acousmodThanks stu, but all my files are 48 khz / 16 bits.
The curious thing is that all can goes well at 20/30 % without any spike during 30 minutes or one hour and that the apparition of the spikes is not progressive.
They are also sometimes nearly regular, about 1.5 second.
I’ve thought about something related to temperature, but it stays correct (CPU and HD about 45°C) and if I shut down and immediately restart Podium the spikes disapear (for a certain time…).
acousmodI’ll probably do this one for the next release.
Oh thanks, it will save some time for me in a lot of circumstances !
acousmodDo you mean you want the previous tool to be reselected when you release the key?
Exactly.
How about using the tool selection D and F key shortcuts. If you use the slice tool often, then you can move it next to e.g. the rearrange tool in the toolbar setup dialog. Then you only need to press D or F to switch between the two tools.
Yes, but I would prefer a lot the previous solution…
The way as it is for the Slide or the zoom tool is perfect for me (with only one key 😉 )
acousmodIt will be a day to celebrate when this list is empty. And when it is, I’ll raise the price of Podium to 1000$
While waiting for this happy day (I begin to save my money for the update !), there is two or three very little things that would certainly not be too time consuming for you but will be very useful for me (and others I suppose) :
– keyboard shortcuts for temporary selection of the Scalpel tool (it will help until the “splice to play position” will be implemented) and the Pencil tool, like for the Slide tool. If possible with only ONE key press (no modifier…)
– an option for a thin line for the play position, to help with precise cuts
Thanks !
acousmodThanks !
acousmodThe engine prepares playback approximately one second ahead of time, so if you change events just slightly ahead of the play cursor, the changes will not be heard in the playback.
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It seemed to be solved in the floating editor ?
There should be no difference on this behaviour no matter if you’re using embedded or floating editors.
You’re right, I thought it worked better before…
But for me, the curve is rarely updated, even if the point that I change is 10 or 20 seconds after the play cursor, the audio level doesn’t change at all.
Do you think that you could improve this ?
acousmodOK OK… keep your time… 😉
acousmodGreat update Frits, Thanks !
acousmodHmmm, so I really have to wait some months before using Podium…
But I have no doubt than ONE DAY all will be possible !
Thanks for your support.
acousmodYou mentioned that you have disabled 9-18 on the first interface, and enabled 1-18 on the second interface.
Actually I can’t change this since the interface which appears the first come from the PCMCIA card, which the computer doesn’t support very well, and there are crackles on the outputs superior to 12… On the PCI one all the 16 are good. Perhaps do you know how to invert the order ? (in the Registry ???).
In all cases I must jump the two SPDIF outputs which I dont’use (no converter).
The other interest to have access to all the outputs is to store the output settings within the project, and don’t have to change the plugs to the speakers. This is very practical in concerts !…
Implementing a sort of channel matrix is a big task, and will disturb my plans for the next month. I fear you will have to wait a while for this.
Of course, I understand. This can wait.
But will it be also complicated to only remove the outputs that are not selected from the bus ?
What is the use of this selection if it doesn’t remove them ?
acousmodHi,
I’ve followed this discussion with interest, since I have some questions that are related.
My problem is very personal, and will not have interest for 0.0000000000000000000000000001 % of users…
That is : while waiting for the futher automation enhancements of Podium…, I’m actually making multichannel audio files in other hosts, and then import the files to arrange them in Podium, using only the volume envelopes.
First, I must make some cleaning and selections in the files, and since they are 16 channels files it can be only done inside Podium.
Actually, the only way to do this is to bounce the selected parts of the files to new ones (there will be soon a “save selection as” option in the sound editor ;-)).
What I want is only to cut the files, without any change, gain or other.
My question is : is the process transparent, like in an audio mastering tool like SoundForge, or does the mixing engine and the truncation to 16 bits will change something to the files ?
At this stage, I don’t want to change the bit depth of the files, 16 channels files take a lot of place and my purpose is then to mix then in a multitrack way, so there it could be also a disk transfert rate problem if I use 32 bits files or even 24 bits.
