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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES

DAW-Ready Sessions: the easiest way to start

DAW-Ready Sessions let you work directly inside your DAW instead of building everything from scratch. If you want a ready-to-open session with everything organised for you, this is the best place to start.

Jump to your DAW

What's already done for you

Each session opens with the library already:

  • organised into Song Kits, so you stay in one sound world at a time
  • arranged by song section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and so on — so you can build an arrangement fast
  • labelled by key and BPM, so everything locks together and stays easy to mix and match

Same musical content as the WAV files. Just packaged so it's faster and more intuitive inside your DAW.

No session for your DAW?

Pick Other on your download page and take the WAV files instead — same music, same separate parts, labelled by tempo and key. You build the session yourself rather than opening one that's already built.

And tell us which DAW you're using. We track those requests and they decide which sessions we build next. If it's one we can support soon, we'll let you know.

Choose your DAW below to get started.

Logic Pro

1) Find your Logic Pro session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click Logic Pro.
  4. Your Logic Pro Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the Logic Pro project

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete Logic Pro session, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .logicx file.

4) A quick tour

  1. The track list runs down the left-hand side.
  2. Tracks are organised by instrument — Acoustic Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddles and more.
  3. Some tracks sit inside a Track Stack. Click the small triangle to expand or collapse it.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Click M to mute a track, S to solo it.
  2. You can mute or solo an entire Track Stack from the main stack track.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Copy, reorder and repeat sections to build your own arrangement.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. Find the tempo display in the main control bar at the top.
  2. Click the number, type a new BPM, and press Return. You can also click-drag the value.

10) Tempo and key changes

  1. Already set up for you. Change the project tempo and the audio follows without configuring anything.
  2. If you want to go further later, the two Logic settings to explore are Flex & Follow and Flex Mode. You don't need either to get started.
  3. Tip: big tempo moves can make audio feel tighter or looser. Start small and work outward.

Pro Tools

1) Find your Pro Tools session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click Pro Tools.
  4. Your Pro Tools Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder or File Explorer, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the Pro Tools session

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete Pro Tools session, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .ptx file.

4) A quick tour

  1. You'll mainly work in the Edit Window — your timeline and clips.
  2. The Track List runs down the left-hand side.
  3. Tracks are organised by instrument.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Click M to mute a track, S to solo it.
  2. Mute what you don't want and you've got a smaller arrangement in seconds.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Copy, reorder and repeat sections to build your own arrangement.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. Open the Transport window: Window → Transport.
  2. Click the Tempo field, type a new BPM, and press Enter.
  3. Can't see the tempo controls? In the Transport window, enable MIDI Controls — it's off by default on many systems and reveals them.

10) Tempo and key changes

  1. Already set up for you. Change the session tempo and the audio follows without configuring anything.
  2. To change the key: select the tracks you want to shift, select the clips on them, open Elastic Properties, and adjust Pitch Shift in semitones.
  3. Tip: leave drums and percussion alone unless you're pitching them deliberately as an effect.
  4. Big tempo or pitch moves can make audio feel tighter or looser. Start small and work outward.

GarageBand

Using an iPad or iPhone? GarageBand for iOS can't open Mac GarageBand projects — use the WAV files instead. Jump to the iPad and iPhone steps →

1) Find your GarageBand session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click GarageBand.
  4. Your GarageBand Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the GarageBand project

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete GarageBand session, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .band file.

4) A quick tour

  1. The Track List runs down the left-hand side.
  2. Tracks are organised by instrument.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Mute is the speaker icon in the track header.
  2. Solo is the headphones icon.
  3. Mute what you don't want and you've got a smaller arrangement in seconds.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Copy, reorder and repeat sections to build your own arrangement.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. Set the project tempo from the project controls at the top of the window.
  2. Click the tempo value, type a new BPM, and press Return.

10) Change the key

  1. Set the project key from the same controls area at the top.
  2. Click the Key value and choose the one you want.

11) A note on GarageBand

  1. GarageBand handles tempo and key, but it's more limited than the bigger DAWs for heavy stretching.
  2. Make small moves first.
  3. For a big change, the easiest route is usually picking a Song Kit that's already closer to the tempo or key you want.
  4. Optional: enable Follow Tempo & Pitch so regions conform more predictably.

12) GarageBand on iPad and iPhone

GarageBand for iOS is a different app from GarageBand on a Mac, and it can't open Mac GarageBand projects. Projects only travel one way: something you build on an iPad will open on a Mac, but not the other way round. So the .band session above won't open on your iPad or iPhone.

Use the WAV files instead. GarageBand for iOS imports WAV, AIFF, Apple Loops, AAC and MP3, so you get exactly the same recordings — you just place them yourself.

  1. On your download page, pick Other and download the WAV files.
  2. Unzip them on the device: in the Files app, press and hold the ZIP and choose Uncompress.
  3. Open your song in GarageBand and set the song section length to Automatic. Skip this and your files get trimmed to the length of the current section.
  4. Tap the Tracks button, then the Loop Browser, then Files.
  5. Tap Browse items from the Files app and find your downloaded files.
  6. Drag a file into Tracks view and line its left edge up with the bar where you want it to start.
  7. Repeat for as many parts as you want, then build from there.

Got a Mac or PC too? Use the DAW-Ready Session there instead. It opens with everything laid out and named, which saves you placing parts by hand.

Cubase

1) Find your Cubase session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click Cubase.
  4. Your Cubase Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder or File Explorer, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the Cubase project

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete Cubase session, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .cpr file.

