About World Wide Band

Last updated: September 2026

What is World Wide Band?

World Wide Band (WWB) is a music collaboration platform that lets musicians from anywhere in the world record together — without being in the same room. Each musician records their part at home, in time with the same backing track when the project has one, and the project owner brings everything together into one finished piece.

Whether you play guitar in Tennessee, sing in Berlin, or mix in Tokyo — WWB gives you the tools to create real music with real people.

Our Mission

We believe geography should never be a barrier to making music together. WWB exists to connect musicians across borders, instruments, and genres — and to give every collaboration a home, from the first note to the final video clip.

Who is it for?

  • Project owners — musicians or producers who want to build a collaborative piece. They set the backing track (optional), invite players, and mix everything in the Studio.
  • Session musicians — instrumentalists and vocalists who join projects, record their part, and contribute to someone else's vision.
  • Anyone who wants to join in — you do not have to be invited. Open a project that is still being worked on, record your part, and offer it to the owner, who decides whether it goes in.
  • Hobbyists and professionals alike — designed to feel approachable whether you're recording a bedroom cover or a professional arrangement.

How it started

WWB was born out of a feeling many musicians know well. Life gets full — career, family, commitments — and music, the thing you love most, quietly moves to the side. The idea of starting a new project sounds exciting until you think about everything it involves: coordinating schedules with other musicians, booking and traveling to a studio, hauling equipment, finding a free evening that works for everyone. The friction is real, and for most people it wins.

WWB was built to remove that friction entirely. Record in your living room, at midnight, in your pajamas, at your own pace. No studio. No travel. No scheduling calls. Just open the browser, press record, and contribute your part — then hear how it fits with everyone else's. That internal drive to make music doesn't go away. WWB gives it a place to land.

Pricing

World Wide Band does not run ads and does not pay musicians per view or stream. It is a collaboration workspace — not a streaming or monetization platform.

There is a free tier, and paid plans that raise the monthly allowances and unlock certain features. What each plan includes, and what it costs, is set out on the plans page; sections 6 and 7 of the Terms of Service cover changes, renewal, cancellation and refunds.

Get in touch Questions, feedback, or partnership inquiries: Contact us

Accessibility Statement

Last reviewed: September 2026

World Wide Band is committed to being usable by people with disabilities, within the nature of what the product does.

A note on what this product fundamentally is

World Wide Band is a platform for musicians to play and record together, like a band. Playing an instrument or singing your part depends on hearing the other parts you're playing along with — that's true in a room and it's true here. Recording, syncing your take to the backing track, and editing audio all require the ability to hear. This is not something an accessibility feature can substitute for, in the same way a band cannot be joined by someone who cannot hear the music. If you are Deaf or hard of hearing, we cannot offer a way to actively participate as a performer on this platform.

Within that scope, we aim to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA everywhere the product does not inherently depend on hearing — browsing, managing your account and projects, reading and writing messages, and watching finished, captioned videos.

What we've done

Keyboard access to every core feature, visible focus indicators, screen-reader labels and live announcements for dynamic content, sufficient color contrast, captions on published videos, and clear, specific error messages on our forms. This work is ongoing and reviewed regularly.

Flashing light (photosensitivity)

One optional tool flashes the screen: camera timing calibration, in Camera Settings on your profile. It briefly flashes the whole screen white six times, once a second.

It never starts on its own. Before anything flashes, it shows a clear Photosensitive Seizure Warning and waits for you to confirm. The flash rate stays within the WCAG 2.3.1 limit of no more than three flashes in any one second.

The calibration is optional. Video timing can always be adjusted manually instead.

Known limitation

The waveform-editing tools in the Studio (Noise Reduction, Silence, Fade, Delay, Volume) require a mouse or touch — a sound waveform has no reliable non-visual equivalent for selecting a precise region.

Feedback

If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please reach out through our Contact Us form and we'll do our best to address it.

How WWB Works

A step-by-step guide to remote music collaboration on World Wide Band.

