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@Zynewave wrote:

Yes, my explanation sounds a little cryptic when I read it again. The result of it all is:

Say that you enable the ‘sync browser navigation’ option, and you open a second browser window where you select e.g. a mixer profile. The next time you start up Podium, you just double click an arrangement in one of the browsers, and both browsers will then enter into the arrangement editor with the same editor profiles you used last.

You avoid the steps of having to select the arrangement in both browsers and then selecting the mixer profile in the second browser.

I think that is a bit clearer. I guess having 1.68 in hand to try out the new feature will make it clearer still.

@Zynewave wrote:

This has been brought up several times in the past, so I thought I’d finally do something about it. The setup file now stores the last used arrangement and sound editor profile selected in a browser window. This means that if you select a mixer profile in a separate browser window, then this mixer profile will be used by default when you enter any arrangement in this browser window.

It sounds like a mixer snapshot of sorts that saves the state of the mixer?

Next thing I’ll do is a “Sync Browser Navigation” option in the view menu. This option could either be a global option or stored for each browser window. If it is a global option, then all browsers will be synced when you navigate in one of the browsers. If the option is set for each browser window it will allow e.g. two browser windows to be synced, and a third browser window to not be synced. But this requires that you set the option in both browser windows, which could cause confusion. I’m more for the simpler global option. What would you prefer?

Coming up in release 1.68.

A simpler global option would be my preference, definitely. To cater for all needs though is there a way you could add both the global and per browser option to cater for both types of uses?

It’s a dial I grabbed from a TC Electronic guitar effect:
http://www.tcelectronic.com/VintagePedals

Crystal clear now, but it really is not very clear at all in Podium. 🙁

Instead of photographic icons I’ll try to experiment with symbolical icons. That will also make it possible to create different icons for the various preset and parameter types.

Worth a try. 😉

Wow! Podium looks so different. 🙂 It looks really nice. Nice work Frits!

I tried with various photographic images to represent the devices, but it’s difficult cramming something recognizable into a 14×14 pixel icon. So I settled for something simpler, which I think turned out ok:

Yes I can see the problem you faced, trying to fit a few letters into a tiny icon. I think you did a great job though. It all looks so much clearer and is much easier now to identify what is what at a glance. 🙂

Also note that the icons for presets and parameters are updated, and that icons are shown in the track inspector panel headers. Can anyone recognize what the preset icon shows?

Ok here goes…
As for the preset icon sorry Frits I think it looks like…a small packet? 😆

Or maybe a small biscuit? 😆 😆 Ok just kidding but sorry I just cannot make it out. Frankly for consistency and to be identified easily I would simply use the letters pr for preset. Simple, legible and should look graphically consistent with the very nice new round fx and i icons.

I just cannot make out what exactly the Preset icon is currently Frits, sorry I have no idea. 🙁 No doubt the size of it is making what is probably very obvious just too difficult to make out. I think the pr suggestion is a good one IMHO. So what is the preset icon you used?

@Zynewave wrote:

Could the colours be made changeable like other gui widgets are now?

I could add an icon and color selector in the device mapping properties, and even allow import of image files. But at present I think my time is better spent on more important things. If I can just create a set of default icons that can differentiate the device types, then I think that will do for now.

I like Improv’s colour option idea, but yes if it will take time away from more important things then maybe that really has to wait until some time in future. A nice idea though.