Your First Project

A project in Producer Dashboard is your central hub for organizing related tracks. Think of it as a playlist, a folder, or a workspace where songs that belong together live side by side. Whether you’re working on an EP, prepping tracks for a client, or just keeping your work-in-progress separate from your finished material, projects help you stay organized.

Creating Your First Project

Getting started takes just a moment. Look for the New Project button in the sidebar and click it to open the creation dialog. You’ll need to give your project a name—this is the only required field. Choose something descriptive so you can recognize it later. “Summer Release 2025,” “Client: Apex Records Demo,” or “Vocals待处理” all work well.

Optionally, you can add a description to capture more context about the project. You might note the goal, the artists involved, or any special requirements. Setting a deadline is also helpful if you’re working against a release date or delivery window.

Once you’re ready, click Create. Your new project appears in the sidebar under your personal projects list, sorted by creation date with the newest at the top.

Assigning Tracks to Your Project

With your project created, it’s time to add some tracks. Select one or more tracks from your grid view, then open the activity panel on the right. Locate the Bucket Assignment widget and you’ll see your project listed among the available buckets.

Check the box next to your project’s name. The checkmark indicates that your selected tracks will belong to this project. When you’re satisfied with your selections, click the Save button to apply the changes.

Your tracks are now organized under the project. You can verify this by clicking the project name in the sidebar—the grid view filters to show only those tracks.

How Bucket Assignment Works

Tracks can belong to multiple projects simultaneously. A song you’ve finished might live in “Released 2024” and “Soundtrack Work” at the same time. This gives you flexibility in how you categorize your music without forcing you to choose one location.

When you assign a track to a project, it stays where it was before. Assignments are additive, not restrictive. This means you can organize the same track under several projects without losing its existing associations.

The Archived bucket operates a bit differently. When you archive a track, it doesn’t disappear from other buckets—it’s simply marked with an additional label. A track can be archived and still appear in your active project lists. This is useful for songs you’ve decided not to release yet but want to keep accessible.

Managing Your Projects

Click any project in the sidebar to view all its tracks together. The header updates to show the project name, and the grid filters to display only those tracks. This makes it easy to focus on specific work without distraction.

To edit a project’s details, right-click its name in the sidebar or hover over it to reveal a menu icon. From there, you can:

Rename the project
Update the description
Change the deadline
Set default collaborators who will be automatically added to new tracks assigned to this project

When you assign a deadline to a project, any tracks within it that don’t have their own individual due date will inherit the project’s deadline automatically. This cascading behavior helps you set timeline expectations across multiple songs at once.

Tips

Choose clear names — A project named “WIP” might confuse you six months from now. “Indie Folk Demo Session” is instantly recognizable.
Use deadlines strategically — Setting a project deadline is a quick way to establish a timeline for groups of tracks without editing each one individually.
Leverage multiple assignments — Don’t feel constrained to one project per track. A song can live in “Client Work,” “Summer Singles,” and “Vocals Review” all at once.
Archived is complementary — Archiving doesn’t remove tracks from other buckets. It’s an extra layer of organization, not a relocation.

Deleting a Project

If you no longer need a project, you can delete it from the same menu where you edit details. Select Delete Project and confirm your choice. This removes the project and all its associations, but your tracks remain untouched in the main view.

Tracks that existed only in that project will simply appear as unassigned afterward. They don’t disappear—they just return to the general pool waiting for a new bucket assignment.

System buckets like the built-in Archived bucket cannot be deleted. Only projects you create yourself can be removed.