The Collaboration Flow

1

Create a Project

Starting a project is part of a paid plan, and how many you can have at once depends on which one — see the plans page. Give it a title, genre and a short description, and choose which instruments you need. You can invite a player for each one, and musicians who come across your project can also offer you a take.

2

Set a Backing Track (optional)

You can give the project a shared reference — a Backing Track (BT) — that all musicians hear while recording. This can be a link, or an audio/video file you upload. A backing track is not required: if you have an original composition, you can record the first part yourself and others will record against your take. Once anyone has recorded a take, the backing track is settled and can no longer be changed — every recording in the project is timed against it.

3

Invite Musicians

Search for other WWB members and send them an invitation to join your project and record their part. They are notified on the site and can accept from their profile.

4

Musicians Record Their Parts

Anyone taking part opens the Jamming Room and records directly in the browser — audio only, or audio and video. The video quality you can record in depends on your plan; see the plans page. The end result sounds as if everyone recorded together live in a studio.

5

Mix in the Studio

Once recordings are in, the project owner opens the Studio — a browser-based mixer with DAW-style features. Adjust volume, panning, and additional effects per track. Musicians on a paid plan can submit mix suggestions that the owner can approve or reject.

6

Export & Share

Export the finished mix as an MP3 or produce a video clip using the built-in video editing tool. The export runs on our servers — no special hardware needed. Finished projects may appear on the WWB home page and/or in the Play Zone, where anyone can listen or watch.

Key Features

  • Jamming Room — recording and playback in the browser, with or without a backing track.
  • Studio — browser-based mixer with DAW-style features: per-track volume, panning, effects and more, and audio export within your plan's monthly allowance.
  • Video Room — arrange and edit the musicians' clips, and export the project as a video, within your plan's monthly allowance.
  • Finish & publish — close a finished project and publish its video. Before it is sealed, the raw material can be collected, if your plan includes it.
  • Play Zone — browse and search everything that has been published, and comment on it as a signed-in member.
  • Channels — every musician has one, with the projects they own and the ones they played on. Others can subscribe.
  • InMail — direct messages between members, plus notifications and messages from WWB.
  • Project Chat — comments and emoji reactions within each project.

What happens to a project over time

A project stays exactly as you left it for as long as people are working on it. Two things happen on their own, and both are announced before they do.

A project nobody is contributing to. If a long stretch passes with no new recording from anyone other than the project's owner, the project goes on a clock, and everyone in it is told. A new recording from any other participant stops that clock — and from that point there is a set period in which to complete the project and finish it. If that period passes and the project has not been finished, the project and its recordings are deleted. A finished project never enters this at all.

A project you finished. The finished video and the mixes are kept. Some time later the project is signed and sealed: the original recordings behind it are deleted, the studio closes, and the project can no longer be reopened. Everyone in the project is told before that point — and until it arrives, anyone who took part can download the original material: their audio at full quality and the original video.

No downloads required. Everything — recording, mixing, editing, exporting — runs directly in your web browser. No plugins, no installation.

Terms of Service

Last updated: September 2026  ·  Effective immediately upon account creation.

Welcome to World Wide Band ("WWB", "we", "us"). By creating an account or using our platform at ww-band.com, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the platform.

1. Eligibility & Accounts

You must be at least 13 years old to use WWB, and you need an account to take part. You are responsible for:

  • Keeping your password secure and not sharing your account.
  • All activity that occurs under your account.
  • Providing accurate information when you register (email, username).

We may suspend or delete an account that breaks these Terms, at our discretion. Where we can, we will tell you why.

2. Your Content

You own what you record. Any audio or video recording you upload to WWB remains your property. By uploading it, you grant WWB a limited, non-exclusive licence to store, serve, display, and share your recording for the purpose of operating the service.

This includes, but is not limited to: playing your recording back to collaborators on the same project; including it in a mixed export; displaying it on the WWB public homepage; and sharing a link to the project or export on WWB's own social media channels or other promotional materials.

