SardaukarFritz…After a clean reboot…i have to following report:
Podium audio manager status report
Log period: 29/05/2004 14:22:28 – 29/05/2004 14:23:12
ASIO device: SB Audigy ASIO [B800]
– Supported clock sources: Internal
– Current clock source: Internal
– Supported sample rates: 48000
– Current sample rate: 48000
– Input channels: 18 (111111111111111111)
– Output channels: 14 (11111111111111)
– Input/Output latency, buffer size: 2500/2400, 2400
– ASIO sample types: 16, 16
ASIO driver status:
– ASIO sample position gaps: 1 (2400)
Audio stream buffer errors:
– Output buffer skip count: 1
End of report
SardaukarOn a different issue.
After creating a fresh arrangement. If I setup a map to a VST/I plugin in one of my tracks, the ‘edit’ button doesnt appear. I have to press play, before it does. Is the plug-in getting loaded on play…and not on setting assigning a map?
Sardaukar@Zynewave wrote:
– Input/Output latency, buffer size: 0/0, 2400
The driver reports I/O latencies of 0. These should at least be the size of the buffer, which is 2400. If this is the cause for the crash it should be easy to fix. I’ll just have to check that the I/O latencies are not smaller than the buffer size.
the the latency of 0 a valid value? I ask, cause i hope it didnt end up like this as a consequence of the crash. I’ll check if it was this value before the crash, after a clean reboot
SardaukarIn the error report contents, after crash i get the following:
Code: 0x0
Flags: 0x0
Record: 0x0
Address: 0x00000000004fb9f7
Sardaukarlol. Well I’m glad at least you fellas can spell it! 😉
Yeah the hierarchical engine is a very unique feature. Deserves an abbreviation as kelingo said. ‘HMx’ is good. Or maybe even ‘HMix’.
Plus it saves me having to keep type it. 😀
SardaukarIm glad. I agree with your hestitation to sell agressively, if you feel podium has a little more developing to do, which I why I mentioned it above.
The web-site is already looking a darn sight better than a few weeks ago, with the very useful mini-tutorial videos, and yes…when I watched the hirarhical engine one…I did let out an pleasent ‘ah!!’. 😉
SardaukarYes, nice posting Zorikar. Podium is little advertised, and Im glad Fritz has plans for this 🙂
SardaukarOh yes definitaly an improvement :D. But room for much more I feel. Not to take anything away from FL studio…a quote from their front page…
FL Studio is the most complete virtual studio currently available.
and,
We can assure you that the stunning, photorealistic interface will push your creative forces to new heights.
Now FLSutdio is a good product. But, I’ve tried it, and the above is certainly not true 😯 . I’d use Podium over this any day.
But hey….their website looks the buisiness…Lots of the sales-speak. Yes its exagerated….but thats how stuff gets sold unfortunatly.
You know how to design and write high quality software. Thats what you do. Unfortunatly, people dont know this. Initaliy, they only have your front-page to go by. So this is where you have to grab peoples attention. Advertise it as ‘A brand new, feature packed addition to the sequencer market’. say that ‘ it contains none of the out-dated and tedious concepts of current virtual studios’. You need to keep everything on the front page, short and snappy.
You need more colour on the web-site. the ‘ windows’ gray, is not a good choice to be honest. Try and fit in a bullet-point feature list. You’re missing so many buzzwords that you could use…like ‘ Total PDC thoughout entire audio engine’ (They might not know what PDC is…but it sounds good!) and ‘Fully automatable parameters – Every aspect of Podium can be automated to the finest detail’.
Also, try and come up with a less dull looking colour sceme in the screenshots. Colours can be customised. So shouldnt take too long. The videos you have as a guide is wonderful (nice job on that). However, if any video belongs on the front page, it is one about 30 seconds long, with buzzwords flashing up, and windows flying across the screen, and all the mixer faders moving,
Put on some favourable quotes by people (quote me if you like 😉 ).
Also the links at the top of the page, are almost invisible (that includes the ‘purchase’ link). Not good.
I know this sounds like alot of work, but it would really sell the product. If you’re really confident about the current state of Podium. Show it off (and I really do mean: show-it-off).
Hope I havent been to blunt in this posting. But if your web-site (front page at the very least) was as good as your product, you’d be onto a real winner.
Regards
Dan.
p.s Sorry about the grammer and/or spelling mistakes. Its late and Im tired.
SardaukarSounds to me, like the VST just isnt strict enough. Very naughty for plug-ins to affect the host like that.
SardaukarI agree. I feel Podium has great potential. However, its very difficult to get up and running with it. Once you understand it, and have set it up, im sure its very powerful.
But i believe people arent going to be willing to put the time and effort to learning how to use it….they want that ‘ahhh!’ factor. Something that only comes with decent tutorials and documentation.
Im sure if these were provided, so many more people would start using Podium.