Comments & feedback

What it is

Comments let you leave timestamped notes on a track version, react with emoji, attach voice memos or files, and thread replies. All without leaving Aden. The same system also covers comments on covers, playlist covers, team media, milestones, and todos, so feedback stays in one place no matter what you're reviewing.

The feedback widget (accessible from any page) is a separate channel for reporting bugs or sharing improvement ideas directly with the Aden team. It captures a screenshot and the exact page you're on so nothing gets lost.

Using it

Leaving a comment on a track version

1. Open a track, switch to the Versions tab, and select the version you want to review.
2. Pin the comment to a moment or a section:
   • Click anywhere in the waveform to pin it to a single moment.
   • Hold ⌘ / Ctrl and drag across the waveform to select a section: the start and end times pre-fill automatically.
   • Or use the small clock buttons in the composer to stamp the current playback position as the start (and end) time.
   • Leave the timestamps empty for a general note.
   • Once a time is set, your avatar marks it on the waveform (with the section shaded), so you keep your place while the track plays on. Drag the avatar to move the comment to another moment. Hover the clock button any time to see the section-select shortcut. It stays visible even before you press play, so you can discover the feature without guessing.
3. Type your comment. Mention a teammate with @name to notify them: the name becomes a pill with their card on hover, while you type too, and one Backspace removes it. Enter posts it, Shift + Enter starts a new line. Replies work the same way. Hover anyone's name or avatar on a comment for their card; right-click your own name to set a nickname.
4. Optionally attach a voice memo or a file. On the phone, pasting an image into the comment box attaches it too. Voice memos are counted per track version: Free gets 1, Air 10, Pro and above unlimited (they count toward team storage). Files need Ultra or above. On a share link, the better of your own plan and the sharing team's plan applies, and the same goes for the LUFS readout, the EQ and MIDI ideas. A MIDI file plays right in the thread on the sound you pick (piano, guitar, synth, your own samplers); see MIDI editor and sounds.
5. Submit: the comment appears in the thread immediately.

Transcribing a voice memo

Hover a recorded voice memo and click the captions icon to transcribe it. The words appear under the memo for everyone on the thread, on web and phone. Audio files you dropped in (samples, bounces) don't get the button.

Replying and reacting

• Click Reply under any comment to start a sub-thread.
• Click the emoji button on any comment to open the reaction bar. Pick an emoji to add it; a few copies float up out of it. Each user-emoji pair is unique (picking the same emoji again removes your reaction). On track comments, + at the end of the bar opens the full emoji picker.

Seeing who a commenter is

A commenter appears under their nickname when they have set one, so an artist's comments read as their act rather than their passport name. See the display-name feature.

Hover any comment author's name or avatar to open their profile hovercard their avatar, name, @username, PRO name, and the teams they're on, with links to their public profile and each team's public page. Clicking the name or avatar goes straight to their public profile. Guest comments (left via a share link without an account) have no hovercard. They're marked with a Guest badge instead.

Pinning important comments

Any team member can pin a top-level comment to the top of its thread. Handy for keeping the key note ("use this mix", "label feedback here") visible above a long discussion. Hover a comment and click the pin icon to pin it; pinned comments show a Pinned badge and always sort first (most recently pinned on top). Click the pin-off icon to unpin. Works everywhere comments do: track versions, covers and media, documents, music videos, milestones, and todos. Replies can't be pinned, and guests on share links can't pin.

Turning a comment into a to-do

A version's to-dos live in its comments. Press the to-do icon in the composer (or open the arrow beside Comment and pick Create to-do) to post the comment as a task; while the toggle is on you can assign people and set a deadline before posting. @mentions work in the task text too. Type / in the composer for commands (/todo, /eq, /time); Backspace at the start of the text removes the to-do checkbox. Hover any top-level comment and click the list icon to make it a to-do later. The comment then shows the task row you know from task lists: tick it, assign someone, set a deadline, or delete the task to make it a plain comment again. The task also shows on the track's task lists. The To-dos button above the thread shows how many are open and narrows the thread to them. On the phone, use the checklist toggle beside the input or long-press send.

Commenting via a share link

If someone shared a track or playlist link with comments enabled, you can leave a comment without an Aden account. The first time you send one, Aden asks for a display name, and your comment appears alongside authenticated comments. You can optionally add your email too, if you later create an Aden account with that email (or sign in from the same browser), the comments you left as a guest are automatically linked to your account.

Submitting feedback to the Aden team

1. Click the feedback button (available in the app nav).
2. Describe the improvement or issue. Optionally add extra detail and let Aden capture a screenshot of the current page.
3. Submit: the Aden team sees your submission on their admin board and can reply with a status update.
4. Track it under Your submissions on the feedback page. Each ticket shows its current status, any written reply from Aden, and. Once a team member picks it up: a small "Someone on the team is on this." indicator so you know it's being worked on. (Who exactly it's assigned to stays internal.)