Using itunes Producer 2.9 for Music

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1 Using itunes Producer 2.9 for Music apple

2 Contents Introduction 4 What s New 4 Organization of This Document 4 Getting Additional Information 5 Getting Started 6 What is itunes Producer 2.9 for Music? 6 System Requirements 6 Supported Formats 7 Installing itunes Producer 2.9 for Music 8 Starting itunes Producer 2.9 for Music 9 Creating Your Album 12 Creating an Album from a CD 13 Creating an Album from Audio Files 14 Opening an Existing Package 15 Looking Up Metadata for an Existing Album 16 Creating an Album from a File 17 Describing Your Album 22 Providing Album Details 22 Entering Album Information 23 Entering Album Rights and Pricing 26 Providing Track Details 28 Entering Track Information 29 Entering Track Lyrics 33 Entering Track Rights and Pricing 34 Providing Localization Details 35 Adding Localizations 36 Delivering Your Album 38 Sending Your Package to the itunes Store 38 Sending Your Log Report to Apple 39 2

3 Contents Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone 40 Creating Your Ringtone 41 Describing Your Ringtone 41 Providing Ringtone Details 41 Delivering Your Ringtone 47 Sending Your Ringtone to the itunes Store 47 Sending Your Ringtone Log Report to Apple 48 Featured Tasks 49 How do I deliver an album that is available for pre-order sales? 49 How do I renumber tracks within my album before sending it to the itunes Store? 50 Can I save a preliminary version of my album before sending it to itunes? 51 What elements can I update in my album? 51 Why is editing disabled for my album? 52 Can I sort information within itunes Producer windows? 53 I don't see any activities in the Choose an Activity window. What should I do? 53 How do I deliver an itunes LP along with my album? 53 How can I check the history and status of packages? 55 How do I create a custom territory group for my album? 55 How do I deliver a digital booklet along with my album? 56 Glossary 59 Revision History 61 Index 63 3

4 Introduction This guide describes itunes Producer 2.9 for music, Apple s tool for preparing and sending your music for sale in the itunes Store, and the steps necessary to install and use itunes Producer 2.9 for music. What s New itunes Producer 2.9 for music contains the following enhancements: Improved user interface. itunes Producer for music now includes separate primary and secondary genre pop-up menus, each displaying the entire genre hierarchy. For details, see Entering Album Information (page 23), Entering Track Information (page 29), and Entering Ringtone Information (page 42). Enhanced validation and error feedback. itunes Producer 2.9 for music provides enhanced validation for the UPC/EAN/JAN and ISRC fields and error feedback for the album and tracks Artist and Role fields. For details, see Sending Your Package to the itunes Store (page 38). Additional metadata information. itunes Producer for music now includes digital booklet and itunes LP information when looking up the metadata for an existing album. For details, see Looking Up Metadata for an Existing Album (page 16). Parental advisory support for digital booklets. Using itunes Producer 2.9 for music, you can now specify a parental advisory (Clean, Explicit, or None) to indicate whether or not a booklet contains explicit content. For details, see Entering Track Information (page 29) and How do I deliver a digital booklet along with my album? (page 56). Organization of This Document This guide is organized as follows: Getting Started (page 6) provides an overview of itunes Producer 2.9 for music, describes the system requirements and supported formats, and outlines the steps you must take to install and start using itunes Producer 2.9 for music. Creating Your Album (page 12) describes how to create an album to submit to the itunes Store. 4

5 Introduction Getting Additional Information Describing Your Album (page 22) explains how to prepare your album for delivery to the itunes Store by providing details about the album and tracks. Delivering Your Album (page 38) provides details on how to deliver your album to the itunes Store for processing and how to send Apple a log report if you encounter errors during delivery. Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone (page 40) describes how to create, prepare, and deliver your ringtone to the itunes Store and how to send Apple a log report if you encounter errors during delivery. Featured Tasks (page 49) features some of the top tasks performed using itunes Producer 2.9 for music. Glossary (page 59) defines terms you ll encounter as you read this guide. In addition to the sections listed above, a revision history and index are provided for your reference. Getting Additional Information If you need to request technical assistance or would like to provide feedback about itunes Producer 2.9 for music, visit the Contact Us page in itunes Connect at or choose Help > Submit Feedback to send an to your itunes Technical Account Manager at [email protected]. Click in the Choose an Activity window to display this Using itunes Producer 2.9 for Music guide. AppleCare support is not available for this product. 5

6 Getting Started This section provides an overview of itunes Producer 2.9 for music, including system requirements, supported formats, and the steps you must take to install and start using itunes Producer 2.9 for music. What is itunes Producer 2.9 for Music? itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music is a tool to help you prepare content for sale in the itunes Store. Using itp, you can encode your music into Apple Lossless Core Audio Format (CAF) files, upload cover art, enter album and track or ringtone details, and send your album or ringtone and all your prepared files as an itunes Store Package (itp package) directly to Apple s itunes Store. System Requirements itunes Producer 2.9 for music requires a Macintosh with an Intel Core processor, at least 512 MB RAM, and Mac OS X v10.6 or later installed. Apple recommends at least 20 GB of available space (more for larger music catalogs) and a broadband Internet connection with an upload rate of 1MB/sec or faster. The following table lists details about the servers itunes Producer 2.9 for music uses to deliver content to the itunes Store. For the best upload experience, verify that all of the ports and IP addresses are accessible. Server IP Address TCP Port UDP Port itmsdav.apple.com n/a contentdelivery.itunes.apple.com * n/a vgr101.apple.com vgr102.apple.com vgr103.apple.com vgr104.apple.com vgr105.apple.com

7 Getting Started Supported Formats Server IP Address TCP Port UDP Port vgr106.apple.com vgr107.apple.com vgr108.apple.com sgr201.apple.com sgr202.apple.com sgr203.apple.com sgr204.apple.com sgr205.apple.com sgr206.apple.com sgr207.apple.com sgr208.apple.com Notes: * Indicates a required port. To deliver content, you must open at least one of the ports. Because Apple periodically releases new versions and updates to its software, servers listed in the table might change mid-release. Supported Formats itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music supports the import of uncompressed audio files. When importing your music keep the following in mind: itp supports audio files with appropriate file extensions (.wav,.caf,.m4a,.flac) encoded in a lossless format (Linear PCM or ALAC). itp supports audio files with data encoded using linear PCM (CD audio) or Apple Lossless format. Audio for pre-cut ringtones must be between 5 and 30 seconds in length. There is no maximum length for standard songs. Apple recommends the following specifications: 16 bit or higher bit depth and 44.1 khz or higher sample rate. 7

8 Getting Started Installing itunes Producer 2.9 for Music Note: itp can import AIFF audio files from a CD or a top-level removable device (for example, a USB memory stick). You can use your keyboard to perform many of the same actions you perform using the mouse. With full keyboard access, you use the Tab key, arrow keys, and Space bar to move to and select or enable items on the screen. Installing itunes Producer 2.9 for Music You can install and run itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music on the Mac OS X operating system. To install itp on Mac OS X: 1. Click the itunes Producer link in the itunes Connect home page: itunes Connect displays the itunes Producer Software and Documentation page with installation and documentation downloads. 2. Click the itunes Producer 2.9 link to download the self-extracting installation package (itunesproducer_2.9.dmg). 3. Review the Read Before You Install itunes Producer file. 4. Double-click the installation package (itunesproducer.pkg) and follow the instructions that appear. Note: When installing itp on the Mac, before you can install the software, you must log in to your computer as a member of the administrator group. 5. Read the installation introduction, and then click Continue. 8

9 Getting Started Starting itunes Producer 2.9 for Music 6. Click Install to perform the standard installation. The installation package installs files in your Applications folder. Type your administrator password and click OK, if prompted. 7. Click Close. Open the itp application by double-clicking the itunes Producer.app icon in the Applications folder, or the folder you specified during a custom install. You are now ready to begin using itp. For more information, see Starting itunes Producer 2.9 for Music (page 9) later in this section. Starting itunes Producer 2.9 for Music Before you can use itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music to create content for the itunes Store, you must initialize itp by providing your itunes Connect login information at startup. 1. Double-click the itunes Producer.app icon in the Applications folder. 2. Read the Software License Agreement, and then click Accept. itp opens the Welcome to itunes Producer window. 9