4) A quick tour

  1. In the Project window, the Track List runs down the left-hand side.
  2. Tracks are organised by instrument.
  3. Some tracks sit inside Folder Tracks. Click the triangle to expand or collapse.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Click M to mute a track, S to solo it.
  2. Muting a Folder Track mutes everything inside it.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Copy, reorder and repeat sections to build your own arrangement.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. Use the Transport Panel tempo field to set your BPM.
  2. If your project uses tempo changes, enable Activate Tempo Track on the Transport Panel.

10) Tempo and key changes

  1. Already set up for you. Change the project tempo and the audio follows without configuring anything.
  2. To change the key: add a Transpose Track to shift by semitones across a section, or transpose selected events directly for quick experimenting.
  3. Tip: leave drums and percussion alone unless you're pitching them deliberately as an effect.
  4. If you want to go further later, the settings to know are Musical Mode (what lets audio follow project tempo) and the time-stretch algorithm — élastique Pro — Time is the best-quality default for natural stretching.

Ableton Live

1) Find your Ableton session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click Ableton.
  4. Your Ableton Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder or File Explorer, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the Ableton project

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete Ableton project, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .als file.

4) A quick tour

  1. The session opens in Arrangement View — the horizontal timeline where the song is laid out.
  2. Track names run down the left-hand side, organised by instrument.
  3. Related tracks may sit inside a Group Track. Click the triangle on the group header to expand or collapse.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Click the numbered button in a track header to deactivate (mute) that track.
  2. Click S to solo it.
  3. Muting or soloing a Group Track affects everything inside it.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro. Locators along the top of the Arrangement View mark where each one begins.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Select a section, copy it, and drop it wherever you want.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save Live Set As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. The tempo field sits at the top-left of the Control Bar.
  2. Click the number, type a new BPM, and press Enter.

10) Tempo and key changes

  1. Already set up for you. The audio is warped, so changing the project tempo is all you need to do.
  2. To change the key: select the clips you want to shift, open Clip View at the bottom of the window, and use Transpose to move them in semitones.
  3. Tip: leave drums and percussion alone unless you're pitching them deliberately as an effect.
  4. Big tempo or pitch moves can make audio feel tighter or looser. Start small and work outward.

Studio One

1) Find your Studio One session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click Studio One.
  4. Your Studio One Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder or File Explorer, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the Studio One song

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete Studio One song, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .song file.

4) A quick tour

  1. You'll be in the Arrange view — the timeline with your tracks.
  2. Track names run down the left-hand side, organised by instrument.
  3. Related tracks may be grouped inside a Folder Track. Click the triangle to expand or collapse.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Click M to mute a track, S to solo it.
  2. Muting a Folder Track mutes everything inside it.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Copy, reorder and repeat sections to build your own arrangement. The Arranger Track is the fastest way to move whole sections at once.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. The tempo field sits in the Transport bar at the top of the window.
  2. Click the value, type a new BPM, and press Enter.

10) Tempo and key changes

  1. Already set up for you. Audio events follow the song tempo, so changing it is all you need to do.
  2. To change the key: select the events you want to shift, then use Transpose in the Inspector to move them in semitones.
  3. Tip: leave drums and percussion alone unless you're pitching them deliberately as an effect.
  4. Big tempo or pitch moves can make audio feel tighter or looser. Start small and work outward.

Reaper

1) Find your Reaper session

  1. Open your We Sound Human Download Library page.
  2. Find your product.
  3. Under Which DAW do you use?, click Reaper.
  4. Your Reaper Session appears first, marked START HERE. Click Download and wait for it to finish.

2) Unzip the download

  1. Open Finder or File Explorer, then go to your Downloads folder.
  2. Double-click the ZIP file to unzip it.
  3. When it finishes you'll see a new folder with the session inside.

3) Open the Reaper project

  1. Open the unzipped folder. Inside, you'll see multiple folders — each one is a Song Kit.
  2. Each Song Kit is a complete Reaper project, recorded at a specific tempo and key, exactly as it was recorded on the session date.
  3. Folder names carry the kit number, the BPM, the key, and sometimes a time signature. How to read the folder names →
  4. Open any Song Kit folder and double-click the .rpp file.

4) A quick tour

  1. The Track Control Panel runs down the left-hand side.
  2. Tracks are organised by instrument.
  3. Related tracks may sit inside a folder track. Click the folder button on the parent track to collapse or expand.

5) Play and listen

  1. Press Spacebar to play and stop.
  2. Start by listening to the whole arrangement so you can hear the overall sound.

6) Mute and solo instruments

  1. Click M in the track panel to mute a track, S to solo it.
  2. Muting a folder track mutes every track inside it.

7) Song sections and arrangement

  1. Sessions are laid out by section — intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro. Markers along the top of the timeline show where each one begins.
  2. You don't have to keep this structure. It's a starting point.
  3. Copy, reorder and repeat sections to build your own arrangement.

8) Save your own version first

  1. Before changing tempo, key or arrangement, go to File → Save Project As…
  2. Save a new version with a new name, so the original stays clean.

9) Change the tempo

  1. The BPM field sits in the Transport bar.
  2. Click the value, type a new tempo, and press Enter.

10) Tempo and key changes

  1. Already set up for you. Items follow the project tempo, so changing the BPM is all you need to do.
  2. To change the key: select the items you want to shift, open Item Properties (F2), and adjust Pitch in semitones.
  3. Tip: leave drums and percussion alone unless you're pitching them deliberately as an effect.
  4. Big tempo or pitch moves can make audio feel tighter or looser. Start small and work outward.

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