Getting Started Guide

The left sidebar

The screenshot below is from a DISCO account on the Pro plan with the Discovery Suite add-on.

Browse

The Browse area contains a feed of all the content on your DISCO that you can access (excluding Playlists from Inboxes that haven't been imported yet). There are four tabs in the Browse area: Playlists, Tracks, Albums, and Artists.

Starred

Starred is a feed of your Starred items in your DISCO. These items include any content you have uploaded in DISCO, or that you have added to your Starred items (by clicking the star icon). This is useful for curating a personal collection separate from other users in your DISCO. Like Browse, there are four tabs in the Starred area: Playlists, Tracks, Albums, and Artists.

Search

For more information, check out our Search Feature Guide.

Inboxes

Inboxes are where you can receive files from other users on and off DISCO. To move items from an Inbox to your DISCO, you can Star them, and they will appear both in your Browse and Starred areas.

For more information, check out our Inboxes Feature Guide.

Discovery Suite

Discovery Suite may or may not appear in your DISCO, as it is a paid add-on that requires an additional subscription.

• Check out our Discovery Suite Feature Guide.
• Discovery Suite includes Auto-tagging, Catalogs, Instant Instrumentals, Instant A Capella, Lyric Transcription, and Similarity Search.
• Check out our School of DISCO Discovery Suite course!

Contacts

Contacts is found under the Tools section on the left sidebar of your DISCO.

For more information, check out our Contacts Feature Guide.

Email Creator

Email Creator is found under the Tools section on the left sidebar of your DISCO.

For more information, check out our Email Creator Feature Guide.

Mailing Lists

Mailing Lists are found under the Tools section on the left sidebar of your DISCO.

For more information, check out our Mailing Lists Feature Guide.

Insights

Insights is found under the Tools section on the left sidebar of your DISCO.

For more information, check out our Insights Feature Guide.

Watermarking

Watermarking is found under the Tools section on the left sidebar of your DISCO. Watermarking may or may not appear in your DISCO as it is a paid add-on that requires an additional subscription.

For more information, check out our Watermarking Feature Guide.

Channels

For more information, check out our Channels Feature Guide.

The top-right menu

The top-right menu is where you can Invite Users to your DISCO and access your Notifications.

The Account Switcher

Click on the arrow ⌄ to the right of your Business Name to access the Account Switcher. From here, you can navigate to your Settings and account information, switch to Other DISCOs (only applicable if you are a User on multiple DISCO accounts), Log out, Refer a friend, and view our Product changelog and Privacy policy.

The Support menu

The Support menu, which is a circular question mark button, is located in the bottom-right corner of your DISCO. You can use this to reach out to our Support team if you like. Don't be shy, ask us anything 😊

Tracks

Files that you upload to your DISCO are known as Tracks. You can access all your Tracks from the Browse area.

Playlists

Playlists are like customizable one-page websites with unique URLs that can be shared with recipients for streaming and/or downloading your Tracks. You can access all your Playlists from the Browse area.

The Playlist Creator

When you first sign in to your DISCO, you should start by uploading Tracks. There's a few ways to do this, but perhaps the most common is by using the Playlist Creator on the right side of the page.

To collapse or expand the Playlist Creator, click the arrow > <.

To upload Tracks, you can drag and drop them from your computer into the Playlist Creator:

or from Apple Music:

The Tracks will be uploaded, processed, and added to your DISCO in the Browse area!

Check out this quick video for a demonstration of uploading and sharing your Tracks!

The Explorer

When you click on a Playlist, Track, Album, or Artist in the Browse area, it opens in a new column to the right. When you click on another item (e.g. a Track in a Playlist) in the new column, another new column is opened to the right, and so on. These columns make up the Explorer. This is the core of the DISCO workflow and helps you intuitively and creatively move through your music and files, speeding up the process of creating new Playlists.

To navigate through Explorer columns, use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the screen. If needed, you can update your Settings to make the Explorer columns wider.

Search

After uploading Tracks, you can find them using Search. This search pulls results from your Track metadata.

For more information on searching in your DISCO, check out this Feature Guide.

Saving a new Playlist

To save your uploaded Tracks as a Playlist, click the Save button in the Playlist Creator.

