Frequently asked questions about BandVolt

BandVolt is a band management and music collaboration web app that gives your band one shared workspace for songs, mix versions, timestamped feedback, a free Electronic Press Kit, setlists, a shared calendar, file storage, and band finances. It is built by musicians, for working bands - from the first rough demo to release night. The Basic tier is free with 10 workspace slots; Premium is priced per band with 25 slots included - not per person.

The bands that stay organised keep everything in one shared place: song versions, feedback, setlists, the gig calendar, files, and money. When those are spread across a group chat, a cloud drive, and someone's spreadsheet, things get lost and nobody is sure what is current. BandVolt was built to be that one place - a single workspace where every member sees the same versions, the same schedule, and the same numbers.

Create a free account, set up your band, and invite your members by email or username - each person gets their own login. Upload your existing demos and mixes as song versions and you are up and running. The Basic tier is free with no credit card required.

Yes. BandVolt runs in the browser on both mobile and desktop, so your band can check the setlist at rehearsal, comment on a mix from the sofa, or log a gig payment from the venue. There is nothing to install - just sign in from any device.

No. The Basic tier is free with no card required. You only add a payment method if your band upgrades to Premium or buys a Volt, storage, or workspace slot pack.

Upload a demo to BandVolt and every member of your band can stream it instantly with a waveform player. Feedback is pinned to the exact second in the track - with reply threads, upvotes, and resolution once a note has been actioned - so nothing gets buried in a group chat.

In BandVolt, every mix you upload becomes a labelled, dated version of the same song, listed in chronological order. Quick Compare lets you audition versions side by side at the same playback position, with optional loudness matching so a louder bounce does not win the comparison by default.

Yes. In Quick Compare, turn on loudness matching in the transport. BandVolt measures each version's perceived loudness in the browser and attenuates the louder ones to match the quietest, so you hear mix decisions rather than master-bus gain. It is free on every tier, costs no Volts, and shows the exact dB offset applied to each version.

Yes - setlists are included in BandVolt's free Basic tier. Build a setlist, drag songs into order, and link it to the gig or rehearsal on your band calendar. Each setlist can use any version of a song - the album cut or an extended live arrangement - and unreleased songs slot straight in. A dedicated playback mode shows key, BPM, lyrics, and time signature on screen, and Print opens a clean numbered stage sheet for the monitors.

Yes. Open any setlist in BandVolt, choose Print from the actions menu, and you get a minimal stage sheet: the setlist title and a numbered list of song titles in large, readable type. Same order everyone already sees in the shared setlist - no screenshot of a Google Doc taped to the monitor.

Yes. Every song in BandVolt keeps its full version history, and each setlist can point at whichever version you choose - the recorded single, a longer live arrangement, or an abridged edit for a shorter slot. The same song can use different versions in different setlists, and unreleased songs go straight in, so the band rehearses to exactly what it will play on stage - something a streaming playlist cannot do.

Yes. BandVolt gives your band a shared calendar for gigs, rehearsals, and studio sessions, visible to every member. You can attach setlists and files directly to an event - the tech rider lives on the gig it belongs to - and event notifications make sure nobody misses a date.

BandVolt includes a shared band ledger where members can log income and expenses with dates, amounts, and receipt attachments. Recurring costs like rehearsal room rent can be set to repeat, and year summaries show everyone the same numbers - no more guessing what the band earned or spent.

BandVolt's Electronic Press Kit is a free public press page every band can publish - Basic and Premium. Share one custom URL with promoters, bookers, and press: bio, music player from your library, photos, YouTube videos, streaming links, booking contact, and upcoming shows pulled automatically from the band's flagged calendar events. No account is needed for viewers. An optional AI bio writer drafts press copy from your notes for 2 Volts per generation.

AI Mix Summary reads every comment on a mix and distils the thread into a clear list of what to change next. Mix Health runs an objective check on a mix version and returns a release-readiness score with plain-language guidance on what to fix. Both are metered with Volts, your band's credits: a summary costs 1 Volt and a health check costs 5. The optional EPK AI bio writer costs 2 Volts per generation.

