Running a live studio session

A studio session is a real-time recording you run with your client. You drive it from your desktop. They join from a link on their phone. You walk the yap list together, hit record, retake until it's right, and each take lands in your inbox as it finishes uploading.

It's the "done-with-you" capture mode — built for the client who pays you to make the content actually happen.

Studio sessions are in Beta and included on every plan while we iron it out.

Open your client's studio

Every client has their own studio. Open Studios in the side nav and pick the client. (Studios were created automatically the first time you added them, so the surface is already there.)

You'll see two things on the studio page:

• The yap list — what you plan to record this session. Each entry is a hook + a few talking points.
• The director link — the URL your client opens on their phone to join the session.

Plan the session

Add the shots you want to capture. For each yap:

1. Click Add yap.
2. Type the hook — the line you want them to open with.
3. Add 2–4 talking points as bullets so they don't run dry mid-take.
4. Drag to reorder. The order is the order you'll walk through them live.

You can skip planning entirely and add yaps on the fly during the session — they appear in the list as soon as you add them.

Share the director link

Click Share director link and send it however your client prefers — text, email, WhatsApp. The link is a permanent capability URL tied to that one studio, so the same client can open the same link for every future session.

When they open it on their phone, they'll see a "waiting for the producer" screen. As soon as you start the session from your end, the link lights up on their device.

Start the session

When your client is connected, you'll see them on your studio screen and the Start recording button comes alive next to the first yap.

For each yap:

1. The current hook + talking points show up on your client's phone, big and readable, so they don't have to remember anything.
2. Hit Start recording. They see a countdown, then the camera goes hot.
3. Direct them through the take (see Directing takes and reactions).
4. Hit Stop recording when you're done.
5. If it's a keeper, click Next yap. If not, Retake records another take of the same yap.

Each take lands in your inbox as soon as it finishes uploading — you'll see the thumbnail snap into the yap row in the studio so you know it's safely on its way.

Wrap the session

When you're out of yaps (or out of time), hit End session. The studio summarizes what got captured, flags any uploads still finishing, and lands you back on the client's studio page.

From there, every recorded take is already in your inbox as a normal yap — ready for AI Cut, captions, and export, exactly like an async yap would be.

A few things to know

• Talking over the client during recording — by default you're muted to their video so your direction doesn't end up in the final cut. Hit Talk anyway if you want to be audible (and recorded — useful if you're playing the interviewer).
• Bad take, no problem — Retake doesn't delete the previous take, it just adds a new one. Pick the keeper from the inbox afterward.
• If their upload fails — the bytes stay buffered on their phone, and the producer panel surfaces a banner so you can ask them to retry without losing the take.

Related

• The director view on mobile — what your client sees.
• Directing takes and reactions — how to coach a take in real time.