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Basic Usage

This guide covers the fundamental concepts and workflows for using SyncDNA effectively.

Understanding Projects and Sessions

SyncDNA organizes your work using a hierarchical structure:

  • Projects are the top-level containers that organize related work
  • Sessions exist within projects and represent individual collaboration instances

This structure allows you to:

  • Keep related sessions organized together
  • Manage permissions at the project level
  • Maintain a clear overview of all your collaborative work

Creating Your First Project

To start using SyncDNA, you need to create a project:

New Project

Click the "New Project" button in the main interface

Create Project

  1. Enter a descriptive name for your project.
  2. Add project collaborators (you can do that later on session level as well).

Your new project will appear in the project list, ready to host collaboration sessions.

Creating Sessions

Within a project, you can create multiple sessions for different collaboration needs:

New Session

  1. Open your project by clicking on it
  2. Click the "New Session" button

Create Project

  1. Enter a descriptive name for your session.
  2. Add guests that will be able to join live meetings.
  3. If you want use a video input device, you can enable live input. The requires a configured video input device.
  4. Enable "Wipe session media on close" to automatically clear all cached media data for guests when they leave a live meeting.

Session Workflow

Once you've created a session, the typical workflow includes:

  1. Connect your DAW/NLE - Add the SyncDNA plugin to link your production software
  2. Configure audio routing - Set up Transmit plugins for audio channels
  3. Invite collaborators - Share the session link with team members
  4. Begin collaboration - Start playback, communicate via video conference, and drop markers

Managing Multiple Sessions

Within a single project, you can maintain multiple sessions for:

  • Different versions of the same content
  • Separate review stages (rough cut, fine cut, final)
  • Different aspects of production (video, audio, color)
  • Various client or stakeholder groups

This flexibility allows you to compartmentalize feedback and maintain organized workflows throughout the post-production process.

Next Steps

Now that you understand the basic structure: