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@Zynewave wrote:

Coming up in Podium 1.88: Sound and midi files can be dragged from external file explorers and plugin editors onto tracks.

Thanks!

I guess it must be tricky at times balancing our needs as users Frits, but I do think a simple poll (if necessary) would solve that completely.

It must be a bit difficult to gauge how interested users are in a feature if only one or two express interest. I imagine a thread like the “when will it be possible” Z grid discussion makes things much clearer.

In any case a simple poll run over two weeks, should easily solve any problems with decisions as to what to work on next. I think two weeks is better because it is unrealitisic to expect other Podium users to all login within a day of the poll starting or even a week.

Two weeks is the usual time frame for new releases or a little more in some cases, so I think many Podium users log in at least within two weeks so that will give all users a pretty good timeframe to respond to a poll about the next update or planned features.

Also two weeks would give you as the developer more time to finish off any work you are currently doing before the poll ends, so there will be no more radical or sudden shifts in priorities for you.

It could even be that the poll results in things (priorities) staying *as they are* but at least you will not as the developer have to worry about a sudden change in your development focus.

I personally think the FR raised in this thread is a good one, but I am far more interested in seeing a fix for the loop problem Podium has had for some time now before any new feature. Many hosts have issues that are simply forgotten over time and as a result add up over time.

I certainly do not want Podium to go that way. The bug in question appears to be the only one I know of still in Podium.

Again I am also interested in the FR suggested in this thread but I would…

a. Like to see Frits finish off his excellent work on the mixer.

b. Also like to see a return to finishing off time stretching features in Podium (completely), with a possible realtime preview of audio files (with tempo sync) in the List view.

c. ZGrid A massive feature. IMO this will radically change how I and I think (judging by the thread below) many others would use Podium.

http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=880&highlight=zgrid

I have waited for around 2 years for that kind of functionality in Podium!

The ZGrid is really my no.1 FR but I would still like Frits to finish the superb mixer improvements and timestretching features before looking at the ZGrid.

d. A menu command added to the project page “that will modify the audio mapping objects to the current interface selection.”

Discussed here..
http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1198

I think a poll (again if it is even necessary) over two weeks would give all current users of Podium a chance to have their say on any discussion on new features if interests among users differ too much, which is very rare (so far anyway).

Up to you Frits but if you want existing and potential users to vote/comment then a poll could be set up outside the VIP forum. If you only want to see existing users respond then quite simply if the poll is set up in the VIP area then only registered existing customers can vote. 😉

Perhaps the latter VIP suggestion is better as a poll might reflect the needs of potential buyers (possibly not using Podium) more than existing users.

While both are important I guess that is a choice you as the developer might have to make. I don’t think I would want the bulk of new features added to Podium based on the views of people who do not actually use it.

It is even easier to use the mixer now. Thanks!

I think you might have missed something on the 1.87 feature list…is it just me or are the pan dials just that bit bigger and as a result much more legible than before in the mixer and possibly the track inspector as well? ❓ ❓ ❓

Or is it just my imagination 🙂

Interesting thoughts.

I think if Frits had enough time he would have already produced a Sampler, the now almost mythical ZGrid and the ZMaster (which I think is a suite of plugs in one) So certainly he has the skills to produce VST FX (zReverb e.t.c) and VSTi’s but he has to carefully spend his time developing areas within Podium (plugs or core host) where existing users and potential users would prefer him to, at any given time.

Not easy, but he has done a great job so far IMO.

Your idea sounds interesting though, perhaps Frits has considered your idea already in the past, but possibly managing it all could be the problem. If he stays focused on his own plugs then he has 100% control of it all. Development, testing, maintenance and delivery.

Also as a user of Podium for some time now it’s rock solid stability is probably best kept that way by having everything done by Frits.

It does mean a little longer for certain things but when they arrive they are 100% rock solid. So far Frits has got that right every time.

Anyway that is just my view 🙂 Frits may see it in a different way but your suggestions are interesting, only Frits can give a yay or nay. He may even like your ideas. 😉