Reply To: How well known is Podium in the DAW world?

Some very valid points you have here that I am overlooking. Certainly, I think we would all like to see Frits atop a powerful little company and doing great financially. Exposure and use leads to many things, the most basic of which is possibly price support. Let’s be honest, as both DAWs Podium and REAPER are worth (my estimate) more like $200 as is at the very least. Just compare them with some of the other junk that is out there.

Next, greater interest and purchase always leads to something. I would expect a course of improvements in features, perhaps a half dozen or so big and small each year over the next few years. I really tend to forget about this most likely scenario.

I mentioned licensing only in passing. First, I had no real choice; I can’t risk running any DAW on a single core. My audio computer is doing ‘okay’ but I’m constantly pushing its dual core to the edge, and I truly need to replace it later this year. (Here comes another season of ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches.) The other thing was that I am a sucker for cheap software. I can’t tell you how many $20 to $30 synths I’ve picked up along the way. They drop some $100+ thing down cheap and I’ll buy it. Considering how pretty Podium appeared, back before I even knew how well-thought out it was, buying it was without a second thought.

Yes, I completely agree, it has some real eye-poking features missing, but so does REAPER, another DAW that costs less than a night out on the town or a dinner for two. The more I’ve tried and seen the other much more expensive options the more things I have found these others lacking. Face it, they are all flawed, a few of them horribly. Just for good example, the source code for Cakewalks’ SONAR is so old the newer devs don’t even know what they’re doing half the time. What exciting new bugs they create every time they go in to ‘fix’ something!

If I had the time, or perhaps someday I will, I want to post a concise list of all the things wrong with, let’s say, the top-selling or most popular dozen DAWs. I really think it would blow the average newbie’s mind.