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After clicking on either sequence or audio events and dragging, the control key can be held to create a unique copy which will be cropped to the event time range.

Phew !

After clicking on events and dragging, the shift key can be held to lock either the time or vertical position of the events depending on the direction of the mouse drag. This can be combined with the control or alt key when dragging copies of events. The shift-lock also works when dragging track headers.

Phew Phew !
Thank you VERY much !
My next work with Podium is going to be far easier to do than the previous one…

Holding the alt key while clicking on a resizable event will start a resize drag action.

Direct resizing WITHOUT any key when the mouse is on the edge in the next build ? 😉

The second thing that bothers me time after time, is that when I split items with scalpel tool, both parts are selected after splitting. Much better to have only right part selected, like in cubase-family programs, because 99% that you need to move only right phantom event, not left.

I have pointed that some time ago… But there is no need to have any part selected, we can move the left or right without having it selected before.

Another thing that often causes me some trouble is that when I drag a file from the list into the arrangement and move it, all previous clips which were selected remain selected and are moved together.
I think that a better behaviour will be that previously selected events are automatically deselected when a new file is inserted, like when I draw a new event.

just out of interest, can you explain how you would use Bidule to record the output of say a VST instrument playing a midi sequence in Podium? Would you insert it on a group track and press record in Bidule?

Yes, just insert on a higher level track, this is the magic of Podium 🙂

I think that this is a usability thing that is more relevant than the terminology. As the uptake of Podium increases, it will be harder to get a userbase to update their practices, and having non-std key functions will slow the adoption of the app. This is the best time to make those changes, and I’m all for them

…same for me.

The hard part is that nearly each software use different key combinations.
I’ve tried to put together some of them at http://sonart.free.fr/logiciels/shortcuts.htm

The best solution will be when Podium will have a customize key and mouse option…

Concerning the Ghost or Phantom name, I’ve no real preference since I don’t use this function, and always have to “clone phantom sequence” and “crop unique sequence” after copying…
For me “clone” is better for real duplication. Since ghost seems to be used by other softwares, I suppose that it is better to use it also in Podium ?

Perhaps that control for real copy (like you say Frits) and control + shift for “ghosts” will be good ? In Windows we can use alt or ctrl + shift for the same thing.
This would preserve the alternate key for someting else ? (alt + drag is used for real copies in Live…).
The shift key which is used for moving between tracks (in same time position) in Samplitude and Tracktion (like moving instead of copying in Windows) will be a nice addition…

Concerning the copy itself, there is something a little bit disturbing in Podium, certainly due to the use of the same control key for duplicating and resizing : we must press the control key AFTER begin to drag the clip, wheras in other softwares we can press the modifier key BEFORE (like for resizing).

This will mean that the previous use of the control key as a shortcut for drag-resizing events must be abandoned

So, the solution will be NO NEED for a shortcut to resize events like in all other apps ? 😛

A new event can be created with the rearrange tool by double-clicking on an empty area in the note and curve editors. Double-clicking on an existing event with the rearrange or pencil tools will delete the event.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !

And the track copy are great also…

Thanks A LOT !