[pvbrat1]

Hi,
I have come to a decision that due to the age of my hardware and software that I would be better served by a simpler approach/setup to achieve my goal of using my Sound Blaster Audigy 5.1 surround sound feature with my speaker set up. I would like to thank you however for you suggestions and perhaps if and when I upgrade all of my computer equipment I will again attempt to try Podium. It looks like a great program and many users seem to understand and enjoy it.
In trying to get Podium to work with the Windows 98SE OS using Sound Blaster Audigy and an ATI All in Wonder 7500 graphics card I kept having problems. Two of the biggest ones were;
1.) The graphic interphase constantly loosing the Monitor, Stop and Start Playback, and record buttons as well as other borders and edges of various graphic images. They would reappear if I dragged my Mouse over them from time to time and then disappear again. I was able to get the audio record and playback input to work.
2.) Most importantly was the complete reoccurring crash of Podium and freeze up of my computer and having to manually reboot repeatedly.
The message that would appear was;
“Microsoft Visual C++ Run Time Library
Run Time Error
Program and path to Podium.exe
This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unsual way”
(Perhaps this might be of interest to you.)
3.) I also was never able to completely get to work or understand the midi assignment procedure.
In conclusion I would say that Podium is not Windows 98SE compatible, at least with my set up. I was able to find a program that works for me. It was an older version of Sound Forge’s Acid Pro Version 4 for Windows 98 that I had forgotten about. It seems to work well for my system and provides a simple interphase for the use of the Audigy 5.1 surround features.
I hope this helps any one else with concerns that my posts addressed.

Thank you again,
Pvbrat1