druidI wasn’t, just so you know. 🙂
Actually now you mention it, quantizing afterwards per track, and quantizing per arrangement or something I think is where I’d leave my preference.
druidI agree there should be seperate quantize settings.
And I would do it per … track. I think. Though part of me does think that’s a little more busy than required, in which case I would have it for the arrangement.
druiddruidNever mind that; it’s a great reminder, for something intuitive that should be there. 😉
druidI believe this is something that has been mentioned, and Frits I believe said that he would change it. I don’t know when, though. I also would like this!
druidWell I should say I’m using Windows XP Pro. I can’t bring myself to move to Vista for another few years, and even then I will likely cry and wait for the next version of Windows, and then a few years for it to iron out, again.
There must be something in Vista that has control of this sort of thing; what if this problem happens with other programs too? Surely it could happen. Then what would Vista users do?
Not that you really need to answer these Frits, guess I’m thinking out loud. In quite a few ways, I’m often more of an advocate of software that I can just unzip to a folder, and setup folders within the program (and the program by default users folders within its own root folder structure, or *maybe* uses the default application data folders etc of user folders in Windows). I have seen too many installations that aren’t flexible enough (far far worse than what I’ve complained about with Podium; where by default it installs into C:programname, comes with no uninstaller, can’t be shifted because it’s got stuff in the registry and is programmed to look in that directory only, etc.) and while many installations these days are just fine, they just .. give me a sense of unease sometimes.
druidNo problem on the delay. I’ve had glandular fever, have barely touched the computer, and at uni my usage of Podium and any audio software has massively reduced :(. So it hasn’t been bothering me. 🙂
Now that you said Windows does it itself (and this is odd; why do other softwares not do as Podium does? There must be some difference somewhere in how things are done…) I tried something quickly.
I can now double-click Podium files without it “installing”. If you go to the filetypes dialog (in explorer or my computer) and then find .pod and edit the open action, you’ll see it uses “DDE”. I have never found out what that means in all my years of computer experience, probably I never cared. I don’t know why Windows needs it, really. I simply switched that off (which then removes the extra features that say “System” and “Podium”, again, I do not know what these fields are for but many apps use them) and left the running thing at “C:ongenpodiumPodium.exe” “%1” and it works just fine.
So if it’s this easy, what IS Windows doing, and why is it running the installer, instead of just straight to the program? Something weird there. And couldn’t you, in your installer, tell Windows to associate the filetype just how you want? I don’t know, I never got into that side of programming/developing, but surely people do it. Maybe it’s a limitation with the .msi format? No idea myself.
I would indeed like an option to change the default projects folder in the installer; other programs do this, and when you uninstall it will also remove whatever folder you have chosen, too (and ask first just in case you want to keep it). I’m not sure if you want to go to that length Frits, but well.. I’ve seen plenty of software do it.
But yeah, I hope that .. er .. helps, or, guides you better, or something like that.
druidOh good! I was going to tentatively ask if this sort of thing was common..? Kinda scary that people do this sort of thing…
druidIf you go to Setup -> Preferences then to the Various tab, down the bottom there is a Release drivers when Podium does not have focus option.
Are you sure that is not what you want?
druidO_O Was it always possible to alter Podium’s look like this? I mean, I love the grey look anyway, nice and bland and neutral for my tastes, but I have to admit some of this colour is really attracting me too…!
druiddruidSounds like Frits has set up the minimum volume to infinite (silence) and then have it start at something like maybe -60dB or -48dB? While it’s undoubtedly more desirable built in, you could use a volume plugin where it counts, one that goes down to -100dB…
druiddruid@bladerunner wrote:
i have been transferring a few projects from another daw to podium – copying settings from vst’s etc. could this be why certain elements have been sounding a lot different? i always understood that an insert effect is pre fader. if that is the case then i think inserts should definitely be changed to pre fader in podium
I did not realise this at first either, so when I inserted an instrument, for instance, and then an FX, which depended on output volume of the synth, and then changed the mixer volume for the synth, it changed the processing of the FX. I didn’t understand at first, until I realised that all Podium was doing was inserting another step in its own chain which goes from generation, then through each output adjustment stage, to final. And the mixer was merely showing the volume of the synth.
What I do currently to counteract this is disable the pan and gain controls on the synth line, and enable them on the last FX in the chain, and use that as the primary gain and pan controls. It is annoying, but manageable. I usually use energyXT as an all in one FX anyway, so I only have one FX in the chain to apply volume to.
druid@Zynewave wrote:
When you insert effect tracks in Podium, they have so far been inserted post fader. I’m starting to think that it may be better if the default behaviour is to insert effects pre fader, except for bus sends which should default to post fader. The pre/post position of effects has an importance in the operation of e.g. a compressor. If the compressor is added post fader, then adjusting the fader will influence the amount of compression applied by the plugin, which most likely is undesirable. Any opinions on this?
I agree with this, personally. Naturally a send should be post, but the rest should be pre, because of the reason you mentioned. I know there will be differing needs out there, but when I’m using a mixer (on the odd occasion :P), all FX I add I want scaled in volume along with the rest.