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Onboarding & Using Tone

How to Add a Team Member

Log In Issues & Error Messages

Labels and Artists Outside the US

The Onboarding Checklist

Artists & Payments

How to Edit Payee Accounts

How to Enable Payments in Tone

Navigating the Payments Page

Tone Payment Processing Fees (US-Based Companies)

What Happens to Funds that Aren’t Paid Out?

Navigating Insights

Navigating the Insights Dashboard

Sales Statements

How to Upload Sales Files

How to Process Sales Files in Tone

How to Build a Sales File Template

Navigating the Sales Explorer

Navigating the Sales Tool

Sales File Processing Glossary

Sales File Processing Troubleshooting Guide

Understanding the Sales Timeline

Costs & Expenses

Navigating the Costs Tool

Understanding Cost Recoupment in Tone

Contracts & Catalog

Contracts & Catalog Glossary

How to Manage Catalog Metadata for Royalty Processing in Tone

How to Add Payees to Tone

How to Add and Invite Payee Users in Tone

How to Manage Contracts for Royalty Processing in Tone

How to Manage Sales & Cost Rates in Tone

How to Simulate Royalties with Tone’s Contract Simulator

How to Use Tone’s Spotify Importer Tool

How to Manage Unmapped Catalog

How Do I Choose Which Sales Calculation Basis to Use?

How to Use the AI Contract Tools

Managing Contract Groups

Navigating the Contracts & Catalog Hub

Recording Manual Transactions

Tone AI: Your personal contract expert

Royalty Periods

How to Run a Royalty Period

How to Review a Royalty Period

How to Review Sales in a Royalty Period

How to Review Costs in a Royalty Period

How to Review Statements in a Royalty Period

How to Review Contracts in a Royalty Period

How to Review Catalog in a Royalty Period

How to Review Payments in a Royalty Period

How to Review a Closed Period

How to Recalculate a Published Royalty Period

Navigating the Royalties Hub in Tone

Troubleshooting Your Royalty Calculations: When and How to Make Adjustments After Publishing a Royalty Period