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ZynewaveKeymasterNo need to reinstall. You may have accidentally deleted the piano roll editor profile. To restore the default editors, use the “restore default editor profiles” command in the setup menu. That may also explain why you couldn’t edit curve sequences, as you mentioned in another topic.
ZynewaveKeymasterThere’s a brief explanation of automation here:
http://www.zynewave.com/wiki/doku.php?id=guide:getting_started#automating_parameters
In this screenshot you can see that there are automation track lanes, and also parameter faders in the mixer. The events that are placed on the automation lane are curve sequence events. On this lane you can move/copy/slice etc. the curve sequences. To edit the actual curve you need to open the curve editor. Select a curve sequence event, and then click the “Editor” profile button above the transport toolbar. That should show the selected curve sequence in the editor, and it is here that you edit the point events that define the curve.
If you still encounter problems, then describe how far you are getting compared to the page I linked to above.
ZynewaveKeymaster@carl wrote:
page 13 of the manual the medis browser is at the bottom left mine is top left.
You mean this screenshot?
http://www.zynewave.com/wiki/doku.php?id=guide:getting_started#setting_up_tracks
That shows the track inspector, and not the browser. The lists you see in the inspector can be used as shortcuts for assigning inputs, devices, presets and parameters to tracks. The inspector does not show files.
ZynewaveKeymasterDoes it change behaviour if you toggle the “link edit cursor to play cursor” mode?
ZynewaveKeymasterConfirmed. It seems like a bug. I’ll look at it before the 2.28 release.
ZynewaveKeymasterThis feature has as far as I can remember never been discussed, so it is not part of my plans. There are “zoom snapshots” but that is a different thing.
Note that you can duplicate an arrangement with the “new phantom copy” right-click command in the “arrangements & sounds” listbox. The new copy will share the same sounds/sequences from the original arrangement, but further changes you make to the arrangement timeline will not be mirrored in the other arrangement.
ZynewaveKeymasterWhere in the manual is the screenshot you are referring to?
You can’t move the browser that is embedded in the left side of the main window, but you can use the “new browser window” command in the Window menu. That gives you freedom to rearrange the main window and the separate browser window any way you like.
ZynewaveKeymaster@carl wrote:
does that mean when i load a loop ican just use the alt key and drag copies of the loop like in reaper?
I’m not sure what Reaper does. From your question I gather that when you alt+drag in reaper, it will insert multiple copies of the loop if you drag beyond the length of one loop? That’s the old style that I think the Acid application first made popular. It doesn’t quite work like that in Podium. The fastest way to insert multiple phantom copies of a loop, is to select the sequence/sound event and then press the Insert key for each repetition. When dragging in Podium you either move the event or hold a key to copy the event (alt for phantom copy and ctrl for unique copy).
Doesn’t Reaper support clone/ghost/phantom copies of sounds/sequences? If it does, then how do you drag normal copies versus ghost copies?
ZynewaveKeymasterIf you don’t intend to edit the individual clips that you want to duplicate, then I recommend you use phantom copies. In the case of sound clips it will save a lot of memory and file space, since you only have one instance of the memory/file that is shared among all phantom copies.
The difficulties with the dual functionality for Alt+Drag has come up before. I think I’ll change it so that Alt+Click+Drag does not start a resize action in the arrangement editor. You’ll then have to click the small square box at the bottom right of an event to resize it. By removing this feature, Alt+Click will now start a phantom copy drag no matter if the alt key is pressed before or after the click. This will make it behave similar to the Ctrl+Click dragging for unique copies. Does anyone object to that change?
ZynewaveKeymaster@thcilnnahoj wrote:
Hmm, what about people who work with multiple templates… maybe the “import database” button could become a sort of dropdown menu to select a template.
Sure, you can use the ‘old’ way to create a project from a template, but it’d be nice to have them all available like this.If you have saved your own project templates, then there will be a dropdown menu button. I think most users will never use the project template feature, so I’m trying to figure out a transparent way to handle a global plugin database, without worrying the user about templates.
– How does it work for plug-ins that have since been removed – does the “update database” function clean them out automatically?
Yes, I think they should be cleaned out.
– Does the update function go by filename only, or will it create additional mappings for plug-ins that are already present, but the user may have created custom mappings for?
No, it will skip any plugin whose dll is already referenced in a mapping in the database. Otherwise it would need to rescan all plugins anyway, and then there won’t be much time saved with the update option.
– If the option for importing surround mappings is removed, you’ll have to delete them from the very first plug-in database yourself, no? I hope they won’t reappear, should you use the “update database” function.
Though I guess there’s no need for concern since this change in 2.27: “Using any of the import plugin commands will only create surround mappings for the plugin if there already are other surround mappings in the project.”?I’m considering moving the stereo and surround options up on the page as general options, and not just plugin related. The options also decide if surround mappings should be created for audio ins/outs and busses.
– Is this going to change anything concerning audio and MIDI device setups, or will the database somehow only story plug-in (and external instrument/effect) mappings?
No, the project template menu will work as always. It’s only the auto-generated “plugin database” template which will be used to extract VST plugin definitions only.
ZynewaveKeymaster@ronin wrote:
Sounds reasonable. Does it solve the problem I had with the initial scan? Maybe there is an easy way to trace the plugins that had already been scanned and omit them in subsequent scans (in case of a crash).
Scanning of each plugin produces the various device mapping, device definition, preset and parameter objects. To be able to skip rescanning plugins in case of a crash, then it’s necessary to save the project template file after each scanned plugin. I’m afraid that is going to slow down the scanning process noticeably.
I’m curious: How many crashing plugins do you encounter during a scan of your complete plugin collection?
Once a plugin has crashed, Podium will put it on the quarantine list. Future complete scans will then skip these crashing plugins. So the problem should only exist the first time you scan all your plugins, unless you manually remove the crashing plugins from the quarantine list.
ZynewaveKeymasterHere’s how I’m planning to change the Create New Project page:
These options will be removed:
“Scan and import mono/stereo VST plugins”
“Scan and import surround VST plugins”
“Save the created project as a project template”Instead, for the first project you create you will see this option:
“Create plugin database”When you create the project with this option enabled, it will scan for plugins as in previous versions, but once scanning is complete Podium will automatically save a project template named “Plugin database” without prompting the user for a template name.
The following projects you create will then show these options:
“Import plugin database (updated: xx-xx-2010)”
“Recreate plugin database”
“Update plugin database”If you only check the “import plugin database” option, Podium will import the plugin definitions from the “Plugin database” template file, and there will be no scanning.
The “update plugin database” option will import the plugin database, but scan for any new installed plugins that are not already in the database.
Any suggestions for ways to make this easier?
ZynewaveKeymaster@nomnomnom wrote:
Swing, if you apply swing, and then move your notes, it’s automaticly snap it. So you lost your swing. Kinda bad thing. Ye, i can always turn snap off, but turning it off and on repeatedly takes lot’s of time.. Moving swing notes on snap on, snap should be ignored.
A “relative snap” option is on the todo list. This will allow you to move events in steps of the grid size, but without snapping the start of the events to the grid lines.
ZynewaveKeymaster@Lion wrote:
Would it be possible to have MCU emulation in it?
Please clarify. MCU emulation in the Podium UI?
ZynewaveKeymasterClicking on the timeline should create a new curve sequence. Click+drag to create and resize. Once you have the curve sequence event, you can draw in the actual curve in the curve editor. Either double-click the event to open the curve editor window, or select the embedded editor profile.