Zynewave@The Telenator wrote:
I was looking at Cubase 7 on an iPad yesterday — very, very tiny and small enough to make me ruin my eyesight. That’s something you might want to check out, too, so you can get an idea of how itty bitty Podium is going to look on a screen that size.
Cubase 7 or the new Cubasis for iPad?
Steinberg is another addition to the list of major DAW developers that have introduced a tablet version, along with Apple GarageBand, Image-Line FL Studio Mobile, etc. I haven’t tried the Cubasis for iPad app, but my impression is that it does not offer more features than what already was offered by a handful of DAW iOS apps from various indie developers.
Still, I consider Steinbergs entry in the tablet market as a strong indicator. One of Steinbergs major selling points for the Cubasis app is that it allows existing Cubase users to create simple projects on the go, and then import it into their main Cubase when they get home.
Considering that the iPad was only introduced 2½ years ago, it’s going to be interesting to see how the market has evolved in a couple of years. There is a lot of innovation to be made with regards to the touch UI on the smaller screen sizes, and I have a lot of ideas that I would like to work on. I believe it is essential for Podiums future, also on desktop systems, that Zynewave can offer a tablet version. I believe that any DAW developer that doesn’t offer a tablet solution will be irrelevant in the DAW market in a few years.
Wrt your concerns that a tablet version will slow down development of other Podium features. That is inevitable, but I don’t think it is as bad as you fear. So far I haven’t spent more time on development for the iOS platform than the initial proof of concept efforts I presented in this topic. Preparation for a future Podium tablet version will start with the desktop version, such as working on improvements for touch input. I don’t intend to split out the development into two different apps. It is going to be one Podium application that will be able to adapt to any screen size and any type of mouse/touch input.
ZynewaveZynewaveIf these devices support the Mackie MCU protocol, then you don’t need to enable them on the MIDI tab. You only need to set them up on the Control Surfaces tab. I did a quick Google search, and it seems that both your devices are able to emulate MCU mode, so check the user manuals to see how to configure them to use MCU emulation.
ZynewaveAlso remember to select the “enable recording of VST plugin MIDI output” option in Preferences/Plugins.
This method won’t route the MIDI realtime to a VSTi, but at least you can get to the recorded MIDI and move it to a track with a VSTi.
Zynewave@Levendis wrote:
@Zynewave wrote:
I decided on using BBPress, the most common forum plugin for wordpress, but it has issues when trying to import a phpBB forum.
Let’s go tabula rasa!
Tempting, but there’s a large amount of knowledge shared in the forum posts, which I’d like to keep online somehow. I’d prefer if it was possible to import all forum posts and user accounts into the new forum. This would also make the old forum posts available to the nice search functionality that WordPress offers.
ZynewaveCongrats!
CDM has a large audience, so that’s sure going to give you some exposure.
ZynewaveOne of the things that attracted me to wordpress was that it required little effort to make a good-looking site, with the huge number of custom themes that are available.
I came pretty close to finishing a new zynewave.com in wordpres, extended with membership and forum plugins. I decided on using BBPress, the most common forum plugin for wordpress, but it has issues when trying to import a phpBB forum. According to their roadmap, this will be improved in the next 2.3 version, so that’s what I’m waiting for.
I’m not going to use wordpress.com as host though. I will set up my own WordPress install, so the site address will continue to be zynewave.com.
ZynewaveHi,
I understand your concern. Podium development has been slow for a long period now. I’m in a transition period at the moment. Besides having another part-time job to pay the bills, I’ve had to spend time on Windows 8, new development tools (Visual Studio 2012), new source control system (not decided yet, most likely Microsoft TFS 2012 Express), and a redesign of zynewave.com. It’s been several years since I designed the current zynewave.com, and it’s starting to fall to pieces. I ended up spending far more time than I anticipated on getting up to date with the latest web design technologies. So far I’m betting on WordPress, but I don’t have anything to show yet.
So, it’s difficult for me to say what will come in 2013, but I’m getting anxious to return to ‘pure’ Podium development mode. I have no major features lined up for the next releases, so perhaps the best solution for you would be to wait with the update renewal, until you notice the Podium release cycle has returned to a more permanent stride.
Zynewave@corrupt wrote:
Hi everyone,
Sorry if this has been asked many times before… How do I turn off audio monitoring for a track that I am currently recording?
Hi,
If you’re using the latest Podium Free 2.42 version, then it should be possible by bypassing the input mapping on the track. Podium 2.37 had this new feature:
“The input bypass button has been changed to only disable monitoring instead of disabling recording. An audio input that is monitored through external hardware can thus be silenced in the Podium mixer during recording.”
Other related recording related features were also introduced in 2.37:
http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2431
ZynewaveZynewave@aanto wrote:
Hi!
I use Podium 3.2.0 with the 24″ Iiyama 2451MTS touchscreen monitor, and this setup works just great! Podium software is touchscreen friendly from a box, lacking only minor features like touch-an-drag scrolling and two finger zoom. It took less than a one day for me to adapt.
Hi aanto,
I have a Dell ST2220T multi-touch monitor. While I’ve found that the optical-touch technology used in this monitor is not super reliable, I did do some experiments with implementing Windows 7 gesture support into Podium. Windows 8 introduces a new system for handling touch input, so I decided to skip Windows 7 touch support, and I will be looking at Windows 8 touch support in 2013.
Also I want to point your attention to a powerful Windows tablets (Samsung Slate PC with Core i5 processor, for example). Those things can handle full-sized Windows DAWs with tons of fat VST plugins, which never will be available for a iOS / Android.
Personally, I’m looking forward to trying the new Microsoft Surface Pro. With the new Microsoft Windows 8 development tools, it may even be possible to make Podium run on Windows Phone 8 devices as well, without spending too much development efforts.
ZynewaveZynewave@Zynewave wrote:
Bump this topic in a couple of months, and I may be easier to persuade.
And here we are, more than eight years later 
Donald left the forum after a short period, so no further efforts were made on this feature request. Times have changed, the Podium featureset has grown, and I try very hard to keep things simple. I think this kind of functionality should be handled by plugins, and IMO it would add unnecessary complexity in order to support this in the Podium UI.
ZynewaveI downloaded the iControl user manual pdf. It seems to me that the “layer” buttons doesn’t actually send out MIDI messages, but rather switch between iControl internal “scenes” of MIDI setups. To be able to dynamically change the fader banks, you’ll need to configure a pair of the iControl buttons to send out the MCU messages for bank or channel offsets. This page could be useful:
ZynewaveWhen you press the buttons for switching banks, do the ‘1’-‘8’ number indicators on the Podium mixer strips follow along?