This will open the Save Playlist window, where you can give your Playlist a Name and enable any of the desired Playlist Settings (including Content Settings, Security Settings, or Browse Settings) by switching the toggles to ON. You can also add Playlist tags, or add your Playlist to a Channel. When you're done, click the Save Playlist button.

Sharing a Playlist

After saving your Playlist, a share link will be generated. You can copy this link, or click Share this playlist.

For more information on sharing Playlists, check out this article.

Here's what your Playlist looks like by default from the Playlist Share page:

Depending on the Content Settings* you selected previously, recipients you share the Playlist with will be able to stream the tracks, download them individually, or download them all at once on a page with your branding.

*If the Streaming only toggle under Content Settings was enabled, recipients will not be able to download your Tracks.

At DISCO, we strive to provide our users with the highest level of security. Although we do everything we can to make sure that the DISCO ecosystem is secure, security on any cloud-based software must be a responsibility shared between the service provider (us) and the users (you). Security is a shared responsibility because, without your help, nothing we can do solely on our end can make your account 100% secure.

Think about it like this -- the landlord in your apartment building installed steel doors and the best deadbolts money could buy, but if you were to start leaving your door propped open, or handing out copies of your keys to strangers, it would not be very secure.

Similarly, if you were to start posting the password to your DISCO online, or sharing your DISCO account with another user, you would be putting your account at risk, and failing to uphold your shared responsibility. We ask that you always be vigilant with your DISCO by adhering to your security responsibilities as a DISCO user, listed below.

You are responsible for:

If you have any questions about any of these responsibilities, please contact our Support team via chat or email.

You can manage Tracks and Playlists, use Channels and Inboxes, update Settings, and more with the DISCO mobile app!

At a glance

The DISCO mobile app is available on both iPhone and Android.

A DISCO account is required to sign in and use the mobile app.

User interface and experience

Mobile app vs. desktop web

The mobile app version of DISCO looks and functions differently than the desktop web version (meaning you are accessing your DISCO from a web browser on your computer). The mobile experience is designed for quick, on-the-go use, and as a result, there are fewer supported features and actions than on desktop.

Mobile app tabs

At the bottom of the app, there are three tabs: Home, Inboxes, and Notifications.

• From the Home tab you can access: Recent Playlists, Recent Albums, Recent Tracks, and Recent Channels.
  • You can also use the Search bar at the top to search within your DISCO.
    
• From the Inboxes tab, you can access all your Inboxes.
  
• From the Notifications tab you can view and clear your notifications.
  

Supported features and actions in the mobile app

Tracks

• View your Tracks:
  1.  Tap Home.
  2. To the right of Recent Tracks,  tap See all.
     
• Upload Tracks:
  1.  Tap Home.
  2. In the top-right corner,  tap the plus icon +.
     
  3.  Tap Upload a track.
  4. Find the desired file on your mobile device and  tap on it.
  5.   Tap on a Playlist name under Recents to add the Track to that Playlist, or tap + Create new playlist.
  6. The Track will be uploaded to that Playlist.
• Stream Tracks:
  1.  Tap on the Track to start streaming. The player will open at the bottom of the screen.
     
• Share Tracks:
  1.  Tap the Track Menu (⋯).
     
  2.   Tap Share.
• View Track Information:
  1.  Tap the Track Menu (⋯).
  2.  Tap View track information.
• Edit Track Information*
  1.  Tap the Track Menu (⋯).
  2.  Tap Edit track information.
     *not all Track information can be edited via the mobile app
• Make offline music: The Make offline option allows you to stream music in the DISCO mobile app without an internet connection and without downloading the files locally to your phone!
  • Offline Tracks:
    1. Tap the Track Menu (⋯).
    2. From the Track Menu, tap Make offline.
       
  • Offline Playlists:
    1. Tap on the Playlist to open it.
       
    2. In the top-right corner, tap the Playlist Menu (⋯).
       
    3. From the Playlist Menu, tap Make offline.
       

Playlists

• View your Playlists:
  1.  Tap Home.
  2. To the right of Recent Playlists,  tap See all.
     
