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ZynewaveKeymasterAbout the word “category”: I’m thinking that perhaps “tag” is a better (and shorter) word for it. The word “tag” is commonly used as a descriptor for all sorts of objects. For example in the NI Kore preset browser, or as search words for video, audio and picture files.
What do you prefer: Category or Tag?
ZynewaveKeymasterTo record polyphonic pressure, polyphonic MIDI parameters must be present in the ME80 device definition. You can create those manually, or wait until 2.26 is released. I’ve just added a “Polyphonic Pressure” command to the inspector parameter panel “new MIDI parameter” menu. This will automatically create poly pressure parameters for all 128 keys.
ZynewaveKeymaster@LiquidProj3ct wrote:
It seems nice. It’s unlikey I work with groups or global SMR, but I’ll do it with show/hide tracks, and I have some interest here.
I think its a good idea show some child track without show their group track. When I use Poise in percussion mode I add a group with one input child track and 8 outputs child tracks. I’d like to show only the input child track in track list (because it’s the only one useful!).
What do happens in the mixer when you hide a track? I think that a good approach here would be two check box column in Track Categories windows, one for Mixer and other for Tracks. When I use Korg M1 LE (two inputs, two outputs) I’d show in track list only the inputs, and the outputs in the mixer.
1. Is there a way to add multiple tracks at once with the “+” button on the toolbar?
It would be nice that templates can save multiple tracks too. So with only one click you could add a M1 LE with input tracks visible only in Track list, and output track in the Mixer.
Hmm, I need to think about that. I fear it will make category setup more cumbersome if you need to set up the track selection separately for the tracks region and the mixer. Maybe this is better handled as an option in the track properties, instead of the category setup. Anyone else think it will be useful to have separate category setup of track lanes and mixer strips?
And a question, what will happen with ghost notes of a hidden track?
Ghost note display will work as in previous releases. Category selection will not influence the ghost notes.
ZynewaveKeymaster@Malcolm Jacobson wrote:
I would also like the ability to select multiple tracks.
I plan to implement that soon after 2.26 is released. I am sticking to working on track management in the following releases, until I think there is not much more that can be improved.
ZynewaveKeymaster@thcilnnahoj wrote:
@Zynewave wrote:
1. Is there a way to add multiple tracks at once with the “+” button on the toolbar?
Not currently. Clicking will open the track properties dialog, for naming the new track. If you need an initial number of tracks, isn’t it sufficient that you have the track setting in the “new arrangement” dialog?
Well… for once, I would take a guess most people don’t know exactly how many tracks it’s going to be in the end. That may be a kind of user error, but it still happens. The situation I sometimes find myself in personally is drum tracks. You can’t specify things like “create 2 group tracks, one with 8, the other with 6 child tracks” in the new arrangement dialog.
Maybe this is best done with track templates… I do however see multiple track creation as a rather basic function. Either way, that’s my opinion on it.Whenever I need a set of new tracks, I create one track, press Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V for each additional track. As long as the number of required new tracks are below 10, I think this is a faster process than selecting a “Create X new tracks” menu command to show a dialog, inputting the decimal value, and pressing enter. Using copy/paste you also preserve track settings and the effect chain. But I don’t mind adding the menu as there seems to be a demand for it. What should the menu command be called, and where would you want it?
I also forgot the most important question: How it will work across different editor profiles! I hope, since you say the categories are tied to an arrangement, that the “filter” is going to work independently.
It’s not stored in the editor profile, so switching between editors will preserve your category selection. Since it is tied to the arrangement, it also means that if you have two editor windows open, one with the tracks and the other with a mixer, then category selection is synced in both windows.
ZynewaveKeymaster@UncleAge wrote:
1. Would this “filter” also act on the mixer tracks as well?
Yes, I think so. Perhaps there are situations where you prefer the mixer to always show all tracks, so maybe I’ll make category show/hide optional in the mixer.
2. Would the category selections be exclusive?
I ask because I found this to be most useful when working in the mixer section. It was handy while drawing automation in the tracks as well but after the project was compete I had used this feature most during the first part of mixing the tracks.
I haven’t decided yet whether clicking a category button should automatically deselect other selected categories. You would then use shift+click to select a category without deselecting the others.
What is the other DAW you refer to?
ZynewaveKeymasterI still have to figure out how the category buttons should react. There are at least three functions that should be available in one button: show/hide, mute and solo. Maybe the category setup should include a setting for what the primary purpose of the category is, which will be the action that a normal click on the button will do. The other functions can then be accessed with key shortcuts, or by right-clicking the category button to show an option menu.