No, and it is not trying to be. BandVolt does not record, edit, or process audio, and it does not open DAW project files. It sits alongside Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, Reaper, or whatever you produce in, and handles what happens after the bounce: labelled mix versions, timestamped feedback, stems and files kept on the song, setlists, the calendar, and finances. Your producer keeps their session; the band gets a shared history of the mixes that come out of it.

Technically, a release-ready mix has headroom for mastering and encoding (true peak at or below about -1.0 dBTP), sits at a sensible loudness for streaming, has no unintended clipping, keeps enough dynamic range to breathe, stays coherent when summed to mono, and has no DC offset or stray silence at either end. BandVolt's Mix Health check measures all of that on demand and returns a 0-100 score with plain-language guidance. It is a technical guide, not a replacement for a mastering engineer or your distributor's delivery spec.

Volts are your band's credits for analysis and AI features. An AI Mix Summary costs 1 Volt; an EPK AI bio costs 2 Volts; a Mix Health check costs 5 Volts. Basic bands get 10 Volts per month and Premium bands get 200 per month. Any member can top the band up with a one-time pack of 100 Volts for £4.99.

Yes. BandVolt generates a clean public page where anyone can stream your music instantly - no account needed on their end, and you can revoke the link at any time. Basic bands can keep up to 3 active song links; Premium bands get unlimited song links plus public links for whole albums and EPs. For promoters and press, you can also publish a free Electronic Press Kit with bio, music, photos, and booking info on one URL.

Yes - on Premium, you can invite external collaborators to a song or an entire album/EP. One collection invite covers every track - including tracks added later - so you do not have to invite the same producer ten times for an album. They get access to the versions, stems, and comments on what you shared, and nothing else in your band's workspace. You can revoke their access at any time.

BandVolt is priced per band, not per person. Basic includes 10 workspace slots; Premium includes 25 - members and external collaborators alike. One Premium subscription covers the whole band - a 5-piece works out at about £2 each per month, or about £1.50 each on annual billing. Need more room? Workspace slots come in packs of 10 for £2.49/month on Premium.

A workspace slot is one distinct person with access to your band - either as a band member or as an external collaborator on a song or collection. One person uses one slot no matter how many songs they collaborate on. Basic bands get 10 slots (band members); Premium bands get 25 shared across members and collaborators. Pending invites reserve a slot until they are accepted or revoked. On Premium you can add packs of 10 for £2.49/month.

Because none of them were built for how bands work. Links get lost in the chat, mixes pile up as renamed files nobody can tell apart, feedback scrolls away, and the money spreadsheet lives on one person's laptop. BandVolt replaces that stack with one workspace where versions, feedback, setlists, schedule, files, and finances live together - and every member sees the same thing.

Included monthly Volts reset each month and do not roll over. Purchased Volt packs never expire - they sit on top of your monthly allotment and are only spent once it runs out.

You can be an active member of one free band at a time. Premium band memberships are unlimited, so you can run side projects, covers bands, and collaborations in parallel.

Your songs and data stay, but Premium features stop: external collaborators lose access, all public collection share links are revoked, and active song public links are reduced to three - if you had more than three, shares beyond the three most recently shared are revoked. Workspace slots drop to Basic's 10; if you are over that limit we notify the band and give a short hold period before anyone is removed. If your band is over the 1 GB free storage limit, files above the quota may be permanently deleted. The same storage enforcement applies if a storage add-on lapses without payment (your Premium tier stays, but extra storage is removed). We notify the band during a payment grace period before enforcement where applicable, and we always recommend keeping your own backups. Purchased Volts are never removed by a downgrade.

No - never. Some platforms quietly convert uploads to lossy, lower-quality copies to save on storage. BandVolt keeps every file exactly as you uploaded it, at full quality, and that exact file is what your band plays back and downloads - on songs, stems, and everything else you store with us.

Your music is private to your band by default - people outside the band only hear it through share links or collaborator invites you create, and you can revoke both at any time. You keep full ownership of everything you upload; BandVolt only takes the limited licence needed to host your content and share it with the people you choose.