• Create Playlists:
  1.  Tap Home.
  2. In the top-right corner,  tap the plus icon +.
     
  3.  Tap Create new playlist.
• Edit Playlists: 
  1.  Tap on the Playlist to open it.
     
  2. In the top-right corner,  tap the Playlist Menu (⋯).
     
  3.  Tap Edit playlist.
• Share Playlists:
  1.  Tap the Playlist Menu (⋯).
     
  2.  Tap Share.
• Delete Playlists:
  1.  Tap the Playlist Menu (⋯).
  2.  Tap Delete playlist.
• View Playlist Stats:
  1.  Tap the Playlist Menu (⋯).
  2.  Tap Stats.

Inboxes

• Access your Inboxes:   Tap the Inboxes tab at the bottom of the screen.
• Open an Inbox to view messages and files:
  1. At the bottom of the screen, tap Inboxes.
  2. Tap on the desired Inbox to open it.
     
• Copy Inbox link:
  1.  At the bottom of the screen, tap Inboxes.
  2.   Tap on the desired Inbox to open it.
  3.   Tap either the link icon or the Copy link button.
     

Channels

• View and access your Channels:
  1. From the Home tab, to the right of Recent Channels,  tap See all.
     
  2. Tap on a Channel to open it.
     
• Add content to Channels and Folders:
  1. From the Playlist Menu (⋯) or the Track Menu (⋯), tap Add to channel.
     
  2. Tap on the Channel or Folder name.

Search

• Search in your DISCO: From the Home tab,  tap Search and type a search term in the search box.
  

Team / Users

• Invite Users to your DISCO:
  1. From the Home tab, at the top-right corner of the screen, tap on your avatar.
  2. From the Settings page, scroll down to the General section and  tap Invite to the team.
     
  3. From the Invite team page, enter the user's information and  tap Send.
     

Settings

• Access the Settings page: From the Home tab, at the top-right corner of the screen,  tap on your avatar.
  
• Update your User details: From the Settings page,   tap the pencil icon to the right of your name. Here you can edit your First Name and Last Name.
  
• Enable or Disable Notifications: From the Settings page, under Notifications, tap to set the Push Notifications toggle to ON or OFF.
  
• Access your offline music: From the Settings page, scroll down to the Your Music section and  tap Offline music.
  

Notifications

• View your Notifications:  Tap the Notifications tab at the bottom of the screen.

Getting Support

If you have any questions or need help, you can contact our Support Team via the DISCO mobile app

1. From the Home tab, at the top-right corner of the screen,  tap on your avatar.
2. From the Settings page, scroll down to the General section and tap Contact us.
   
3.   Tap Contact Support and then tap either Email support or Chat to support.
   

You can use DISCO on your computer or mobile device. If you're using a mobile device, we recommend using our mobile app, available on both Android and iOS, but you can also use a web browser (e.g. Chrome, Safari, etc) on your mobile (often referred to as "mobile web").

At a glance

When using DISCO on mobile web, the interface and navigation are slightly different than on desktop web:

Some functionality is also limited, but you can still perform plenty of core DISCO actions, such as:

• managing Playlists
• streaming Tracks and Playlists
• sharing Tracks and Playlists

Logging in to your DISCO on mobile web

1. Open a web browser on your mobile device (e.g. Chrome, Safari, etc). For demonstration purposes, we will use Google Chrome.
2. Type your DISCO URL into the address bar. (Depending on your browser, it may appear at the top or bottom of the screen.)
3. Tap the arrow, the return button, the go button, or whichever option is available on your browser.
   
4. Enter your email address and password, and tap the Sign in to DISCO button.
   
5. If Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled on your DISCO, you will be prompted to enter the verification code from your authenticator app and tap the Verify button.
6. You will then be redirected to your DISCO.

Mobile web interface and navigation

Browse area:
After logging in to your DISCO on mobile web, you will see the Browse area.

The Explorer:
There is no horizontal scrolling on DISCO via mobile web, only vertical scrolling. So when you tap on a Track or Playlist to open it, you can't scroll left to get back to Browse. Instead, use the arrow buttons < > in DISCO (not in the browser) to go back and forth.

The left sidebar:
Tap the hamburger menu in the upper-left corner to open the left sidebar.

