Quick Tour
Producer Dashboard is built around a few key areas. This tour walks you through each one so you can find your way around quickly.
The Main Layout
Section titled “The Main Layout”When you open the app, you’ll see three main sections:
- Sidebar on the left — project navigation and buckets
- Main area in the centre — the active page (Dashboard, Tracks, or Settings)
- Activity Panel on the right — contextual details and widgets for whatever you’ve selected
Let’s walk through each area and the main pages.
Dashboard
Section titled “Dashboard”The Dashboard is your home screen. It gives you a high-level view of your production activity so you can see where things stand at a glance.
Here you’ll find:
- Song count — how many tracks you’re managing
- Stage breakdown — how many songs are in each workflow stage (Idea, Editing, Ready to Post, Published, etc.)
- Recent activity — your latest imports and updates
- Quick stats — an overview of your library
Think of the Dashboard as your production cockpit. It’s the first thing you see when you open the app and a good way to orient yourself before diving into specific tracks.
You can always get back to the Dashboard by clicking Dashboard in the top navigation.
Tracks Page
Section titled “Tracks Page”The Tracks page is where you spend most of your time. It’s a powerful grid view showing all your songs with the information that matters.
The Track Grid
Section titled “The Track Grid”Each row in the grid represents a track group (a song). Columns show key details like:
- Song name — the extracted or manually set name
- Stage — where the song is in your workflow
- Bucket — which project or collection it belongs to
- BPM and Key — detected automatically after import
- Tags — labels you’ve applied
- Due date — if you’ve set a deadline
- Files — how many audio files and project files are attached
You can click any song to select it and see its full details in the Activity Panel.
Views and Filtering
Section titled “Views and Filtering”The Tracks page supports different ways of looking at your library:
- Filter by stage — show only songs in a specific workflow stage
- Filter by bucket — focus on one project at a time
- Filter by tags — find tracks with specific labels
- Sort by name, date, BPM, key, or other columns
- Search — find any song by name instantly
These tools make it easy to focus on what you need, whether that’s “all songs ready to publish” or “tracks in my current EP that still need vocals.”
Inline Editing
Section titled “Inline Editing”Many fields in the grid are editable right where they are. Click a stage to change it, assign a bucket from a dropdown, add tags — all without opening a separate editor. Changes save instantly.
The Sidebar
Section titled “The Sidebar”The left sidebar is your project navigator. It shows your buckets — the folders and collections you use to organise songs.
Buckets
Section titled “Buckets”Buckets can represent anything that makes sense for your workflow:
- An album or EP you’re working on
- A client project
- A collection of beats for sale
- A live set you’re preparing
- An archive of finished work
You can nest buckets inside other buckets for more granular organisation. Drag and drop to reorder or restructure them.
Clicking a bucket in the sidebar filters the Tracks grid to show only the songs in that bucket. Click All Tracks at the top to go back to the full view.
Quick Access
Section titled “Quick Access”The sidebar also gives you quick access to:
- All Tracks — your complete library
- Favourites — songs you’ve starred for quick access
- Unassigned — tracks that haven’t been placed in a bucket yet
Activity Panel
Section titled “Activity Panel”The Activity Panel is the contextual sidebar on the right side of the screen. It updates based on what you’ve selected in the Tracks grid.
Select one or more songs, and the Activity Panel shows a stack of widgets with detailed information and actions:
Overview Widget
Section titled “Overview Widget”A summary of the selected track group — song name, stage, bucket, favourite status, and key metadata.
Audio Player
Section titled “Audio Player”If the track has audio files, the waveform player appears here. Hit play to listen without leaving the grid.
Tags Widget
Section titled “Tags Widget”View and manage tags on the selected track. Add new tags, remove existing ones, or create custom tag categories.
Comments Widget
Section titled “Comments Widget”Leave notes on a track. Comments support timestamps, so you can annotate specific moments (like “fix the snare at 1:32”). Pin important comments to keep them visible.
Files Widget
Section titled “Files Widget”See all the files attached to a track group — bounces, stems, project files, and more.
Collaborators Widget
Section titled “Collaborators Widget”Track who worked on a song. Add collaborators, assign roles (producer, vocalist, mixer, etc.), and set split percentages.
Musical Attributes Widget
Section titled “Musical Attributes Widget”View and edit BPM, key, genre, and mood. Auto-detected values can be overridden manually if needed.
The Activity Panel keeps everything about a song within reach, so you don’t have to jump between pages.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”The Settings page is where you manage your account and customise the app. You’ll find it in the top navigation.
Key settings include:
- Account — update your email, password, and profile information
- Integrations — connect third-party services like Dropbox for collaborator file sharing
- Preferences — customise your default views and workflow stages
- About — check your app version and update status
Navigation
Section titled “Navigation”Moving around the app is straightforward:
- Use the top navigation bar to switch between Dashboard, Tracks, and Settings
- Use the sidebar to filter by bucket or jump to All Tracks
- Use the Activity Panel to dig into details on any selected song
- Use keyboard shortcuts for common actions (more on that in the detailed docs)
Putting It All Together
Section titled “Putting It All Together”A typical session might look like this:
- Open the app and glance at the Dashboard to see what’s changed
- Navigate to the Tracks page
- Click a bucket in the Sidebar to focus on your current project
- Select a track to see its details in the Activity Panel
- Listen to the latest bounce, update the stage, add a comment
- Move on to the next track
Everything is designed to keep you in flow — no unnecessary page jumps, no waiting for things to load.
Related
Section titled “Related”- Download & Install — get the app on your machine
- Your First Import — bring your music in
- Tracks Overview — deeper dive into the track grid
- Organising with Buckets — learn how buckets work
- Dashboard Overview — more about the dashboard features