Part 3: Create a release
This will walk you through creating your first release.
Prerequisites
1. Launching the Album Editor
To launch the Album Editor, navigate to Catalog > Create new release or click the plus (+) sign on the toolbar on the releases table.
The Album Editor will look like this:
A note about pre-filled data: You will notice that we automatically pre-fill some data for you, including your label name, today's date for the release date, the copyright owner and year, and your preferred genre based on the default genre in your label settings, etc.
2. Fill in your release and track details
Set the release title & artist, as well as the track title & artist, plus all other other mandatory fields (see below for the list of mandatory fields).
To select a track, click the track's tab on the left pane.
To add additional tracks click the "Add Track" button.
Use our meta-data style-guide as a reference to ensure you use the appropriate info in each field.
New artists: Your artist drop-downs will be blank at this stage, since your account is new. To add new artists, just type the artist name into the artist field. You will be prompted with a confirmation message after which the artist will be added to your list and will appear in all artist drop-downs going forward.
3. Upload your audio
Next to each track in the left pane, click on the track you have in mind, and you will see an "upload" button appear under the track name. Click the upload button and select the WAV file from your hard drive. The upload should start immediately and a progress bar will appear.
NOTE: Your uploaded file will not actually be saved to your release until you click the save button. Even though you have completed the file upload, you must click save to apply your changes.
Audio requirements: 44.1kHz WAV 16bit Stereo. We can also accept 48kHz 24bit, but this is experimental. If you do decide to upload higher quality format you should double check your release afterwards to make sure all files were properly processed. FLAC support is temporarily unavailable right now.
4. Ensure all mandatory fields are filled
We require the following fields to prepare a release for delivery. If you have questions about any of these fields, check the tooltips next to each field on the Album Editor to get more info.
Release mandatory fields
Artwork
Release title
Artist name(s)
Catalog number
Release date
Primary genre
Copyright name
Copyright year
Publisher name
Publisher year
Track mandatory fields
Track title
Artist name(s)
Primary genre
Copyright name
Copyright year
Publisher name
Publisher year
Meta-data style guide
Here are a few relevant links to our meta-data style guide to help you with fields related to releases and tracks.
Album artwork requirements Catalogue numbers Special Characters Release Dates Barcodes Artist Names see the full guide
Conclusion
Click Save -- Now that you have finished creating your album, it's time to move on to Part 4: Creating a distribution order.
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