soundquist@Zynewave wrote:
There are new submenus for: “Assign Input”, “Assign Output”, “Assign Effect”, “Assign Source” and “Insert Effect Track”, depending on which track you click on.
The “Assign Source” submenu includes all device mappings that produce sound, i.e. instruments and bus returns.
I’m going to extend this menu with “New Parameter Track” and “Assign Preset” submenus. This should then allow you to do everything on the track headers, without having to use the track inspector.
Very good!
Just a small thing but would it be a good idea to include configurable “Favourites” items under the “Assign” menus?
For example:
Assign source ->
Unassign: Anysynth
Is it possible to understand what I mean? Could be “Recent” items too but I would personally prefer “Favourites”.
Edit: Perhaps there already is some other way of doing something similar?
/SQ
soundquist@Zynewave wrote:
Previously the entire track lane headers have been colorized with the track color <...> Depending on the colors selected for the track, it can be difficult to distinguish lit BSMRX buttons and text. I’ve tried a layout where only the right edge of the track lane is colored, and the main header area is using the normal face color.
<...>
Furthermore you may notice that I have added a spacing between track groups, making a clearer division between groups and parameter tracks.
Very good in both cases!
@Zynewave wrote:
Anyone still prefer the old colorized track headers? Otherwise they are going out.
Let them go.
🙂
/SQ
soundquistsoundquist@Conquistador wrote:
To be fair (you may not know this) Frits has really put a huge amount of effort to address issues like that over the years (bit by bit)
No, I wasn’t aware of that. Sorry if I spoke out of line there.
/SQ
soundquist@Conquistador wrote:
The more projects you start, the more work you give yourself if you change your VST folder layouts, plugins or Audio hardware. It is IMO clearly an unforseen problem for Frits and I would not classify it as a bug (not saying you or anyone else thinks it is) but it is most certainly a design aspect of Podium that is a BIG problem right now, for me.
Thanks for starting this thread, Conquistador. All the things you discuss here are things that more or less have put a brake on the use of Podium for me. Until now I have put it down to my own lack of knowledge of how Podium works, but thanks to your thread I see that it is perhaps not that simple.
I too have made changes to my hardware and VST setup, and just couldn’t see how to adapt the existing Podium projects in an easy way.
Podium has so many very attractive strong features but for me the handling of devices, mappings, plugins, and the multitude of list panels and what they do and how they interact has been a far larger problem than the much debated hierarchical (spelling?) track structure.
This is not written in the spirit of negativism but rather to make the developer aware of what goes on in the mind of this particular user of average intelligence. 🙂
Podium is a great music software and I’m proud owner of the license, supporting the project.
/SQ
soundquist@Zynewave wrote:
I plan to add a menu button to the inspector parameter panel with commands for creating individual or a complete set of default MIDI parameters. This menu will also have MIDI learn etc.
Sounds great.
/SQ
soundquist@Podianer wrote:
Why isn’t it created by defualt, as pitch bend etc is?
I asked this question myself many times. Perhaps Frits should change that.
I think that would not be an unreasonably request. Thanks again.
/SQ
soundquist@Podianer wrote:
I had this problem too. You need to create a parameter for sustain. Use the forum search and you will find a thread with an explanation of how to do it.
Thanks, Podianer! Quick response! Obviously I should have done a search before posting… 😳
This seems to be the the tread:
http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=561&highlight=pedal
Has it been like this all the time? Have I never recorded with the sustain pedal? Maybe…
It seems I have to create this parameter for every plugin I want to use the sustain pedal with. It must be one of the most used parameters. Why isn’t it created by defualt, as pitch bend etc is?
soundquist@Zynewave wrote:
I’m not even sure what you mean by the event list i the track inspector.
The track page (shortcut: F5) has a listbox showing all events on the track.
Ahh I see… thanks. This is of course way off topic for this thread but this list would be the ideal place to rename sequences (and even mute, delete etc).
/SQ
soundquistsoundquist@Zynewave wrote:
If you have key focus e.g. in the event list in the track inspector, then the space key is used to select items in the list (standard Windows behaviour). This is something I may change, as it has often annoyed me.
To be honest I’m not even sure what you mean by the event list i the track inspector… 😳
But I noticed that in the sequence editor event list the spacebar is disabled for start/stop.
/SQ
soundquist@bcgreen wrote:
nope, i have a wired keyboard….
OK just a thought. Now it seems like the spacebar is developing the same behavior… or maybe THAT was just a fluke… 🙄
/SQ
soundquistsoundquistAnother great update.
I agree that the new mouse wheel features is very useful.
SQ
soundquist@bcgreen wrote:
The spacebar continues working for starting/sopping playback, but the numpad enter key won’t start playback. The “0” key continues to stop playback, however.
(…)
Anyone else have this problem?
Actually I sometimes have this problem. I can’t really connect it to some special procedure I’m doing. It just comes and then goes away.
I have a wireless keyboard, do you?
/SQ