Public links and virality. Projects on WWB can generate shareable links — similar to a link to a YouTube video. Once a link is shared by WWB or by any user (for example, via WhatsApp, Facebook, or any other network), WWB has no control over who views the content or how widely it spreads. By uploading a recording and participating in a project, you acknowledge and accept that your performance may become publicly accessible in this way.

You represent that you have the right to upload any content you submit — including that you are the performer on the recording and are not infringing any third party's rights. A recording captures whatever was audible when it was made, not only the part you perform. You are responsible for everything a recording of yours contains, and for having the right to record and use all of it.

3. Backing Tracks & Third-Party Content

Projects on WWB may include a shared Backing Track (BT). A BT is optional — projects can also be built from original recordings without one. When used, a BT may be set by:

  • Pasting a link — WWB may download and store the audio within your project, or play it through the source platform's own player; in the latter case that platform's Terms of Service also apply.
  • Uploading an audio or video file — you are solely responsible for having the legal right to use this file as a backing track for your project. Where you upload a video, WWB keeps only the audio taken from it; the video itself is not retained.

WWB does not verify your rights to any backing track. Using a BT you do not have the right to use is your legal responsibility. Backing tracks are stored and served in the same way as the rest of your project's files — see the Privacy Policy for where that is.

The backing track stays inside the project. WWB does not include a backing track in anything that leaves the project: not in an audio mix, not in a video export, and not in the video shown on a finished project's page or anywhere it is shared. It exists to play against while the project is being worked on, and for nothing else. Responsibility for having the right to use it remains yours.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Upload content that is hateful, harassing, sexually explicit, or illegal.
  • Impersonate another person or entity.
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or disrupt the platform.
  • Use the platform to distribute malware or spam.
  • Upload copyrighted audio or video you do not have rights to, in a way that infringes copyright law.

Backing tracks. Backing tracks are provided for playback and recording within WWB only. A backing track has no public address: it is served only to a signed-in user, over a link that is signed, short-lived, and tied to that user, so it cannot be shared or opened on its own. You may not download, copy, capture, re-host or redistribute a backing track, and you may not attempt to circumvent the technical measures that restrict access to it. Doing so is a violation of these Terms and may result in suspension or termination of your account.

5. Project Collaboration

When you join a project as a musician, the recordings you upload — audio, or video with audio — become part of that project.

  • Inside the project. They can be heard and seen on the project's pages by anyone signed in to WWB, not only by the other people in the project. The project's pages are not open to visitors who are not signed in.
  • Once the project is finished. It may be shown on our home page, in the Play Zone, and on the channel of each musician on it. It also gets a link that anyone may share anywhere, and once a link is shared its reach cannot be taken back.
  • The owner controls the final mix and the export.
  • Removing your recording. While a project is still being worked on, you can delete your own recording yourself. Once the project is marked finished you can no longer do that — though its owner can reopen it, which makes it possible again. Once a project has been signed and sealed, the original recordings no longer exist; what remains is the finished video, and that cannot be unpicked, because the other musicians on it are part of it too. If you are the only musician in a finished video, write to us and we will consider removing it. Anything already exported, downloaded or shared cannot be recalled.

What a project's participants may do, and how many projects you can be part of at once, depend on your plan — see section 6 and the plans page. What happens to a project over time, including a project that goes quiet and a project that is signed and sealed, is set out under Data Retention in the Privacy Policy.

6. Paid Plans, and What We Do Not Monetise

WWB is a collaboration workspace, not a streaming or revenue-sharing platform. We do not run advertisements, we do not pay royalties, and we do not share revenue with anyone based on plays or views. We take no share of anything you make from your own music.

The platform is paid for by optional plans. There is a free tier, and paid plans that raise the monthly allowances and unlock certain features. What each plan includes, and what it costs, is set out on the plans page; the plan you are on is shown in your profile. Nothing you record or publish is treated differently because of the plan you are on — plans change what you may do, never what we do with your music.

