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Behind the Maintenance: 2.0

a-records · started 2023-04-18 12:18 · updated 2023-05-02 06:37

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Hey,

Our hardworking developers have once again rolled out a slightly smaller but nonetheless thrilling update. We sincerely hope it meets your expectations and addresses some issues you may have encountered.

Thanks guys!

Welcome new website player!

*Improved waveforms
*Media Controls and Information support for mobile devices
*Continuous playback on mobile devices when locked or in background
*Collaborators are now displayed alongside artist
*Improved layout for mobile screens

Website improvements:

*Album and track descriptions now properly display new lines as entered
*Activity feed and news board changed to 1 column to be more digestible and easy to follow
*Moved static assets (images, music etc.) to a CDN for better load speeds
*Improved database and backend performance for load speeds
*Various small visual improvements for mobile and desktop
*Fixed many reported bugs from last update (thanks community!)

Comments (122)

2023-04-18 12:27 · 2023-04-18

bet

2023-04-18 12:38 · 2023-04-18

another major W

2023-04-18 12:42 · 2023-04-18

Just signed up and can't access the studio. You think it could be the update? Sounds like a bunch of good news tbh.

a-records · reply
2023-04-18 13:12 · 2023-04-18

Works fine here. What happens or doesn't happen? And which OS are you using?

2023-04-18 13:35 · 2023-04-18

Is a CDN a content delivery network?

2023-04-18 13:58 · 2023-04-18

Common audiotool W
Love the care being put into the mobile website!

2023-04-18 14:08 · 2023-04-18

mild problem.
The looping is a bit wonky with the new bar, and you cant scroll back in the song at all.
also i miss the visualizer :(
Looks good tho

Queen Aria · reply
2023-04-18 14:25 · 2023-04-18

P.s if you are on a phone you can't use the studio.

2023-04-18 15:05 · 2023-04-18

I can't tell you how much the board change is appreciated. Cool minor fix with collaborators, that's a sweet touch to make people feel more involved.

naswalt · reply
2023-04-18 15:05 · 2023-04-18

oh snap, they are gone! I used the waveform view to judge other people's clipping :(

anodyne · reply
2023-04-18 15:07 · 2023-04-18

same 😭

2023-04-18 15:43 · 2023-04-18

thanks guys, i still cant edit comments on mobile
it jus refreshes my page

kodotik · reply
2023-04-18 15:49 · 2023-04-18

BRING BACK THE DANG VISUALIZER

IT WAS THERE THEN GONE AND THERE AGAIN AND GONE AGAIN

I WANNA SEE THE FUNNY THING MOVE THROUGHOUT THE SONG RAAAAAH

2023-04-18 16:03 · 2023-04-18

YAAAAAY

beanman · reply
2023-04-18 16:08 · 2023-04-18

cope

2023-04-18 16:09 · 2023-04-18

ill do you one better:
ill roll on grass

anodyne · reply
2023-04-18 16:10 · 2023-04-18

i can relate to that rant very well

2023-04-18 16:29 · 2023-04-18

more patch notes
but why is the audio visualizer gone on the player

taiko! · reply
2023-04-18 17:05 · 2023-04-18

it just takes me to the top of the page :\

2023-04-18 17:08 · 2023-04-18

Looks good on mobile, but the single column sort on the front page and news board doesn't look very good on PC. Also, i feel that the new waveforms are a downgrade as most of my track waveforms are just blocks now.

naswalt · reply
2023-04-18 17:10 · 2023-04-18

because they are blocks lol

Underb111te · reply
2023-04-18 17:15 · 2023-04-18

True, true. However they were less blocky pre-update to the point where i could tell which parts of my tracks were hook sections and verse sections.

Excluding my compression nightmare tracks, i've noticed that other users' tracks also have significantly blockier waveforms after the update.

2023-04-18 17:29 · 2023-04-18

One more a bit annoying thing to mention:
I'll post an example so it's easier to understand,
https://www.audiotool.com/track/hu2eft1kidux/
Press play... now click on the link in the description.
Whoala, no more music.
Long story short, any link that leads to a different part of the AT website will make the player stop.

Cheers.

2023-04-18 17:30 · 2023-04-18

whenever someone favorites a track, the notification stretches across my screen

anonymous user
2023-04-19 01:30 · 2023-04-19

think the search index could be improved.
when searching future garage, neither mine nor the tracks I like appear.

