Cadence Listen gives your own recordings a listening space alongside the writing workspace. Open the player from the Cadence control in the Library. Use Add music to import a finished track, or open a song and choose an available audio source.
For artists, the useful question is often “how can I listen to my unreleased songs on my phone?” A local player lets you review an instrumental, demo or finished version without publishing it to a streaming catalogue.
These controls follow the current Cadence app source, checked 23 October 2026. Availability and menu placement depend on your installed version. If a named control is missing, check for an update or contact support.
Import, choose a version and listen offline
Open Listen using the Cadence player control in the Library.
Choose Add music for a local finished track. Let the import complete before trying to play it.
Open a song and choose from the audio sources available for that song. A beat, draft and finished recording can serve different listening tasks.
Use Playlists to group the versions you want to hear together. Start playback, then lock the screen to keep listening using the supported background and lock-screen controls.
Before travelling offline, confirm that the files are saved locally and playable. Remote shared material must be available on the device first.
Follow the player walkthrough. Listening to saved files offline is separate from account services, downloads and sharing, which may need a connection.
Try a listening pass before the next edit
Make a short playlist of three works in progress. Listen once without reading lyrics or looking at the timeline. Note the first moment your attention drops, the lyric you cannot make out and the transition you want to hear again.
On the next pass, choose one change per song. A listening session becomes useful production feedback when it ends with a specific next action: shorten the intro, leave a breath or bring a vocal forward. Return to the DAW or lyric and beat workspace to make that change.
Your files and your device
Keep a separate copy of important recordings. A local music library is not a backup service, and signing into another device does not prove that all audio is available there. Screen-locked listening uses Listen’s playback mode; starting a recording or another audio task can interrupt it.
Use audio files you own or have permission to use. Cadence is not a tool for downloading protected music from a streaming subscription.
Common questions
Can I listen to my own music offline in Cadence?
Yes, Listen plays locally available audio. Import your files and check they play before going offline. Downloads, remote shared material and account services may need a connection.
Can playback continue with the phone screen locked?
Listen implements background playback and lock-screen controls. Use the Listen player; a recording or another audio task can interrupt playback. Availability depends on the installed build and device.
Can I organise beats and unreleased songs into playlists?
Open Listen and use Playlists to group available song audio. Add music imports a finished local track, and a song can offer different available audio sources.
Your words. Your way through.
Tools for your writing. Not writing in your place.
Explore a rhyme, loop a beat, capture a take. You decide what belongs in the song. Transcription helps put your recorded words on the page; it is not a replacement for your voice.