Plans change. We may add, alter or withdraw plans, and change what a plan includes or what it costs. The current terms of every plan are always the ones shown on the plans page. If and when the terms of a plan are updated, notice will be sent to account holders before the change takes effect, and you may then choose either to continue or to cancel your paid subscription, under section 7 below.

7. Subscriptions, Renewal, Cancellation and Refunds

The period. A paid plan runs for a fixed period — at present, one month at a time. It begins when you take it out and renews on the same day of each following month, unless you cancel.

Renewal. Unless you cancel, the plan renews automatically at the price shown for it at the time of renewal, and your monthly allowances start again.

Cancelling. You can cancel at any time from your profile. Cancelling stops the next renewal; it does not end the plan you have already paid for. You keep everything the plan gives you until the end of the period you paid for, and your account becomes a Free Bander after that.

What happens to what you made. Nothing you recorded, mixed or published is removed because a plan ends. What changes are your allowances and which features you can use from that point on — see the plans page.

Refunds and the right to withdraw. When you first take out a paid plan you have 14 days in which to change your mind and receive a refund. That right ends as soon as you begin using what the plan is for: opening a project's pages, moving between them, using any control inside a project, or accepting an invitation to join a project. Signing in, and looking at the home page, the Play Zone, your projects list or your profile, do not count.

This applies to a new subscription, not to a renewal. A plan renews automatically, and a renewal is not a new purchase — there is no withdrawal period on it. Cancelling stops the billing; the plan runs to the end of the period you have already paid for, and your account then becomes a Free Bander. No part of a period is refunded.

Longer terms. Where a plan is offered for a period longer than a month, the same rules apply: 14 days to withdraw from the initial purchase, cancellation runs the plan to the end of its term, and no part of a term is refunded.

Beyond that, we may refund or issue credit at our discretion — for example where you were charged in error, or where something went genuinely wrong on our side.

8. Deactivating Your Account

You may deactivate your account at any time from your Profile page. Deactivation is not deletion: apart from the two things named below, everything is set aside rather than removed, and starts working again if you come back.

Deleted, and not recoverable:

  • Projects you own that are not finished, and every recording in them. This is permanent, and it removes the work of the other musicians on those projects too.
  • Your inbox. Messages you have received are removed. Where we sent you an announcement — about your plan, or a project of yours — we keep a separate record of it (see the Privacy Policy).

Kept, exactly as it is:

  • Projects owned by other people, including your recordings in them and anything you wrote in their chat. Deactivating your account does not withdraw your part of somebody else's work.
  • Your finished projects and any published video. These stay on the platform and may remain publicly visible.
  • Your username and email address. That is how you come back.

Paused, and restored if you return:

  • Your account is marked inactive and you can no longer sign in.
  • Your channel and your public profile are not shown while your account is deactivated, and your name no longer links to them anywhere on the site.
  • You are not offered in searches, in mentions, or as somebody to invite to a project.
  • Notifications stop. You do not receive messages from other musicians, notices about your projects, or the emails that go with them.
  • Offers and news from World Wide Band are separate, and continue unless you ask us to stop. You can do that when you deactivate, or from any such email by using the unsubscribe link.

Your finished projects stay findable in the Play Zone by your name, even while your account is deactivated.

Coming back. Register again with the same email address. The account is reactivated with the same username and the same history, and everything paused above works again. What was deleted is not restored.

Full erasure requests. If you wish to have your email address and all associated data permanently deleted from our records — including from done projects — please contact us. We will process the request, subject to any legal retention obligations. Note that exported files already downloaded by other users cannot be recalled.

We may suspend or terminate accounts at our discretion for violations of these Terms.

9. Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability

WWB is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the platform.

10. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms as the platform evolves. Material changes will be notified by email. Continued use of WWB after changes are posted constitutes acceptance.

Questions about these Terms? Contact us

Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026  ·  We respect your privacy and collect only what we need to run WWB.