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:44 · 2023-04-19

Board news page doesn't look right to us, will fix in next update

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:45 · 2023-04-19

Fixed now! Thanks

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:45 · 2023-04-19

Thanks, will investigate

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:45 · 2023-04-19

Big task for us, but on the list!

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:48 · 2023-04-19

Mate you have absolutely no dynamic range in your music, if it wasn't a block before it was a bug 😅

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:49 · 2023-04-19

Try opening them in any audio editor like audacity

2023-04-19 01:50 · 2023-04-19

the bugs for when i try to play a song are kinda persistent ngl

anodyne · reply
2023-04-19 01:50 · 2023-04-19

idk if that's just me or not, though

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 01:52 · 2023-04-19

Not a comment about your producing skills, I understand it's a stylistic approach :) I dig them

Underb111te · reply
2023-04-19 02:51 · 2023-04-19

My track waveforms were still blocks prior to the update, just slightly more detailed (most of the time). Now in uncompressed tracks, waveforms currently seem less detailed post-update (just like my own heavily compressed tracks, but not as severe). Uncompressed waveforms now look smoothed out and flattened compared to how those waveforms looked pre-update.

Oh, an yes, I’ve put my tracks into audacity before. You could build a house with those blocks.

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 06:11 · 2023-04-19

Please provide more details and we'll have a look

2023-04-19 06:43 · 2023-04-19

Hi ! Still not possible to download a track into the mobile app, neither to edit or remove a comment

Snad Breugen · reply
2023-04-19 08:29 · 2023-04-19

My tracks are so repetitive after the update

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 09:26 · 2023-04-19

Should be fixed now. Thanks!

Kepz · reply
2023-04-19 09:27 · 2023-04-19

Fixed now, thank you!

naswalt · reply
2023-04-19 10:18 · 2023-04-19

Please investigate. Use my tracks for your experiments

noah · reply
2023-04-19 10:46 · 2023-04-19

thank you guys!!

taiko! · reply
2023-04-19 12:15 · 2023-04-19

tysm <3

taiko! · reply
2023-04-19 12:15 · 2023-04-19

I can record a video when I can if you'd like

TrackSharks · reply
2023-04-19 13:15 · 2023-04-19

Yes it is 👍🏻. Tks guys

taiko! · reply
2023-04-19 13:39 · 2023-04-19

here a screen shot

naswalt · reply
2023-04-19 15:36 · 2023-04-19

quickest updates in the west 🤠

ruary · reply
2023-04-19 16:11 · 2023-04-19

I believe this problem still persists specifically when clicking the @ or link to another audiotool account from someone's bio

sila · reply
2023-04-19 16:17 · 2023-04-19

Yes, it still does persist.
Also " Continuous playback on mobile devices when locked or in the background " still glitches like before. Maybe performs a bit better than previously, but still isn't working smooth.

2023-04-19 17:11 · 2023-04-19

The new waveforms look so sick

anodyne · reply
2023-04-19 17:14 · 2023-04-19

I try to play a song, then it keeps loading forever, and it doesn't go away when i refresh.

beanman · reply
2023-04-19 17:15 · 2023-04-19

Age old problem

anodyne · reply
2023-04-19 17:21 · 2023-04-19

good to know

2023-04-19 19:37 · 2023-04-19

Bring back the audio visualizer pls

Kepz · reply
2023-04-20 01:21 · 2023-04-20

thanks!

taiko! · reply
2023-04-20 01:35 · 2023-04-20

Yeah no problem moderator!

kiari · reply
2023-04-20 03:42 · 2023-04-20

the audio visualizer has done nothing for people but make it difficult for some users to load playback, and since it's such a minor feature I think it's best that they just removed it rather than try to make it work for everyone

Kepz · reply
2023-04-20 06:09 · 2023-04-20

You're right, we found more problems. Will push up fixes in the next update

Kepz · reply
2023-04-20 08:34 · 2023-04-20

Fixed. Links in descriptions will no longer cause player to stop. A couple of other player bugs have been resolved as well.

sila · reply
2023-04-20 09:00 · 2023-04-20

Yeah, the problem is gone now! Amazing!

2023-04-20 09:45 · 2023-04-20

Can you please work on fixing mobile? After some tracks they just stop playing and you have to close the tab and open it again. I've gotten used to it but I think it should be fixed

2023-04-20 09:53 · 2023-04-20

Thank you so much, AT team 💜

2023-04-20 11:04 · 2023-04-20

I'm sure we can all appreciate the amount of bugs and problems that are fixed almost instantly after they are brought to AT teams attention. Thank you guys!

