@Zynewave wrote:
I’ve now replaced all the old screenshots.
A lovely set of images I must say. Well done. 
They showcase different aspects of Podium a new user might not see immeadiately. They also showcase Podiums rather slick design. Looks great!
I’m going to contact kvr and ask if they can replace the screenshot they have in their database:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/834.html
The current one must have been from the first 0.90 release from four years ago. It’s almost painful to look at :shock:.
Thank you! 🙂 It was reeeeeeeeeeeally looking quite dated.
It makes me wonder how Podium is going to look four years from now.
I was wondering the same thing. Funnily enough I doubt the start page at least will change that much. Other areas might I guess over time. Four years is a very long time in a hosts dev cycle so yes it could be a very different Host at some point in future. 🙂
@aMUSEd wrote:
The point is I would like to be able to do it as I go along and cumulatively, not in advance. I don’t really see the problem with this in itself
Agreed. I understand what you are trying to do and would like the process to be easier as well. I think you made a reference to Tracktion earlier in this thread IIRC and I can see why you started this thread….
@ Frits..
This will IMO make things easier for new users. I think the terminology used in Podium is slightly confusing. Not necessarily for regular users but new users…I think it can be made easier to increase the uptake of Podium for users of other hosts. Being different and unique is something Podium benefits from in *many* ways…after reading this thread I think aMUSEd has raised an interesting point and IMO it would benefit Podium if the way arrangements are presented or named is revised.
Tracktion and Podium.
Ok..Tracktion has Projects like Podium, but they really are folders or holders (Active and Library) and that is it. I am not aware of any save as or save options for Projects in Tracktion.
Projects and arrangements
Podium…has Projects as well of course but they would be equivalent to Tracktions Edits in terms of functionality roughly, but they cross over with the Project concept in Tracktion as well.
Projects in Podium can have multiple Arrangements.
Any active Project in Tracktion can have multiple Edits…
Save process.
Tracktion gives each Edit the following commands for saving…
Podium allows for Projects to be saved or saved as e.t.c but not Arrangements AFAICT.
I think aMUSED wants the kind of options in the image above to appear for Arrangements in Podium.
In a nutshell that is what I think he is asking for and I think it will be easier and more flexible if similar options (or at least an Arrangement save as option) are added to the Arrangements command list.
@Zynewave wrote:
It would defeat the purpose of having an all-embracing project file, if your edits to arrangements are not saved unless you use a “save” command in the arrangement editor.
I don’t think that is the suggestion being made (at least the way I understand it). Project save options are still useful as one may want to save all the changes in all arrangements in a project with a single command.
If a user wants only to save changes to a single arrangement (out of more than one in a project) then only that arrangement is saved.
Of course if you only have one Arrangement in a project then the Arrangement save as option will effectively work as a Project Save as.
I think it would also be a good idea to at least bring up a box that warns a user that “Other arrangements have not been saved in this project would you like to save those changes as well?” if a project is about to be closed and other arrangements with changes (in that project) are yet to be saved.
Thoughts? 🙂
@LiquidProj3ct wrote:
I think that right mouse button is now obsolete. You can do the 99% of operations with pencil tool and keyboard shortcuts [Ctrl/Alt/Shift combinations]. You could do a customization of right mouse button also 🙂 (I’d use it for delete notes)
Personally I think Podium is way too keyboard shortcut centric. But if it provides more choice for users…thats fine. I would still use the right click menu instead. But that is just my workflow…I have little or no use for keyboard shortcuts unless I have no choice in Podium.
Things like trying to disable solo or mute for multiple tracks…there should be no need for a shortcut for that. Been that way for ages. 😐
– A simplified way for work with drums (adding/deleting/moving drums row in the same drum editor)
I wanted to bring this up earlier but thought Frits was only focusing on the PR. Of course the PR and the drum grid crossover in more ways than one so I would be very happy to see an overhaul of the drum grid. It certainly needs it…
1. Kit creation without unwanted notes. When you create a drum kit Preset you still have unwanted notes in the drum grid that is created.
2. Mute and solo buttons for each lane.
Like this…
What we have now is a very spartan looking drum grid view which is in sharp contrast to the new PR and the drum grid image above as an example…
You can clearly see in the image above, unwanted notes still show up in the drum grid.
3. Flams
A simple way to create flams or rolls, maybe a double click on a note creates a user pre configured flam value or amount.
