Voloco App User Manual

About Voloco

Voloco is a voice-processing app that combines automatic tuning, harmony and vocoding. Pick a track from your music collection or a Beat from Voloco's free library to sing or rap over, and Voloco will detect the key of the track and tune your voice to match.

• Apply automatic tuning or harmony to your recording
• Over 70 vocal effects
• Sing or rap over a massive library of BeatStars beats
• Change effects and settings after recording
• Record video with your effects applied live
• Master your finished Track in a tap
• Get featured and grow your fanbase

Intended Audience

This manual gives intermediate and advanced users more insight into all of Voloco's features. It describes every preset, effect and processing tool, and gives an overview of some of the music theory behind Voloco's scales, keys and effects.

About This Manual

This edition covers Voloco 9.20.0. Last updated October 9, 2026.

Original user manual by Kaye Loggins. Additional writing and revisions by Tony Berens.

Setup & Considerations

Recording Environment

When recording audio, it's best to work in the quietest room possible to prevent background noise or reflection. Your environment also matters. A bathroom may be more private, but a tiled wall can create a boomy, reflective sound. The duller the walls and the area around you, the clearer the sound you can achieve. This is the idea behind professional recording booths.

Microphones & Headphones

Voloco is designed to work with your iOS or Android device's built-in mics and speakers. The app can also accommodate a wide variety of headphones and external microphones, from the headset and mic that came with your smartphone to professional-grade microphones.

Make sure any external microphone is compatible with your smartphone and connected before opening Voloco. If you have a professional stand-alone mic, you will need an audio interface compatible with your device to connect the mic on one end and your device on the other. There are a range of audio interfaces available that are compatible with both iOS and Android devices.

For the best audio quality, use at least a headset and mic, such as the headphones that came with your smartphone. Using headphones lets you hear the backing track and your vocal monitor, which is your voice through Voloco's effects, while you record.

You can also record without headphones. Voloco cancels the backing track from your recording automatically, so your Beat doesn't bleed into your vocal take. Turn your device volume down when you do, which Voloco will remind you about on screen. Headphones still give a cleaner result, but they're no longer required.

When using a headset with a built-in mic, hold the microphone near mouth level rather than letting it dangle below your head. This position captures the sibilance of your voice, the higher frequency sounds such as the "S" and "T" sounds your mouth naturally makes when singing or speaking.

Don't hold the mic too close, though. Placing it directly in front of your mouth can result in blown-out, distorted audio. Roughly 6 inches (15 cm) from your mouth is a good balance.

Bluetooth

Many people use Bluetooth headphones for the convenience of a wireless connection, and most Bluetooth headsets have a built-in microphone.

Bluetooth comes with a trade-off. Because it transmits a lot of information wirelessly, there can be a delay, called latency, between the backing track and your recorded vocals. You may also hear latency in your vocal monitoring, because of the time it takes to transmit the audio plus the time Voloco takes to process it.

When possible, use wired headphones or microphones to reduce latency and keep your vocals on top of the Beat.

If you do use a Bluetooth headset, Voloco records from your device's built-in microphone rather than the microphone in the headset. This eliminates latency and prevents out-of-time recording, and it produces a higher-quality recording.

Time Shift

Time Shift corrects for audio delay by moving your recorded audio in time to match the backing track.

Voloco estimates the latency of your current setup and sets Time Shift to match. There are separate values for wired and speaker connections and for Bluetooth connections, since the delay is different for each.

To see or change them, open Project Settings and tap Default Time Shift. The value here applies to all new recordings. You can also adjust an individual Segment after recording by tapping it in Edit View and tapping Time Shift.

If you aren't hearing any delay in your recordings, there's no need to change anything.

Voloco Workflow

Voloco uses a series of views to prepare, record, edit and review your Track. They appear in this order:

Home and Beats, then Performance, then Edit, then Review and Publish.

Navigation

Voloco has five destinations along the bottom of the screen.

1. Home

Your personalized feed of Tracks, Beats, Playlists and Artists.

2. Feed

A full-screen, scrollable feed of Tracks from the Voloco community.

3. +

Start something new. See Getting Started.

4. Beats

Browse Beats to record over.

5. Library

Everything you've recorded. See Library.

Home

The Home page is the first view you'll see when you launch Voloco. It's a set of rows you scroll through, mixing what Voloco's curation team has picked with what it has learned about your taste.