2023-04-20 11:05 · 2023-04-20

Thank you AT!!💚
This mobile interface looks so clean

Kepz · reply
2023-04-20 13:05 · 2023-04-20

hahaha

anodyne · reply
2023-04-20 13:10 · 2023-04-20

That's actually crazy.
Major Win!

kodotik · reply
2023-04-20 16:49 · 2023-04-20

very shameful for visualizer enjoyers like i

but we visualizer enjoyers can accommodate

gonna miss you visualizer, you truly made my tiny little brain go "OOOGHA" whenever i saw ya move

rip fr bruv ;_;;;;

kodotik · reply
2023-04-20 16:49 · 2023-04-20

i KNEW something was different but i couldn't catch it on cause it still looks similar from the previous waveform AAAAAAAA

beanman · reply
2023-04-20 16:52 · 2023-04-20

just make it accessible to pc and just move the stuff over a little
please mods i beg you i wont say penis anymore if you do

2023-04-23 09:26 · 2023-04-23

If you play a track when viewing your tracks on your profile and then view the track itself and press the pause button while the track is playing, the track will actually restart and play from the beginning instead of pausing. I've only tried this on mobile so this might not be the case on pc

2023-04-24 00:39 · 2023-04-24

thanks

2023-04-24 19:39 · 2023-04-24

There are some glitches with the looping function on songs. If you turn it on while a song is playing, it often doesn't work. You have to turn it on and then start a song for it to work properly.

2023-04-26 18:06 · 2023-04-26

make the studio work on mobile! almost the #1 thing i need rn

noah · reply
2023-04-26 18:09 · 2023-04-26

boutta be making shi in school

2023-04-26 18:15 · 2023-04-26

The site isn't working right now. Songs will not load and the player is broken.

Sinusoidal · reply
2023-04-26 18:15 · 2023-04-26

The notification drop-down is also not working.

2023-04-26 18:23 · 2023-04-26

TL:DR for MODS
audiotool is broken rn
pls fix 😿🙏🏽😭

2023-04-26 18:26 · 2023-04-26

List of things that don't work:

  1. Notification Drop Down - Won't open at all
  2. Has to reload the site every time you go to someplace else, for example, going to someone's wall, it'll refresh the entire page
  3. Tracks won't play
  4. Can't favorite tracks
  5. Can't delete or edit comments.
  6. The comment box is bugged, once you click "comment", what you previously typed stays there and the "Comment" is greyed out not letting you comment again.
2023-04-26 18:42 · 2023-04-26

Yeah that sounds like all of them, at least that I've noticed

anonymous user
2023-04-26 19:31 · 2023-04-26

AT is broken!!!!!!!!!
It absolutely sucks on mobile rn!

anonymous user · reply
2023-04-26 19:41 · 2023-04-26

Nope, still not fixed

2023-04-26 19:48 · 2023-04-26

the devs are probably working on a few other bugs, which chain reacted to the whole site not functioning, it'll probably be fixed soon

anonymous user · reply
2023-04-26 19:50 · 2023-04-26

Yeah, but I was going to show my guitar teacher a song I had made later today! But now I can’t T^T

2023-04-26 20:19 · 2023-04-26

Yep, the player has been turned off completelly. 😄

sila · reply
2023-04-26 20:21 · 2023-04-26

Can second this

Sinusoidal · reply
2023-04-26 20:51 · 2023-04-26

Fun!

2023-04-26 20:52 · 2023-04-26

it seems there are technical struggles on a lot of other sites as well, i wonder if there is a worldwide server restart

anonymous user · reply
2023-04-26 21:32 · 2023-04-26

Might be, allthough, the game i was just playing, and I was one the online multiplayer part, was working fine

taiko! · reply
2023-04-26 23:08 · 2023-04-26

Hmmm I’m about to study cybersecurity in university soon (this fall) and reading this rung a bell… hmmmm…

anonymous user · reply
2023-04-26 23:24 · 2023-04-26

Moderators on AT:

kiari · reply
2023-04-27 07:40 · 2023-04-27

bro really thinks mods are responsible for fixing the site

2023-04-27 17:41 · 2023-04-27

Will you guys plan to do any overhaul to the single chart algo in the future? The current one seems to care only about the likes, that's all it takes to be there. I believe with a way more sophisticated algo single charts would represent some quality content of this site not the trash that is mostly there. Thanks.

