ZynewaveWelcome 🙂
ZynewaveWhile the combination of the Group track panel and the Hide track lane feature, very elegantly display tracks in Podium (making them easier to manage) the issue of very high track counts compared to other hosts still remains.
But what would you say exactly is the problem with the high track count? Is it the excessive number of track strips in the mixer? Is the problem also with the track handling in the tracks region? If the problem is only with the mixer, then there are a number of things that can be done to improve this, which would make zGrid less urgent.
ZynewaveI’d like an option to just hide them completely. Is that possible or feasible?
It’s feasible. One reason that I show minimized track strips (6 pixel wide) instead of hiding them completely, is to indicate solo/mute states in the track hierarchy. Every track can be soloed/muted and this state is inherited by any child tracks in the group. If you have soloed/muted a group track that is completely hidden in the mixer, then it could be confusing that you see ghost muted child tracks with no immediate way to access the solo/mute of the hidden track. Maybe it’s not that big a deal. I’ll probably put in an option to hide tracks completely.
Zynewave@sam c wrote:
nice video but it did not show any examples of busses?
Instead of dragging plugins, just open the “Busses” folder and drag bus send mappings.
Zynewaveare buss tracks basically unlimited?
Yes. By default new projects have two bus instances. You add more bus instances using the device list menu on the project start page.
ZynewaveCheck out the “Creating fx chains” video on the wiki/tutorials page. Using the same method as shown for inserting effect plugins, you drag bus send mappings into your signal chain. Once you have added tracks with bus sends, you drag the corresponding bus return mapping to a new track at the bottom. Finally drag a reverb plugin onto the bus return mapping track.
ZynewaveIs ZGrid something that is not there yet?
I haven’t started development of zGrid yet. Just throwing ideas around here 😉
Zynewave@Zynewave wrote:
I’ve been thinking about adding a right-click “mixer minimize” track option. It would behave similar to the normal minimize button on the track lane headers.
After further thought, I think this is not necessary. The existing “enable audio mixing” track option would be perfect for this use. When you create tracks by dragging insert mappings, this track option is not enabled by default, although audio mixing is implicitly enabled in the engine when a device mapping is assigned to a track. I could add a “Show only audio mixing enabled tracks” option to the mixer view menu. You can then control if a track should be shown with meters in the mixer, by toggling the “enable audio mixing” option in the track properties. Thoughts?
ZynewaveAlso, try enabling the “compact chained audio tracks” option in the mixer view menu.
Zynewave1. Currently no. It has been requested many times, so I’m going to implement this as an option eventually. It has been discussed here:
http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1102
2. See my answer to your post in the general chat forum.
Zynewavecan that also follow the cursor so i see the values live?
It updates whenever you move the mouse along the timeline.
ZynewaveWhen talking about the mixer, you have a point about too much space wasted on insert tracks that you may not want to see meters for. There are various ways of minimizing mixer strips that are in a collapsed group, but currently you cannot minimize individual mixer strips. I’ve been thinking about adding a right-click “mixer minimize” track option. It would behave similar to the normal minimize button on the track lane headers.
Also, a plugin channel on the mixer that’s displaying metering and all that, is there a way to actually launch the plugin from there for tweaking?
Yes. The plugin insert strips should have an “E” button that opens the editor.
ZynewaveView menu -> “Automatic Scroll”
can i see a read out of hours, minutes, seconds like i see measures?
Not on the timeline. I’ll add that eventually. The mouse cursor field in the edit toolbar shows both measure and clock time.
ZynewaveSo you’re telling me that all those are actually seperate tracks?
Yes. The name “track” may be a bit misleading in this context. It acts as a modular connection or node in the hieararchic midi/audio flow.
zGrid/zMatrix was discussed here:
Zynewaveis it possible to import midi files in the same way?
Yes. Only the first track in the MIDI file will be loaded when you drag a MIDI file onto a track.