Rows you'll see include:

For You

Tracks chosen for you. Boosted Tracks appear here with a flame label.

Trending Tracks

What's popular across Voloco right now.

Featured Tracks and Featured Artists

Picked by Voloco's curation team.

New Tracks

Recently uploaded.

Regional trending rows

The hottest Tracks in different parts of the world, including Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East and Southeast Asia.

Featured Playlists

Genre and language-specific Playlists curated by the Voloco team.

Trending Tags

Browse by hashtag. Each tag shows how many Tracks use it.

Further down, rows built from what you've listened to and who you follow: Recently played, Playlists you like, Tracks you like, Tracks from your artists, and Artists you like.

Tap See All on any row to see the full list.

Across the top of Home you'll find notifications, Direct Messages, search, and your Profile.

Feed

Tap Feed to browse Tracks full-screen, one at a time. Swipe up or down to move between them.

For You / Following

Switch between Tracks chosen for you and Tracks from Artists you follow.

Artist

Tap the name to open their Profile, or tap Follow to follow them straight away.

Controls

Down the right side: like the Track, read and add comments, share, add to a Playlist, or tap ... for more.

Beats

Tap Beats to find something to record over.

All / Favorited / Purchased

Filter between every Beat, the ones you've favorited, and the ones you've bought a license for.

Trending Beats and Featured Beats

Popular Beats and Beats picked by the Voloco team.

Each Beat shows its artwork, producer, play count and how many Tracks have been made with it. Tap a Beat to open the full-screen player, where you can preview it, tap Record to start a new Project with it, or tap Buy License to purchase commercial rights through BeatStars.

Not all Beats are available for commercial use, but all are available to record with in Voloco. See Using Voloco with BeatStars.

Tracks

Tap any Track to open the player.

The player shows artwork, the Track name, and everyone credited on it. If more than one Artist worked on the Track, they all appear here. See Collaboration.

Below that, the Artist's description can include @mentions of other users and #hashtags, both tappable.

Like, Comments, Share and Playlist sit beneath, and the ... menu holds everything else.

Profiles

Voloco Artist Profiles let you share your Tracks and Beats with users around the world. Follow your favorite creators and their new work appears in your Home feed.

Follow

Tap to follow the Artist.

Message

Send this user a Direct Message. See Direct Messages.

Plays, Followers, Favorites

This Artist's totals.

Tracks / Beats / Playlists

Switch between what they've published.

A crown beside the username means the Artist has Voloco Premium.

Notifications

Your notification feed shows when other users favorite your Tracks and Beats, follow you, comment on your work, or when a Track or Beat gets featured by the Voloco team. You'll also see new work from creators you follow.

Tap the bell at the top of the Home page.

Direct Messages

Message other Voloco users by tapping the paper plane at the top of the Home page, or by tapping Message on a user's Profile.

Within a conversation you can send a message, or tap ... to block or report a user.

In your list of messages, tap the settings button to choose who can message you: Everyone, People you follow, or No one.

Playlists

Add your favorite Tracks from other Artists, or compile your own Tracks to present an EP or album.

Tap Add to Playlist when browsing Tracks, or tap ... on any Track. Playlists appear on your Profile alongside your published Tracks and Beats.

Tap Share within a Playlist to generate a shareable web link.

Search

Tap the magnifying glass at the top of the Home page to search Voloco for Tracks, Beats, Playlists or Artists. You can filter results by type.

Getting Started

To start creating with Voloco, tap the pink and blue + icon after launching the app.

Import

Import an audio file or video and use Voloco's audio processing to isolate a Beat or vocal track. See Importing.

Video

Record a front- or rear-facing video with Voloco's audio effects applied as you record. See Video.

Quick Record

A fast and easy way to get started with one audio track. The "Classic" Voloco experience. See Quick Record.

New Project

Start a full multi-track Project. The full Voloco experience. Add Vocal channels, manipulate Segments, change track effects, and more. See Creating a Project.

Quick Record

Quick Record is a fast and easy way to get started in Voloco with one Vocal channel and one Beat, the "Classic" Voloco experience. For multi-track recording, start a New Project.

When you enter Quick Record, you'll be in Performance View. Performance View is your toolkit, the place where you'll set your effects and actually record audio for your Tracks.

Tap the + icon after launching Voloco and select Quick Record.

