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So if one has parameter tracks for a Guitar Instrument track, various FX parameters (automated delay, another for a filter) all of these will appear below other tracks at the bottom?

No. They will appear immediately below the guitar track. Imagine if you created an automation track for the zPEQ in the screenshot. In the modular mode this will be shown as a child track of the zPEQ track, i.e. above the “drums bridge loop 1” audio track. In compact mode all automation tracks within the “chain” is displayed below the audio track. The automation track for the zPEQ would then be shown as e.g. “1 Freq (zPEQ)” with the controlled effect in parentheses. Acousmod recently posted a topic where he requested a possibility to have all effect automation tracks displayed below the source track, so that the source audio file is shown as backdrop in the curve editor.

I’ve edited my original post to show a screenshot of how the arrangement looks with the current 1.94 release. One thing that has annoyed me for a long time, is the large space occupied by the group bars to the left of the track lanes. With just a few sends and fx plugins you soon get a huge number of bars. The new compact mode offers an option to reduce this space. What you loose is e.g. the ability to freely drag effect tracks horizontally to a specific group level. You’ll need to use the group panel for these kinds of edit actions.

On the other hand, I find that many newcomers to Podium often is lost in the editing flexibility of the track hierarchy. The compact mode will also offer simpler menu commands for arranging tracks in groups etc. and put some restraints on what can be done. E.g. the “increase/decrease group level” commands will not be available in compact mode, as these commands if misused can mess up the hierarchy.

Note that all the existing hierarchic routing possibilites are still achievable in compact mode. I’m just trying to simplify the UI.