10 Getting Started Starting itunes Producer 2.9 for Music 3. Type your itunes Connect login information (Apple ID and password) in the Welcome to itunes Producer window, and then click Next. itp verifies your itunes Connect login information and stores your Apple ID and password for future itp operations. Initializing itp with your itunes Connect login information is account-specific. If you share your machine with other users with different itunes Connect login information, you can each have your own Apple ID and password setting for itp. 4. Click Next. itp displays the Choose an Activity window so you can begin using itp. For more information, see Creating Your Album (page 12) later in this guide. If the Choose an Activity window does not display any activities, you do not have an active contract with itunes. You must complete the contract process before you can deliver content for sale in the itunes Store. For more information, see the Contracts module in itunes Connect. Notes: If you change your itunes Connect password, you must use the Welcome to itunes Producer window to reset your Apple ID and password in itp. To reset your Apple ID and password, choose Window > Sign In As in itp, and then repeat steps 3 through 4 above. The main itp windows contain an active user button displaying the Apple ID for the currently logged in user. Click the button to display the Welcome to itunes Producer window to change or update your Apple ID and password. 10

11 Getting Started Starting itunes Producer 2.9 for Music Click to display this Using itunes Producer 2.9 for Music guide. 11

12 Creating Your Album The first step in preparing content for sale in the itunes Store is to create an album containing the music you want to submit. You can select the music you want to include in an album from a CD, from audio files on your computer, from an existing itunes Store Package (itp package), by looking up the metadata from an existing itunes Store album, or by importing album and track details from a file. The following screenshot displays the itp Choose an Activity window with the New from CD option selected. If you do not see any of the above activities in the itp Choose an Activity window, you might not have configured itp for music delivery. Click the active user button in the Choose an Activity window to display the Welcome to itunes Producer window again. Notes: You must create an album even if you want to submit only one song. To submit an album that has several volumes (discs), include all volumes in the same album. 12

13 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from a CD Creating an Album from a CD You can create your album by importing the music you want to submit to the itunes Store from a CD. To import your music from a CD: 1. Click Create New Package in the Choose an Activity window. The Choose an Activity window appears automatically when you open itunes Producer 2.9 for music, or you can choose File > New to display the Choose an Activity window from within itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Select New from CD, and then click Next. itp displays an untitled itp window with the Import pane selected. 3. Insert the CD (with the label facing up or toward you) containing the music you want to import into your computer s disc drive. 4. Select the CD, under Devices. By default, itp selects all tracks. To select a subset of tracks on the CD, Command-click a checkbox to deselect all tracks and then select the checkboxes for the specific tracks you want to import. 5. Click Import. itp imports the music for your album and encodes each file into an Apple Lossless Core Audio Format (CAF) file. When you import album information, itp automatically populates the track s artist, genre, label name, and copyright information based on the album information. Click to cancel the import. 6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for multi-disc albums. 7. Click Next. itp displays the Album pane so you can begin describing your music and entering information about the album and tracks. For more information, see Describing Your Album (page 22). itp plays an alert sound when the album import is complete. If itp encounters an error during import, itp plays an error sound and bounces the itp icon in the Dock. When you are sure the album and track details are complete and correct, you can send your album to itunes for processing. For more information, see Delivering Your Album (page 38). 13

14 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from Audio Files Creating an Album from Audio Files You can create your album by selecting the music you want to submit to the itunes Store from files on your computer. To select your music from audio files on your computer: 1. Click Create New Package in the Choose an Activity window. The Choose an Activity window appears automatically when you open itunes Producer 2.9 for music, or you can choose File > New to display the Choose an Activity window from within itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Select New from audio files, and then click Next. itp displays an untitled itp window with the Album pane selected. 3. Use the Album pane to add album information (for example, artist names and roles) and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Album Details (page 22). 4. Use the Tracks pane to add the audio files containing the music you want to include in your album, and add track information (for example, title and version), lyrics, and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Track Details (page 28). Continue using the Album and Tracks panes to add files, describe your music, and enter details about the album and tracks. For more information, see Describing Your Album (page 22). When you are sure the album and track details are complete and correct, you can send your album to itunes for processing. For more information, see Delivering Your Album (page 38). 14

15 Creating Your Album Opening an Existing Package Opening an Existing Package You can create your album by opening a previously saved itunes Store Package (itp package), editing album and track details, and updating the music you want to submit to the itunes Store. To select your music from an existing package: 1. Click Open Package in the Choose an Activity window. itp displays an Open dialog so you can select an existing itp package. The Choose an Activity window appears automatically when you open itunes Producer 2.9 for music, or you can choose File > New to display the Choose an Activity window from within itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Select the package name containing the music you want to include in your album, and then click Open. itp opens the package and displays the Album pane. 3. Use the Album pane to add and edit album information (for example, artist names and roles) and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Album Details (page 22). You can also replace assets you want to update (for example, cover art ). 4. Use the Tracks pane to add and edit track information (for example, title and version), lyrics, and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Track Details (page 28). You can also replace assets you want to update (for example, individual music files). 5. Use the Import pane to add and replace audio files by importing the music from a CD. For more information, see Creating an Album from a CD (page 13). Continue using the Album and Tracks panes to edit the package. For more information, see Describing Your Album (page 22). Note: If you previously delivered the album to the itunes Store, you cannot update all information in the Album and Tracks panes. For more information, see What elements can I update in my album? (page 51). When you are sure the album and track details are complete and correct, you can send your album to itunes for processing. For more information, see Delivering Your Album (page 38). 15

16 Creating Your Album Looking Up Metadata for an Existing Album Looking Up Metadata for an Existing Album You can create your album by looking up the metadata from an existing itunes Store album you previously delivered, editing album and track details, and updating the music you want to submit to the itunes Store. Create your album using metadata from an existing album when you want to update your metadata or assets, and resend it to itunes, even when you no longer have the original album. To select your music by looking up metadata from an existing album: 1. Click Look Up Metadata in the Choose an Activity window. The Choose an Activity window appears automatically when you open itunes Producer 2.9 for music, or you can choose File > New to display the Choose an Activity window from within itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Type one or more UPC, EAN, or JAN numbers, using a comma-separated list, for the album containing the music you want in the AppleID/VendorID field. 3. Click Look Up. itp authenticates the UPC, EAN, or JAN, searches for the associated metadata, and then displays an itp window for each unique UPC, EAN, or JAN. Click Abort to stop metadata lookup. 4. Do one of the following: Click Create Album. itp imports the metadata and displays the Album pane. Use the Album pane to add and edit album information (for example, artist names and roles) and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Album Details (page 22). You can also replace assets you want to update (for example, cover art ). Click Redeliver Audio. itp imports the metadata and displays the Import pane. Use the Import pane to add and replace audio files by importing the music from a CD. For more information, see Creating an Album from a CD (page 13). 5. Use the Tracks pane to add and edit track information (for example, title and version), lyrics, and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Track Details (page 28). You can also replace assets you want to update (for example, individual music files). Continue using the Album and Tracks panes to edit metadata. For more information, see Describing Your Album (page 22). Note: If you previously delivered the album to the itunes Store, you cannot update all information in the Album and Tracks panes. For more information, see What elements can I update in my album? (page 51). 16

17 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from a File When you are sure the album and track details are complete and correct, you can send your album to itunes for processing. For more information, see Delivering Your Album (page 38). Creating an Album from a File You can create your album by importing album and track details from an itunes Producer file and selecting the music you want to submit to the itunes Store. When creating an album from a file, be sure to use the itunes Producer templates. To get a copy of the templates, choose File > Open Music File Import Template in itunes Producer 2.9 for music. itunes Producer for music creates the MusicFileImportTemplates folder containing the Localization.txt and Multiple_artist.txt templates. The Multiple_artist.txt template provides you with an example of multiple artist album imports. The Localization.txt template provides you with an example of localized album imports. To always have an original version of the template file, be sure to make a copy of the template before editing. To import album and track details from a file: 1. Click Create New Package in the Choose an Activity window. The Choose an Activity window appears automatically when you open itunes Producer 2.9 for music, or you can choose File > New to display the Choose an Activity window from within itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Select New from file, and then click Next. itp displays an Open dialog so you can select the file containing the details you want to import into your album. 3. Select the file name containing the details you want to include in your album, and then click Open. itp imports the album and track details from the itunes Producer file and displays the Album pane. Notes: Any fields itp cannot import are left blank, including misspelled field names or fields not acceptable for import. If there is more than one UPC in the file, itp imports the album and track details and displays an itp window, with the Album pane selected, for each unique UPC. 4. Use the Album pane to add and edit album information (for example, artist names and roles) and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Album Details (page 22). 5. Use the Tracks pane to add and edit track information (for example, title and version), lyrics, and rights and pricing, and to add the audio files containing the music you want to include in your album. For more information, see Providing Track Details (page 28). 17