1. Preset

Tap to load or save Custom Presets. See Presets.

2. FX

Select the effect Voloco uses to process your audio input.

3. Compressor, EQ, Echo, Reverb

Important in any vocal mix. Compression, EQ, Echo and Reverb help to sculpt and fill out your sound. Tap each icon to select a preset.

The name below each icon shows the preset currently loaded, so you can read the whole chain at a glance without opening it. An icon with a diagonal line through it is bypassed.

4. Waveform

Shows a live waveform preview of your audio input.

5. Vocal Monitor

Toggle whether you hear your audio input while recording. This does not mute audio input before you tap Record.

6. Add Beat

Select your Backing Track. Choose from Voloco Beats, a track from your iTunes library (iOS only), or browse the Files app for audio.

7. Record

Tap to start recording. Tap again to stop.

8. Mix

Set the recording and monitoring levels of your audio. In a Project this sits in the Edit View toolbar instead. See Mix.

9. Project Settings

Open Project Settings to set the Key and Scale, tempo, and audio options for this Track.

Editing a Quick Recording

When you tap the Record button again to end your recording, the Edit view appears.

All effect controls work the same as in Performance View, and you can change your FX, Compressor, EQ, Echo, Reverb, Key and Scale after recording, along with the following options.

Mix

Control the recording and monitoring levels of audio.

Crop

Tap to crop the beginning or end of your Track. See Crop.

Record More

Tap to convert your Quick Recording into a full Project so you can add more Vocal channels. See Creating a Project.

Continue

Tap to enter the Review view, where you can master, download or publish your Track. See Review.

Video

When you select Video, Voloco records video and audio at the same time. Your camera captures the picture, your microphone captures the sound, and Voloco's effects are applied live as you perform. It's the fastest way to make something for social media.

Tap the + icon and select Video.

Recording

1. Camera

Your camera fills the screen. What you see is what gets recorded.

2. Switch camera

Swap between the front and rear camera.

3. Effect slots

Three slots sit above the controls. Each holds an effect Preset, and tapping one switches to it instantly while you record. See Switching effects while you record.

4. Mix

Set the level of your Live vocal monitoring.

5. Preset and effect chain

The same controls as elsewhere in Voloco. See Creating a Project.

6. Add Beat

Choose a Backing Track to perform over.

7. Record

Tap to start, tap again to stop.

Switching effects while you record

The three slots above the controls let you change your sound mid-take without opening any menus.

A slot reads LONG PRESS TO EDIT until you assign something to it. Long press a slot to choose a Preset, then tap that slot at any point, including while recording, to switch to it.

This is useful for changing character between a verse and a hook, or dropping to a clean vocal for a line.

Editing

When you stop recording, the Edit view appears.

1. Mix

Adjust levels.

2. Transport

Jump to the start, play and pause.

3. Crop

Trim the beginning or end. See Crop.

4. Full screen

Hides the Preset row and effect chain so the video and the crop timeline get more room. Tap again to bring them back.

5. Continue

Move on to Review.

You can still change your effects here, exactly as you can after a Quick Record.

Review

Name your video and listen back, then tap Save to Library.

Creating a Project

New Project gives you the full Voloco experience. This is your toolkit, the place to set effects and record audio across multiple Vocal channels.

Tap the + icon and select New Project.

1. Back

Return to the Library. Tap to save changes to your Track.

2. View Controls

Toggle between Edit View and the Lyrics Pad.

3. Project Settings

Open Project Settings to set the Key and Scale, tempo, and audio options for this Project.

4. Layers

Tap to select a Vocal channel to enable for recording. Tap the cassette or Beat icon to open the Vocal channel menu.

5. Add Layer

Add another Vocal channel.

6. Edit Controls

Undo, redo, Edit Segments, Crop, Mix and the metronome. See Editing.

7. Vocal Controls

Tap to enter Live Vocals view and edit your FX, Compressor, EQ, Echo and Reverb.

8. Vocal Monitor

Toggle whether you hear your own audio input while recording. You'll still hear your voice until you tap Record.

9. Add Beat

Select your Backing Track. Choose from Voloco Beats, a track from your iTunes library (iOS only), or browse the Files app for audio.

10. Record

Tap to start recording. Tap again to stop.

Project Settings

Tap the treble clef and gear icon at the top right to open Project Settings. This is not the app's Settings screen, which is reached from your Library.