Still a lot of design issues to consider :-k
ZynewaveKeymaster@thcilnnahoj wrote:
but I’ll have to ponder some more about the balance of additional housekeeping vs. the benefits the “categorization” brings to the table. Maybe we’ll get a few ideas about disarming it – if that is necessary at all – after a beta becomes ready.
Setting up track categories will only make sense when you work with a lot of tracks. You can ignore this feature, and it will work like previous Podium releases. If you never work with a large number of tracks, you can choose to remove the track toolbar from the editor.
1. Is there a way to add multiple tracks at once with the “+” button on the toolbar?
Not currently. Clicking will open the track properties dialog, for naming the new track. If you need an initial number of tracks, isn’t it sufficient that you have the track setting in the “new arrangement” dialog?
2. How does this work with group tracks… If you select, for example, the “Bus Returns” group track to be shown, will it automatically show its child tracks? And will it update correctly if you add more child tracks (returns in this example) to it?
If you add a group track to a category, it will automatically include all child tracks.
3. Is it possible to have only child tracks from various groups shown, and if so, how will it affect the visual routing?
I haven’t implemented this yet, but I think that if you include a child track in a category, then it’s parent group track should also be displayed, at least as a collapsed track (6 pixel height). That way the hierarchic structure is intact.
[Edit] 4. (One more): Can you go still back to the a view of all tracks, categorized or not, or do you have to create an “all-encompassing” category first yourself? If it’s the latter, will it update if you add more tracks later on?
If you deselect all categories, it will show all tracks. Otherwise a track would be completely invisible if it wasn’t included in any categories. If you add a new track while you have a category selected, the track will automatically be added to that category.
January 30, 2010 at 23:04 in reply to: Restricted to Podium license ownersZynewaveKeymasterThis content is restricted to Podium license owners.ZynewaveKeymasterIf you haven’t already gone through it, I can recommend that you read the Getting Started chapter in the guide. Here’s a link to the online wiki page:
http://www.zynewave.com/wiki/doku.php?id=guide:getting_started
This should hopefully help with understanding the Project Start page. For example, it mentions that the device setup you make on the project page is saved as part of the project, and not as a global setup of Podium. So each project has its own device setup.
You can share a device setup across multiple projects by using project templates. Once you have created a device setup that you want to reuse, save it as a project template. When you have opened another project, you can load that device setup into the project using the menu: “project > project templates > load device setup”.
ZynewaveKeymaster@pernst wrote:
Fritz,
I really appreciate all the work you have been doing on the application, it really is becoming easier to work with and looking great! I say this because the ever discontent masses must wear you good nature thin. Of course, I am bumping this thread to wear another layer off. The activity that takes me out Podium is correcting the timing of performances using the stretching functionality of another application. It would be a great benefit to me to have this capability in Podium.
Thanks for your time,
PaulExquisite wording 🙂
I’m working my way towards it. Before I start on time-stretching, I’d like to finish some lose ends I have with the track management. I can’t give a time-estimate yet.
ZynewaveKeymasterHi,
I’m using the Kjaerhus plugins under Vista, so that is not the problem. If you are having trouble locating the .zip files you downloaded from the website, try looking in the “Downloads” folder in your user folder with the Windows file explorer. You’ll need to extract the plugin .dll files from the zip files and place them in the folder where you keep your VST plugins. If you previously have installed some VST plugins, there is a chance that you already have a VSTplugins folder somewhere. If so, copy the .dll files to that folder. Otherwise just manually create a “VSTplugins” folder.
Podium should detect if you have a VSTPlugins folder in the expected locations. If you select the “New Project” command, you can see the “VST plugin scan folders” that Podium has found on the “Create New Project” page. If your folder is not there, click the configure button to manually point to the folder where you have put your plugins. Once you have done that, create the project, and Podium should create mappings for all your plugins.
Frits
ZynewaveKeymasterI don’t have a W7 PC yet, so I can only speculate. Currently Podium does not call MMCSS, but I would expect it should be the audio driver that should set up its thread with MMCSS. It’s the audio driver that calls into Podium, and so the audio driver controls the thread. I could be mistaken though. Generally I will not recommend changing the registry as suggested in the topic you linked, unless you know how to undo your changes.
ZynewaveKeymaster- Arrangement zoom snapshots.
- Revised the way that track heights are handled.