Frequently Asked Questions

Slapback is a collaborative feedback platform built specifically for music producers. Share your tracks to get timestamped feedback from trusted collaborators or leverage AI for instant production insights. It's like having a mixing engineer, A&R, and fellow producers on-demand, helping you perfect your sound before release.

No! You can start with just an audio file (WAV, MP3, or AIFF). Ableton project files are completely optional but allow for finer-grained feedback from humans. Also, attaching an Ableton file to your Slapback project yields much more useful AI feedback.

AI feedback provides instant analysis of both technical and creative aspects of your production - from mixing and mastering to arrangement and sound design suggestions. Human feedback brings personal taste, emotional connection, and builds collaborative relationships. Both can offer valuable creative and technical insights, but humans add the irreplaceable element of personal connection and shared musical journey.

Absolutely! Many producers use AI for initial technical analysis during production, then invite collaborators for creative feedback before release. The two complement each other perfectly.

Our AI analyzes your audio file and provides timestamped suggestions about mixing, arrangement, sound design, and overall production. You can guide it with specific questions you have in mind and have different 'personas' provide their unique (and sometimes quirky) feedback

I'm atish, a music producer, label manager, artist mentor, and software engineer. I care deeply about music and the artistic process. Feel free to join my discord community to chat about it.

I built Slapback because I was tired of the inefficient ways producers share feedback. Disgusting inline email threads, voice memos with vague timestamps, and walls of text that reference 'that part after the drop'... I knew there had to be a better way.

We store audio files (mp3, wav, etc.) securely on our servers to enable playback and collaboration features. However, we do NOT store your .als (Ableton Live Set) files. These are analyzed in your browser, and we only extract the essential metadata (track names, arrangement, plugin usage) needed to recreate the project structure. Your original .als files never leave your computer.

No, your music will NOT be used to train AI models. When you use our AI feedback feature, your audio is processed through OpenAI or Google Gemini APIs. According to their terms of service, data sent through their APIs is not used for model training. Your music remains private and is only analyzed to provide you with instant production feedback.

Yes and no. I built Plugin Hell and Slapback. They are both products that help make the artist collaboration process easier, but they exist independently (for now)

You can already use Slapback with any DAW! Simply upload your exported audio file to get started with AI and human feedback. Full DAW project file support (like we have for Ableton) will come to other DAWs (Logic, FL, Pro Tools, Reaper) in the future.

Absolutely! I'm actively seeking partnerships with music academies, engineering houses, labels, and other organizations that could benefit from better collaboration tools. If you're interested in integrating Slapback into your workflow or exploring custom solutions, please reach out through my Discord community or contact me directly.