Key & Scale

Set the tonal center and scale for this Project. See Keys & Scales.

Tempo

Set the Project tempo. See Tempo.

Tempo

The tempo value adjusts only the metronome and grid display. It does not change the speed of your audio.

1. Automatic

Voloco detects the tempo of your Backing Track. Turn this off to set it yourself.

2. Tempo

Tap plus or minus to adjust, or use 1/2x and 2x to halve or double the value. Useful when Voloco detects the tempo at twice or half what you're feeling.

3. Grid Start Offset

Shifts the grid so it lines up with the first beat of your Backing Track, in case the track doesn't start exactly on the beat.

Live Vocals View

Tap any of the Vocal Controls, or swipe up on the Vocal Control panel, to enter Live Vocals view. Here you can shape your vocal sound before or during recording. Swipe down to exit.

1. Preset

Load or save Custom Presets. See Presets.

2. Effect chain

FX, Compressor, EQ, Echo and Reverb, in the order they process your voice. The name under each icon shows the Preset currently loaded, so you can read the whole chain without opening anything.

3. Waveform

A live preview of your audio input.

Every effect has a toggle in its panel. Switching it off bypasses that effect while keeping its settings, and the icon in the chain shows a diagonal line through it.

FX

FX selects the effect Voloco uses to process your audio input.

Scroll through the effect groups, then tap a Preset to load that sound. Each group has a short description of the sound it's going for.

For effects with pitch correction strength or arpeggiator speed settings, those controls appear when the effect is selected.

EQ

EQ, or equalizer, works by lowering or amplifying certain frequencies of a sound, whether high, low, or mid-range, to create a color or overall tone. Use EQ to make your voice brighter or warmer, or to cut out problem frequencies.

The EQ panel shows a live spectrum: the gray shape is your voice as it comes in, and the blue line is the curve being applied to it.

Mid-range scoop

A widely used effect that lowers the mid-range, creating a combination of crisp highs and deep lows.

Brightness

Adds a sheen to high-end sounds, including the sibilance of consonant sounds.

Low and high boost

Similar to mid-range scoop, but works by turning up the low and high range rather than cutting the middle.

Vocal clarity

Accentuates notable frequencies in the vocal range for clear, up-front vocals.

Telephone

Cuts the low and high end, leaving the middle for a canned, phone-like sound.

Compressor

One of the most widely used audio effects. Compression reduces the dynamic range of a signal, the difference between loud and quiet, which lets it sound heavier, clearer and more powerful.

Rap

All-around vocal compression to add definition to rhythm.

Pop

Adds depth to the low-middle range with a crisp high end.

Moderate

A more subtle effect, compatible with most vocals.

Parallel compression

Mixes the compressed signal with your original uncompressed signal for a lighter effect. Adds clarity and dynamics while keeping the volume boost and punch of compression.

Blasted

Intense compression. Loud and clear, with less dynamics. Useful for heavy tracks, but can be overbearing on a softer one.

Echo

Echo adds delay to your audio to evoke space or add a rhythmic effect. Echo speeds are linked to your Project's tempo.

Right to left

Stereo delay that bounces back and forth.

8th note bounce

Fast 8th note delay to accentuate fast vocal runs.

Resonant buzz

Also known as slapback delay. Really fast.

Slinky

Moderately fast delay with a long decay for a spacious sound.

Coin drop

Fast stereo delay with a louder presence in the mix.

Reverb

Reverb creates the sound of a space for your vocals to sit in, whether large or small.

Stereo width

A wide reverb effect, best heard in headphones.

The rest evoke spaces described by their names: Large hall, Small club, Long and narrow, Cathedral, and Medium room.

Presets

You can group FX, Compressor, EQ, Echo and Reverb settings into a custom Preset and recall it anywhere in Voloco.

Tap the Preset row in Live Vocals view to expand the Preset drawer.

Tapping a saved Preset loads it, updating all five effects at once. Tap Save As to save your current settings as a new Preset. Tap ... on a saved Preset to rename or delete it.

About Keys & Scales

Almost all Western music is in a particular key. When you hear someone say "in the key of D," that means the pitch D sounds like the home sound, the most stable note in the key. This stable, home note is sometimes called the tonic.

There are 12 notes in most Western music.

