ZynewaveVST3 support is something I will work on in the future. Are there any current popular plugins that are available only as VST3 and not VST2?
ZynewaveWhen the plugin was imported into the plugin database, did it create a global instance #1 folder with mappings for all the audio outputs and MIDI 1-16 mappings? If so, you can drag this folder onto the bottom blank track header area to have it automatically set up a new group track with all the mappings on child tracks.
ZynewaveHi Stacy. Compared to the latest Podium Free release, the way the plugin database is handled has been updated in the latest Podium release. Select the “Setup/Plugin Database” menu to open a page for the database. Verify that this contains all your plugins. If not, then rebuild the database, and save it when you close the page. This database is the one that will be used whenever you create a new project. If you update the database you can load it into your existing projects with the “Device/Load Plugin Database” menu found on the project page (close the arrangement editor to go back to the project page).
ZynewaveThe paid version also has this limitation.
ZynewaveDoes the stuttering occur at the same position on each playback? If you zoom in on the waveform where the stuttering occurs, is there a visible gap?
If the stuttering is random, you could try to adjust your interface settings. Make sure you have selected the ASIO driver for your Alesis interface. The Alesis ASIO options dialog should include a setting for the size of the audio buffer. Try to increase this and see if that eliminates the stuttering.
ZynewaveHi Nick. You are correct in your observation about no playback on a record armed audio track with punch-in/out set. As soon as an audio track is record armed, its playback is muted, regardless of whether a punch range has been set. I may change this behavior in the future.
As a workaround you could work with two tracks within a group track, where one track is record armed with the audio input assigned, and the other is purely a playback track. When you have recorded something on the record armed track you want to keep and preview on your next punch-in/out take, you can drag the sound event to the playback track.
ZynewaveWhat’s the USB mic model?
If the USB mic does not come with its own ASIO driver then you will need to use the ASIO4ALL freeware driver. That will enable you to include the standard USB mic audio driver into the ASIO4ALL virtual driver, which you then can select in the Interfaces setup dialog in Podium.
ZynewaveWhat soundcard are you using? Are you using its native ASIO driver or ASIO4ALL?
Check that you have no other programs running that may use the ASIO driver. Also make sure you haven’t enabled the “Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth” MIDI output, as this synth may lock the audio driver.
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ZynewaveOuch. This error is due to an update to my shopping cart plugin. I’ll post here again when I have fixed this.
ZynewaveHello Miroslav. I’ve made some updates to the website during the last couple of days, and one thing I changed was I added an extension to upgrade periods expiring since the last release. If you check your download page you should see the download links again.
I added the upgrade extension as a compensation for the delayed release of the next 3.4 version. Podium has been in development for almost 30 years now, and I occasionally devote time to do a revision of the codebase to avoid the ‘legacy’ code syndrome. Release 3.4.0 is all about internal improvements and modernization of the entire codebase, which is why it is taking some time to finish.