acousmodBidule may support wave files larger than 2GB, but smaller than 4GB.
So do you think that Podium would be able to support too the 4GB wave files without having to program the support for other formats like Broadcast Wave or RF64 ?
4 GB is sufficient for me up to now 😉
acousmodPerfect.
One more subtlety of Podium…
Thank you !
(nevertheless, I think that being able to do it in the Browser window will be a simpler workflow)
acousmodThe conclusion is that there is some work involved in supporting this, so for now I’ll put it on the plan.
Thanks for the researches, I will differ this project…
Concerning the format, I don’t know : I had forgotten to tell you that the files that I use are multichannel wave files which have been made with Nuendo and Bidule. In Bidule there is no option for the Broadcast Wave Format and in Nuendo the files result from a direct multichannel record, they are not saved from a bounce in Broadcast Wave format.
Perhaps that the WaveFormatExtensible have a direct support for files more than 2 Go ?
Do you use it or a regular wave file format ?
I know that Bidule automatically uses it.
acousmodOne moment I tried to to copy an arrangement in a project (browser window) with the intention to use the basic setting (eq etc which were already set for one session) but Podium started to copy (it seems) all the audio files as well
I join my voice to kagemusha to ask if it will be possible to add an option for NOT duplicating the audio files.
I have tried too to copy an arrangement for working on different variations and I had to abandon this idea…
acousmodI understand well the high need of a complete manual (and the difficulty to write it), at first for my usage !
So I will be patient : two months for the manual = perhaps that some functions will be implemented for the summer ?
Cheers,
acousmodacousmodOf course,
Some times, I might think a little deeper…
Nevertheless, I will ask to Jeff McClintock for the GetSpeakerArrangement call.
He will at least pu it on his also large to do list !
acousmodIf Podium is to automatically set up surround mappings, the plugin will have to support the GetSpeakerArrangement call. Do you know if your plugins/SynthEdit support this function?
sure they don’t have !
The only option for the VST export in Synthedit is to declare mono or stereo outputs. And I don’t think that a GetSpeakerArrangement call will have a chance to appear as an option before several years !
I thought that Podium could count : “2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8, so I map 8 outputs”…
You can see how I am not a programmer 😕
Nervermind !
acousmodIt would be nice if you could create a page on your site, which acts as a sort of portal for Podium related stuff. It could be your current mappings.htm added with download links for the plugins. Then I can just link to this page in the device definition forum, and skip showing download links for the plugins.
It’s what I will do !
Thanks !
acousmodThis will work in most cases, but the recommended way is to use the ‘import device definition’ command in the project wizard,
Yes, I knew this way, but I have choosen for this first step the manual way in order to explain the relationship between the Definition file and the plugin file.
With the Wizard, one has not idea about what is involved the first times. Anyway it was the case for me… perhaps because I’m french and don’t understand all the words !
The wizard will also handle cases where you import a definition for a global plugin that already is imported, and will then assign a new instance number to the second import and reuse the old device definition object from the first import.
Hmm, I’m not sure that I understand this.
Global plugins can work in a multichannel way ?
Why not just open the list window in the arrangement, locate the file with the embedded file browser in the right hand side of the list window, and drag the file onto the track. This will then automatically import the file into the project.
ahhh.
I agree with you and this is what I do myself, but for the same reason, I thought (perhaps am I wrong) that this way, since much longer, was for a first approach more clear for people that discover also Podium.
Perhaps that the result is the contrary : I will try to correct this.
But also, to be honest, I am a little bit confused with the Object/File List, which is at the same time a kind of duplication of the Track Browser, but not really the same, and a sort of file explorer which doesn’t acts really like one.
For example, a simple button to go up in the path like in a regular file explorer will generally avoid to open the new Windows explorer for finding a file (less clic, better way !).
This is not a criticism. Just a personal feeling.
I know also that people (and I !) like that a software can be intuitive to handle, especially when it is so original like yours, and it seems to me that there is something around that is a bit “cumbersome”.
It’s why I asked you in an other post for a Sound Category in the track Inspector for easy visualization of the pool and direct drag and drop of files, or a direct shortcut (Ctrl + I !) and/or right clic option for direct import.
Sure, these things are little details and may differ from users, but as I teach for years I see what is functionning and what drives people to say : “yes, very powerfull, but finally I prefer this one”. And for every day work, this finishes to have a great importance.
On the other way, Podium has a lot of great tricks, and it’s a real pleasure to see how some things are handled, like the way to change the hierarchical position of a track or to add a new automation track : there is no other software to do this so easily and efficiently !
So excuse me for a so long post…
acousmodYes.
Since Podium finds that a plugin has x ins and x outs, I suppose that it will not be too difficult to set the mapping accordingly ?
This doen’t replaces a hand made Device Definition, mostly for the setup of the automation parameters (I speak for mines and their useless params that I can’t hide from Synthedit 👿 ), but I think that it could be cool for a common usage…
acousmodI agree !
I don’t personnaly use aif files, but since some Mac users are concerned with multichannel audio, and since Podium has the better support of multichannel files that exists for audio montage, it will be a plus if it can read and write such files.
But as you say, there are other priorities !
Thanks
acousmodHi,
the technique works also with audio tracks, but if it is a parameter track of a plugin for this audio track it can’t be at the same time a child of the audio, no ?
Is there a trick to obtain nevertheless this result in this case ?
acousmodThanks to you…
It is perhaps a little boring to read and to try to understand all those requests, but it is the price of the success !
acousmodBad analyzis from my part : the problem that I have discribed at the begining is due in fact to the default length of the sequence that Podium creates when we start the automation recording, which is different according to the playing position and what we do on other tracks.
And sometimes the sequence constructs itself whiloe recording and causes the jumps to the default values.
There is no problem when starting from the begining of the “song” with a fix length, only the first second of each new automation sequence is jerky during the time which Podium creates the fix length sequence.
It is a little bit disturbing for me since I have the habit of more freedom and I have some difficulty to perceive where and which are the constraints in Podium.
It’s learning curve is rather “special” and I must recognize that it’s the first time that a software gives me so much trouble : so logical and at the same time filled with a lot of little traps ! (it’s not a complain, it’s an observation)
But I will insist ! 😉
so :
I don’t know if it’s me or if it’s a problem inside Podium
it was me, because I haven’t yet understood all the special features of Podium…
To ending, I maintain nevertheless my request/suggestion for something simpler that seems to me less disturbing (and also for guys who work in a similar manner) :
– sequence of the length of what is recorded (the length is automaticaly adjusted while recording, like the future audio and MIDI recording way, if I have well understood ?)
– automatic playing of the last value in the previous sequence (can be set on or off !)
If you have some time in a year or two !!!
Cheers,