Scales are a collection of notes in a certain key that evoke a certain sound or emotion. Generally speaking, most people hear major keys as happy or bright, and minor keys as sad or dark. Scales are chosen by the way the notes relate to one another, and you can have the same kind of scale in a different key. C minor and D minor both evoke that same sad sound, but have different home notes.

Try experimenting with the different scales in Voloco to discover what feeling each one evokes for your Track.

Keys & Scales

Open Project Settings and tap Key & Scale.

Automatic

When this is on, Voloco detects the Key and Scale of your Backing Track and sets them for you. Turn it off to choose yourself.

Key selects the tonal center of your Track from the 12-note scale. Scale selects which notes Voloco will move your voice to. Voloco takes your audio input and moves it to the closest note in your selected Key and Scale, in real time.

Major

One of the most commonly used scales in Western music. A generically happy, warm tone. Major third, major 7th.

Minor

Also one of the most commonly used. A generically sad, cold, serious tone. Minor third, minor 6th, minor 7th.

Harmonic Minor

The same as Minor, but with a major 7th. Associated with a spooky mood in popular culture.

Whole Tone

Each note is a whole step above the last. This produces a classic horror or fantasy sound.

Just Intonation

Uses a series of whole-number ratios to create a scale, rather than dividing an octave into 12 equal notes. Useful if your backing track is tuned in just intonation, sometimes called pure intonation.

Major Pentatonic

One of the most commonly used scales globally. A five-note scale consisting of a tonic, a major 2nd, a major 3rd, a 5th and a major 6th.

Minor Pentatonic

Similar, with a minor 3rd. Also very common globally, and close to the blues scale with a few fewer notes.

Blues

Similar to the minor pentatonic, with a distinctive sharp 4th between the 4th and 5th that gives it the bluesy tone.

Chromatic

Every note in the 12-note system. Corrects your audio to the closest note without giving the scale any particular color.

Pitch Correction vs. Vocoder

Voloco's effect presets use one of two types of vocal processing: pitch correction and vocoder effects.

Pitch correction works by detecting the incoming pitch of your vocals, then calculating the closest desired pitch within a specified key or scale. Pitch correction was used sparingly in high-end studios until 1997, when it became widely available thanks to improvements in mathematical signal processing. These effects give a more modern sound, common in contemporary hip-hop, R&B and pop.

The vocoder sound dates back much further, to the late 1920s, and consists of multiple channels of information processed in real time. Vocoders capture the vocal characteristics of the voice: the formant, or tone, the sibilance, and the pitch. These are then applied to a carrier signal, which in Voloco's vocoder presets is a synthesizer tone. This allows a musical tone, such as a synth, guitar or violin, to take on vocal characteristics and talk.

Vocoders were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s and can be heard in countless funk, boogie, experimental and krautrock recordings, as well as in house, techno and trance from the 1990s onwards.

Experimenting with both types is the fastest way to find the right tone for your Track.

Loop Zone

Loop Zone repeats a section of your Project so you can work on one part without restarting each time.

Double tap the timeline ruler to add a Loop Zone, then drag its start and end to set what gets looped. The looped range is highlighted, and playback and recording stay inside it until you clear it.

Useful for getting a hook right, or for layering several takes over the same few bars.

Lyrics Pad

Tap the pencil icon at the top of the screen to open the Lyrics Pad. Your lyrics stay available while you record.

Lyrics are saved by title. The next time you open the Lyrics Pad, a list of your saved lyrics appears. Tap + to create a new set, or tap ... next to an existing one to share or delete it.

You can write lyrics yourself, or use the Auto Lyrics option, which generates lyrics using AI from a prompt. Note that generated lyrics are experimental.

Editing

Editing is where you refine your mix and effects, manipulate Segments, or crop your Track. Tap the Edit View toggle at the top of the screen, the waveform icon to the right, to enter Edit View.

Tapping any audio channel selects it for recording, and the selected channel is highlighted.

If you record over part of an existing Segment, the new Segment overwrites the existing one ahead of the playhead. Add a new Vocal channel to preserve both.

1. Back

Leave the Project and return to your Library.

2. Layers

Tap to select a Vocal channel for recording. Tap the cassette or Beat icon to open the Vocal channel menu.

3. Add Layer

Add another Vocal channel.

4. Segment

A recorded portion of audio. Tap to open the Segment menu.

5. Undo / Redo

Step back or forward through your most recent changes.

