side by side

Side by side.

We make software for making music, together or on your own. Our first is Tandem: one tidy Live project, every version kept, ready to share when you are.

  • sidebyside.audio
  • · Tandem for Ableton Live 12
  • · Mac and Windows
  • · Free
Meet Tandem About us
Our first product
tandem

Two of you.
One set.

Keep your Live projects tidy and every version safe, on your own. When you want company, take turns on one set and know the other computer can play it before you hand it over.

  • Mac (Apple Silicon) and Windows
  • Ableton Live 12
  • Free
  • Works solo
Tandem, playing on its own · not live
Hear the versions Every save is a version you can play back. Same four bars, three saves.
On your own, too

No more song_v3_FINAL_final2.als

You don't need anyone else to get something out of Tandem. It keeps one set per project with every version behind it, names things the same way every time, and puts files where you'll find them next year.

Your project folder todayThe same project, with Tandem
Night Drive
  • Night Drive v3 FINAL.als
  • Night Drive v3 FINAL sil.als
  • Night Drive v4 (Belle edit).als
  • Backup
  • Audio 0001 [2026-11-10 221503].wav
  • Audio 0002 [2026-11-10 221640].wav
  • bounce final2.wav
  • kick (1).wav
  • Night Drive.als 12 versions in Tandem
  • Samples kick, snare, foley
  • Recordings VOX Lead take 3.wav
  • Bounces Night Drive – faster, pad – 2026-11-12.wav
  • Stems
  • Notes
Tracks in the set
  • 1-Audio default name
  • 4-MIDI default name
  • 4-MIDI twice
  • Audio raw recording
  • bass new
  • DRM Kick
  • DRM Hats
  • BAS Sub
  • PAD Wide
  • VOX Lead

One set with its versions, and the naming check, are in Tandem today. The folder template, renaming to your rules and bounce names are planned.

Get Tandem. It's free.

For Ableton Live 12 on a Mac with Apple Silicon or on Windows. Use it on your own, or share a project with someone through a folder you already sync.

Mac: coming soonApple Silicon, M1 or newer Windows: coming soonWindows 10 or 11 · 64-bit

Version 0.1.1 · Questions? hello@sidebyside.audio

What we make.

One app, and a service that grows out of it. Whatever isn't out yet is marked Planned.

tandem

Out now

The app. Take turns on one set, keep every version, hand back with a ready check. Shares through a folder you already sync: Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive.

Free

sidebyside.audio/tandem →

tandem sync

Planned

We host your projects, so no Dropbox is needed. Taking the set becomes a real lock, live on both computers. The project owner pays; people they invite join free.

€5 / month, planned

Plans and pricing →

Made for
Live first.

Ableton Live 12 Everything: versions, compare, bring a track back, ready check
Logic Pro, Reaper and others Take turns, keep versions, share stems
Mac ⇄ PC Tandem knows which plugins and Live versions each computer has
About Side by Side

Two shapes.
One colour where they meet.

Blue is you, coral is the other person, violet is what you make together. That's the mark, the company and the reason for every tool we build.

[WHO WE ARE: one or two lines about the people behind Side by Side and where you're based]

  • Your files stay yours, in a folder you choose.
  • Works with the music software you already use.
  • Planned things are labelled Planned.