Listening to a SAMPLY Player
A Samply account is not required for listening to any player, and you can listen to a player on any device and any browser. In order to get the best listening experience, we suggest using our iOS app – you can get the app using these instructions.
Audio Options
Playback for all players is gapless. The Audio Options button at the bottom of the Player allows you to enable lossless audio and loudness matching for the Player. Refer to Playback Basics for more specifics about lossless audio and loudness matching.
Download Files
If the creator of the Player has enabled downloads, there will be a “Download” button to the right of the “Share” button on the player.
A/B Listening
For tracks that have multiple versions, it can be beneficial to listen to each version side-by-side. In order to compare versions of a track A/B, first click on the track for which you want to compare versions and click play. Once you pause the current version and click on another version, that version will be automatically advanced to where you stopped the first version.
Comments
To leave a comment, click on the “comment” button that is shown on the track that is currently playing. Or if there are already some comments, you can also click on that “wafer”.
Note: If you do not see this option, comments are most likely disabled for the Player. You might want to ask the person who sent you the Player to double check that they’ve turned comments on. When you open the File Preview, you will see a view similar the one shown below. A waveform and comment input box.
To leave a comment, simply type your message into the text input and hit “send” (paper airplane icon). This will attach your message to this file for others to see.
Leave a time-coded comment
If you want to leave a comment at specific point in time along the audio file, click on the “clock” icon. When enabled, the current time will be displayed to the right of the clock. As soon as you start typing, Samply records where you are currently in the track (you’ll see the time stop counting up). You can take your time typing because when you hit “send” that message will be placed exactly where the track was when you began typing. Tip: Sometimes it’s nice to sit back and listen, then just hit a random key whenever you hear something noteworthy. That way the time is locked in, even if you haven’t figured out exactly how to phrase your message yet.