18 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from a File 6. Use the Import pane to add and replace audio files by importing the music from a CD. For more information, see Creating an Album from a CD (page 13). Continue using the Album and Tracks panes to add files, describe your music, and enter details about the album and tracks. For more information, see Describing Your Album (page 22). When you are sure the album and track details are complete and correct, you can send your album to itunes for processing. For more information, see Delivering Your Album (page 38). Using the templates, you can import fields into your album for a range of languages and localized values (for a list of languages, see the Languages pop-up menu in the Album > Info pane). The following is an example of a template and the fields you can import for your album (required fields in bold). Name Language Album Title Album Title Version Album Artist Album Artist Role Album Artist Primary UPC/EAN/JAN Album Label Name Album Copyright Description Indicates the primary language of the album. The title of the album. The album title version, if applicable. The artist name. In this context, artist can be any contributor including non-performing persons (for example, a producer), groups (for example, a band name), or composition-related contributors (for example, songwriter/lyricist, or composer). Individual artists should be separated by a semi-colon and not grouped together (for example, use "Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Armstrong" instead of "Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong"). The artist's role in the album. Role names must be in English. Indicates whether or not the album artist is the primary artist. A valid GS1 12-digit UPC (Universal Product Code), 13- or 14-digit EAN (European Article Number), or JAN (Japanese Article Number) for the album identifier. The name of the label that released the album. The copyright line for the album. Example English Astoria Live Ian Axel Performer TRUE TinyOGRE Entertainment Ian Axel / TinyOGRE, LLC 18

19 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from a File Name Album Copyright Year Album P Copyright Album P Copyright Year Album Genre Album Genre 2 Original Release Year Release Date Sale Start Date Track Title Track Title Version Track Artist Track Artist Role Track Artist Primary ISRC Track P Copyright Track P Copyright Year Track Genre Description The copyright year for the album. The performance copyright for the album. The performance copyright year for the album. The primary genre for the album. The secondary genre for the album. The original year of the first consumer-available physical album release (LP, cassette, 8-track, CD, or other physical media). The original date of the first consumer-available physical album release (LP, cassette, 8-track, CD, or other physical media). The date on which the album will be available for sale in the specified territory. The title of the track. A version description for the track, if there are multiple versions of the same track or if you want to provide any additional identifying information. The name of the artist on the track. The artist s role on the track. Indicates whether or not the track artist is the primary artist. A valid 12-digit alphanumeric ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) code for the track. The performance copyright for the track. The performance copyright year for the track. The primary genre for the track. Example 2011 Ian Axel / TinyOGRE, LLC 2011 Pop Rock /01/ /01/28 Piano Man With a Plan Live Ian Axel Primary TRUE USABC Ian Axel / TinyOGRE, LLC 2011 Pop 19

20 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from a File Name Track Genre 2 Track Label Name Track Number Total Tracks Disc Number Preview Start Track Parental Advisory Cleared For Sale Description The secondary genre for the track. The name of the label that released the track. The track number, used to order the tracks within a disc within an album. A positive number indicating the total number of tracks in the album. A positive number indicating the disc number for the track in the album. For albums with multiple discs, the Disc Number indicates on which disc the track is located. The number of seconds into the track that the preview should start playing. Indicates whether the track is explicit or clean. Indicates whether or not the track should be made available for sale in the specified territory. Example Rock TinyOGRE Entertainment None TRUE Notes: You can exclude any column, as long as you leave the column heading intact. Only include fields for the data you want to import. itp imports empty or blank fields as blank data and overwrites any existing data. All rows of data must be contiguous. To import data successfully, there can be no blank rows of data between any two rows of data. For genre and parental advisory fields, which appear as pop-up menus in itp, the import data must exactly match the menu choices. If you have a mix of UPCs and EANs, for example, you must choose one field name and enter both types into the same field. For example, both UPCs and EANs must go in the UPC/EAN/JPN field. To specify more than one artist role for an album or track, separate artist roles with a semi-colon (;). For example, "Writer; Performer". To further define artist roles, use comas (,). For example, if the first artist s roles are writer and performer and the second artist s role is performer, specify "Writer, Performer; Performer". itp strips out extra whitespace at the front and end of any artist name. 20

21 Creating Your Album Creating an Album from a File If you are using Excel to save your data as a Unicode Text UTF-16 file, be sure to review the data before you save the file. Excel can automatically remove all leading zeros from your UPC, EAN, and JAN numbers and also save the numbers in scientific notation. Reviewing your data before you save the file as a Unicode Text UTF-16 file can help avoid this issue. To ensure your UPC, EAN, and JAN numbers do not have leading zeros removed and are not displayed in scientific notation, first select the UPC, EAN, or JAN column in your spreadsheet. Choose Format > Cells and select Text for the category. Now you can properly enter your UPC, EAN, and JAN numbers in the cells. 21

22 Describing Your Album After you create your initial album, but before your music is ready to be sent as an itunes Store Package (itp package) for sale in the itunes Store, you must prepare your music by describing the album and tracks in detail, including artists, titles, copyright information, previews, rights and pricing, and more. Your album should contain all the songs in each album or compilation that you want to submit to the itunes Store. Providing Album Details Before sending your album to the itunes Store, use the Album pane of itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music to provide album information and rights and pricing details. When providing album details, be sure to follow the itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide. The itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide specifies the itunes Store required style, standards and conventions for classical and non-classical content. Conforming to these styles is important to ensure your content is easily discovered, presented correctly, and accurately disclosed to eliminate customer confusion and complaints. Following the standards and style guide can help ensure that content goes live in the itunes Store and reduce the time needed for review by Apple. Non-conforming content might be edited or rejected. To download a copy of the itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide, visit the Deliver Your Content module in itunes Connect. 22

23 Describing Your Album Providing Album Details Entering Album Information Use the Album > Info pane to provide as much detail as possible about your album. The information you provide represents all the album-level metadata. To provide album information details: 1. Click Info at the bottom of the Album pane. 2. Enter album information: Language: Choose a language to indicate where you want to sell the album. For more information, see Providing Localization Details (page 35). Artists: Click Add Artist, type the name of the primary artist on the album, and then choose a role from the Role pop-up menu. Only artists on the front cover or spine of the CD should be listed as having a primary role. To add additional artists or other contributors (Songwriter, Remixer, Producer, and so on) to the album, click Add Artist again, type the name of the of the artist or contributor, choose a role for the artist or contributor from the Role pop-up menu, and then select whether or not this is a primary role. You can also add composition-related contributors (for example, lyricist or composer) using Add Artist. Always include composition-related contributor information when available. Click Cascade Artists to cascade all album artists to all tracks included in the album. 23

