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Private beta
NOWInvite-only rooms are stress-testing the full workspace — branching, mixer, structure, chat and Rehearsal View — before the doors open wider.
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PRIVATE BETA · OPEN · V0.1
sonicdesk.
Music is a process. Not a file.
A track doesn't arrive finished. It moves through dozens of iterations, arguments, voice memos and renamed exports. sonicdesk is the collaborative surface where bands think, branch and decide together — versioned, structured, indexed.
ACTIVE PROJECT · MAIN142 BPM · A#m
0:00▶ NORTHERN ROOM / v04 — pending merge3:18
BRANCHESMERGESSTRUCTURECHORDSROADMAPCHECKLISTQUICK PEEKREHEARSAL VIEWMIDICOMMENTSCHATVERSIONSBRANCHESMERGESSTRUCTURECHORDSROADMAPCHECKLISTQUICK PEEKREHEARSAL VIEWMIDICOMMENTSCHATVERSIONS
01 · VERSIONING
BRANCH IT. MERGE IT. CHAT IT.
Try the bolder bridge without breaking what already works. Every version is a real artifact with date, author and status — not another file called final_v3_FINAL.wav.
VERSION HISTORY4
- mainJUN 11 · live · 4 tracks · 2:59
- alt-bridgeJUN 12 · experiment · solo rewrite
- darker-mixJUN 14 · ready for review
- newJUN 14 · draft
+ NEW VERSION
PROJECT · NORTHERN ROOM
Section● Verse · 0:13–0:40
Chords
G
GTR-RHYTHM
northern 1-Audio.wav · 8.3 MB
MS
D
DRUMS
northern 2-Group.wav · 16.2 MB
MS
B
BASS
northern 3-Audio.wav · 5.5 MB
MS
G
GTR-SOLO
northern 4-Audio.wav · 7.3 MB
MS
▶1:00 / 2:59
METROCOUNT-INLOOPCOMMENT MODE
02 · WORKFLOW
ROADMAP, CHAT, DECISIONS — IN BAND.
Stop pinning voice memos in Telegram and stop renaming Drive folders. Everything that decides a track lives where the track lives.
QUICK PEEK · ROADMAPSTAGE 2 / 3
WRITE THE SONG
2
TRACKING WEEK3
MIX & MASTERCustom stages per song — the whole band sees what's done, what's now, and what's next.
CHAT
# northern-room
4 members · 12M
MA
@marek21:14
the bridge is finally landing. listen at 1:42
alt-bridgegtr-solo1:42
AV
@ava21:18
@marek agree — keep the dry guitar, drop the reverb tail
gtr-rhythm
JU
@jules21:22
merging into main tonight after tracking
main
Project chat with @mentions, version links, track refs, and timecodes — decisions stay where the song lives.
REHEARSAL VIEW · MOBILE
LIVE REHEARSAL142 BPM · Am
0:130:40
Section● Verse · 0:13–0:40
Chords
Structure & chords
Intro
Am · F · C · G
0:00
Verse
Am · F · C · G
0:13
Chorus
C · G · Am · F
0:54
Bridge
Dm · Am · Em · G
1:21
Open the phone at the rehearsal room. Full mix, structure, chords, click — no laptop, no DAW.
03 · PHILOSOPHY
THREE THINGS WE BELIEVE.
The product is the consequence of three convictions about how music actually gets made between humans.
01
Context over files
A track isn't audio alone. Structure, chords, lyrics, comments anchored to seconds — they all live in one room.
02
Async by design
One records at midnight. Another listens at breakfast. Nothing requires you to be online at the same time.
03
Conflict is a choice
Two solos? Two arrangements? That's not a problem to hide — it's a decision to make. sonicdesk makes it visible.
04 · THEMING
ONE STUDIO. SEVEN ROOMS.
Daylight or basement, brutalist or paper. Same tools, different lighting — switch the surface to the room you're in.
