooming instead of sliding?
That would be very nice and with Right click slide I will probably never look back.
Podium would be as permanent as a Tattoo 😀
Thanks for considering.
accordoI am referring to MuLab 3.x
The old one was a pain. Industrial programs were called ONLY for the mouse navigation action which is already in Podium but without modifiers.
I understand your point and this is why I asked for Extended customization in order to accommodate users such as you, me and a host of other musician.
It is a beauty for a user (and probably Hell for the developer) to be able to adjust a program in a balanced (no extreme of course) way.
A developer is there for this reason IF it falls within his vision which IMO must be respected.
Such a wonderful program such as Podium is the result of Frits genius and vision and our humble input.
You definitely have a point with the way you use Podium. Me, I am just voicing my opinion based on years and tons of software mileage.
Hopefully it’s a good request.
BTW, Podium is years ahead of MuLab, not in modularity, but in everything else.
accordoSorry, I’m at work and can’t really concentrate but I also like to add that you can Delete notes still without modifiers… (not shown in the video)
It seems that almost anything ( the most common actions) could be done with the mouse only.
Adding notes, Delete individually or a selection of notes, modify length for one or multiple events, Zoom in/out Horizontally and Vertically, Slide anywhere, right menu available, Zoom all, and more if simultaneous clicking is allowed….
Ok, I think this is all…..