24 Describing Your Album Providing Album Details Title: Type the name of the album in English. If the album s native language is not an ISO Latin-1 or Latin-2 language (for example, Japanese), see Providing Localization Details (page 35). Title Version: Type a version description for the title in English, if applicable. You can use Title Version when there are multiple versions of the same album by the same artist. For example, "Remastered," "Bonus Track Version," or "Extended Version". If the album s native language is not an ISO Latin-1 or Latin-2 language (for example, Japanese), see Providing Localization Details (page 35). Genre (Primary): Choose a genre for the album from the pop-up menu. Genre (Secondary): Choose a second genre for the album, if applicable, from the pop-up menu. Label Name: Type the name of the label that released the album. Apple uses this information for financial reporting. Copyright: Type the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the album in the first Copyright field and the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the performance (sound recording for the album) in the second Copyright field. Do not type the word "copyright" or include any copyright symbols. itunes displays the performance copyright line in the itunes Store. UPC/EAN/JAN: Type a valid 12-digit UPC (Universal Product Code), 13- or 14-digit EAN (European Article Number), or JAN (Japanese Article Number) for the album identifier. Be sure to include the check digit. A unique code is required for each album. itunes rejects any new album submitted with a previously-used code. You cannot change UPC/EAN/JAN codes once you deliver your album to the itunes Store. Original Release Date: Type the original date (YYYY-MM-DD) of the first consumer-available physical album release (LP, cassette, 8-track, CD, or other physical media). Use this same date for albums that are re-releases (for example, re-mastered, or releases on new media types such as CD, digital, and so on). You can enter values such as today, tomorrow, and next month, and itp correctly formats the date. This is not the digital release date, unless this album has not previously been released on any format. Grid: Type the global release identifier (GRID) for the album. GRIDs must be unique across all products (the combined set of both albums and tracks). GRIDs must not be more than 18 alphanumeric characters. GRIDs cannot contain dashes (-), spaces, underscores (_), symbols, or other punctuation. GRIDs are a new industry standard but still not widely used. If a GRID is not used at your company, do not enter a value. Total Tracks: Type a positive number indicating the total tracks in the album. itp multiplies the total number of tracks by the Wholesale Price Tier value to determine customer pricing. If the Total Tracks number is greater than one, itp adds a of # field in the Tracks pane. Pre-order previews allowed: Select whether or not a pre-order s media should be available for preview during the pre-order period. By default, itp allows pre-order previews. Pre-order previews allowed only affects preview availability during the pre-order period, and applies to every territory and every track. When the pre-order ends and the album is released for sale, previews are always available. 3. Drag the album s cover art to the Cover Art box, or click Choose and select a cover art file. 24

25 Describing Your Album Providing Album Details Cover art should be at least a 1400 x 1400 pixel JPEG or PNG file in RGB Color mode. For best results, deliver the largest pixel dimensions possible. Do not scale up artwork if it is smaller than the required size. If you are scanning your cover art be sure to scan at the highest resolution, or at least 1400 x 1400 pixels. Cover art must be at least 72 dots per inch (dpi). Do not submit art that contains an embedded color profile, back cover, or thumbnail art. To replace a previously added file, drag a new file to the Cover Art box or click Choose to select a new file, or choose Edit > Delete to delete the file and then add a new file. 4. Click Next or Rights & Pricing at the bottom of the Album pane. For more information, see Entering Album Rights and Pricing (page 26). Notes: For Japanese-language albums, type the native language values for each artist, title, and title version. Enter individual artists separately, not grouped together. For example, specify "Ella Fitzgerald" and "Louis Armstrong" separately instead of "Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong". You can enter individual members of a band. For example, you can specify "Harry Connick, Jr. Trio" (primary) and "Harry Connick, Jr." for an album. To reorder artists, select the artist and drag and drop in the desired position in the Artists box. The UPC/EAN/JAN identifiers are usually printed on the barcode of music CDs. After you enter a UPC/EAN/JAN value and save your album, itp creates an itunes Store Package (itp package) for your album using the UPC/EAN/JAN value and a.itmsp extension. Use the File > Cascade Artists/Genres/Label Name/Copyright/All To Tracks menu items to cascade album information to all tracks in the album. 25

26 Describing Your Album Providing Album Details Entering Album Rights and Pricing Use the Album > Rights & Pricing pane to provide as much detail as possible about your album. The information you provide represents all the album-level metadata. To provide album rights and pricing details: 1. Click Rights & Pricing at the bottom of the Album pane. By default, itp defines World (WW) rights and pricing for your album. Unless you have rights in specific territories, use WW for all your albums. 2. Click Add Territory to change availability. If you don't see a region that includes only the countries where the album can be sold, create a territory line entry for each country where the album can be sold. Click Add Territory Group to add several territories at once. To remove a previously added territory, select the territory and then click Remove Territory. Use the search field to filter territories in the table by Code, Territory, Start, or Tier information. 3. Choose the region where you have rights to sell the album from the Territory pop-up menu. Click Make Default to specify that you want itp to use all the designated rights and pricing as the default rights and pricing for all future albums. 4. Enter rights and pricing information for the album: 26

27 Describing Your Album Providing Album Details Sales Start Date: Type the date (YYYY-MM-DD) on which the album will be available for sale in the selected territory. Albums won't be shown in the store until the specified Sales Start Date. If you do not provide a sales start date, the album is available for sale immediately after normal quality assurance processing. Pre-Order Sales Start Date: Type the date (YYYY-MM-DD) on which the album will be available for pre-order sales in the selected territory. Albums won't be shown in the store until the specified Pre-Order Sales Start Date. The Pre-Order Sales Start Date must be earlier than the Sales Start Date. If you do not want to create a pre-order for the album, leave the Pre-Order Sales Start Date field blank. Cleared for sale: Select whether or not the album should be made available for sale in the selected territory. By default, itp clears the album for sale. Deselecting Cleared for sale removes the album from the itunes Store. To include the fewest number of territories, choose World from the Territory pop-up menu. Because the product for the most specific territory is used, you can use Cleared for sale as an exclusion mechanism for a regional clearance. For example, if you have rights for the world except for the UK (GB), then you have two products: one for the world where you select Cleared for sale and one for the UK where you deselect Cleared for sale. itunes sells the resulting album everywhere that you have a current contract with the exception of the UK. Cleared for Ticketmaster: Select whether or not the album should be made available for sale through the Ticketmaster website when customers buy event tickets in the selected territory. By default, itp clears the album for Ticketmaster sale. Cleared for Ticketmaster is only available in certain territories. Album Wholesale Price Tier: Choose a price tier for the album. Each tier's value is defined by the terms of your contract. If you choose an invalid price, album pricing defaults to standard pricing. The album price cannot be higher than the sum of the prices for each track. Based on your country, itunes automatically sets the suggested retail price for each track you submit at the single track price (per the terms of your contract). If you do not choose a wholesale price tier, itunes sells the individual tracks from the album, but does not offer the album for sale as a complete album. For more information, click to display a pop-up dialog containing the available wholesale price tier names, pricing currency, and tier codes for the selected territory. To select an album wholesale price tier, click the tier name, and then click Done. Default Track Wholesale Price Tier: Choose a default price tier for all tracks in the album. Each tier's value is defined by the terms of your contract. If you choose an invalid price, track pricing defaults to standard pricing. For more information, click to display a pop-up dialog containing the available wholesale price tier names, pricing currency, and tier codes for the selected territory. To select a track wholesale price tier, click the tier name, and then click Done. 5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each territory where you have rights to sell the album. 6. Click Next. 27

28 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the Tracks pane so you can continue describing your music and entering information about the tracks in the album. For more information, see Providing Track Details (page 28). Note: To indicate an album is cleared for sale in every country, choose World from the Territory pop-up menu. Some countries in the ISO2A country list contain other countries (for example, United States includes Puerto Rico), and World contains all territories. Providing Track Details Before sending your album to the itunes Store, use the Tracks pane of itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music to provide track information, lyrics, and rights and pricing details. In order for your tracks to appear correctly in the itunes Store, you must enter information for each song in the album. When providing track details, be sure to follow the itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide. The itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide specifies the itunes Store required style, standards and conventions for classical and non-classical content. Conforming to these styles is important to ensure your content is easily discovered, presented correctly, and accurately disclosed to eliminate customer confusion and complaints. Following the standards and style guide can help ensure that content goes live in the itunes Store and reduce the time needed for review by Apple. Non-conforming content might be edited or rejected. To download a copy of the itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide, visit the Deliver Your Content module in itunes Connect. 28

29 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details Entering Track Information Use the Tracks > Info pane to provide as much detail as possible about each track in your album. The information you provide represents all the track-level metadata. To provide track information details: 1. Click Info at the bottom of the Tracks pane. 2. Do one of the following if you want to add a digital booklet or itunes LP: Click Add Digital Booklet and drag and drop a PDF file (up to 10MB) into the File box to add a digital booklet to the album, or click Choose and select a file. You can enter copyright and vendor identifier information for the booklet. Copyright: Type the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the digital booklet. Do not type the word "copyright" or include any copyright symbols. Vendor Identifier: Type a permanent, unique (with respect to the identifiers of other booklets included in the same package) identifier for the digital booklet. Apple recommends using the UPC of your album as the vendor identifier. Vendor identifiers do not need to be a fixed number of digits. Although vendor identifiers can contain digits, itp treats them as strings, not numbers. Thus, a vendor identifier of is not the same as The vendor identifier can only contain up to

