UncleAgeOne of the cool things about the Podium forum is that this exchange of information can happen without tempers flaring. If this conversation happens at KVR things would spin out of control, probably. My point is that I hope that this forum remains a stable environment and an invaluable resource of information over time. If that happens, the forum could become one of the reasons that people adopt Podium as their goto DAW.
Once again I slid off topic, please forgive me…
I gotta add though that I think that the majority of software tools, free and otherwise, are pretty good overall. Depending on your source material and your gols you can get excellent results with very little outlay of cash. As of right now I have my eye on Pro-C from Fabfilter. I am doing more and more work with outside talent (vocalists) and the need for a decent compressor is becoming apparent. At this point I am not sure if I want to go with something ITB or OTB. Either way I’ll be giving reaComp a run through over the next month to see if it makes my upcoming decision harder or not.
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UncleAgeI don’t think you went all that far off topic. I too have T3, Reaper, ext2 and Podium. It let’s others know where you are coming from with your response.
Back to the OP, I like the Reaper plugs. However, I don’t use them outside of Reaper. Why not? I don’t have a need. Like a lot of users I have a decent arsenal of plugs. I use them across the board in all my DAWs. I mean I hate to say it (no offence Frits) but I have yet to use the built in plugs in Podium. I’m used to the tools I have and know their limitations. Learning a new set slows things down for me.
If you find reaComp to be a good tool by all means use it. If others can use it for free and get good results, all the better.
UncleAgeOpenGL’ish, maybe. I don’t think it would require things to become bloated at all either. You just buy what you need and would also have the ability to run it as each project required. Load what you want and leave the rest.
I dunno, just thinking out loud I guess…
UncleAge@H-man wrote:
Since licensing Podium, I have hardly seen a page of porn. 😈
Ain’t spending time on the Abe’s site then, huh? Ton of it in their forum.
UncleAgeThanks.
UncleAge@Mike G wrote:
In the very least I would like to have a choice of “Global” and “Per project” plug-in/devices mappings. What do you think?
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UncleAgeWelcome aboard 8)
UncleAgeThe colors are nice and the layout is clean. Its not your “run of the mill” layout, and that’s a good thing. Can’t really comment on the whole deal yet though. I’ll keep an eye for it in the VIP lounge and get you more feedback then. Meanwhile, it looks nice 8)
UncleAgeI am in front of my comp on average 10-16 hours a day between work and play. One of the strengths for me is the appearance of the program. Its very easy on the eyes thus creating less fatigue during the longer sessions. The ability to customize that background is just one example in that well thought out interface. And it keeps getting better.
Another great strength is Frits’ support.
UncleAgeUncleAgeUncleAgeUncleAgeUncleAgePlease bear in mind that my post is not to just be argumentative. I am a minimalist, although you would not think so from some of my posts. And as such I prefer it when toolboxes and dockable windows are easy to dispatch out of the way. I don’t use the inspector as much as some of the rest of you and I appreciate that it can be hidden in the same manner as the mixer. And as a quick side note: I always appreciated Tracktion because of this approach. Just had a cleaner feel to it is all (this is opposed to say Sonar or Cubase).
UncleAgeThanks for sharing the link Conquistador. Good stuff in there. I’m going to play a little devil’s advocate here with your example. My intent is not to totally disagree however, but to open things up a little more in the discussion.
I am a long time user of MS Office, back to Office 95. And like a lot seasoned users (with any newly updated app really) the new MSO was a mixed bag. Yes it looks nicer. And yes that new ribbon bar is probably helpful to new users and users who prefer to use their mouse. I am one of the MSO users that prefers the keyboard shortcuts though. And for me the new look of MSO meant that I lost more screen space for my spreadsheets in Excel without adding much for me as I prefer to keep my hands on the keyboard once they are there. Not a showstopper really but it wasn’t anything that was received with a warm welcome from me and those that work with me. As always, things change and one must learn to change with them.
I would only add that if Frits were to adopt this type of interface maybe a function key could be assigned to make it go away much like the F7 key functions for the mixer (I use that F7 key a lot!). And maybe not entirely away. Maybe this function key would toggle between the full-blown ribbon and a custom/minimal set of controls for the power/seasoned users. Just my $.02.