1. Who We Are

World Wide Band ("WWB") is operated as an independent music platform. Questions or requests about your data: Contact us

2. What Data We Collect

Account data

  • Email address — used for login, email verification, and notifications.
  • Username — publicly visible on the platform.
  • Password — stored as a secure hash; we never store your plain-text password.
  • Profile information — optional bio, avatar image, and instrument preferences you choose to provide.

Content you create

  • Recordings — audio and optional video files you record and upload, stored on our server within your project.
  • Project data — titles, descriptions, genres, mix settings, backing track references.
  • Comments and messages — project chat comments and InMail messages between members.

Usage data

  • Request logs: URL path, HTTP method, status code, data size, response time — stored anonymously in our analytics database.
  • We do not use third-party analytics services (no Google Analytics, no Facebook pixel).

Data stored locally on your device (not on our server)

  • Draft recordings — unsent takes are saved in your browser's storage on your device, never uploaded until you click "Upload". See section 7 for everything your browser keeps.

3. How We Use Your Data

  • To create and operate your account.
  • To send you email verification codes, project invitations, and collaboration notifications.
  • To play back and mix your recordings within the platform.
  • To display your username and avatar in projects you participate in and on the public homepage.
  • To measure platform performance and improve the service (anonymous usage analytics only).

We do not sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it for profiling.

4. Third-Party Services

Your data is stored and processed on servers located in the European Union. To deliver content quickly, content-delivery services may route data through servers worldwide. Any transfer of data outside the European Union is carried out under standard contractual clauses (SCCs). We may use third-party providers for the storage, processing and delivery of data. A list of these providers is available on request — see Contact Us.

Third-party players

Some projects use a backing track played from another platform's servers rather than stored by WWB. On those projects a player from that platform is loaded into the page. We do not send anything about you to it — but your browser connects to that platform directly, so it can see your IP address and may set its own cookies, and that platform's own privacy policy applies to that connection. Projects whose backing track is stored by WWB load no such player.

Bot verification

The registration page uses hCaptcha to check that a person, not an automated program, is signing up. It loads as soon as the registration page opens and includes built-in support for screen readers and other assistive technology. Your browser connects to hCaptcha directly, so hCaptcha receives your IP address and your interaction with the check, and hCaptcha's own privacy policy applies to that connection. It is not loaded on any other page.

Transactional email

We use a third-party email delivery service to send transactional emails (verification codes, invitations, export-ready notifications). Your email address is shared with this service solely for the purpose of delivering these messages.

5. Data Retention

  • When you deactivate your account via the Profile page, your email address and username are retained in our records so that you can return. Your unfinished projects and their recordings are deleted, and your inbox is emptied; your recordings in other people's projects, and your finished projects, stay. See section 8 of the Terms of Service for the full effect.
  • If you request full permanent deletion (see section 6), your email address and all associated personal data will be removed, subject to legal retention obligations.
  • Usage analytics logs are retained for up to 12 months.
  • Email verification codes expire within minutes and are deleted after use.
  • A project that receives no new recording from anyone other than its owner for a long period is put on a clock, and the people involved are told. A recording from another participant stops the clock and starts a limited period in which to finish the project; if it is not finished in that time, the project and its recordings are deleted. Finished projects are not subject to this.
  • Some time after a project is finished, it is signed and sealed: the original source recordings are deleted, while the finished video and the mixes are kept. Everyone involved is notified before that point, and the original material can be downloaded until it passes.

Messages and notices. Everyday notices — a new track, a comment, an invitation answered — are removed automatically once you have read them and they are more than 60 days old. Messages between you and another musician are not removed by us, and neither are messages from World Wide Band itself: an announcement, or a notice about your plan, a project being signed, or a project that is about to be deleted. You can delete any message from your own inbox at any time.

Where we have sent you a message of that last kind, we keep a record on our side that it was sent, to whom, and when it was opened. The record is kept for legal reasons, is held apart from your inbox, and is not shown to other users.

6. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are in the European Union or EEA, you have the right to:

  • Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • Rectification — correct inaccurate data via your Profile settings.
  • Deactivation — suspend your account at any time from your Profile page. Your email and username are retained to allow reactivation (see section 5).
  • Full erasure — request permanent deletion of your account and all personal data by contacting us directly. This is distinct from self-deactivation and is processed by our team, subject to the conditions described in section 5.
  • Portability — request your recordings and account data in a portable format.
  • Objection — object to processing. Note: some processing is necessary to operate the service.

To exercise these rights: Contact us

7. Cookies & What Your Browser Stores

We use a single cookie, and only to keep you signed in. It is HTTP-only and same-site, and on the live site it is sent only over a secure connection. It lasts for a limited period, after which you are asked to sign in again; it is not cleared by closing the browser, and signing out ends it immediately. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or cookies for analytics.

In addition to what we store with your account and your projects, described above, your browser keeps things on your own device so the site can work:

  • A recording you have not uploaded. A take stays in your browser's storage, on your device. It is not sent anywhere unless you choose to upload it to the project; if you never do, it never leaves your device.
  • Copies of media you have already played, so that returning to a project does not download everything again. These are removed automatically after a period without using that project.
  • Your own listening settings and device choices — the volume, pan and mute you set for yourself, and the microphone and camera you last chose. A project owner's mix is part of the project itself and is saved with it, not only in the browser.

Clearing your browser's data for this site removes what your browser is holding.

8. Children's Privacy

WWB is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Changes to This Policy

We will notify you by email of material changes. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything about recording, mixing, publishing, and plans — in one place. Tap a topic, then a question.

+ Getting Started 4
+What is World Wide Band?

A music collaboration platform that lets musicians from anywhere join their talent together without being in the same room. Each person records their part at home, and the project owner mixes everything into one finished piece.

+Do I need to be a musician to join a project?

No invitation is required to try: anyone signed in can open a project that's still in progress, record a part, and offer it to the owner as a suggestion — they decide whether it's included.

+Can I start a project without a backing track?

Yes. A backing track is optional; a project can be built from an original recording instead, with the first take as the anchor.

+What's the difference between the Jamming Room, the Studio, and the Video Room?

Jamming Room — where everyone records their part against the backing track, and where the tracks always remain in their raw form when played.

Studio — where the audio is mixed and edited with volume, panning, and effects, DAW-style.

Video Room — where the video is arranged and edited, and when the project is finished the video is then published.

+ Setting Up & Troubleshooting 9
+What do I need in order to record on WWB?

A browser with microphone access (camera too, for a video take), and headphones/earbuds for monitoring. So, either a desktop or a mobile phone with a solid internet connection.

+How do I set up the correct input device?

Your profile has an input routing screen. It prefers a real audio interface, then a named built-in microphone, and — deliberately — never a Bluetooth device automatically, since a paired headset's own mic is unusable for recording.

+How do I set up the right input gain?

The same screen has a gain slider and a "Sing your heart out" auto-calibration button that measures your peak level and sets the gain for you. Gain is remembered per input device, since the right level on a USB interface and on a phone's built-in mic aren't remotely the same. If you change instruments or DSP effects, it is always recommended to re-calibrate the automatic gain, as different effects introduce different output levels.

+How do I set up the camera latency?

Your profile has a "Calibrate camera timing" button. Before starting, note the photosensitive seizure warning — the calibration flashes the whole screen white a few times, so skip it if you or anyone who can see your screen may be affected by flashing light. Just follow the on-screen instructions to complete it. The result is saved per camera.

Sensitive to flashing light but still want to calibrate? Close your eyes during the flashes. If it's a laptop's built-in camera, bring your hand close so it covers part of the screen and part of the camera. If it's a separate camera, point it directly at the screen instead.

+How do I test the camera input?

