# Band / Multiplayer: Add Etherpad-like feature to the editor?

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/band-multiplayer-add-etherpad-like-feature-to-the-editor/7275>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/band-multiplayer-add-etherpad-like-feature-to-the-editor/7275 "2022-11-16T19:56:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![T\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@T\_X](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/T_X)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/band-multiplayer-add-etherpad-like-feature-to-the-editor/7275/1 "2022-11-16T19:56:58Z")

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I was wondering how multiple people could use Sonic Pi to compose together. One topic/suggestion I find here in the forum is this one: [How to sync multiple computers for a "band" setup?](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-to-sync-multiple-computers-for-a-band-setup/898)

Another idea that came to my mind: Instead of syncing the audio, maybe just add an Etherpad-like ([https://etherpad.org/](https://etherpad.org/)) feature to the editor? That way multiple people could work on the same code at the same time over the network.

Either this could run over some server instance. Pros: Easy to implement and sync. Cons: Someone needs to configure and run a server instance that is reachable for all participants.

Or a more fancy, flexible approach, at least when on the same network link layer, would be to implement a decentral communication via multicast, where anyone could just join if they know and set the correct “band name” and optionally a password. The “band name” could be mapped to an IPv6 multicast group address. So no need to setup a central server, no need for a user to type a specific IP address or domain name to connect. But would be a bit more tricky to sync and would usually not work over a typical internet connection, usually only link-local.