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I like the headphone icon for the outputs. The midi inputs and Audio inputs at a glance look a bit similar. Maybe the midi input can have an actual midi connector icon instead? So…not the plug that goes in (as it is now) but the actual midi socket instead.

As for the others…

Mixer bus: Possibly a 3D arrow or even better the letter S in 3D for send and R in 3D for Return I think that is logical for a tricky item to name.

Plugin effect: I think FX is fine.

Plugin Instrument: I would go for VSTI (you have to make these things obvious).

Hardware Effect…TC have quite a few rack FX units I think using one of these will clearly distinguish it from the VSTFX Icon suggestion above.

http://www.tcelectronic.com/Finalizer96k

Hardware Instrument…I think a synthesizer (not necessarily a Piano) would be a good idea here as it will be clearly distinguishable from the VSTI icon suggestion above for virtual insturments.

I think these suggestions will provide a clear and easy to understand presentation of various icons in Podium.

It’s tricky but I see no problems with these suggestions IMHO.

@Podianer wrote:

This is a song I made in Podium. I am a hobby musician (guitarist) and have not the professional gear to make my band’s songs sound the way I want. But with Podium, working on songs is pure fun. 😛

Please let me know what you think of this song.

http://www.hello-from-hell.com/audio/canyouhearme.mp3

Not bad at all! “can you heaaaaar meee” 🙂

Cheers!

Hi darcy,

For some reason I just cannot get any sound. I clicked on the play icon on your link, another small window loaded that appeared to be loading but it just went on and on…what am i doing wrong?

@darcyb62 wrote:

Thinking about this… If we can get rewire support than all the for those that want FL in Podiom it’s right there. That would be my preference.

Maybe I have misunderstood your statement but it sounded like you were saying…FL can only be used in Podium using rewire.

FL can of course be used as a VSTi in Podium.

@Zynewave wrote:

I’ll see what I can do. I’m currently working on creating file folders for new projects and sub-folders for arrangements. Deleting orphan sound files are more safe when the project is contained in its own folder.

Thanks for looking into this area of Podium Frits. It will make a huge difference on the project management side of things. 8)

A question for you though…does this include sub folders for audio used in each arrangement or per arrangement within a project?

I ask this because Podiums Project approach works very well and it is very easy to manage an Album within a Podium Project, especially with the new screen in 1.66.

For instance managing an Album as a Project you can simply create as many arrangements within that Project (Album) to represent each song.

However…it appears Podium will save each arrangement within a POD file which is still ok, but the audio used for each arrangement (very likely to be different) is also put into the same folder…not very desirable IMHO.

Effectively I am talking about per arrangement audio folders.

You said “sub folders for arrangements” which I wecome with both hands but are we talking about the exact same thing when I am asking about per arrangement audio folders?

If not…

Are your currrent feature development plans with folders going to in some way or the other, allow separate folders to also be created for audio files within each arrangement?

@darcyb62 wrote:

@Conquistador wrote:

Group FX track > original track

Wrapping a track with the right click menu creates this…

Group FX track
> Original track.

Why is this?

It’s really the same thing but the view is slightly modified. If you select the Group Fx track and hit h you can toggle between the two views. I use both views depending on what I’m doing.

Thanks for the tip darcy.

I very rarely use keyboard shortcuts. I prefer to right click and pick an option on screen or click a button. Shortcuts can be very useful but it’s not usually my first choice.

It is strange in a way that the quickest and easiest way to add FX or instruments in Podium IMHO, does not at least have a either a tooltip or info line that pops up when the mouse cursor is over the track header area in the actual track not just the Device Mapping Panel. This would have saved me so much time.

Please consider adding this small but clearly important addition to Podium Frits. Thanks 8)

This is a recurring question, so I figured it would be worthwhile spending a few hours putting together a tutorial on the hierarchic track tree:

http://www.zynewave.com/wiki/doku.php?id=tutorials:tracks:index

It seems even seasoned Podium users could pick up a few hints here Wink

Thanks for taking the time to put the detailed write up together.

Sometimes it’s the little things that cause the most problems. I still think a tool tip should be added to the actual track header area.

You might also consider adding a link to the WIKI and a separate link to this particular turtorial (considering the recent problems) to this Tutorial thread in the support forum…

http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=360

Please consider making the vertical track header area a bit wider. The ‘hit point’ is far too narrow for something so powerful and useful.