PROJECT · MAIN142 BPM · A#m
0:42● LOOP · CHORUS1:08
▶ PLAYLOOP
v04+ Branch
INTROBb · G · F0:00
VERSEBb · Gm · Cm · Gm0:12
CHORUSEb · F · Bb · Gm0:42
BRIDGEGm · Eb · F · Bb1:08
Bone-black canvas, chartreuse signal.
Switch instantly · syncs across band · per-project overrides for cohorts & labels.
05 · REHEARSAL MODE
THE PHONE IS THE STUDIO.
A mode built for the rehearsal room, the practice corner, and the back-of-the-tour-bus moment. No DAW, no cables, no excuses for losing the idea.
REHEARSAL142 BPM · A#m
0:42● LOOP · CHORUS1:08
INTROVERSECHORUSBRIDGE
CHORUS
BbGmEbFBbGmCmF
FORGOT THE CHANGES
Chords on the second.
Open the project, scroll to the bridge, the chord chart for that bar is already there. No more squinting at a printed sheet or interrupting the take to ask.
PRACTICE THE HARD PART
Loop any section.
Tap a section, tap loop. The chorus runs on its own while you nail the run. Metronome locks to the project's BPM — no separate app, no laptop on the floor.
A#m
Capture before it leaves.
A riff arrives between takes. Hit record. It lands in the project — versioned, timestamped, attached to the song it came from. Not buried in a voice-memo graveyard.
ON THE SPOT
Decide together, instantly.
Drop a range comment on bar 32 from the rehearsal room. By soundcheck, the bassist has already replied — with an alt take pushed to a new version.
06 · SYSTEM
THE FULL STUDIO SURFACE.
06.1
ORGANIZATION
- Bands & invite codes
- Custom role tags · guitarist, vocalist, producer
- Real-time activity feed
- Group statistics — versions, applies, comments
06.2
VERSIONING
- Branch off for experiments — master mix stays untouched
- Compare any version to master · review overlaps · apply changes
- Full version history · creation date and tags
06.3
MIXER
- Multi-track waveforms
- Mute · Solo · Offset · Replace
- Record straight into the project
- Metronome · count-in · loop section
- Range comments with threads
- MIDI editor · draw & select · snap-to-grid · undo/redo
06.4
STRUCTURE & CHORDS
- Mark every part of the track — chorus, bridge, or super-mega-breakdown
- Chord-per-section · auto-detect
- Structure overlay above waveforms
- Chord chart for rehearsal
06.5
A/B VERSION COMPARISON
- Side-by-side version comparison
- Solo individual tracks while comparing
- Synced playback — hear both versions at once
06.6
RESOURCES
- Attach PDFs, DAW projects, anything
- Links attachment
- Pin resources to a branch or track
- Lyrics editor
- Roadmap stages · current status
- Checklist with assignments
06.7
MOBILE
- Rehearsal view · preview mix, chords, and structure on the go
- Mixer · work on tracks anytime, anywhere
- Recording with built-in mic
06.8
EXPORT & SHARE
- WAV export
- Member-only project share links
- Quick Peek — preview-mix from band page
- Per-project & per-band chat with @mentions, version & track refs
07 · ROADMAP
WHAT'S NEXT. SHIPPING SOON.
sonicdesk. is built in public. Private beta is live now; every following release unlocks a new room in the studio.
Open beta
NEXTMore projects, bigger rooms and no invite wall. Anyone can start a band, invite members and push their first commit.
Android app
LAUNCHChord charts, section loops and the quick recorder land on every Android phone in the band — the same context, pocket-sized.
iOS app
LATER THIS YEARThe full Studio experience tuned for iPhone and iPad: rehearsal, review, and quick commits from the practice space or the tour van.
VST3 plugin
COMING SOONSync changes, pull stems and push markers without leaving your DAW. Version control becomes part of the actual production flow.
PRIVATE BETA · OPENSTOP RENAMING
STOP RENAMING
FINAL_V3_FINAL.zip
Bring your band, your roster, your class. sonicdesk is free during beta — every workspace ships with branches, a mixer, structure, chords, chat and the rehearsal view from day one.