30 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details alphanumeric characters and underscores (_); it cannot contain spaces, dashes (-), ampersands (&), other punctuation, or symbols. The vendor identifier is case-sensitive and must not start with an underscore. Parental Advisory: Choose Clean, Explicit, or None from the pop-up menu to indicate whether or not a booklet contains explicit content. If you do not specify a parental advisory, itp marks the digital booklet None to indicate a booklet for which neither a clean or explicit version exists. Choose Clean only if the digital booklet is an edited version of an original explicit form of the digital booklet. Click Add itunes LP and drag and drop an itunes LP zip file (up to 30MB) into the File box to add an itunes LP to the album, or click Choose and select a file. You can enter vendor identifier, track and disc number, and locale and description information for the file. You can also add up to five screenshots for the itunes LP. Vendor Identifier: Type a permanent, unique identifier for the itunes LP. Apple recommends using the UPC of your album as the vendor identifier. Vendor identifiers do not need to be a fixed number of digits. Although vendor identifiers can contain digits, itp treats them as strings, not numbers. Thus, a vendor identifier of is not the same as Vendor identifiers cannot be reused. The vendor identifier can only contain up to 100 alphanumeric characters and underscores (_); it cannot contain spaces, dashes (-), ampersands (&), other punctuation, or symbols. The vendor identifier is case-sensitive and must not start with an underscore. Track Number: and Disc Number: Indicates the track and disc number for the itunes LP in the album. The itunes Store displays the itunes LP as the first track, but the itunes LP must be the last track on the last Disc of the album. itp automatically populates the Track Number and Disc Number fields. You should only change these settings with the advice of your Technical Account Manager. Locale: Click Add Locale, choose a locale from the pop-up menu, and type a localized description for the itunes LP. The locale indicates both the language and the specific location where the language is spoken. You should provide a locale and localized description for each country where the itunes LP is available. Descriptions can be up to 550 characters in length, can include Rich Text formatting, and must be suitable for public display. To add additional locales, click Add Locale again, choose a locale from the pop-up menu, and type a localized description for the itunes LP. You must specify a default locale. By default, itp uses the first locale. Description(s): Verify the locales and localized descriptions for the itunes LP, and specify a default locale. By default, itp uses the first locale. If you do not specify a locale and localized description for a country where the itunes LP is available, the itunes Store displays the default description. For example, if your contract allows you to sell in the Japanese Store and you do not provide a Japanese locale and description, the specified default description appears in the Japanese Store. Screenshots: Click Screenshots at the bottom of the Tracks pane for an itunes LP. Drag and drop a screenshot into the Screenshot box to add a screenshot to the itunes LP, or click Choose and select a file, or click Add Screenshot and select a file. Use screenshots to give users an idea of your itunes LP content. You must add at least one screenshot for the itunes LP, and can add up to a total of five 30

31 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details screenshots. Screenshots appear in the itunes Store in the order listed, with the default screenshot used in the album page. To reorder screenshots, select the screenshot and drag and drop in the desired position in the box or use the up and down arrows to reorder the screenshots. 3. Click Add Track and drag and drop an audio file into the File box, or click Choose and select a file, or select an existing track at the top of the Tracks pane. Use the search field to filter tracks in the table by Title, Artist, Label Name, Copyright, ISRC, Preview Start information, Lyrics, Code, Territory, or Wholesale Price Tier. Click below the File box to listen to your track. itp does not currently support playback of FLAC files. To replace a previously added file, drag a new file to the File box or click Choose to select a new file, or choose Edit > Delete to delete the file and then add a new file. 4. Enter track information: Artists: Click Add Artist, type the name of the primary artist on the track, and then choose a role from the Role pop-up menu. To add additional artists or other contributors (Songwriter, Remixer, Producer, and so on) to the track, click Add Artist again, type the name of the artist or contributor, choose a role for the artist or contributor from the Role pop-up menu, and then select whether or not this is a primary role. You can also add composition-related contributors (for example, lyricist or composer) using Add Artist. Always include composition-related contributor information when available. Title: Type the name of the track in English. If the track s native language is not an ISO Latin-1 or Latin-2 language (for example, Japanese), see Providing Localization Details (page 35). Title Version: Type a version description for the title in English, if there are multiple versions of the track or if you want to provide any additional identifying information. For example, "Remix," "Hidden Track," "Bonus Track," or "Live". You can use Title Version to distinguish different versions of the same track by the same artist (for example, "Live from San Francisco", "Pump You Up Remix"). If the track s native language is not an ISO Latin-1 or Latin-2 language (for example, Japanese), see Providing Localization Details (page 35). Genre (Primary): Choose a genre for the track from the pop-up menu. Genre (Secondary): Choose a second genre for the track, if applicable, from the pop-up menu. Track Number: and Disc Number: Type a positive number indicating the track number in the album and the disc number for the track in the album. For albums with multiple discs, the Disc Number indicates on which disc the track is located. The combination of disc number and track number must be unique across all tracks in an album. Label Name: Type the name of the label that released the track. If you leave this field blank, itp uses the album label name. Apple uses this information for financial reporting. Copyright: Type the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the performance (sound recording for the track). Do not type the word "copyright" or include any copyright symbols. If you leave this field blank, itp uses the album copyright line. 31

32 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details ISRC: Type a valid 12-digit alphanumeric ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) code for the track (for example, GBAAN ). ISRC codes can contain only alphanumeric characters, and cannot contain dashes (-), spaces, symbols, or other punctuation. A unique ISRC code is required for each track. An ISRC can appear more than once in the itunes Store if the same recording is included in more than one album (for example, "greatest hits" albums tend to feature tracks from other albums). In this case, the two tracks must have exactly the same audio. A re-recorded, remixed, or otherwise different track (no matter how similar) must have a unique ISRC. You cannot change ISRC codes once you deliver your album to the itunes Store. Preview Start: Type the number of seconds ( ## ) into the track that the 30-second preview should start playing. If you leave this field blank, the preview will start at 45 seconds for content over 75 seconds in length and 0 seconds for content under 75 seconds in length. Parental Advisory Choose an advisory label to indicate whether the track is explicit or clean, if applicable. If you do not choose a value, itp uses None. Part of a gapless album: Select whether or not there is a gap in the audio separating the current track from the next track on the album. If selected, itp does not add an audio gap during playback. "Part of a gapless album" only applies to the gap between the selected track and the track that proceeds it. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each track in the album. 6. Click Next or Lyrics at the bottom of the Tracks pane. For more information, see Entering Track Lyrics (page 33). Notes: You can add either a digital booklet or an itunes LP file to your album, but not both. Screenshots should be 1280 x 720 pixel JPEG or PNG files in RGB Color mode. Do not scale up a screenshot if it is smaller than the required size. itp cannot deliver an itunes LP containing video. To deliver an itunes LP with video, you must work with an approved itunes LP provider. Apple lists qualified itunes LP providers, developers, and delivery houses in the itunes Music Encoding Houses page in the itunes Connect - Deliver Your Content module. For Japanese-language albums, type the native language values for each artist, title, and title version. Enter individual artists separately, not grouped together. For example, specify "Ella Fitzgerald" and "Louis Armstrong" separately instead of "Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong". You can enter individual members of a band. For example, you can specify "Harry Connick, Jr. Trio" (primary) and "Harry Connick, Jr." for a track. To renumber tracks, select a track in the list, click the up and down arrows to reorder the tracks, and then click Renumber Tracks. After you deliver an album, you cannot reorder tracks. When you click Add Track, itp automatically populates the track s artist, genre, label name, and copyright information based on the album information. 32

