The ArtistCollab Desktop Companion sits alongside your existing DAW — Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic, FL Studio — and adds real-time collaboration, take approval, escrow, and split sheets without changing how you work.
Invite, role-assign, and remove participants. Audience mode lets fans watch without access to files or chat.
Per-role audio routing. Engineers get talkback. Artists get the mix. Audience gets a broadcast-quality feed.
Every stem, bounce, and export goes through the Stem Vault. Nothing is "official" until it's approved.
All collaborators must approve a take before it advances. One rejection flags it for a re-record.
Ownership splits are agreed upfront, signed digitally, and locked into an immutable split sheet.
Escrow only releases when the release gate is open — all approvals in, all splits signed, gate unlocked.
Host controls audience toggle in real time. Audience sees the session stream; they never see files or chat.
The desktop app creates a virtual audio device that your DAW sends its output to. ArtistCollab routes that signal to the right ears — no patch cables, no complex interfaces.
The companion syncs your DAW transport to the ArtistCollab session clock. When the engineer hits play, everyone's DAW moves together. Latency-compensated. No guesswork.
The companion adds a bounce panel to your DAW toolbar. Hit export, select your format, and the file goes directly into your ArtistCollab project Stem Vault — where collaborators get notified instantly and can approve or reject the take.
The engineer holds the talkback button and speaks. Artists hear the engineer in their headphones — loud, clear, without going through the main mix. When released, it cuts immediately. Same workflow as a real studio.