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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying everyone there is like that at all. There are plenty of helpful members that aren’t in the forum to be drama queens..LOL. I think 1 of the reasons the program hasn’t got a strong footing compared to DAWS that came late in the game like Reaper, is because the program is a bit UN-conventional in it’s work-flow setup. I’ve tried Podium a number of times over the past few years and just couldn’t get into it. It didn’t help that the free version ( didn’t try the demo) always crashed for the most minute of reasons which prevented me from getting a new project started.

The GUI is also confusing at first sight and unless you really put forth an effort to learn the DAWS work-flow, you likely will move on. It also doesn’t help that there is no help file included. Having to be on-line or use an internet browser is not very appealing. I’ve been waiting to see whether input quantization will ever be implemented. Dance and urban music producers have this option high on the list of relevant features. I wouldn’t buy the paid version without it. It’s pointless work to have to always quantize after the fact especially when programming dance drums. It would be nice if the metronome had a count-in feature, but it’s not really a deal breaker.

I’m starting to like the program more since the latest free version seems more solid and isn’t crashing like crazy. The vst scanner seems to be more robust and didn’t crash the program like previous versions on my system did. I’ll be testing it further. Just wish it had real-time quantization!