rinxairinxairinxaiCertainly interesting and excellent value yes, however i’ve only tested Nebula2, and my pc struggles to do the math, to the extent that i’ve put it aside until next upgrade. Wondering if Nebula3 more efficient?
rinxai@slomo, welcome to the club.
Indeed, it would be great to eventually have support for video, in my case more for doing music videos than sound for film.
+1 for good tips on alternative workarounds.
rinxaiIIRC, i first came across Podium in a post on Cockos forums, and proceeded to download the demo (1.83), which immediately grabbed my attention as a tasty solution for my needs, especially in the light of being both affordable and highly capable. However, later when I got me paws on CM 1.77, i was able to test it without the limitations imposed by the demo, and decided to go for it.
Sure, initially it was a bit challenging to get Podium to spit out some sound, but after a couple hours of digging into it the logic began to reveal itself, and before long I found it all so ‘natural’, neatly integrating all the essential elements of a daw into a sweetly sophisticated interface.
Imho, Podium appears to be the progeny of very keen insight into contemporary gui design and a firm understanding of digital audio.
right, now back to work! 😉
rinxaiHowdee,
Welcome, step right into the coziest daw on the planet. 
rinxaiWelcome on board the Podium choo choo Chris.
I too was initially intrigued by what appeared to be a very nice contemporary interface but so uniquely different in approach to sequencer design.
It did not take long before I grokked just how excellent the logic behind it.
Similarly for me, expensive bloatware now has zero appeal.
😀
rinxaiThanks for sharing that Reject. IMO, your production is good, everything sounds fairly well defined and sonically balanced. The drums could be a bit meatier tho. Cheap dynamic does a pretty good job on the vocals. Musically, the song shows you have a handle on arranging/writing. Go for it. 🙂
rinxairinxaiand another for the EQ junkies out there:
Leftover Lasagne PushTec 5+1A updated to V1.2
http://www.kvraudio.com/developer_challenge/2006/PushTec1.2.zip
rinxaiFX to add if you have’nt already:
Noname EQ
http://www.savioursofsoul.de/Christian/VST/NonameEQ.zip
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182612
RubberFilter
http://www.savioursofsoul.de/Christian/VST/Rubberfilter.exe
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=183141&start=0
Fragmental – a new experimental type of effect, apparently cpu heavy
http://www.niallmoody.com/ndcplugs/fragmental.htm
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182932
TLs-2095-LA limiter emulation
http://www.tinbrooketales.com/archive/files/TLs-2095-LA_v1-1.zip
And for a bunch of very usable goodies take a walk over to : http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/
rinxairinxairinxai🙂 Thanks kingtubby, setting the correct sample rate in ‘arrangement properties’ dialog is indeed the solution. IIRC I had a look at this previously but left it set at 96khz since I would like to keep my project at best audio quality as possible on me PC. Do you think there is much of a difference in audio quality between the various sample rates?
rinxaiYep, Kingtubby, I also thought bit depth should not make a difference, however I just checked this again, and its true. I’m wondering if this is particular to my setup, or whether anyone else experiences the same. For example, when I audition any 16 bit sample in Podium, it always plays fast, about twice the speed and pitch. Yet when I convert the same sample (in Wavosaur) to 32bit, and then audition it again in Podium it plays fine. Weird huh!
Next, when I import a 16 bit sample into a project, and then right click the sample to open in the audio editor the sample plays fine, yet when I drag the same imported 16 bit sample over to a track, it plays twice as fast and is pitched up. The sound output does not match the play cursor as it moves over the waveform display.
However by converting the sample to 32 bit before bringing it into Podium this strange behavior ceases. I don’t know whats really happening, but at least its a workaround that allows me to use 16 bit samples.