Understanding Versions
Learn how versions keep your audio files organized within tracks.
What Are Versions?
Versions are the audio files inside a track. A single track might have many versions, a rough demo, a polished mix, a mastered file, a radio edit, or an acoustic version. Versions let you keep every iteration of a song in one place.
Version-Level Data
In Locker, audio analysis data belongs to the version, not the track. Each version has its own:
- BPM (tempo)
- Musical Key
- Genre tags
- Mood tags
- Instrument detection
- Vocal/Instrumental classification
- Waveform visualization
- Duration
This matters because different versions of the same song can have different tempos, keys, or instrumentation. A demo recorded at home might be in a different key than the studio version.
Tags Overview
The Main Version
Each track has a Main version. It is the one that plays when you click the track in your library, and its tempo, key and tags are what show in the track list. To change it, drag another version onto Main, or choose Set as main version from that version's menu.
Managing Versions
- Add versions from a track's Files tab
- Rename versions to keep them clear (e.g., "Demo v1", "Final Master")
- Mark what a version is, such as an instrumental or a cappella
- Move or copy a version to another track by dragging it there
- Download any version to your computer
- Move versions you no longer need to the Trash