6. Edit Segments

View and change the FX, levels and panning on each Segment.

7. Crop

Trim the beginning or end of your Track. See Crop.

8. Mix

Open the Mix view. See Mix.

9. Metronome

Toggle the metronome click. Set its volume in Project Settings.

10. Vocal Monitor

Toggle whether you hear your own audio input while recording.

11. Rewind

Jump to the beginning of the Track.

12. Record

Tap to start recording. Tap again to stop.

13. Play

Play from the current position.

14. Continue

Commit your edits and continue to Review.

Drag anywhere on the timeline to scrub through your Track.

Editing Segments

You can move and trim Segments, or change the volume, panning, Compressor, EQ, Reverb and effect on each individual Segment, even within one audio channel.

Tap a Segment to select it. Press and hold to drag it along the timeline, or drag the endpoints to trim it.

FX & Volume

Show the effect and volume controls for this Segment.

Time Shift

Push this Segment backwards or forwards in time to adjust for latency or a delayed performance. See Time Shift.

Fade

Fade the Segment in and out. See Fade.

Copy

Copy the Segment. Scrub to where you want it, tap the cursor, then tap Paste.

Split

Split the Segment at the cursor. Use this to move part of a Segment, or to change effects in the middle of a take. Split only appears when the playhead is inside the Segment.

Denoise Voice

Remove background noise from this Segment. See Denoise Voice.

Remove

Delete this Segment without deleting the Track.

Working with tracks

Tap the cassette or Beat icon beside any lane to open the Vocal channel menu.

Mute

Silence this track. Its icon changes to a crossed-out speaker and its waveform dims.

Solo

Play only this track. A blue S appears beside it. More than one track can be soloed at a time.

Rename

Give the track a name, such as Hook or Adlibs, instead of Vocals 1.

FX & Volume

Open the effect and volume controls for the whole track.

Remove

Delete the track and everything on it.

Crop

1. Tap the Crop button in Edit View.
2. Drag the Start and End sliders to pick the beginning and end of your Track. Crop affects the entire Project, including all audio tracks.
3. Tap Crop again to commit.

The cropped-out section stays on screen grayed out, and won't be played or exported when you save. You can change or remove the crop later.

Pinch to zoom on the waveform while cropping for finer control. The strip along the bottom shows the whole Project, with a window you can drag to move around it.

Mix

Control the recording and monitoring levels of your audio. A colored meter shows input volume, turning red if the input is peaking.

Auto Mix

Balance your vocal tracks against your Beat in one tap. See Auto Mix.

Live

Your vocal monitor. Disabled when no headphones are connected. Note that when you adjust this level, any newly recorded Segment is automatically set to that level.

Vocals

Control the volume of each Vocal channel. This is independent of Segment volume, and the two are summed in your mix.

Backing Track

The volume of your Beat in monitoring and recording.

Tap the icon of any channel to mute it or open its FX & Volume controls.

Review

The Review view appears once you tap Continue after a Quick Record, or the pink arrow after recording in a Project.

When you enter Review, your audio is flattened into a single track for exporting.

1. Artwork

Tap to add artwork from your camera roll or take a photo. You'll crop it to a square. Use high-resolution, clear artwork with no copyrighted material.

2. Name

Tap to edit. This name is saved in your Library and used for any exported files. By default Voloco names your Track after the effect you used, for example Natural Tune C Major.

3. Mastering

Apply Auto Mastering to your finished Track. See Auto Mastering.

4. Waveform

Listen back, see the waveform and scrub through your audio.

5. Share

Collaborate, download as audio, or download as video.

6. Save to Library

Save your Track. You can share or export it later from your Library.

7. Publish

Publish your Track to Voloco. See Publish.

Auto Mastering

Mastering is the last step before you share a Track. It sets the overall loudness and balance so your music holds up next to commercially released music.

Auto Mastering optimizes loudness, clarity, and balance with just one tap.

Tap Mastering in the Review view. Your Track starts on Original, which is no mastering at all.

Pick a preset, listen back using the player at the bottom, then tap Apply. Tap Reset to return to Original.

Presets are grouped into five categories, plus a Custom option.

Publish

The Publish view appears once you tap Publish in the Review view. This lets you publish your Track to Voloco to share with others, even if they don't have the app installed.

1. Artwork

The artwork you chose in Review. Tap to change it.

