The editor in 2 minutes

The editor is where a song is written. The whole song is one page of text: no boxes or forms to fill in. Here is what you see on it, with a link to each part's own page.

#Sections and their labels

A blank line between stanzas makes a new section. Press Enter twice to start one, or type / at the start of a word and pick a type. Each section has a label (a chip) such as Verse 1 or Chorus 1: click it to change the type. Beside it are the section's version button, its ⋮ menu and a handle to drag it somewhere else. More in Sections.

#Syllable counts and line numbers

Every line shows its syllable count in the margin, and the lines are numbered, so you can match a verse to the one before it. Syllables are counted in English or Finnish. More in Syllables.

#Versions

Each section can hold three versions, A, B and Scratch, and keeps a history of earlier text. Try a different take without losing the first one. More in Versions.

#The selection bubble

Select some words and a small bubble appears: Bold, Italic, Find synonyms, Find rhymes, Comment and Rewrite ✨. Rhymes and synonyms are free; Rewrite uses AI and costs credits. More in Rhymes & synonyms and Selection tools.

#The Space menu

Press Space on an empty line to continue the song, write a verse or chorus there, or get Ideas. These use AI. More in The Space menu.

#The side panel

The rail on the left has the app's places (Home, Songs, Profiles, Setlists, Today's pages, New song) and then the song's own views:

• Autodraft: a draft of the whole song from its brief (Autodraft).
• Tools: the type and label of the section the caret is in.
• Versions: that section's A, B and Scratch, and its history.
• Comments: the song's comment threads (Comments).
• Takes: the song sung and your own recordings (Hear it sung, Recordings).
• Settings: the song brief: genre, tempo, key, language, the idea and words (Tempo & key).

Click a view to open it over the text. The header's ☰ (or ⌘ \, Ctrl+\ on Windows and Linux) keeps it open beside the text.

#The header

From left to right:

• ☰ opens or closes the side panel.
• The title: click it to rename the song.
• Profile: the artist profile the song belongs to.
• The faces of people who have the song open right now (Co-writing).
• Share: invite co-writers or make a link (Sharing).
• 🎧 Hear it: hear the song sung (Hear it sung).
• Write mode (below).
• The save status: Saved, Saving… or Offline, changes kept on this device.
• ⋮ More: New song, Detect structure, Restore previous song (when there is one), Hear it sung ✨, Add to setlist… (Setlists), Preview (see the whole song, copy or print it), Today's pages and the font size.

#Undo

⌘ Z undoes and ⌘ Shift Z redoes (Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Windows and Linux). A suggestion you accept from a writing tool is one undo step, so one undo takes it back.

#Write mode

Write mode hides everything but the words. The text moves to the middle of the screen and stays there as you type, and the other sections fade a little. Move the mouse or press Tab to see its few controls. Press ⌘ Shift Enter (Ctrl+Shift+Enter) to go in, and Esc to come out. More in Write mode.