ZynewaveThe report you sent me shows no signs of errors. All appears to be working.
Could you try with the simplest way to make sound in Podium:
Select ‘New Project’ from the file menu. Import or drag&drop a wave file into Podium. Enter the sound editor for the sound object. Press play. The sound file should be playing on the first pair of audio output channels that you enabled in the interfaces dialog.
If this doesn’t make sound then I’m afraid there’s not much I can do about it until I get access to a Revolution card to test with. I seem to recall that other Podium users are using M-Audio interfaces. Anyone had success with the Revolution 7.1 card?
ZynewaveThe VST folder you select during setup is used as default location. Plugins imported from this folder (or subfolders) can be stored in the project as relative paths, making it easy to migrate a project to another PC system with a different base VST folder. You can import plugins from outside of this folder, only they will be stored in the project using an absolute path.
The separate folder for audio files per arrangement is on the plan. I’ll put a higher priority on it.
ZynewaveTime-stretching will be implemented at some point. Too soon to say when it will be ready.
ZynewaveHi Spectrum,
1. Open hardware synths in Zynewave and use them along with softsynths using the RME midi drivers?
I use a HDSP Multiface with my external hardware, so yes it is possible. Watch the ‘external hardware’ video to see how its done.
2. Control hardware parameters in Zynewave?
Through automation on tracks, yes. There are no remote editor surfaces like the more dedicated synth editors provide.
Will there be templates for EMU, Access and Novation synths in the near future?
Very likely. Not currently. I intend to implement support for import of Cubase Script files and possibly Cakewalk instrument definition files. I cannot make any promises to when this will be ready.
ZynewaveYou are correct. A track bypass button is on the plan. Until then you can simulate a bypass by removing the reverb mapping from the track to audition without reverb, and then use undo to restore the reverb.
ZynewaveUse the zoombar at the bottom right edge of the tracks region. You can also use the zoom tools to adjust the height of all tracks by clicking inside the tracks area and dragging up/down. To adjust the height of a single track, use the zoom tool, click on the track header and drag up/down.
ZynewaveIt means you cant have 2 arrangements open, and switch between them, without losing plug-in settings
If you want to store changes to plugin settings with your arrangement, you create library presets on the tracks with the plugin mappings, and select the ‘sync’ option on the track (sync is selected by default). This way Podium will keep the library presets updated with changes made in the plugins. When monitoring is deactivated, the library presets will be updated with the settings in the plugin before the plugin is unloaded.
Loading/unloading of insert plugins for the active arrangement, is done for performance reasons. Assuming that your project contains 12 arrangements for your next top-40 album, if all plugins used in all arrangements were to be loaded always, it could mean that thousands of plugins would need to be allocated in memory. So you could say that activating monitoring of an arrangement is a kind of song-load.
ZynewaveI wouldn’t call it a panic button. It loads insert plugins and enables MIDI and audio inputs. It’s a preparation for playback. Only one arrangement at the time can be monitored, so if you enter another arrangement and activate monitoring there, the previous arrangement will be made inactive, causing insert plugins to be unloaded etc.
ZynewaveIt appears that Podium fails to check that the current sample rate is still valid after changing driver.
Using ASIO DirectX Driver, sample rate is set to 44100. Changing to SB Audigy driver, the 44100 is not supported by the driver, which probably caused the problem you saw. I’ll check my code for this.
ZynewaveIf I setup a map to a VST/I plugin in one of my tracks, the ‘edit’ button doesnt appear. I have to press play, before it does. Is the plug-in getting loaded on play…and not on setting assigning a map?
Insert plugins are only loaded when monitoring of the arrangement is activated. That’s the lower leftmost power button (shift+space).
Zynewave– Input/Output latency, buffer size: 0/0, 2400
The driver reports I/O latencies of 0. These should at least be the size of the buffer, which is 2400. If this is the cause for the crash it should be easy to fix. I’ll just have to check that the I/O latencies are not smaller than the buffer size.
ZynewaveHi mon0,
Audio stream buffer errors:
– Output buffer skip count: 21
This indicates that audio could not be processed without buffer underruns. Raising the latency will normally solve this, however your report states you use a buffer size of 4096. That’s a HUGE latency. You don’t write what PC system you use, but if you’re on W2K/XP I would strongly recommend that you try the ASIO4ALL free driver. You can find some details about this at the bottom of the download page.
Frits
ZynewaveGo to the report page in the interfaces dialog, save a report, and send it to me. This will be a help for me to determine what goes wrong.
ZynewaveHow about more Quantize features. You have the basics but how about some swing presets like Logic?
Extended quantize options is also on the plan.
ZynewaveFound the browser and see that you can just drag the plugin back into the arrange window.
All plugins in your project should be available in the map panel in the track inspector. No need to open browser or list windows for that.
Frits, I sure do miss a count in on the metronome. Lovely click. Very pleasing. I’d heard another guy comment on it. It’s one of the best I’ve heard. Now, how about a count in…
Yes, about the count in, it’s on the plan, and in my mental cabinet I have now noted that there are several users requesting it. 😉