Before You Start
When students open a shared recording, they usually control playback themselves. During a live session, they can follow the instructor's playback and listen to the selected stems on their own devices.
Ask students to bring headphones, and project your mixer if you want them to see which stems are playing.
Leading a Session
As a course instructor or authorized guest instructor, you can open a course recording in the Session Rack, open Split actions, and choose Start sharing playback. Play, pause, move to a passage, change speed, or solo a stem as you teach. Students who follow will receive those changes. You cannot share playback from Personal work or a public link.
Leave your tab visible, since hiding it pauses playback. The app reserves control for you in 90-second intervals and renews it while you lead, preventing another instructor from taking over during that time. Finish with Stop sharing playback in Split actions to return followers to independent listening.
Following a Session
To join, you can open the same recording from the class folder, open Split actions, and choose Follow instructor. If playback is blocked, choose Join shared audio, since the browser requires an initial click.
Your mute switches still control which stems play on your device, even when the instructor plays every stem. Choose Stop following for independent control. If the connection drops, choose Retry session connection, then Follow instructor again.
Playback Delays
Students may take a few seconds to catch up when you move to a different point in the recording. Allow time for everyone to reach the passage before discussing it.
If a student hides the tab, their audio pauses. When they return, they can choose Join shared audio to resume. Course access and note permissions still apply, and Listening Guy conversations are not part of shared playback.