See what opening a song is doing
The spinner is gone: opening a song shows each step it's on and how far along it is, including every stem of its recording. Uploading a recording shows its progress too.
Opening a song used to show a spinning circle with no idea of how long it would take. Now you see the song's name, a bar that fills as the work gets done, and a list of the steps.
- The score: downloading it, reading it, laying out the playback, setting up the instruments and loading the drum or piano samples.
- Its recording, if you've added one: each stem as it downloads (so many MB of so many) and decodes, then the beat map. A recording being lined up with the score for the first time shows each stage of that too.
- The bar follows the real work, so a big recording fills it more slowly than a short one.
- If the recording is still loading after the score is ready, you can open the tab straight away and the recording carries on loading.
- A song that opens in a blink keeps its list up for a second or two, long enough to read. Click anywhere or press a key to go on straight away.
- Uploading a recording from the player shows how much has gone (so many MB of so many, the share, and about how long is left), also on the Recording button while its panel is closed. You can cancel the upload, and the browser checks before you leave the page in the middle of one.