anodyne · reply
2023-04-27 17:43 · 2023-04-27

Well said

a-records · reply
2023-04-27 20:12 · 2023-04-27

Some new models in the pipe. What else should be included in your opinion?

anonymous user · reply
2023-04-30 19:22 · 2023-04-30

more like a world wide server breakdown XD

anonymous user · reply
2023-04-30 19:26 · 2023-04-30

Another thing would be, when you are wiring your devices, if you could double click on a cable it would delete it, and then use the drag-and-drop to route the cable. Hopefully that made sense. Thanks!

sila · reply
2023-05-01 09:58 · 2023-05-01

@a-records unfortunately, I'm a dumb mother fucker. I only have primary school diploma, so there is no way I can come up with something valid. I am sure you guys know 100x better what to do.
Anyway, glad to hear something is being worked on with single charts :)

nondeescript · reply
2023-05-01 12:21 · 2023-05-01

my only concern is that all it takes is pure spam and exploits for most to just land a spot there

nondeescript · reply
2023-05-01 12:21 · 2023-05-01

as far as "quality content", curation should be a thing highly encouraged

sila · reply
2023-05-01 13:20 · 2023-05-01

I think a good idea is not to let one genre in single charts more than once otherwise it can all be filled with just trap, or hip hop, or whatever. I think to discover more music single charts need to include as much genre as possible.
Maybe a personalized single chart in the future would be a good thing. Single chart made for me based on my listening history, what I like, and what music I listen to :)

sila · reply
2023-05-01 13:23 · 2023-05-01

For example single charts this week consist of 6 trap songs... a bit too much.. take the best performing song in trap category and let other genre fill the rest of the chart.

Sinusoidal · reply
2023-05-01 13:28 · 2023-05-01

sila makes a great point and I definitely agree. I would say there are tracks that really deserve to be featured when they aren't. I'm not saying we shouldn't celebrate the success of others, but it seems a little unfair to have one genre take the majority, like sila said.

It doesn't sit right for me for the trap genre, which is already incredibly popular, to overwhelm the singles, because it is unfair to the people who work hard in other genres that don't get as much recognition. All forms of art need to be appreciated in one way or another.

Sinusoidal · reply
2023-05-01 13:30 · 2023-05-01

It's also irritating because a majority of people who are there are spamming their tracks on other people's walls. They plug their shit everywhere.

noah · reply
2023-05-01 13:59 · 2023-05-01

if u rlly wanna know there are technically 8 trap songs on the single charts

taiko! · reply
2023-05-01 14:05 · 2023-05-01

singles are overflowing with trap rn

taiko! · reply
2023-05-01 14:05 · 2023-05-01

i wanna see other ppl and other genres on there fr

a-records · reply
2023-05-01 15:02 · 2023-05-01

On the other hand, we had very very few Trap tracks as featured tracks. Isn't that balancing justice?

2023-05-01 15:04 · 2023-05-01

since you devs can see this.
how long does it take you to program a copy of pong

noah · reply
2023-05-01 15:16 · 2023-05-01

ban trap indefinitely

nondeescript · reply
2023-05-01 15:17 · 2023-05-01

unlike the singles charts, there's a more obvious is standard for featured tracks so i find that debatable

cleeo · reply
2023-05-01 18:23 · 2023-05-01

hey man
lmao is the worst plugg beat i have made and it still charted

2023-05-01 18:25 · 2023-05-01

HOW ABOUT ADDING A PIANO ROLL TO SAMPLES
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE

anodyne · reply
2023-05-01 18:25 · 2023-05-01

agreed, no offense intended

cleeo · reply
2023-05-01 18:27 · 2023-05-01

real

anodyne · reply
2023-05-01 18:28 · 2023-05-01

@borozo thats interesting
that would be a good idea, to have one of each genre max, but what would we do if 2-3 meme songs(disguised as reggae or birdcore) make the singles, simply because the other categories have already been filled. wouldn't we be in the same position as before?

cleeo · reply
2023-05-01 18:35 · 2023-05-01

yeah

Sinusoidal · reply
2023-05-01 20:00 · 2023-05-01

I would say there is no clear solution and that it will take work to find a good solution. I think what sila proposed is a good baseline that can be expanded/changed in some way.

I also agree with @aya-chan that there is a distinction between Singles and Featured. If I'm not wrong, Featured tracks are hand-picked to be featured, while Singles is chosen by an algorithm (again I could be totally wrong).

a-records · reply
2023-05-02 06:37 · 2023-05-02

How about you gather your ideas and post them as a joint feature request?