Tracks
Organize your recordings into tracks. Track status from initial ideas through to finished songs, and keep related recordings grouped together.
Overview
A track is a song or jam in your band's catalog - think of it as the project folder for one piece of music. Each track can hold multiple recordings, carry its own key, tempo, lyrics and chords, move through a status as the band works on it, and keep a history of every change.
Organize
Group related recordings together. Keep versions, stems, and mixes in one place.
Track
Move a track from Idea to In Progress to Active. See where each song stands at a glance.
Collaborate
Discuss tracks with your band. Add comments and keep everyone aligned.
Creating Tracks
Start a new track when you begin working on a song, project, or recording session.
Track Details
- Title: Give your track a descriptive name
- Description: Add notes about the song's goals or context
- Status: Set where the track stands - Idea, In Progress, Active, or Archived
- Visibility: Choose who can see it - Private, Members, or Public
Linking Recordings
Add recordings to your track to keep everything organized. You can link:
- Multiple versions of the same part
- Individual instrument stems
- Different mix versions
Primary Recording & Credits
One linked recording acts as the track's primary recording - it is the audio played from track lists and cards. The band members credited on that recording are shown on the track as an avatar stack, so you can see at a glance who played on it. If a track has no recording or no credits yet, the person who created the track is shown instead.
Cut a Track From a Recording
You don't have to start from a blank form. While listening to a recording, drag a selection on the waveform and link it to a track - either an existing one or a brand new one created on the spot.
- Set the in and out points by ear while the waveform stays visible
- Name the new track and add notes without leaving the player
- Come back later to nudge the timing or point the segment at a different track
Every version of a song
Each song keeps every recording it appears in. Open Jam Chart from the song's info panel to see them all on one timeline, flag the best ones and compare two.
Track Statuses
Every track carries one of four statuses. New tracks start as Idea.
Idea
A spark written down but not started on. Every new track begins here - Idea is the default status.
In Progress
Being worked on - lyrics, chords, structure, and recordings are coming together, but nothing is settled yet.
Active
A working track the band is playing. Settled enough to rehearse, add to a setlist, or put on a release.
Archived
Set aside. Nothing is deleted - the track stays in the catalog, and the status filter on the tracks list decides whether you see it.
Musical Details
A track carries the musical information the band needs to play it, separate from any one recording.
Defaults
- Key: Any of the twelve keys, sharps and flats included
- Scale: Major, the three minors, the modes, pentatonics, or blues
- BPM: The tempo the song sits at, from 20 to 300
- Time signature: 4/4 by default, plus 3/4, 6/8, 2/4, 5/4, 7/8 and 12/8
Lyrics, Chords & Structure
Each track holds its own lyrics, chord chart, and song structure. On the track page they appear as tabs, so you can flip between the chords and the words, put them side by side, go fullscreen for rehearsal, or print a chart. Chords can be transposed on the fly without changing what is saved.
Cover Art & Visibility
Cover Art
Give a track its own artwork. The cover shows up on track cards and behind the player, and a blurred placeholder is generated automatically so it fades in without a layout jump.
Visibility
Every track is Private, Members, or Public. New tracks are Members by default. See the visibility guide for what each level means.
Track History
Saving a track snapshots it, so the track page can show a timeline of versions with the exact fields that changed between them - and let you restore an earlier one.
What's Tracked
- Title, description, and status changes
- Key, scale, BPM, time signature, tuning, and capo
- Structure, chords, lyrics, and notes
Jam Pad
The Jam Pad is an interactive workspace for capturing musical ideas - chords, sections, and song structure. Open it from the track page toolbar, or press P on any track.
Features
- Chord notation and progressions
- Section labels (intro, verse, chorus, etc.)
- Metronome for timing
- Timeline playback
Collaboration
- Share chord charts with your band
- Version history you can restore from
- Export to text for practice sessions
Track Comments
Discuss the overall direction of a track with your band. Unlike recording comments (which are timestamped), track comments are for general discussion.
Use Track Comments For
- Discussing arrangement ideas
- Planning next recording sessions
- Sharing reference tracks or inspiration
- Coordinating who's working on what
Page Shortcuts
Four keys work anywhere on a track page (they're ignored while you're typing or a dialog is open).
- E Edit the track
- B Bookmark / un-bookmark
- P Open the Jam Pad
- D Open the details sheet
The player shortcuts work here too - see the keyboard shortcuts guide for the full list.