Create a project
After you log in, get started by creating your first project. Click on either of the pink "Add project" buttons. A form will appear prompting you to provide an audio file and name for your project (the artist and song title, for example).
Any web-ready audio format is supported. Your file is access-controlled so only you can listen to it.
You can edit a project's name, folder, or change its audio file by opening that project from the sidebar menu and clicking on the "Project settings" button on the right side of the project header.
Add blocks
Once you've created your project, you'll see a screen with a black play bar at the bottom. You can use the seek control to manually scrub around the song, but you can probably do that on whatever program you’re already using, too. We're here for the harder part: divvying that song up into the manageable pieces that make matching it to visuals a breeze.
Click on the pink "Create a block" button at the bottom of the left sidebar or the "New block" button on the right side of the header. Two markers will show up on the play bar at the bottom of the screen. Drag these to set the in and out times for your current block.
Tip: Set marker positions on the fly by playing the song and pressing the I (in) and O (out) keys to establish your block 🚀
You can also name your block and add notes about the shot(s) that take place while it's playing. Add images to your notes by dragging and dropping them into the "Notes" input. Accepted file types include PNG, JPEG, and GIF.
Tip: The notes field accepts any valid Markdown input, so you can easily add lists and use different text formatting. Click here to learn about the basics of Markdown.
To delete a block, click on the options button beside the block title, and then clicking the "Delete block" option. You can't undo this action, so be careful!
Play a block
When you have a block selected, you'll see its time range represented as a highlighted area on the play bar. From here, you can press play and hear only the part of the song selected in that block. Once a block finishes playing, the playhead will reset itself to the beginning of the block, so you can easily re-shoot a scene by pressing play again.
Once you’ve created other blocks, you can toggle between them by clicking either of the skip buttons (, ) on the play bar or using the arrow keys.
Next steps
Now that you've created a project and added some blocks, here are some advanced features that you might enjoy using:
Playback rate
Adjust the song’s playback rate by clicking either of the rate settings buttons (, ) on the right side of the play bar. You can speed up or slow down the music to achieve cool effects. For example, if you play your song back at 200% speed, shoot a scene, and then stretch the clip out in your video editing program so that it plays at 50% speed, the artist will appear to perform in real time while the action in the background takes place in slow motion.
Download as PDF
Download a printable PDF of a project's blocks with their respective time cues and notes sections by clicking the "Download PDF" button on the right side of the header. This can be useful for storyboarding or providing an outline of your project for the folks involved.
Searching blocks
You can search the content of a project by clicking the "Search blocks" button in the project page header. Add detail to your blocks' name, description, or notes so that you can easily find them later using full-text search. Select a search result to jump to the corresponding block.