Projects and saving

A project is your editable song: its notes, instruments, effects, automation and mixer settings. Studio keeps browser projects automatically. Save to Glob is a separate action that creates a saved track version on your account.

Use the Project panel to name the song, switch projects, check saving and open export or sharing controls.

Name and identify a project#

Edit Project name, then press Enter or click away to apply it. Names can contain up to 80 characters. An empty edit restores the previous name.

The Key selector offers major and minor keys, or No key. It saves a descriptive key label; it does not move notes into that key. Tempo, time signature and length in bars appear beside it. Change tempo and meter in the top bar.

The saved-status text under the name refers to the track saved to Glob: Not saved yet, Changes not saved, or a recent save time. Browser saving has its own status in the local project list.

New, Open and Duplicate#

Before New, Open or Duplicate replaces your work, Studio flushes the current browser save. If that fails, it keeps the current editor open and reports the problem. These actions stop playback when the switch proceeds.

My projects separates Saved tracks from On this device. The saved list shows your own tracks; clicking one opens its latest saved version. Holding a listener's copy does not give permission to edit the creator's track.

An owner can right-click a saved track to Rename it. Other menu choices depend on the track: Open, Copy link, Post to feed, or View in Freemarket. Posting needs your feed to be ready.

Projects in this browser#

Expand My projects → On this device to find Projects in this browser. Editing starts a short delayed autosave. The list shows one entry for each local project, with these actions:

• Open loads that browser copy.
• Rename applies the name typed into Local project name.
• Duplicate creates a separate local project.
• Delete moves the project into the recoverable deleted list.

The same actions are available by right-clicking a row. Use Refresh local library to refresh the list. Older projects and Newest projects move through a long list.

To bring back a deleted project, enable Show deleted projects and choose Restore on its row. Restoring makes it active in the list; use Open to load it. If you delete the project currently open, Studio stops playback and loads the most recent remaining project, or a fresh project if none remain.

These saves stay in this browser. Signing in to a different account shows that account's local library. It also resets the in-memory editor and tries to keep the departing account's latest work in its own library. Local copies are not a substitute for Save to Glob when you need to open the work elsewhere.

Older drafts that were created before projects were kept per account may be offered with Copy these drafts into my projects. They are not automatically opened or assigned to the current account. Use that button only when you recognise the drafts as work you want to copy.

Check local save status#

Look for Saved in this browser. During saving you may see Saving in this browser…; during startup, Opening local library….

If a save was interrupted, Studio tries to recover the newest complete valid checkpoint. It reports Recovered the latest complete local save in this browser. A startup recovery does not replace edits you made while the library was opening.

Storage errors mean your latest edits have not been saved locally. Keep the window open, resolve the storage problem and use Retry local save. The exact messages and recovery steps are on troubleshooting.

Browser storage can be cleared or removed by the browser. A deleted local project's Restore action depends on its copy still existing there. Deleting a local project is not a way to ensure that storage is freed, because its recoverable copy is retained.

Save a version to Glob#

Choose Save in Project, or press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S. The first save creates a track; later saves create versions of that track. Studio validates the project before saving. A successful save reports Saved to Glob.

The save also prepares missing listener audio for that version. Progress can pass through preparing, compressing and uploading audio. Leave the browser open until it finishes. If audio preparation fails after the project saves, the saved version still exists; use Prepare listener audio again in the status area. See publishing.

If the same track is saved in another tab, Studio can report a conflict. If a previous save finishes after you have switched projects, The previous project was saved. Your current project is unchanged. explains why the current editor was not replaced.

Versions and history#

Expand Track details → Versions to see saved version numbers, the person who saved each one and its time. The list can load further pages. It is a record of saves; these rows do not provide a restore button.

Undo and Redo operate on the current editing session. Opening another project resets that session's undo history. History is bounded to 200 completed gesture groups and a size budget, so it is not an unlimited archive. Deliberately save versions you want to keep.

Current projects use the Grid audio engine. An older project can be refused with This v1 project uses the retired audio engine. Open a new Grid project; the original has been kept unchanged. Studio does not silently convert that project. See limits and availability.

Use exporting audio for WAV files and publishing for visibility, previews, cover art and release settings.