Ever share a track and hear back "it won't play for me"? Or wait for a half-gig WAV to load before you can hear a single note? Both of those end today with playback proxies.
A lighter copy, made automatically
Whenever you upload a version, Concerto now quietly prepares a proxy — a compact 192 kbps MP3 working copy of your audio. It's generated in the background right after your upload lands, so there's nothing to configure and nothing extra to do.
The player reaches for the proxy automatically in two situations:
Compatibility. Some browsers can't decode certain formats — Firefox and M4A, for example. Instead of a silent player, your collaborators get the proxy, which plays everywhere.
Bandwidth. For big files (over 125 MB), the player streams the proxy instead of pulling the full original down before playback starts. Huge sessions start playing in a fraction of the time.
You're always in control
Look for the new indicator above the player: it tells you at a glance whether you're hearing the original or the proxy. Click it to switch between the two for any version, and Concerto remembers your choice.
A proxy is a working copy, never a replacement. Your original file is never modified or touched, and it's always, without exception, what you get when you download.
Happy creating,
The Concerto Team
P.S.
It seems worth celebrating that this feature is the 400th commit to Concerto!
Since our first release 3 years ago, we've been making it easier for you to collaborate in your creative process with audio and shipped 400 features, fixes, polishes, updates, and incremental improvements to make sure Concerto Studio is always ready for your work.
Thanks for being a part of the journey - we're not stopping.