33 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details Entering Track Lyrics Use the Tracks > Lyrics pane to provide lyrics for each track in your album. To provide track lyrics: 1. Click Lyrics at the bottom of the Tracks pane. 2. Select the track you want to provide lyrics for at the top of the Tracks pane. Use the search field to filter tracks in the table by Title, Artist, Label Name, Copyright, Lyrics, ISRC, Preview Start information, Code, Territory, or Wholesale Price Tier. 3. Type the lyrics for the selected track in Lyrics. Lyrics can be up to 2000 characters in length, can include Rich Text formatting, and must be suitable for public display. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each track in the album. 5. Click Next. itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the Localizations pane so you can provide localized text, if applicable. For more information, see Providing Localization Details (page 35). 6. Click Next or Rights & Pricing at the bottom of the Tracks pane. For more information, see Entering Track Rights and Pricing (page 34). 33

34 Describing Your Album Providing Track Details Entering Track Rights and Pricing Use the Tracks > Rights & Pricing pane to provide as much detail as possible about each track in your album. The information you provide represents all the track-level metadata. To provide track rights and pricing details: 1. Click Rights & Pricing at the bottom of the Tracks pane. 2. Select the track you want to define rights for at the top of the Tracks pane. itp displays the territory names and country codes you defined for the album. Use the search field to filter tracks in the table by Title, Code, Territory, Wholesale Price Tier, Artist, Label Name, Copyright, ISRC, Preview Start information, or Lyrics. 3. Select the territory where you want to define rights. 4. Enter rights and pricing information for the track: Cleared for sale: Select whether or not the track should be made available for sale in the selected territory. By default, itp clears the track for sale the same day as the album's Sales Start Date. Deselecting Cleared for sale removes the track from the itunes Store, it does not make the track an album-only track. Because the product for the most specific territory is used, you can use Cleared for sale as an exclusion mechanism for a regional clearance. For example, if you have rights for the world except for the UK (GB), then you would have two products: one for the world where you select Cleared for sale and one for the UK where you deselect Cleared for sale. itunes sells the resulting track everywhere that you have a current contract with the exception of the UK. 34

35 Describing Your Album Providing Localization Details Track Wholesale Price Tier: Choose a price tier for the selected track. Each tier's value is defined by the terms of your contract. If you choose an invalid price, track pricing defaults to standard pricing. Choosing a track wholesale price tier overrides the default track wholesale price tier specified in the Album > Rights & Pricing pane, if applicable. Track Wholesale Price Tier is not applicable for Japanese local content. For more information, click to display a pop-up dialog containing the available wholesale price tier names, pricing currency, and tier codes for the selected territory. To select a track wholesale price tier, click the tier name, and then click Done. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each territory. 6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each track in the album. 7. Click Next. itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the Localizations pane so you can provide localized text, if applicable. For more information, see Providing Localization Details (page 35). 8. Click Next. itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the Delivery pane so you can submit your album to the itunes Store. For more information, see Delivering Your Album (page 38). Note: If you select Cleared for sale, itp makes the track available in all territories where you have an active contract and automatically adds the following clearances: If you have a contract in a single territory, itp adds a clearance for this contracted territory only. If you have a contract in more than one territory, itp adds world clearances and, in the future, if you sign more contracts, this product appears in all new territories. Providing Localization Details itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music provides support for multiple language localizations within a single album that will be sold in countries where different languages are spoken. Using the Localizations pane, you can supply localized metadata for album and track text. To provide localization details, choose itunes Producer > Preferences, click Music, and then select Display Localizations. itp adds a Localizations pane in the itp window so you can provide localization information for album and track text. 35

36 Describing Your Album Providing Localization Details The following screenshot displays the Localizations pane with the localized text for the itmsp album in itp. Notes: If the album and track text you are localizing (for example, artist, title, and so on) contains the exact same words, including case, itp only displays the first occurrence of the word in the Localizations pane. To change the itp default language, choose itunes Producer > Preferences, click Music, and then choose a language from the Default language pop-up menu. Adding Localizations You can provide localized text for albums and tracks that will be for sale in itunes Stores. For itunes Store locales set to English speaking countries (for example, AU, NZ, UK, CA, US, and so on), the itunes Store displays the English values. For itunes Store locales set to non-english speaking countries (for example, Germany, Italy, Span, and so on), the itunes Store displays the localized values. To provide localizations: 1. Choose the album language from the Language pop-up menu in your album s Album > Info pane. 2. Click the Localizations pane. 36

37 Describing Your Album Providing Localization Details itp displays the field names and values (text entered in the Album and Tracks panes) for your album and track text. Use the search field to filter localizations in the table by Field Name or language information. 3. Click Add. 4. Select the locales you want to localize album and track text, and then click Choose. itp adds a column for each locale. For locales with phonetic localizations (for example, Japanese), itp adds two columns in the Localizations pane. 5. Select a row for the album or track text you want to localize. 6. Type the localized text in the locale fields. 7. Press the Return key. itp adds the localizations in the columns for the selected row. 8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for all text you want to localize. 9. Verify your localized text. Notes: To remove a locale and it s localized text, click Remove, select the locales you want to remove, and then click Choose. For locales with phonetic localizations (for example, Japanese), itp removes both columns in the Localizations pane. You cannot delete the album language values. Providing Phonetic localizations can help users find content more easily during itunes Store searches. Use a space character to delimitate any meaningful separation units. 37

38 Delivering Your Album The final step in preparing your music for sale in the itunes Store is to deliver your album to itunes for processing. Once you have created your album and entered all your album and track details, you can deliver your album and all your prepared files as an itunes Store Package (itp package) directly to Apple s itunes Store. This section describes how to send your itp package to itunes for processing and how to send Apple a log report if you encounter errors during album delivery. Sending Your Package to the itunes Store When you are sure your album is complete and correct, including all album and track details, you can send your album and all your prepared files as an itunes Store Package (itp package) to itunes for processing. To deliver your package: 1. Click the Delivery pane for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music processes all the album and track details and displays any warnings or errors. 38

39 Delivering Your Album Sending Your Log Report to Apple 2. Fix any delivery warnings or errors. Double-click on a warning or error to have itp jump to the exact location of the problem. For more information about errors, see the Contact Us page in itunes Connect at Click Activity to display the Background Activity window and view delivery status information for all packages you are currently sending, including pending messages, time remaining, warning and error messages, and so on. 3. Click Deliver. itp packages your album and track details, and all prepared files into an itp package and sends it to the itunes Store. You can also choose File > Save and Deliver to package and save your album and track details, and all prepared files into an itp package and send it to the itunes Store. Or, to send multiple packages at once, choose File > Save and Deliver All. itp packages your album and track details, and all prepared files for all open itp windows into itp packages and sends them to the itunes Store. For more information about delivery errors, click Error Information to display the itunes Connect - Frequently Asked Questions page. Notes: Until Apple has imported all your metadata, you can continue to update albums and resend packages. After final import, you must use itunes Connect to update metadata not supported through itp. itp plays an alert sound and displays a green checkmark when the package delivery is complete. If itp encounters an error during delivery, itp plays an error sound and bounces the itp icon in the Dock. To modify your delivery settings, choose itunes Producer > Preferences, click Advanced, and then deselect Signiant, Aspera, or DAV. You should only change these settings with the advice of your Technical Account Manager. For any questions, your itunes Technical Account Manager at [email protected]. Sending Your Log Report to Apple If you encounter an error while delivering your album to Apple, itunes Producer 2.9 for music creates a log report for you to send to Apple to help with troubleshooting your delivery issues. To send the log report: 1. Click Send to Apple or in the Delivery pane. 2. Review the details of the error log and, optionally, add notes and comments before sending. 3. Click Send to Apple to deliver the error log to the itunes Producer support team. 39

40 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone The first step in preparing content for sale in the itunes Store is to create a package containing the ringtone you want to submit. You can select the ringtone from a pre-cut 5 to 30 second audio file on your computer. You can enter all the metadata, add the file for the ringtone from your computer, and deliver the package to the itunes Store. The following screenshot displays the itp Choose an Activity window with the New tone option selected. Note: Ringtones are only available in the itunes Store on the iphone. 40

