Aliada Help Center
Getting Started
Dashboard
Your home base — recent activity, quick actions, and everything you're working on.
Key Concepts
The building blocks of Aliada — Sessions, Versions, Projects, and Teams — and how they fit together.
Upload Your First Session
Get a session into Aliada in under two minutes — create a project, upload a file, and start sharing.
Your Profile & Settings
Update your name, photo, password, notifications, and studio branding.
The Create Button
The + button is the fastest way to start anything new in Aliada — session, project, team, or contact.
Create Menu
A quick look at every option inside the + create menu and when to use each one.
Rewind
Your year in review — a visual look back at your most active sessions, collaborators, and creative milestones.
FAQ
Common questions about Aliada — rights, sharing, billing, and more.
Your Workspace
Your Team
Manage members, projects, and settings for a team — your shared workspace for collaboration.
Create a Team
Set up a new shared workspace for a band, client, or project.
Team Contacts
A shared address book for your team — add collaborators once, use them everywhere.
Your Project
Browse all sessions in a project, upload new ones, and manage project settings.
Create a Project
Start a new project to organize a collection of sessions — an album, EP, or any grouping.
Contacts
Your personal address book — save collaborators' details once and use them everywhere.
Studio Branding
Add your logo and colors to shared links and emails so collaborators see your brand.
Organizations
Group multiple teams under a single organization account for easier management and billing.
Working with Sessions
Create a Session
Start a new session inside a project — name it, add details, and upload your first version.
Upload to a Project
Add a new session to an existing project with one click.
Session Detail
Everything about a single session — versions, comments, shares, attachments, and activity.
Play a Session
Stream, scrub, and loop a section of your session without leaving the page.
Comments
Leave timestamped feedback on any session, reply to collaborators, and react with emoji.
Spans
Mark named sections of your session — verses, choruses, solos — for fast navigation and comparison.
Attachments
Store lyrics, stems, PDFs, and other files alongside your session.
Add an Attachment
Upload lyrics, stems, or any supporting file to a session.
Notes
Write and store Markdown notes for a session — attach them to a specific version, edit them at any time.
Versions
Every upload creates a new version — browse, compare, and manage the full history of your session.
Upload a New Version
Add a revised mix, keeping all history intact and collaborators notified.
Edit a Version
Update a version’s title, description, BPM, and key — or re-normalize its audio.
Compare Versions
Listen to two or more versions side by side, jump between spans, and decide which mix wins.
Todos
Track tasks for a session — assign work to collaborators, set deadlines, and move items through their statuses.
Session History
A full audit log of every action taken on a session — uploads, shares, comments, and more.
Collaborating & Sharing
Share a Session
Two ways to share a session — a private share for Aliada users, or a public share for anyone else.
Shares
All the sessions shared with you by others, accessible in one place.
Submission Boxes
Collect sessions from anyone with a public submission link — no account required to submit.
Create a Submission Box
Generate a public link that lets anyone submit a session to you without an account.
Splits
Document who owns what percentage of a session — for your records or for distribution.
Edit Splits
Add or update contributors and their royalty percentages for a session.
Hire
Find and hire music professionals — producers, engineers, mixers, and more.
Credits & Business
Billing & Subscription
Manage your Aliada plan, view invoices, and cancel or upgrade your subscription.
Contributions
Your activity heatmap — a visual record of how much you've been creating and collaborating.
PRO Memberships
Record your Performing Rights Organization memberships so your royalty details are on hand.
Storage
Understand how storage is calculated and how to manage your usage.
Library
Library
Browse and search all sessions you have access to, across every team and project.
Playlists
Group sessions into a custom listening order and play them straight through.
Your Playlist
Add tracks to a playlist, put them in the order you want, and play them straight through.
Play & Discovery
Discover new music and listen to sessions shared publicly by Aliada artists.
Analytics
Reference
Supported Browsers
Aliada works best in modern browsers — here's what we support and how to fix common issues.
Keyboard Shortcuts
All keyboard shortcuts for the player and compare view.
How Plays Are Counted
What counts as a play, how duplicates are handled, and what's excluded.
Markdown in Comments
Format your comments and notes using Markdown — bold, italics, lists, links, and more.
Contributions Reference
Point values for every action that counts toward your contribution heatmap.