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SoundPrint

FAQs

Questions answered simply.

What SoundPrint is

What is SoundPrint?

A shareable musical profile in one link. Instruments, qualifications, bands, and highlights, captured as a snapshot anyone can open without an account.

Who is it for?

Musicians who want something quick to send to bandmates, venues, students, or teachers, or just for fun. Share your profile far and wide.

Using SoundPrint

How do I create a profile?

Go to Create, fill in what applies, and generate a shareable link. That link is your profile.

What do I actually need to fill in?

Only your name is required. If your worried about sharing that please make up a 'stage name'. Instruments, qualifications, bands, highlights, and looking-for-band status are all optional, leave out anything that doesn't apply.

How do I share it?

Copy the generated link and send it anywhere. No sign-in is needed to view it.

Can I update a profile after sharing it?

Not the link you already sent as this is tied to the data. Open Create, use "Import from existing link" to load your previous data, make changes, and generate a new link.

How does comparing profiles work?

Go to Compare and paste two shareable links. Both profiles load side by side, with a summary at the top showing shared and distinct instruments and genres.

What's the point of comparing profiles?

It's a talking point, not a contest. There's no score or winner, just two profiles next to each other so you and a bandmate or friend can spot what you have in common and what you don't.

Badges & achievements

What are badges?

Bronze, silver, and gold badges earned from what's in your profile: instrument count, skill level, qualifications logged, and repertoire breadth. There are also one-off badges for having a band, linking a recording, and filling in every section.

How do I earn a badge?

Just fill in your profile. Badges are computed straight from your instruments, qualifications, bands, and repertoire, there's nothing extra to do.

Why do I only see one badge per category?

Each category shows your highest tier only, gold already implies you've cleared bronze and silver for that category.

Where can I see every badge and what it takes to earn it?

The Achievements page lists the full catalogue, earned or not, with what each tier requires.

Are badges saved to my profile?

No. Like the rest of your data, badges aren't stored anywhere, they're recalculated from your profile every time the link is opened. Update your profile and generate a new link to see new badges reflected.

Common pitfalls

I lost my link. Can I recover my profile?

No. There's no account or database behind SoundPrint, the link is the only copy of your data. Keep it somewhere safe. Your data is not stored. Its created and decoded via the URL.

I edited my profile but the old link still shows the old data.

That's expected. Each link is a fixed snapshot, editing always produces a new link rather than updating the old one in place.

Is my profile private?

No. Anyone with the link can view it. Don't share it anywhere you wouldn't want it public.

Why can I only add a few qualifications, bands, or highlights?

Each list is capped by design, five entries. SoundPrint is meant to be a quick highlight reel, not a full CV.

Technical

What is this written in?

Its in Next, TypeScript and Tailwind. Feel free to check out the package.json here https://github.com/JordanAlec/soundprint/blob/main/package.json

How do I log a technical issue?

You can do that here https://github.com/JordanAlec/soundprint/issues

Can I contribute or see the code?

You can view the code here https://github.com/JordanAlec/soundprint. You can fork and create a PR but there are no guarantees on accepting merges.