41 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Creating Your Ringtone Creating Your Ringtone You can create a ringtone using a pre-cut 5 to 30 second audio file on your computer. To select a ringtone audio file on your computer: 1. Click Create New Package in the Choose an Activity window. The Choose an Activity window appears automatically when you open itunes Producer 2.9 for music, or you can choose File > New to display the Choose an Activity window from within itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Select New tone, and then click Next. itp displays an untitled itp window with the Tone pane selected. 3. Use the Tone pane to add the audio file, and add ringtone information (for example, title and artist names) and rights and pricing. For more information, see Providing Ringtone Details (page 41). When you are sure the ringtone details are complete and correct, you can send your ringtone to itunes for processing. For more information, see Delivering Your Ringtone (page 47). Describing Your Ringtone After you create your initial ringtone, but before your ringtone is ready to be sent as an itunes Store Package (itp package) for sale in the itunes Store, you must prepare your ringtone by describing the ringtone in detail, including artists, title, copyright information, rights and pricing, and more. Providing Ringtone Details Before sending your ringtone to the itunes Store, use the Tone pane of itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music to provide ringtone information and rights and pricing details. In order for your ringtone to appear correctly in the itunes Store, you must enter information for the ringtone. When providing ringtone details, be sure to follow the itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide. The itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide specifies the itunes Store required style, standards and conventions for classical and non-classical content. Conforming to these styles is important to ensure your content is easily discovered, presented correctly, and accurately disclosed to eliminate customer confusion and complaints. Following the standards and style guide can help ensure that content goes live in the itunes Store and reduce the time needed for review by Apple. Non-conforming content might be edited or rejected. To download a copy of the itunes Store Music Data Standards and Style Guide, visit the Deliver Your Content module in itunes Connect. 41

42 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Describing Your Ringtone Entering Ringtone Information Use the Tone > Info pane to provide as much detail as possible about the ringtone. The information you provide represents all the ringtone metadata. To provide ringtone information details: 1. Click Info at the bottom of the Tone pane. 2. Drag and drop an audio file, between 5 and 30 seconds in length, into the Audio File box, or click Choose and select a file. Click below the Audio File box to listen to your ringtone. To replace a previously added file, drag a new file to the Audio File box or click Choose to select a new file, or choose Edit > Delete to delete the file and then add a new file. 3. Enter ringtone information: Type: Indicates the type of tone you are sending as an itunes Store Package (itp package) to the itunes Store. By default, itp specifies a ringtone. Language: Choose a language to indicate where you want to sell the ringtone. For more information, see Providing Localization Details (page 35). 42

43 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Describing Your Ringtone Title: Type the name of the ringtone in English (for example, for ringtones, the name of the song from which the the ringtone was created). If the ringtone s native language is not an ISO Latin-1 or Latin-2 language (for example, Japanese), see Providing Localization Details (page 35). Artists: Click Add Artist, type the name of the primary artist on the ringtone, and then choose a role from the Role pop-up menu. To add additional artists or other contributors (Songwriter, Remixer, Producer, and so on) to the ringtone, click Add Artist again, type the name of the artist or contributor, choose a role for the artist or contributor from the Role pop-up menu, and then select whether or not this is a primary role. You can also add composition-related contributors (for example, lyricist or composer) using Add Artist. Always include composition-related contributor information when available. Genre (Primary): Choose a genre for the ringtone from the pop-up menu. Genre (Secondary): Choose a second genre for the ringtone, if applicable, from the pop-up menu. Label Name: Type the name of the label that released the ringtone. Apple uses this information for financial reporting. Copyright: Type the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the ringtone in the first Copyright field and the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the performance (sound recording for the ringtone) in the second Copyright field. Do not type the word "copyright" or include any copyright symbols. itunes displays the performance copyright line in the itunes Store. UPC/EAN/JAN: Type a valid 12-digit UPC (Universal Product Code), 13- or 14-digit EAN (European Article Number), or JAN (Japanese Article Number) for the ringtone identifier. Be sure to include the check digit. A unique code is required for each ringtone. itunes rejects any new ringtone submitted with a previously-used code. You cannot change UPC/EAN/JAN codes once you deliver your ringtone to the itunes Store. Original Release Date: Type the original date (YYYY-MM-DD) of the first consumer-available physical release (LP, cassette, 8-track, CD, or other physical media) for the song from which the ringtone was created. Use this same date for ringtones that are re-releases (for example, re-mastered, or releases on new media types such as CD, digital, and so on). You can enter values such as today, tomorrow, and next month, and itp correctly formats the date. This is not the digital release date, unless the song from which the ringtone was created has not previously been released on any format. Grid: Type the global release identifier (GRID) for the ringtone. GRIDs must be unique across all products. GRIDs must not be more than 18 alphanumeric characters. GRIDs cannot contain dashes (-), spaces, underscores (_), symbols, or other punctuation. GRIDs are a new industry standard but still not widely used. If a GRID is not used at your company, do not enter a value. ISRC: Type a valid 12-digit alphanumeric ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) code for the ringtone (for example, GBAAN ). ISRC codes can contain only alphanumeric characters, and cannot contain dashes (-), spaces, symbols, or other punctuation. A unique ISRC code is required for each ringtone. An ISRC can appear more than once in the itunes Store if the same recording is included in more than one 43

44 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Describing Your Ringtone ringtone. In this case, the two ringtones must have exactly the same audio. A re-recorded, remixed, or otherwise different ringtone (no matter how similar) must have a unique ISRC. You cannot change ISRC codes once you deliver your ringtone to the itunes Store. Source ISRC: Type a valid 12-digit alphanumeric ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) code for the song from which the ringtone was created (for example, GBAAN ). ISRC codes can contain only alphanumeric characters, and cannot contain dashes (-), spaces, symbols, or other punctuation. Parental Advisory Choose an advisory label to indicate whether the ringtone is explicit or clean, if applicable. If you do not choose a value, itp uses None. 4. Drag the ringtone s cover art to the Cover Art box, or click Choose and select a cover art file. Cover art should be at least a 1400 x 1400 pixel JPEG or PNG file in RGB Color mode. For best results, deliver the largest pixel dimensions possible. Do not scale up artwork if it is smaller than the required size. If you are scanning your cover art be sure to scan at the highest resolution, or at least 1400 x 1400 pixels. Cover art must be at least 72 dots per inch (dpi). Do not submit art that contains an embedded color profile, back cover, or thumbnail art. To replace a previously added file, drag a new file to the Cover Art box or click Choose to select a new file, or choose Edit > Delete to delete the file and then add a new file. 5. Click Next or Rights & Pricing at the bottom of the Tone pane. For more information, see Entering Ringtone Rights and Pricing (page 45). Notes: For Japanese-language ringtones, type the native language values for each artist and title. Enter individual artists separately, not grouped together. For example, specify "Ella Fitzgerald" and "Louis Armstrong" separately instead of "Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong". 44

45 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Describing Your Ringtone Entering Ringtone Rights and Pricing Use the Tone > Rights & Pricing pane to provide as much detail as possible about the ringtone. The information you provide represents all the ringtone metadata. To provide ringtone rights and pricing details: 1. Click Rights & Pricing at the bottom of the Tone pane. By default, itp defines World (WW) rights and pricing for your ringtone. Unless you have rights in specific territories, use WW for all your ringtones. 2. Click Add Territory to change availability. If you don't see a region that includes only the countries where the ringtone can be sold, create a territory line entry for each country where the ringtone can be sold. Click Add Territory Group to add several territories at once. Use the search field to filter territories in the table by Code and Territory information. 3. Choose the region where you have rights to sell the ringtone from the Territory pop-up menu. Click Make Default to specify that you want itp to use all the designated rights and pricing as the default rights and pricing for all future ringtones. 4. Enter rights and pricing information for the ringtone: 45

46 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Describing Your Ringtone Sales Start Date: Type the date (YYYY-MM-DD) on which the ringtone will be available for sale in the selected territory. Ringtones won't be shown in the store until the specified Sales Start Date. If you do not provide a sales start date, the ringtone is available for sale immediately after normal quality assurance processing. Cleared for sale: Select whether or not the ringtone should be made available for sale in the selected territory. Deselecting Cleared for sale removes the ringtone from the itunes Store. Because the product for the most specific territory is used, you can use Cleared for sale as an exclusion mechanism for a regional clearance. For example, if you have rights for the world except for the UK (GB), then you would have two products: one for the world where you select Cleared for sale and one for the UK where you deselect Cleared for sale. itunes sells the resulting ringtone everywhere that you have a current contract with the exception of the UK. 5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each territory where you have rights to sell the ringtone. 6. Click Next. itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the Localizations pane so you can provide localized text, if applicable. For more information, see Providing Localization Details (page 35). 7. Click Next. itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the Delivery pane so you can submit your ringtone to the itunes Store. For more information, see Delivering Your Ringtone (page 47). Note: If you select Cleared for sale, itp makes the ringtone available in all territories where you have an active contract and automatically adds the following clearances: If you have a contract in a single territory, itp adds a clearance for this contracted territory only. If you have a contract in more than one territory, itp adds world clearances and, in the future, if you sign more contracts, this product appears in all new territories. 46