Your profile has a camera settings card, which automatically sets the preferred device but can be changed manually, and a Test Camera button that will give you a preview of the camera's output.

+Why do I hear the BT/other tracks in my recording?

Hearing the Backing Track or other track in your recorded track could happen for two main reasons:

  1. You are not using headphones as a monitor, so your recording device can "hear" the BT. Use either corded (recommended) or Bluetooth (may need adjusting of latency later using the platform's tools) paired headphones.
  2. Your audio card has a special feature called "loopback", and even when you are using monitor headphones, this option feeds the audio coming from WWB back through the input device. Loopback is mostly used for network and streaming, and can be turned off or switched to direct audio without loopback. Since each audio card has its own way of working, it is recommended to use AI's help specifically for your card.
+How do I improve the sound quality of my recording?

If possible, use a real microphone or audio interface rather than a laptop's or mobile's built-in mic. Either way, use the Studio's Noise Reduction (NSE) and EQ tools after recording — these tools will do wonders for your recorded audio quality.

+I'm trying to record but my camera won't open, and I get a message that camera access isn't allowed

Your computer or device may have other applications that grab exclusive control of the camera — video-call apps, other browser tabs, screen-recording or streaming software, and similar tools are common culprits. In some cases, simply closing those applications and checking your camera setting in your WWB profile again is enough. In other cases, closing all open browser windows and reloading the site does the trick. If neither works, the most reliable fix is to restart your computer and try recording again.

+I've started noticing some slowness when opening projects — what's causing that?

A project loads a fair amount of content when you open it, and the first time you open a given project it can take a bit longer than usual. Because of this, your browser's cache can fill up over time, especially if you don't close your browser every so often. If you're noticing slowness, clearing your browser's cache is a good first thing to try.

+ Recording 6
+What happens if my internet drops in the middle of a take?

Nothing is lost: recording happens entirely in your browser, and the take is saved as a draft on your device before anything is uploaded. You just try the upload again once you're back online.

+Can I re-record my part if I'm not happy with it?

Yes, any number of times before you upload — and you can still upload a new take afterward too. Remember, before uploading you can listen to your draft together with any of the project's recorded tracks, to decide whether to upload it.

+Does my recording quality depend on my plan?

Video quality does — higher resolutions are a paid feature. Audio does not: everything records at the same quality regardless of plan.

+Can I record with Bluetooth headphones?

Yes, but the site records from your phone's/laptop's own built-in microphone while you listen through the headphones — a paired headset's own microphone is never used to record, because it's technically incapable of the quality this needs.

+Can other people download the backing track I used?

No. It's only ever reachable by a logged-in user through the site itself, never as a plain downloadable file address.

+What happens to the backing track when the project is finished?

It stays for as long as the project is finished but not sealed. Once a project is later signed and sealed, the original recordings and backing track are removed — the finished video, the mixes, and the cover art are kept.

+ Collaboration & Projects 7
+How do I invite someone to my project?

From the project, in the Jamming Room there's an Invite tab where you send an invitation naming the instrument you're looking for. They then get a notification and can accept or decline.

+Can someone who isn't invited still contribute to a project?

Yes, any signed-in person can open a project still in progress, record a part, and offer it to the owner as a suggestion. The owner decides whether to accept it (which also makes that person a project member) or decline it.

+Can I change my project's details or its backing track after I've created it?

Yes, as the project's owner, with a few limits:

  • Name, genre, description and the instruments you're looking for can be changed any time while the project is open. Once a project is marked Done, you'll need to reopen it first (which uses a reopen from your monthly allowance). A signed and sealed project can no longer be edited.
  • The backing track's audio can be replaced or removed only until the first take is recorded. Every recording is synced to it, so after that it's locked for good, even if all the takes are later deleted.
  • The backing track's title and cover art stay editable at any time.
+Who can remove a member from a project?

The member — after being accepted to the project — is the only one who can remove themselves from a project. If a member does not contribute to the project with their own recorded tracks, they are removed from the project automatically once the project is marked finished.