2. Track Name

Name your Track as it will appear online.

3. Description

Say something about your Track. You can @mention other Voloco users and add #hashtags, both of which become tappable links for listeners. Up to 250 characters.

4. Collaborators

Credit other Voloco users who worked on the Track. Search for them by username. Once they accept, they appear as creators of the Track alongside you.

5. Genre

Select the closest genre to your Track's style to help listeners discover it.

6. Beat

If you used a Beat from Voloco Beats, it's shown to listeners so they can make their own Track with it.

7. Publish

Publish your Track to Voloco. You can then copy a link and share it with friends or on social media.

Sharing Clips to Social Media

You can share your music in two ways: a 15-second clip from a published Track, or a full-length video of any Project.

Sharing a 15-second clip

Tap the ... next to your published Track on your Profile, then tap Share.

Use the scrubber to choose which 15 seconds to share. The preview shows what your clip will look like: your artwork, the Track name and your username.

Tap Continue, then choose where to send it. The list comes from the apps installed on your device, so anything that accepts a video will appear.

Downloading a full-length video

Tap the three dots next to the Project in your Library, then tap Download as Video.

You can also reach this from the share icon in the Review view, or from the Publish screen.

Project Name

The name your video file will be given.

Lyrics

Choose whether your lyrics appear on screen. See Adding lyrics to your video.

Tap Download to render the video. This takes a little time, and you can cancel while it runs.

Adding lyrics to your video

Tap Lyrics on the Download as Video screen to choose where the words come from.

Auto Transcribe Lyrics

Voloco listens to your vocals and works out the words. Useful when you haven't written anything down.

Your saved lyrics

Any lyrics you wrote in the Lyrics Pad for this Project appear here. Choosing these gives a more accurate result than transcription.

Tap Save, then Download.

Library

Your Library holds everything you've recorded. Tap Library at the bottom right of the screen.

Tap a Track to play it. You can edit and share your work from here at any time.

1. Filters

All, Projects, Videos and Quick Records. Tap to narrow the list.

2. Sort

Order your Library by Date Modified, Date Created, or Name.

3. Search

Find something by name.

4. Settings

Your account, cloud backups, privacy and help. This is the app's Settings screen, separate from the Project Settings inside a recording session. See Settings.

5. Track

Shows the name, date, length, and icons for how it was recorded and whether it's backed up.

6. More

Tap the three dots for everything you can do with a Track.

The Track menu

Open

Open the Project for further editing.

Back up project

Save a copy to the cloud. See Cloud Backups.

Restore backup

Replace the version on your device with the backed-up version. Only appears when a backup exists.

Publish

Publish to Voloco. See Publish.

Collaborate

Send the Project to another Voloco user. See Collaboration.

Download as Audio

Save the audio to your device.

Download as Video

Save a video, with optional lyrics. See Sharing Clips to Social Media.

Rename

Change the name.

Delete

Remove the Project from your device.

Cloud Backups

Cloud backups keep a copy of your Projects online, so you can restore them if you lose your device or reinstall Voloco.

Auto Backup never runs while you're recording or in Performance View, so it can't interfere with a take.

Each Track in your Library shows its backup state:

A failed backup retries automatically up to three times. If it keeps failing, check your connection and retry it from the Track menu.

Open Settings from the Library to manage backups.

Backups Used

How many of your available backups you've used.

Restore your backups

Browse your backed-up Projects and bring one back to this device.

Auto Backup

Back up automatically as you work.

Back up on Cellular

Allow backups over mobile data as well as Wi-Fi.

Recovering unsaved work

If you leave Voloco without saving, Voloco keeps your Project and offers it back the next time you open the app.

You can also save before leaving by tapping the Back button in Performance View. Tapping Discard permanently deletes your recording.

Collaboration

You can collaborate with other Voloco users to complete your Project. Send your full session, with all vocals, Beats, FX and Segments, to let your collaborators add verses, mixdowns and more.

Sending a Project

To begin, tap the three dots next to the Project in your Library, then tap Collaborate.

Your Project uploads first, which can take a little time on a large session.

Copy Link

Copies a link you can send however you like, outside Voloco.

Send as a Message

Search for a Voloco user and send the Project to them directly. Voloco confirms before sending: this duplicates your Project and sends the copy to your collaborator.

Receiving a Project

Your collaborator receives a Direct Message with a link. Tapping the link adds a copy of the Project to their Library.