The final stage will be of course 24 bit files, and for me a dithering option will be appreciate too, but I can make it inside Bidule from the 32 bits files, so it is not a priority.
acousmodYou mentioned CPU efficiency, are any of your plugs very high on CPU usage then?
it depends on the number of channels and the usage… 5.1 plugs use less CPU than 16 channels, and static positions than continuous automation movements.
For example, I’ve used last year between 10 to 15 “SpatSurround 12” plugins (2 inputs / 12 outputs) inside Nuendo on my 1,3 GHz Centrino laptop with a 50% CPU average with automations.
Lastly, I had some problems running 3 plugins with 5 inputs / 16 outputs inside Podium when there was automation for the three plugins at the same time (same computer).
Concerning the effects or the instruments the CPU can go high with 16 channels plugs !
Do you actually allow for your plugs to be used for commercial work?
Of course, you do what you want with them (I accept donations !).
I see Podium as an ideal alternative to Nuendo for instance for surround work (based on your comments on your website and here on the forum) if you use this product how would you compare their surround usage and features?
The big benefits of Podium are the number of channel that it can support which is unique on all plateforms (12 for Nuendo / 32 for Podium) and its cost !
The hierarchical structure of Podium is also more powerfull.
But concerning the composition features, Nuendo is actually far away from Podium (their oldness and their price are not comparable !). Nuendo has a good integrated surround module which uses little CPU and can support all the plugins like Podium up to 12 channels. The “surround edition” has also some good multichannel effects plugins.
The automation and audio features on which Frits is working will reduce the differences a lot when they will be done (synchronization of the automation curves with the audio sequences, in-line editing of the automation, realtime audio fades and crossfades, MIDI out of the plugins, MIDI processing…).
Personally, I’m waiting for them to switch to Podium.
acousmod@acousmod: can any of your plugins give Podium surround sound panning capabilities? I had a quick look at your site and it looks like that may be the case
Of course, surround and more ! and Podium is actually the better choice to host them.
There is now a “surround” category where you will find all the plugs from 5.0 to 7.1.
The english pages will be soon updated, but you can now download the plugins in the french pages.
I haven’t yet updated the Device Definitions so you must do it manually.
Frits…it appears the panner issue is not quite as simple as first appeared to me. You have done well to even implement surround in Podium with support for so many configurations in the first place, looking at the difficulties involved and then offering such features at the current price point
For me, it is the wonderful part of Podium which opens incredible multichannel possibilities by the way that Frits has implemented the busses.
Letting it open is, for me, a better choice than having only integrated objects that have in some hosts very limited functions, and in which users have not the possibility to use something else.
That is probably correct, but implementing a quality surround-panner is not a trivial task either.
It is sure that an integrated pan surround will be more efficient than my SpatPod. It will be very nice when you will have the time to do it.
acousmodHi,
I take advantage of this thread to ask a question concerning the way to change presets during a sequence.
I’ve seen how to use an automation track for the Presets which are stored inside the plugin, which is a very good way, but I didn’t found how to change the presets which are in the Library. Can we access them with program changes too ?
I suppose that the info is somewhere ?
And a request (yes, one more…) : it will be VERY usefull to drag / drop the Library Presets directly on sequences. It will be very fast and easy to use and will not need any automation track, it will be a propertie of that sequence.
It was an old function in Cubase ATARI which I was using all the time (without the drag & drop, only the parameter value in the inspector).
Perhaps even with the name of the preset in one corner of the sequence ?
acousmodSome new facts !
First : thank you for your suggestions, but the files have always been at 48 kHz.
When I open the projects, “old” or “new”, it is made from the same external firewire drive : the two computers use exactly the same projects / files / audio card (two laptops with PCMCIA), set and running at 48 kHz. In the first one, the one on which the projects have been made, the automation curves are shifted (with the two projects), and on the second one the synchro is good (with the two projects too, see below).
The duration of the two projects and the sequences are the same and they are played at the same speed. Only the speed of the curves are different.
If I change the sample rate, it changes the pitch inside the audio sequences but doesn’t change the synchronization with the curves which remains wrong…
But, Second :
I’ve updated the 1.31 (first computer) with the 1.32 and………. the old file, saved with the 1.30 version is well synchronized, but the one that has been saved with the 1.31 is not !
Do you understand something ???
If not, it doesn’t mind for me, since now I can work again.
Thanks for the 1.32 !