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From your description, I’m not sure what you mean by submix. Do you just want one submix track, or several submix tracks? If you just want one, I can’t see what you want to achieve by inserting a separate submix group track. You can enable multiple gain faders on the master track, if you want to control gain both before and after the master effects.

I have Kontakt 4.2.4 full, and recently updated Kontakt Player to the latest 5.3.0 version. Is it possible for you to update to 5.3.0 so you can confirm that the issue is still present with the latest version?

I’m probably going to upgrade my Kontakt full version to 5, with the 50% deal that NI announced today. I’m going to spend much of December working with Kontakt. Before that I’m going to release a minor Podium update with various fixes.

Thanks for the suggestions. I’m going through them right now.

@Pulse: AxTube?

I tried MauSynth x64: When the plugin editor is open, it intercepted some Podium key shortcuts (such as Ctrl+z), and changing presets in the track inspector did not work.

The purpose of the page is to give a good introduction to VST plugins for new users. This means that I’ll only include plugins where I can link to a download page that has clear download instructions. IMO, that disqualifies LinuxSampler and various others. I even had problems with the Voxengo pages, where I managed to download several demo versions of commercial plugins, before I noticed the actual download links were above the plugin description. It’s clearly written in the text, but I was just quickly looking for download link buttons.

I also have a problem with UVI Workstation. When installing, it asks to install the PACE license system. I’ve had plenty of bad experiences with this years ago, so I stay away from that. A shame, because the UI screenshots look beautiful.

I’m even considering removing Independence Free from the list, because it pops up an annoying dialog during Podium plugin scanning, asking for registration. Not a smooth user experience.

Does Podium have any issues with multiple copies of a plugin within the path? Or different plugins that have the same internal name?

That should not be an issue. Plugins are identified by their file path.

what is the point of “rebuild plugin database” if it keeps pointers to deleted folders / plugins? And how do I tell it to actually start clean?

Podium will try to reconfigure mappings of plugins that have moved location. If you have the same plugin filename in multiple folders, then this may cause the mappings to not be reassigned, and you’ll have to fix those mappings manually. The plugin combobox selectors in the arrangement editor should be highlighted in red if the referenced plugins are missing.

ZASF is absolutely NOT multi-processor safe (hence my surprise at discovering that Reaper had found a way to do it), so I have to run Podium with the VST multiprocessing option OFF.

I would guess Reaper uses a method where a plugin instance is designated to a specific thread. That can cure some of the weaknesses of plugins that are not multithread safe.

I have considered the scorched-earth “wipe it clean and reinstall from scratch” approach, on the thought that some file that didn’t get replaced by the 3.2.1 install may have become corrupted. Does Podium leave any droppings in the registry that I will need to go clean up after an uninstall?

The installer engine stores some settings in the registry, required for clean uninstallation, but the Podium app does not store anything in the registry. Rereading my first post, I see I forgot some important info: Before you delete the Podium.ini file, you should quit Podium. Otherwise, when you quit Podium, it will just rewrite the Podium.ini file with the old settings still loaded in memory.

Hi,

Unfortunately, Podium does not yet support streaming MIDI from one VST plugin to another. It is a frequently requested feature, but I cannot give an estimate when it will be implemented. Other Podium users have worked around it by using a plugin that can host other VST plugins, such as energyXT.

Frits

I’ve split your reply into a new topic. For future support requests: If you go to the ‘Podium – Support’ page (select from the Community menu in the header), there should be a ‘Create new topic’ form at the bottom of the page.

You need to bounce enable your track with the plugin to record the plugin output. If you want to record realtime performance, you need the ‘enable realtime record bouncing’ option in the Track/Bounce context menu. Check the popup help for the B button on the track header for help on the different bounce modes.

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