The Library is your central hub for managing all metadata and contract terms in Tone. Keeping this information accurate and up to date ensures your royalty calculations run smoothly every period.
Use the guide below to understand every page and field in the Library and set up your catalog with confidence.
Track Title — The title of the track (song).
ISRC — The International Standard Recording Code is a unique 12-character identifier used to distinguish an individual sound recording.
Version — The version of the song that is being listed here. For example, if it is the original version, you can leave this field blank. If it is a secondary version you can enter that here, e.g. explicit, radio edit.
Track Artist — The lead artist associated with this track.
Label — The label responsible for the release of this track.
P Line — The “P line” stands for “performing rights,” and it refers to the copyright information for the composition of the song. This includes the songwriters, the music publisher, and any other parties who hold rights to the composition of the song.
Duration (mm:ss) — The length of the track in minutes:seconds format. Must be greater than 0:00.
Reports Mechanicals — Check this box if Tone should process mechanicals for this track. Songwriters and mechanical licenses can be entered in the mechanical rates section.
Notes — Please enter any important information about this track that has not been entered in the previous columns.
Linked Releases — This column is automatically filled with the # of releases that are currently linked to the track.
Linked Contracts — This column is automatically filled with the # of contracts that are currently linked to the track. Sales generated by the track will abide by the rates and terms in these contracts.
Status — In this column, you can click on the Save button to finalize your data or see that a track is currently “In Use” in your catalog.
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This sheet allows you to add alternate track identifiers to specified tracks in bulk.
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