They edit that copy, not your original, so nothing you send can overwrite the work you keep. You can go back and forth as many times as you like, each of you sending the edited Project back, until it's ready to publish.

Importing

Want to use a beat that isn't on Voloco Beats? Voloco can import audio files from your device, and can separate vocals from instrumentals even in a flattened mix.

Importing a file

Tap the + icon, then Import. Choose audio from a video in your camera roll, from iTunes (iOS only), or from your Files.

Once you've chosen a file, Voloco asks what to do with it.

Import As-Is

This will import the entire audio file as a beat in a new project.

Separate Vocals

This will isolate the vocal layer in your audio file and allow you to add vocal FX.

Your imported file appears as its own track, labeled with its filename.

Separating vocals

Separation takes a little time. Voloco imports the file and splits it in two: the vocals land on their own track, and everything else becomes your Beat. Both open together in Edit View. While the tool is powerful, working with an original instrumental is always ideal, and you may hear digital artifacts in the result.

Using Voloco with BeatStars

Voloco has partnered with BeatStars, the world's most popular marketplace for buying and selling beats, so you can record over any Beat in the BeatStars library that allows free downloads.

Download the BeatStars app from the App Store or Play Store, browse for a beat, then tap Record to load the Beat into a new Project in Voloco. The Record button carries the Voloco logo, so it's easy to spot.

Voloco opens and imports the Beat, which takes a moment. The Beat then appears as its own track in your Project, labeled with its name, and its artwork replaces the Add Beat button.

Licensing

Many free beats contain an audio watermark tag placed by the beatmaker, and you may still need to purchase a license through BeatStars if you plan to release your Track commercially.

You can buy a BeatStars license for many beats from within Voloco by tapping Buy License on the Beats page.

Uploading your own beats

BeatStars is the exclusive partner for Beats on the Voloco platform. To add your Beats to the directory, subscribe to BeatStars with a paid account, then upload your Beats to your BeatStars profile. A Voloco Artist page is generated automatically, and you can claim it to customize it and grow your fanbase.

Settings

Open Settings from your Library by tapping the gear icon.

Your Profile

A Voloco Profile lets you showcase your Tracks and Beats, and favorite other users' work.

Tap Sign In to Voloco to create a Profile or sign into an existing one with Google, Facebook, or Apple (iOS only).

Once signed in, tap your name at the top of Settings to view your Profile. Here you can see your published Tracks and Beats, and edit your profile picture, username and bio.

You can also sign in and edit your Profile at voloco.resonantcavity.com.

General (iOS only)

Hide DRM tracks in iTunes

Automatically hides tracks in your iTunes library that contain Digital Rights Management and can't be loaded into Voloco.

Projects

Backups Used

How many of your available cloud backups you've used.

Restore your backups

Browse your backed-up Projects and restore one. See Cloud Backups.

Auto Backup

Back up your Projects automatically as you work.

Back up on Cellular

Allow backups over mobile data as well as Wi-Fi.

Beats

How to Upload Beats

Explains how to get your own Beats into the Voloco Beats library through BeatStars. See Using Voloco with BeatStars.

Privacy

Show personalized ads

Toggle whether personalized ads are enabled throughout the app.

Receive offers from BeatStars

Toggle whether BeatStars can send you offers.

Help

What's New

What changed in the latest version of Voloco.

Video Tutorials

Links to Voloco's YouTube channel, covering the basics along with more advanced techniques.

Rate / Review (iOS only) Rate or review Voloco in the App Store.

Permissions (iOS only) Links to the iOS Settings app, where you can grant Voloco access to your microphone, camera, Siri and Search, notifications, Background App Refresh and cellular data.

Reset In App Tutorials

Show the in-app tips again from the beginning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Links to the Voloco FAQ.

Contact Support

Opens an email to Voloco support, pre-filled with your app version, device model and operating system version.

Legal

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Links to each document.

Voloco Premium

Manage subscription

View your subscription status, and renew, change or cancel it. Also where you'll find Restore past purchases, which brings back your Premium subscription if you've deleted and reinstalled Voloco.

Account

Sign out

Sign out of your Voloco account. You can sign back in with Google, Facebook or Apple (iOS only).

BeatStars Account

Manage the connection to your BeatStars account.

Delete Account

Permanently deletes your account.