Vandall App
Comment on an exact moment
By the end every comment on your track will point to the exact second it’s about, and anyone reading it can jump straight there with one tap.
Before you start
- An audio file open in a track, or a share link to one. Commenting works the same way in both.
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Play to the moment you mean
Press play on the waveform and let the file run to the spot you want to talk about, or drag along the waveform to get there, then pause. When you send a note from Write a comment, it’s pinned to wherever the playhead is, so put the playhead in the right place first.
- You now see the playhead on the second you want to comment on.
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Write it with the timestamp attached
Type your note into Write a comment. Just above the box, Timestamp comment is already ticked, with the time it will attach shown beside it. Press the send arrow at the right of the box. Your note is pinned to that moment.
- You now see your note in the thread with a time badge above it.
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Jump to what someone flagged
Tap the time badge at the top of any comment and the player jumps to that second. Work down a thread of ten notes and you hear each one in context, without hunting for the spot yourself.
- You now see the player at that exact second, ready to play it.
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Leave a note about the whole file
Untick Timestamp comment before you send. Use this for feedback that isn’t about one moment, like "this is the one to master" or "printed at -6dB". Pinned to 0:43, a note like that would look like it was about whatever plays there.
- You now see a comment about the whole file, with no time badge.
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Know whose name is on what
On a share link, people type Your name before they comment, so every note arrives with a name on it. If they’re signed in to Vandall, an Options menu also offers Anonymous, which posts under a name they choose instead of their account name. Inside the app, your comments always show your own name.
- You now see each comment with the name its author chose.
- Visitors without a Vandall account don’t see Options. They just type a name.
How the thread behaves
- Timestamp comment
- Ticked by default, with the time it will attach shown beside it. The time is where the playhead is when you send, not when you started typing.
- The time badge
- Sits at the top of every timestamped comment. Tap it and the player jumps to that second.
- One flat thread
- Every comment on a file sits in one list. You can’t reply to a specific comment, so mention the time you mean if the thread is busy.
- No resolved state
- Comments can’t be ticked off or closed. A long thread stays long, so upload a new mix as a new file rather than adding more comments to the old one.
- Anonymous
- Under Options on a share link, for signed-in visitors. It posts under a name you type and never shows your account name, even if you own the file.
- (external)
- Added automatically to the name of a signed-in commenter who isn’t on the track, so you can tell an outside opinion at a glance.
Ways people use this
Feedback you want acted on rather than discussed
Write one timestamped comment per fix, not a paragraph listing five things. The person mixing works down the badges and hears each note in context. A paragraph makes them re-read it and find every spot themselves.
A busy thread with nothing to tick off
Comments can’t be marked resolved, so upload the new mix as its own file and comment there. The old thread stays as a record of what was asked for, and the new one holds only what’s still open.
An opinion you want heard on its merits
Choose Options, then Anonymous. If you’re the label or the most senior person on the track, taking your name off a note can stop feedback reading like an instruction.
Tips
- Ask people to comment on the file rather than message you. A comment is pinned to the exact second it’s about. A chat message isn’t.
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