Feedback on Session Load

[TiUser]

Hi Folks.

One thing confuses me each time... I never exactly know when a session/subsession has loaded completely, ready to play...

My test machine is fairly slow and needs some time to load even simpler sessions...

Is there any undoubted indication that a session has finished loading?

I also noticed that while a session is loading any midi input seems to be muted. No chance to cancel a session lasting very long to load...

I guess I've just overseen something, but maybe not too, not sure here...

[lallis]

Good question, TI. My sessions are simple, so when my rack appears onscreen, all loading is finished. But it seems there's always a question left in the mind.

There seems no way to abort a loading that has been started in error. The loading-progress screens often provide the chance to abort the loading of a big plug-in like a sampled piano. That makes it finish much quicker. But it does not actually stop the session, which merely loads an empty sampler.

[TiUser]

It's a gerenal question... since we have the great option to also show the plugins gui, loading a session can take even much more time than before...

I am really not complaining about catabile features or abilities here... you all know I am a very big fan of this softare... it's just about a clear feedback when a session has loaded completely.

Ok, there is another point behind this question, but I have to fight this one with Brad in the dark... LOL

[TiUser]

Hi

I have investigated a bit more. I think session change behaviour needs at least an additional option...

If one clicks on the button in a session list etnry line, session load starts instantly, when a change needs a subsession only the transition is really instant.

When you do the same via an external program change, behaviour is different. At first a popup appears. Session load seems to start when the popup vanishes... so even subsession changes get a delay! When loading has finished the popup appears again!...

I observed the same behaviour with the popup sequence when using the prev/next session buttons in the session list.

My suggestion here is at least an option to remove the delaying popups during load on external program changes...

[TiUser]

... to close this thread proper I'll just want to note that this option is now included for a while... to be found in Options - Sessionlist - "use delayed session loading..."