Question 1

What is the CRATEDIG Collaboration Hub?

Accepted Answer

The CRATEDIG Collab Hub lets producers create shared projects and collaborate in real time. Each project has live chat, audio/video calling with sound card support, shared file space for WAV and MIDI uploads, role assignments, and voting on files. Projects can be Original Production, From The Crates (vinyl sampling), or Live Instrument collaborations.

Question 2

How do live producer sessions work on CRATEDIG?

Accepted Answer

Inside any Collab Hub project, producers can start a live session that connects all online collaborators via WebRTC audio and video. The session supports sound card device selection (including audio interfaces like Focusrite or Apollo), studio audio mode with processing disabled for clean monitoring, screen sharing, and camera/mic controls.

Question 3

How do I sell beats on CRATEDIG?

Accepted Answer

Subscribe to CRATEDIG PRODUCER for £1/month, set up your Stripe payout account, then upload your MP3 or WAV beat with cover art, BPM, key, genre, and price. Your beat will appear in the community marketplace immediately. Producers keep 100% of their asking price.

Question 4

What is the CRATEDIG sample archive?

Accepted Answer

CRATEDIG hosts a curated archive of rare hip-hop breaks, soul loops, funk samples, drum breaks, and the most sampled records in music history. All samples are streamable for free. Producers can link archive sounds directly to their From The Crates collaboration projects.

Question 5

Can I chop samples on CRATEDIG?

Accepted Answer

Yes. CRATEDIG PRODUCER members can use the Loop and Chop studio to isolate sections of any sample, set loop points, layer breaks, and assign chops to 16 MPC-style drum pads — all in the browser without any software download.

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