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Beta4 is up, which hopefully is the last beta before I release 3.2.7. This beta has a few more optimizations and code cleanup. If you test the beta, please let me know if you find any problems.

A little off topic with this, but could this update allow for multiple tracks to be selected & moved at the same time? If I import a bunch of, say, drum samples onto individual tracks, I then have to select them one by one to move to a drum group track. Not a big deal, until you have to repeat the same action 15 or 20 times. Just a workflow issue.
And maybe I’ve missed this, but a shortcut to select all events on one track would help the workflow too.

Multi-select of tracks won’t make it into this release. It’s on the roadmap, but I have a few other things I’d like to work on before that. A menu command for selecting all events on the focus track is one I’ve missed too, so I will put that in for the final 3.2.7 release.

Hi. How far should I adjust buffer size, now that I can? Or would it be best to leave at 128 default? The benefit of smoother automation makes me want to lower it a lot, but are there drawbacks to low buffer size? Sorry if I ask too much—

If you set it to 128, then the bounced audio should be identical to previous Podium versions (unless you use an even lower ASIO buffer size). Since the buffer size can affect the generated audio, I recommend leaving it at the ‘Audio driver’ setting. That way the bounced audio should be identical to what you are hearing during normal playback. The drawback to lowering the buffer size is that Reaktor will crash 😉 Other plugins may have similar problems. The bounce rendering process should also take longer with smaller buffer sizes, since the overhead of handling the buffer changes will be larger.

Beta3 is up.

– (3.2.7 beta 2) Loading any color scheme disables my audio interface (deselects it as active ASIO device in the Audio/MIDI preferences). Doesn’t happen in 3.2.6.
– (3.2.6) Setting volume or pan via numeric entry on a track with post-effects metering disables the meter. The dialog in which you enter the value (Effect Track Properties) has a blank selection for “meter mode” no matter which track the meter is set on.

Fixed. Thanks for reporting these bugs.

In addition to bug-fixes, beta3 has a new “Offline bounce buffer size” option in the Preferences dialog. I was working on a bug-fix for NI Reaktor which would crash when doing an offline bounce. It turns out that Reaktor crashes with any buffer sizes below 160 samples, and previous Podium versions used a fixed buffer size of 128 for offline bouncing. I was not able to make NI Reaktor behave with lower than 160 sample buffer sizes, so therefore this new option. The new default is “Audio driver setting”, but you can select a buffer size as low as 16 samples. The only benefit from selecting a smaller buffer size is that VST parameter automation will be smoother, since VST parameters are updated only once at the start of each buffer.

Thanks for testing. I’ve also encountered more plugins that won’t work with the background thread option, so I suggest you ignore this option from now on as I definitely will remove it for the final release.

Beta2 is up, with a couple of bug-fixes. While testing NI Reaktor I found that it could crash if the preset was loaded in the background thread. So now presets are also loaded in the main thread, like older Podium versions. I’ve found another crash issue with offline bouncing of NI reaktor tracks, which also was present in older Podium versions. I’ll continue to work on a fix for this.

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