The DAW watcher
Bounce from your DAW and let Conduct pick the file up, match it to the right cue version, and file it for you.
Exporting is the upload
Once a project's folder is connected, Conduct watches it. When you bounce a mixdown out of Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase or anything else, the new file is spotted, matched to a cue version, and filed — without you leaving your DAW or dragging anything into a browser.
You get a notification naming the cue version it matched, with a short window to undo if it guessed wrong.
Desktop only
Watching a folder needs the desktop app. The web app can't see your disk.
Setting it up
- 1
Connect the project's folder.
The watcher runs on the folder you linked as the project's Workspace — there's nothing separate to configure first.
- 2
Bounce a cue from your DAW as you normally would.
Export into the project's folder structure, wherever you normally put mixdowns.
- 3
Watch for the notification.
It names the cue and version it matched the file to.
- 4
If the match is wrong, correct it once.
Conduct remembers the correction and applies it automatically the next time that same folder produces a file.
How it decides where a file goes
- A cue number in the parent folder name wins first — a bounce inside a 3M04 folder goes to cue 3M04.
- The filename is read as a fallback, including version tags like v2 or _alt.
- Anything it can't place confidently is queued for you to link by hand rather than guessed at.
- Corrections are learned per folder, so you only fix a given mistake once.
WAV and AIFF get compressed on the way up
For normal (non-Dropbox-mode) projects, source files are converted to 192 kbps AAC before upload — roughly a sevenfold storage saving, with no audible difference for review. The file you bounced stays untouched on your disk.
Knowing it's actually watching
The Workspace header shows a watch chip. "Watching" means Finder changes will show up here on their own. If it says "Watch unavailable" or "Watching (partial)", Conduct tells you why — the folder was moved, macOS refused permission, or your Mac hit its limit on watched folders.
If the watcher is down, nothing is lost — the folder is still yours and the files are still there. Running a scan by hand picks up whatever changed while it wasn't looking.
Common questions
Do I have to export to a special folder?
No. Export where you already export, as long as it's inside the folder you connected as the project's Workspace. Conduct reads your existing structure rather than asking you to adopt a new one.
It matched my bounce to the wrong cue.
Correct it once from the notification or the review list. Conduct stores that correction against the folder the file came from and applies it automatically next time, so the same mistake doesn't repeat.
Does it upload my full-quality WAV?
In a normal project it converts to 192 kbps AAC before upload — about a sevenfold saving and indistinguishable for review — and leaves your original untouched on disk. In Dropbox mode nothing is uploaded but the preview.
The watch chip says "Watch unavailable".
The chip names the reason. Usually the folder has been moved or renamed, macOS has denied permission to watch it, or your Mac has hit its system limit on watched folders. Reconnecting the folder fixes the first two; a scan by hand always works regardless.
Can I turn the watching off?
Yes — the folder link and the watcher are configured per project in Workspace Settings, and a project with no folder connected simply has nothing being watched.