![]() Anyone expecting audio recording or plug-in support, it’s still not here, but the upgrade does have some major enhancements that appear to stay true to its roots. “Eagerly anticipated” genuinely applies here - I’ve heard various chatter about the new version for over a year. These days though, I’m most in OffTopc and the DSP Dev forum.Propellerheads have unveiled the newest version of Reason, entering beta now and shipping in fall. I’ll mention it when I wander the Hosts forum, etc. If you think KvR has headstrong people, you clearly haven’t wandered the other audio forums around!īut the general thesis of ‘talk about Podium’ is certainly not a bad one. However, whilst they may be bereft of fluff, the opinions expressed can be frightening. which are heavily moderated, keeping everything rigidly ontopic and creating a fairly stale atmosphere. Overall, I’ve found it far better than most company forums or places like, gearslutz, etc. It’s worth persevering with KvR, you learn whom to take with a pinch of salt, and who’s worth listening to. You may notice that the first review was by me.! Computer Music featured it on its cover disc for a while. however, for various reasons, it hasn’t taken off in the same way as it ought to have, but that’s not to say it isn’t known. Podium is known by many of the more established members, and over the years has gained a great deal of respect, especially for the automation curves. If you view it as an online pub, with allsorts of people making comments, you’ll be fine if you expect it to be anything else, then yes you may be disappointed. you’ll find plenty of intelligent conversation. If you go to any of the other KvR forums – Instruments, Hosts, Effects, etc. to be fair, ‘Continue this sentence with three words’ is in the Off Topic forum. Podium is a prime example of ‘not hip enough clique-approved KVR software.’ It is others’ loss that they can’t investigate what’s good and available. They are excellent nonetheless, though … and so it goes. I use a whole bunch of odd-yet-awesome plugins that are not ‘trendy’ enough or perhaps the right brand, and so they are passed up by the general market. Otherwise, I have come to the opinion lately that you can scream the virtues of some chosen software all you want from the roof tops and, still, the greatest piece of soft gear will often go very ignored. Now, I did see that levendis took a few moments to post a recent good review of Podium. If you know how to do and read Google Analytics stats, you’ll see that KVR IS a sort of closed club and that the mainstream of DAW and plugin users, both new and pro, largely avoid the place. I’ll admit, I swing by there to get the latest news on upgrades, new releases, soundbanks, etc., but otherwise the place is a wasteland. The place simply rots, even if there are a total of six or seven regular members who actually KNOW what they are talking about. Just wish it had real-time quantization!ĭITTO everything tempman said of KVR. The vst scanner seems to be more robust and didn’t crash the program like previous versions on my system did. I’m starting to like the program more since the latest free version seems more solid and isn’t crashing like crazy. It would be nice if the metronome had a count-in feature, but it’s not really a deal breaker. ![]() It’s pointless work to have to always quantize after the fact especially when programming dance drums. I wouldn’t buy the paid version without it. Dance and urban music producers have this option high on the list of relevant features. I’ve been waiting to see whether input quantization will ever be implemented. Having to be on-line or use an internet browser is not very appealing. It also doesn’t help that there is no help file included. The GUI is also confusing at first sight and unless you really put forth an effort to learn the DAWS work-flow, you likely will move on. It didn’t help that the free version ( didn’t try the demo) always crashed for the most minute of reasons which prevented me from getting a new project started. ![]() I’ve tried Podium a number of times over the past few years and just couldn’t get into it. I think 1 of the reasons the program hasn’t got a strong footing compared to DAWS that came late in the game like Reaper, is because the program is a bit UN-conventional in it’s work-flow setup. There are plenty of helpful members that aren’t in the forum to be drama queens.LOL. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying everyone there is like that at all. ![]()
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