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Denoise Voice — Tap any vocal clip and strip away background noise instantly. No re-recording. No studio required. Just cleaner, more professional vocals wherever you create.

Label Your Layers — Name each vocal track in your project so you always know what's what. Main Vocals, Adlibs, Harmonies — bigger sessions, zero guesswork.

Sound Better Than Ever — Audio quality improvements across the app. Tap record and hear the difference.

Read the full release notes: https://help.voloco.com/hc/en-us/articles/42639603308567-What-s-New-in-Voloco-9-18-Denoise-Voice-Label-Your-Layers-and-Audio-Quality-Improvements

How are you liking the new features? Let us know!

Had this happen again where I thought my track was bad, then I listened back to it way later and actually liked it. Is anyone else's judgment on their own stuff just completely unreliable in the moment?

Be honest, are you the type to nail it in 2-3 takes, or do you record 15 versions of the same line before picking one? No judgment, just curious how everyone else's process actually looks. I usually record 10-20 takes before I feel like I got it

I used to drag vocal takes around manually to line them up with the beat. I started using Time Shift instead, and it's so much easier. It shifts the timing without messing with pitch or stretching the audio weirdly.

The best part is you don't even have to guess how far off you are. There's an audio latency feature in project settings that tells you exactly how much delay you're dealing with, so instead of eyeballing it, you know the actual number and can shift by that amount and be done.

Anyone else make this switch or still dragging clips by hand?

I started using it less as a lyric sheet and more as a way to jot notes on which take was the keeper, what I wanted to fix, stuff like that. Small thing, but it's saved me from re-listening to like 10 versions of the same verse trying to remember which one I liked.

Anyone using any of the built-in tools for something other than their "intended" purpose?

For me, it's almost always a rough vocal take of a hook idea I'm messing with, just to see if the melody's even worth chasing. Doesn't matter how bad the take is, I just need to hear it back to see if the idea sticks.

I'm curious, what's everyone else's "starting point"?

I used to manually adjust the volume to get my vocals sitting right against the instrumental, re-adjusting every few bars. Started using Auto Mix to handle the level balancing automatically instead, and it saves me a surprising amount of back-and-forth. It balances vocals way faster than I can, so I can focus on the actual tone/effects side of things.

Anyone else sleeping on a feature that ended up saving a ton of time once you actually used it right?

A phone mic and wired headphones are genuinely enough to get a real idea down. Voloco's effects and mastering do the rest.

Better gear helps if you're chasing a polished studio sound, but for actually finishing songs instead of waiting for the "right" setup? You don't need the fancy equipment.

Anyone else holding off on recording because they think they need better gear first?

Just found out about something in the app I've apparently had access to this whole time. Made me wonder what else I'm missing.

What are some features, shortcuts, or settings you didn't know about until recently?

I'll start: The Latency Detection + Time Shift settings in project options — used it to fix delay on my vocals and didn't even know it was there until recently.

Everyone’s got a lane they seem to always come back to. Maybe it's smooth R&B, lyrical hip-hop tracks, or acoustic guitar tracks. Whatever it is, we want to know. Which genre do you find yourself making the most of on Voloco?

Drop it in the comments!

Feels like there are so many talented people on here that don't get the love they deserve. Drop a name (or your own 👀) and tell us about them. Feel free to link a track if you've got one!

Let's put some people on!

We looked at 10 tracks that made it to the trending feed lately and noticed a few things they had in common:

• Structured: clear intro/verse/hook
• One topic per song: no scattershot lyrics
• Layered effects: different presets on different vocal layers, not one blanket effect
• Clear vocals: good enunciation, easy to understand
• Good beat selection
• Hashtags: most used a few for discovery
• Comments: every track had a lot, AND the creators were out there commenting on other people's tracks too

Our key takeaway: none of this is a strict formula, just stuff we kept noticing. Having a little structure, sticking to one idea, playing around with layered effects, and actually showing up in other people's comments all seemed to help.

What's worked for you? 👇

You know, those half-finished verses or hooks that need a slight retouch, or those full tracks you’re just not ready to drop yet. We all have a vault sitting there untouched (for now). How many do you have stashed away?

Drop the number in the comments!

If you've been using the Lyrics Pad to write while you record, you can save your lyrics outside of the app in just a few taps. Open the Lyrics Pad, tap the three dots next to your lyrics, hit Share, and save them as a .txt file to your device, iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox. You can also copy them straight to your clipboard.

A good habit to get into, especially if you're working on something you want to hold onto.

Check out the full instructions here: https://help.voloco.com/hc/en-us/articles/42013785198871-Saving-and-Exporting-Your-Lyrics

Everyone's song-making process looks different. Some people spend weeks at a time writing lyrics and recording multiple takes for a song, and some people write lyrics and freestyle an entire song in 5 minutes. Either way, we’re impressed! But we want to know, how long does it typically take you to complete a song?

Drop your answer in the comments!

We know you got some heat in your notes app that the world isn’t appreciating enough! So drop some of your favorite lyrics you’ve written in the comments, so more of the world can appreciate your lyrical expertise! 

Let's hear what you got!

We all started somewhere, and it’s important to remember how far you’ve come and how far you can go. We wanna know about your origins as a musician, so let us know, when did you record your first track?

Drop your answer in the comments!

Whether you're on your phone or at your computer, getting your finished tracks out of Voloco is pretty straightforward.

From the mobile app: Tap the three dot menu next to any project in your library, select "Download as Audio," and choose where you want it saved on your device.

From the Voloco website: If you've published a track to your profile, you can also download it directly from voloco.com. Sign in, head to Tracks in the left menu, find your track, tap the three dot menu and hit Download. This is also a handy option if you no longer have the project saved in your library.

By default your tracks download as MP3s, but if you want WAV quality head into your Project Settings in the app and turn on "Export WAV files." WAV downloads are a Premium feature exclusive to the mobile app.

Full breakdown here: https://help.voloco.com/hc/en-us/articles/24427140066967-How-do-I-download-my-tracks

Everyone’s got a lane they seem to always come back to. Maybe it's smooth R&B, lyrical hip-hop tracks, or acoustic songs that can be sung around a campfire. Whatever it is, we want to know.

Which genre do you find yourself making the most of on Voloco?

We all go through phases. One week it's Hard Tune on everything, the next you step it back and use Clean. What effect have you been putting on every track lately and what are you making with it?

Drop it in the comments!