Reply To: Preview 2.14: New browser window and favorite folders

@Zynewave wrote:

The track inspector on the left side (closest to the track headers) shows all settings related to the currently selected track. The browser on the right side (closest to the timeline area) is a global file explorer from where you can drag files onto the timeline. That’s how it has always been in Podium, and that’s the same layout that e.g. Logic Audio uses. Why is that all of a sudden wrong?

Not wrong Frits. 🙂 But not exactly the same not that it has to be in any case.

Ok…Logic has a separate Inspector for track management but the resources for a song, Presets, FX chains, Loops e.t.c are accessible from it’s browser.

I am not saying you should do away with the Inpsector but…Presets, Track templates, mappings would be better placed in the new browser. Not wrong all of a sudden in P2.14 but the browser would be more useful if the inspector was more track focused and the browser more project resource focused.

If I start a project I then use the device Panel to drag in my plugins then scroll across to use another browser for my audio, midi files e.t.c. It is much better to use one browser for that which is how Logic works, Cubase as well. Podium does not have to mimic anything out there but IMO and this is what thcilnnahoj was referring to IIRC…one browser is easier to manage and is better than two for managng a songs resources. I would put plugins and presets e.t.c in that category as other hosts have for ease of use.

The ability to show a global project list in the browser has always been there. This project browser does not update according to the selected track, and so it would be a nightmare to try to use this to find presets etc. The project browser is optional and is mainly there to give advanced users a tool to manage their projects. That’s why it is hidden by default in the embedded browser.

True it does not update according to the selected track (now) but could it, if that is the way to add presets to the browser?

You already have SMR buttons on each track header. I don’t understand what you mean?

Ok let me explain in more detail 🙂 actually this is the best way to describe it, here…(with a screenshot).

Not track level SMR, but arrangement level SMR. If any track or tracks in Podium are solo enabled the global or arrangement level S button will disable all tracks that are soloed. No need for a keyboard shortcut. Many times in Podium you can have tracks within tracks and it is not always easy to see what is solo or mute enabled especially in a large project.

The global SMR buttons would be auto enabled if any Solo, Mute or Record command is enabled on any track. It would also let a user immeadiately see much more easily if any track (especially any hidden track) is solo, mute or record enabled.

A simple click on any of these SMR buttons would disable Solo, Mute or Record for ALL tracks in an arrangement. You cannot do this in Podium currently without using a keyboard shortcut.

The example I gave was using Samplitude in the link above. You could even try the Samplitude demo if you want to see what I mean hands on.

HTH