Songwriter’s Studio

the notepad that knows the beat the bridge the chorus.

— for writers who work with beats this one!

the beat-mapping app for serious creatives nah — too corporate

Verse 1 — 16 bars

Every day is a blessingmagical be it beautiful or tragical we’re living and learning feeling & growing — don’t stop! loop it

the map so far ↓

in

verse

chorus

verse

chorus

out

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The songwriter’s problem

Where does the verse start? Is that 00:47 in, or 00:53? The lyrics are somewhere — your phone, your notebook, a voice memo you half-remember recording. The beat is a flat, unlabelled waveform and you’re scrubbing through it. — every working songwriter. toca.la exists to end it.

??? four minutes of this and the hook is in there somewhere

voice memo 47 what even is this one.
recorded it in a car?

notes app 3 versions of verse 2
& none of them
are dated

the napkin genuinely the best
line I wrote all
year. gone.

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The workflow Four steps from a beat
to a finished draft.

1

Load the beat

Drag in any MP3, WAV, AAC or FLAC. BPM and key are detected automatically. Your audio never leaves your browser — nothing uploads.

2

Map the structure

Sections get placed for you — intro, verse, chorus. Drag the dividers to fine-tune. Edit lengths in bars and the boundary snaps to the beat.

3

Write section by section

Every section gets its own lyrics panel. Loop it while you write. Set a pre-roll count-in. Drop cues at the tricky spots. Record rough vocal takes.

4

Rehearse & share

Switch to Rehearse for full-screen teleprompter mode — the active section lights up as the track plays. Export lyrics, or share the session as a link or QR.

step 2, drawn out ↓

in

verse

chorus

verse

chorus

out

note to self you can drag the
dividers and adjust
the sections

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What you’ll see inside I printed it out
so I could scribble on it.

toca.la Magical — Lady Daisey Save

Write Rehearse

in verse chorus verse chorus out

94 bpm

Intro 4 bars

Verse 16 bars

Every day is magical
be it beautiful or tragical
we’re living and learning

Chorus 8 bars

the write tab — loop a section, write into it, move on

→ the whole thing runs in a browser tab. no install, no plugins, no account.

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Everything included Built around how
songwriters actually work.

Song Map Colour-coded sections on a visual waveform. Bar numbers, not just seconds. Drag the dividers or set lengths precisely — neighbours adjust themselves.

Section Looping Loop any section with one tap. Set a 1 or 2 bar count-in so the drop never catches you off guard. Write while it plays — the loop never stops.

Rough Vocal Takes Hit REC and capture takes over any section while the beat plays. Multiple takes each, drawn as waveforms. Compare, keep, or bin them.

Cue Points Drop markers inside a section. Jump straight to the tricky last two lines without scrubbing. Cues show on the timeline and the section card.

Rehearse Mode Full-screen teleprompter. Big type, and the active section glows as the track plays. Tap any section to jump. Stand up and perform the whole song.

Private by Design Everything runs in your browser. Your audio never touches a server. Sessions save locally. Share lyrics, links or QR codes — only what you choose.

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Who it’s for If you write to a track,
this is your studio.

Songwriters Vocalists Rappers R&B artists Co-writers Voice actors Bedroom producers Spoken word artists

Ready to write? Load a beat.
Start writing.

Under sixty seconds from landing here to writing. Free forever for the core studio.

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free · no signup · no install · any device

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