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they’re not synth edit, jon uses delphi… but that shouldn’t be an issue.. Have you tried any of the voxengo plugs? they are delphi too..

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@kingtubby wrote:

Regarding manual latency adjustment, I find that Podium tends to ever so slightly over-compensate when recording my external gear so that recorded parts are slightly ahead of time. Usually it’s not enough to be noticeable, only if it’s a particularly tight sequence or percussion part.

Mart

For myself, so long as the music is tight within the audio, I slide it until it sits properly. You can get great effect doing this, like putting it slightly ahead of the beat to get that real driving, almost bebop sound, or more laid back behind the beat..!

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that’s one for the connoisseurs!

Should impress those who are always after ‘the next level’!

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You can set up send/return device mappings yourself, but it’s a pain and easily prone to error (speaking from experience..!). BUT open the project wizard, and scroll down for ‘Create new mixer bus mappings’ in the Audio Mixer Mappings section.

This will create a ‘Bus (x) Send’ and a ‘Bux (x) Return’ mapping in your devices folder (or wherever yours end up). I generally rename them straight away according to function (‘Reverb Send’/’Reverb Rtn’, etc).

Now in the arrange window create a new track, and assign it the ‘Reverb Rtn’ mapping. Then create a group track around it and map a reverb to that group. You now have a return bus.

In a track that requires some ‘verb, create a group track around it, and assign ‘Reverb Send’ to it. This will route as much of the audio as you want (a ‘Send’ dial appears on the track) down to the ‘Reverb Rtn’ mapping.

Repeat the last paragraph for every track that requires the ‘verb.

On a piece I am doing at the moment, I have 4 bus mappings. One track uses all 4 busses, so has quite a heirarchy of sends! The way that Frits has done it allows you to route to the send at any point, which is quite powerful – you could send some of the raw audio to a verb, then add some chorus, and send to a delay, and finally add a touch of overdrive, so the resulting sound is 3 different layers thick – all from one track. Most over DAWs would have to use 3 tracks to accomplish this!

HTH
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I’ve already spent some time with this kind of thing.

I have a number of different setups, depending on what I would want to do. For instance, I have the normal default, just for quickly trying something, A simple template for a couple of synths, and a bit of bussing, to a full setup with my common VST/is already mapped in, with Drums preconfigured, a couple of busses (reverb and delay), so all I then need is the tune.

Trouble with too many predefined things is the imagination can get stifled, and everything sounds the same. For instance, if I want to change the ‘verb to a different plug, I’m less likely to if something adequate is already mapped. If I want a different drum sound, it would be better to start with nothing there, and import something new and fiddle.

Having said that, we are creatures of habit, and if you have something that works, you use it!

HTH
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Frits

when MIDI output from VST/i is implemented, could an option be included for sending it down a buss to control a plug in the bus – for instance a switch on the send to send midi – there are times when the ability to control a separate filter/etc based on the MIDI o/p of another plug is really handy. It could mean duplicating the messages as they then get sent down two paths, so that would need to be managed carefully (I guess tho it would be the same mechanism by which the VST introduced the events into the original siganl path, only Podium introducing them itself at the Return Device Mapping).

Also, will the MIDI carry on upstream in the mixer until the events are sunk by a VST, or will they just be lost at the next level? I hope that the former would be implemented, since it would be the most useful.

I fully realise the awkwardness of both of these requests, and am quite ready for you to tell me where to go 😆 , but if I don’t ask…!

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ahhh got it!

setting it to ~30% is really nice – great effect frits well done!

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This looks really good Frits!

I will dl in the morning – this has come through on my final check before bed!

Much appreciated these changes!

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