ZynewaveIt sounds like your editor profiles may have been corrupted. Unless you have made editor customizations that you don’t want to redo, you can use the ‘Setup > Restore Default Editor Profiles’ menu.
ZynewaveDo you have a Podium project file you can send me that produces this crash? Preferably a project file that uses only freeware plugins, so I can test it under the same circumstances.
ZynewaveIt won’t affect the current ASIO support in Podium. It will just be an alternative driver you can select in the Interfaces dialog.
ZynewaveYou could create a new sub-master group track under the master, move all your regular tracks into this group, and move the master effects to this new group track. Thus, you will only have the sub-master and Track 8 feeding directly into the non-effects Master track.
ZynewaveWith all the recent reports about ASIO driver problems, I’m thinking I should put a higher priority on implementing WASAPI driver support, and remove the old WAVE driver support.
ZynewaveSorry for the delay. I’ve been busy with another job, and I’m just starting to catch up with some of the unanswered posts.
ZynewavePodium uses the standard Windows GPI for graphics, and it doesn’t distinguish between what kind of video card/driver is in use. Podium does request a few smaller bitmaps be stored in video ram for increased performance. Perhaps you can increase the amount of available onboard Video RAM in the BIOS?
Another potential issue with the onboard video card is that it probably supports fewer hardware acceleration features than your discrete video card. So some graphics operations may be partly performed by the main CPU, which could cause the occasional sound dropouts.
Zynewave3-6 is an average CPU usage percentage, which is not a lot. If the CPU indicator is showing red overload, it means that occasionally the ASIO buffer could not be filled in time, causing dropouts in the sound. This can happen due to plugins that occasionally perform some heavy initialization, perhaps as a result of preset or parameter changes. It could also be other programs/drivers on your Windows PC that blocks the CPU for a brief period. Some network drivers have been known to cause these issues, although that was years ago I last heard such reports.
Could you try to increase the ASIO buffer size to see if this reduces the occurrences of overload?
ZynewaveNeed more details. Do they not show up at all when you do a plugin scan?
Depending on whether you use Podium x64 or x86, you need to make sure the plugins you download are for the same x64/x86 platform.
ZynewaveOther users have reported issues with Focusrite ASIO drivers. I assume you have updated to the latest driver version. May I ask which Focusrite audio interface you are using?
You could alternatively try the asio4all.com free driver.
ZynewaveZynewaveI am sorry about the delay. I started a major revision of the plugin loading system, which I believe will fix the problem you see with Kontakt. In the process of this work, I’ve updated my developer tools and I’ve begun to take advantage of recent enhancements to the C++ programming language. This has made me extend the scope of my revisions for the next release. On top of that, I’ve been hired to work on another software project for the last couple of months, which will help fund my future development of Podium.
ZynewaveThe plugin multiprocessing mode has a slight latency overhead due to the way the processing is distributed to multiple cores. This means a very low ASIO latency can produce overloads. If possible, try to increase the ASIO buffer size, and see if the overloads goes away.
ZynewaveI think I’ve fixed this now. It was due to the recent WordPress 4.0 update, which introduced a conflict with the bbPress forum plugin.
ZynewaveI agree it’s one of the major features that Podium is lacking. Eventually I’ll get there. No estimate yet, sorry.