I can load the guitar and the cloud drum, just not the bass one.
I am having the same problem, but only with the Ample Bass plugin.
For Windows Defender, you go to the virus and threat protection tab and there should be a “controlled folder access” option with some settings. Here is a link with more detail:
Oh wow! I looked at the link and found instructions I’ve seen quite a bit when trying to fix this, but with more detail. I give it a shot, no dice. Then I look at the comments, where most were saying it didn’t work for them either, but I found someone who said Windows Defender sometimes blocks applications from doing anything. I disabled Windows Defender for Bitdefender, so I knew that wasn’t the issue. A bit further down, someone said that Bitdefender does the same thing! I looked and there it was: Zynewave Podium (among a few other programs) being blocked from accessing my Documents folder. I allowed it and we are FINALLY BACK IN BUSINESS!
Thank you so much for you guys help and patience!
I don’t have more than one hard drive beyond my external one, and according to Bitdefender, I don’t have any viruses or malware. I am however running low on hard drive space (about 30GB free on a 1TB hard drive). Would this cause issues?
Everytime I try to deselect the “Read-only” checkbox, it checks itself again when I close out the window. In addition, everytime I do it on my entire Documents folder, it works on some things, but on most (including the Zynewave Podium folder) it says “An error occurred applying attributes to the file [file or folder]. The system cannot find the file specified.”
I don’t seem to get the crash, however it does seem a huge chunk of my file became read only, not just for Podium, but for my entire Documents folder. The default location for my podium project is my documents folder, as well as my project template, track templates, etc. and I can no longer save them. I found this isn’t just for Podium, but for my other programs as well like Word, I can’t save anything in my Documents folder.
Sorry for the late response again. I have tried to recreate the crash again using Podium beta5 and 1. I cannot find the .dmp file anywhere and 2. While Podium does not crash anymore, any project I try to load from the default location says “Could not save file ‘[project name].pod’ File is inaccessible.”
Ok, I found something very interesting. Instead of deleting a project, I moved my entire Project folder to Desktop and miraculously Podium opened, telling me something about how the default Project folder has not been configured. When I went through the steps to recreate the Project folder in Documents by default, it crashed again.
When I deleted the newly created Project folder and skipped the steps to create a new one when running Podium again, I was able to load multiple Projects from Desktop successfully. This is definitely a great temporary fix while I finish up the project I was working on, but I hope this information helps to find a solution.
That’s an interesting thought. I don’t remember deleting a project recently, but I’ll give that a check.
I put in the new Podium.ini file, but that doesn’t seem to work either. However, Podium free does seem to work (I already had it installed).
Alright, I have sent the email.
Yes, it does disappear after the logo pops up, and yes, the file was recreated. I tried emailing it to you through the contact part of the website, but it says this file type is not allowed. Do you have another email I can send it to? And no, I have not updated my graphics card recently.
Sorry for the late response. I haven’t changed my interface since I got it mid-2017 (Focusrite Scarlette 2i4), however I haven’t updated the drivers for it since I got it. I just tried renaming Podium.ini to Podium.bak, but that doesn’t seem to solve the issue. Would you reccommend trying to update the drivers?