+Who owns a project — me or everyone who recorded on it?

Both, in different ways: you own the recording you make, always — WWB gets only a license to use it as part of the service. The project itself (its title, its backing track, the mixing decisions) belongs to whoever created it, the project owner.

+What happens to a project if it's inactive for a long time?

If a long stretch passes with no new recording from anyone other than the owner, the project goes on a clock and everyone in it is told. A new recording from anyone else stops that clock. If the following period passes with the project still unfinished, the project and its recordings are deleted.

+What happens to a finished project after a long time?

The finished video and mixes are kept. Later, the project is signed and sealed: the original recordings behind it are deleted and the project can never be reopened — but not before everyone in it is told, and given a chance to download their own recording at full quality first.

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+How do I use the DAW audio effects in the Studio room?

Each channel has its own set: Reverb, Compressor, Noise Reduction, Silence regions, Fades, a 3-band EQ, Volume, Delay, and Sync (timing) — click an effect's button on the channel strip to open its controls. For EQ, Compressor, and Reverb, you can preview the effect while the audio is playing, even before opening its window. Once the parameters are set, you must activate the effect by pressing Enable/On in that effect's window.

+How do I edit the video clip in the Video room?

Edit transitions and emphasis between contributors' videos in the Editing Frame, using the highlight events menu (the three dots in the upper-right corner of each track). Each transition takes effect at the point in time set by the position of the time scrubber below the Editing Frame. Then press "Show in Preview Frame" to preview before exporting — it shows the video exactly as it will be exported, so it's best to adjust the sync there before marking a project as Done.

+What's the difference between the audio export and the video export?

Audio export produces just the mixed song as an MP3. Video export produces the full finished film — everyone's video as edited in the Editing Frame, combined with the mixed audio.

+Can I download the raw, unmixed recordings?

Yes, if you have the Platinum Bander plan — and only once a project is marked Done.

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+What's the difference between Free, Pro, and Platinum?

Free lets you join others' projects but not start your own. Pro and Platinum add starting your own projects, HD video recording, more monthly exports, and mix suggestions. Platinum adds the highest allowances, plus the raw-material download permission.

+How many times can I export per month?

It depends on your plan — it's a monthly allowance (both audio and video exports are counted, separately), and it resets on your own renewal day, not the calendar month.

+If I delete a project, do I get it back in my allowance?

No. A project counts toward your allowance the moment it's created, and deleting it later doesn't give it back.

+Can I cancel anytime?

Yes, turn off renewal any time from your profile/Plans page, and you keep the plan in full until the period you already paid for ends.

+What happens to my projects if I downgrade to Free?

Nothing is deleted. Every project, recording, and finished video stays exactly where it is. What changes is only your plan's allowances.

+Do you offer refunds?

Yes, within 14 days of a new subscription, in full — but only before you've actually started using what the plan unlocks — entering a project's pages, or accepting an invitation to join one. A renewal is never refundable, since it isn't a new purchase.

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+Ok, the project is all done — what do I do now?

Use "Finish & publish" to close the project and publish its video — it becomes visible on your channel and in the Play Zone. You and the project's members will receive a mail with a shareable link for your video.

+Can people outside WWB watch my finished project?

Yes — they can find your finished project's video in the Play Zone by searching for your WWB username, or by discovering your channel with all the finished projects you took part in. They can also watch it through the shareable link sent to your email once a project you're a member of is marked Done.

+Can I stop other people from finding my channel?

As a part of WWB, your channel remains open for everyone to discover.

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+Who can see my recordings?

Only a signed-in user can listen to an open project.

+Can I delete my account, and what happens to my data?

Deactivating removes your own unfinished projects and their files, and clears your inbox. Other people's projects you took part in, your finished projects, and mail you sent to others are untouched. Everything reversible comes back automatically if you choose to return.

+Is the backing track ever included in the final export?

No, never! Not in any exported file, not in the published video. Only the musicians' own performances are published.

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