The Playlist Creator:
 Tap the plus button in the top-right corner to open the Playlist Creator. Alternatively, tap the arrow < to expand or > to collapse the Playlist Creator.
Log out:
Tap the hamburger menu, scroll to the bottom, and  tap Log out.

Managing Playlists on mobile web

Create Playlist:

1. Tap the Track menu (⋮) and  tap Add to Playlist Creator.
   
2. To open the Playlist Creator,  tap the plus button in the top right corner. Alternatively, tap the arrow < to expand it.
3. Tap where it says Untitled playlist to give your Playlist a name. Then  tap the Save button.
   

Edit Playlist:

1. Tap the Playlist menu (⋮) and  tap Edit playlist.
   
2. Your Playlist will open in the Playlist Creator. Here you can:
   • rename the Playlist
   • remove tracks from the shortlist using the Track menu (⋮)
   • reorder the Tracks by using your finger to drag them
   • add sections from the Playlist Creator menu (⋮)

Update Playlist Settings:

Tap the Playlist menu (⋮) and  tap Playlist Settings.

Access Playlist Stats:

Tap the Playlist menu (⋮) and  tap Stats.

Streaming on mobile web

From within your DISCO:

1. Tap on the Track artwork to open the player.
2. The Track will start playing and the player will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you  tap on it, a larger player will open.
   
3. From here, you can hold down on the waveform and drag it left and right to scrub through the Track:
   
4. To return to your DISCO,  tap the arrow ⌄ at the top-left of the screen:
   

From a Track share page:

1. Tap the play button on the Track artwork to open the player.
   
2. The Track will start playing and the player will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you  tap on it, a larger player will open.
3. From here, you can hold down on the waveform and drag it left and right to scrub through the Track.
4. To return to the share page,  tap the arrow ⌄ at the top-left of the screen.
   
   

From a Playlist share page:

1. Tap on the Track artwork to open the player.
   
2. The Track will start playing and the player will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you  tap on it, a larger player will open.
3. From here, you can hold down on the waveform and drag it left and right to scrub through the Track.
4. To return to the share page,  tap the arrow ⌄ at the top-left of the screen.
   

Sharing Tracks and Playlists from mobile web

Track and Playlist share pages, regardless of where you shared them from (e.g. desktop, mobile app, or mobile web), will still work perfectly fine and look great when accessed from mobile web.

Track Share page:

1. Tap the Track menu (⋮) and  tap Share.
2. Choose a sharing method from either the Copy URL or Embed tab.
3. This is what your Track share page will look like on mobile web:
   

Playlist Share page:

1. Tap the Playlist menu (⋮) and  tap Share.
2. Choose a sharing method from either the Share or Copy URL tab.
3. This is what your Playlist share page will look like on mobile web:
   

Q: When navigating through playlists and tracks, how do I go back?

Each time you click on a Playlist or Track in your DISCO, it opens in a new column to the right in the Explorer. As more columns open, a horizontal scrollbar will appear at the bottom of the screen. To go back and forth between columns, use the scrollbar to scroll left and right.

Q: What browsers does DISCO support?

DISCO supports all the major browsers:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari 
• Opera
• Microsoft Edge

For best performance, we recommend always using the most recent version available for your browser.

Q: What languages is DISCO available in?

DISCO is available in English, and we're currently localizing parts of the app into Japanese and Korean. Customer support is provided in English, supported by automated translation tools.

Q: How can I use the DISCO API?

If you are on our Enterprise plan, you can use our RESTful API for the following:

• Make POST requests to upload tracks in a variety of formats. Include metadata, tags, lyrics, and custom fields, and use your own data identifiers to map tracks between your systems and DISCO. 
• Obtain track information via GET requests to keep track of changes made in DISCO, tags applied by our auto-tagging, or songs received via your Inbox.
• Build your own UI and have it powered by DISCO.
• Build playlists with tracks and sections and POST these to your DISCO.
• Share existing or new playlists from any other system into other businesses’ DISCO inboxes.
• Delete old Tracks and Playlists - keep things tidy and manage takedowns.
• Use Webhooks to notify you about activity on your playlists.

For more details, check out our API documentation.