What are takes?
A take is an alternate version of a song. Every song starts with one take — the main take — and you can branch off more of them to try things out: a different bridge, a half-time feel, a wilder solo. Each take is its own independent copy you can edit freely, so experimenting never risks the version everyone’s relying on.
Think of it like a recording session: the main take is the keeper, and the others are attempts you can audition, keep, or throw away.
Why use takes
Section titled “Why use takes”- Try an idea safely. Fork a take, rework a section, and if it doesn’t land, just switch back — the main take never changed.
- Explore in parallel. Keep a few different arrangements side by side and compare them.
- Comp the best parts. When a take has something worth keeping, merge (comp) those bars back into the main take — bar by bar, choosing what to keep. See Merging takes.
How takes relate to each other
Section titled “How takes relate to each other”Every take in a song belongs to the same take set: the main take, plus the takes forked from it. A take is a full, editable song of its own — its own notes, its own edits, its own comments — it just shares a lineage with the rest of the set.
You can see that lineage at any time in the take graph, which shows where each take forked from the main take and what’s been merged back. See Creating, switching, and renaming.
Who can see and change takes
Section titled “Who can see and change takes”Takes follow the song’s own sharing — there’s nothing extra to set up:
- Anyone who can see the song (including viewers) can see its takes, switch between them, and open the take graph.
- Editors can create, rename, and merge takes. Viewers can look around but can’t change anything, the same as everywhere else in the editor.
Creating and merging takes is also recorded in your band’s activity feed, so the group can see when a take was started or comped in.