47 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Delivering Your Ringtone Delivering Your Ringtone The final step in preparing content for sale in the itunes Store is to deliver your ringtone to itunes for processing. Once you have created your ringtone and entered all your ringtone details, you can deliver your ringtone and all your prepared files as an itunes Store Package (itp package) directly to Apple s itunes Store. This section describes how to send your itp package to itunes for processing and how to send Apple a log report if you encounter errors during ringtone delivery. Sending Your Ringtone to the itunes Store When you are sure your ringtone is complete and correct, including all ringtone details, you can send your ringtone and all your prepared files as an itunes Store Package (itp package) to itunes for processing. To deliver your package: 1. Click the Delivery pane for your ringtone in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music processes all the ringtone details and displays any warnings or errors. 2. Fix any delivery warnings or errors. Double-click on a warning or error to have itp jump to the exact location of the problem. Click Activity to display the Background Activity window and view delivery status information for all packages you are currently sending, including pending messages, time remaining, warning and error messages, and so on. 3. Click Deliver. 47

48 Creating, Describing, and Delivering Your Ringtone Delivering Your Ringtone itp packages your ringtone details, and all prepared files into an itp package and sends it to the itunes Store. You can also choose File > Save and Deliver to package and save your ringtone details, and all prepared files into an itp package and send it to the itunes Store. Or, to send multiple packages at once, choose File > Save and Deliver All. itp packages your ringtone details, and all prepared files for all open itp windows into itp packages and sends them to the itunes Store. Notes: Until Apple has imported all your metadata, you can continue to update ringtones and resend packages. After final import, you must use itunes Connect to update metadata not supported through itp. itp plays an alert sound and displays a green checkmark when the package delivery is complete. If itp encounters an error during delivery, itp plays an error sound and bounces the itp icon in the Dock. To modify your delivery settings, choose itunes Producer > Preferences, click Advanced, and then deselect Signiant, Aspera, or DAV. You should only change these settings with the advice of your Technical Account Manager. For any questions, your itunes Technical Account Manager at [email protected]. Sending Your Ringtone Log Report to Apple If you encounter an error while delivering your ringtone to Apple, itunes Producer 2.9 for music creates a log report for you to send to Apple to help with troubleshooting your delivery issues. To send the log report: 1. Click Send to Apple or in the Delivery pane. 2. Review the details of the error log and, optionally, add notes and comments before sending. 3. Click Send to Apple to deliver the error log to the itunes Producer support team. 48

49 Featured Tasks This section features some of the top tasks performed using itunes Producer 2.9 for music. How do I deliver an album that is available for pre-order sales? 1. Create your album in itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. For information on creating an album, see Creating Your Album (page 12). 2. Click the Album > Info pane for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. 3. Select Pre-order previews allowed. By default, itp allows pre-order previews. Pre-order previews allowed only affects preview availability during the pre-order period, and applies to every territory and every track. When the pre-order ends and the album is released for sale, previews are always available. 4. Click the Album > Rights & Pricing pane for your album. 5. Type the date (YYYY-MM-DD) on which the album will be available for pre-order sales in the selected territory in Pre-Order Sales Start Date. A pre-order sales start date is required to create a pre-order. Pre-order sales start dates can vary by territory. To apply the pre-order to all territories, Shift-click to select all territories, and then edit the value in Pre-Order Sales Start Date. 6. Click the Delivery pane. itp processes all the album and track details and displays any warnings or errors. 7. Fix any delivery warnings or errors. Double-click on a warning or error to have itp jump to the exact location of the problem. 8. Click Deliver. itp packages your album and track details, and all prepared files into an itp package and sends it to the itunes Store. Important: Pre-orders must conform to the following specifications: All assets (cover art, audio files) are due up front. 49

50 Featured Tasks How do I renumber tracks within my album before sending it to the itunes Store? You cannot add tracks or change the pre-order track link-up or sequence once you deliver an album to itunes. When sending pre-orders for WW, do not message any individual product clearances. You can create pre-orders on the WW product level and itunes applies them automatically to all music countries. You cannot view delivered pre-orders in itunes Connect, and you cannot see if there is a pre-order available on an album when you are viewing the album in Manage Your Content in itunes Connect. Apple recommends that you keep track of your pre-order information and view the pre-order sales data available to you in the Sales and Trends module in itunes Connect. You cannot assign pre-order only tracks when setting up a pre-order. If you have pre-order only tracks you want to offer, contact your itunes Label Representative. How do I renumber tracks within my album before sending it to the itunes Store? 1. Open your album in itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. 2. Click the Tracks > Info pane for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. 3. Select a track in the list. 4. Click the up or down arrow to reorder the track. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each track you want to reorder. 6. Click Renumber Tracks. 7. Click the Delivery pane. itp processes all the album and track details and displays any warnings or errors. 8. Fix any delivery warnings or errors. Double-click on a warning or error to have itp jump to the exact location of the problem. 9. Click Deliver. itp packages your album and track details, and all prepared files into an itp package and sends it to the itunes Store. 50

51 Featured Tasks Can I save a preliminary version of my album before sending it to itunes? Can I save a preliminary version of my album before sending it to itunes? If you re not ready to send your album to the itunes Store and want to finish later, you can save a preliminary version. To save your album: Choose File > Save for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. Before you can save your album, you must first enter a UPC/EAN/JAN code or album title. itunes Producer 2.9 for music saves your album as an itunes Store Package (itp package) using the UPC/EAN/JAN value or album title as the name and the.itmsp extension. To reopen a saved album, open itp, Click Open Package, and then double-click the album name. By default, itp saves your albums in the Music > itunes Producer > Playlists folder. Note: By default, itp automatically saves your album as Untitled.itmsp, UPC/EAN/JAN.itmsp, or albumtitle.itmsp every 15 seconds. To turn off autosaving or change the default autosave time, choose itunes Producer > Preferences, click General, and then select Autosave or change the seconds. What elements can I update in my album? You cannot update all album and track details for an album you previously delivered to the itunes Store. The following is a list of the details you can update with a redelivery: Album details: Label name Copyright information Original release date Cover art, if the new cover s checksum is different than the checksum of the cover currently in itunes Pre-order previews Territories (you can add new territories) Sales start date (you cannot update a sales start date if the existing package s sales start date is in the past) Pre-order sales start date Clearance information Wholesale price information 51

52 Featured Tasks Why is editing disabled for my album? Track details: Digital Booklet or itunes LP, if you previously delivered a digital booklet or itunes LP Label name Copyright information Gapless Preview start time Parental advisory information Audio files, if the new audio file s checksum is different than the checksum of the audio file currently in itunes Lyrics Clearance information Wholesale price information Note: If Apple opens a metadata ticket before you deliver your updated packages, you can redeliver to update the album title and title version and the track title and title version. Why is editing disabled for my album? After you deliver your album to the itunes Store, or if you are looking up metadata for an existing album, itunes Producer 2.9 for music disables editing for fields you can no longer update. To turn on editing for your album: Choose File > Enable Editing for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. Apple does not recommend enabling editing. If you enable editing and make updates to your album, you might not be able to deliver your album to the itunes Store. Use the enable editing feature when you are instructed to do so by your itunes Technical Account Manager (for example, when you've delivered a partial album). 52

53 Featured Tasks Can I sort information within itunes Producer windows? Can I sort information within itunes Producer windows? Many panes in itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music display information in lists, allowing you to sort the information by column heading. For example, in the Tracks > Info pane, you can sort tracks by disc number, track number, title, or time. To change the order in which itp displays tracks in the list and sort tracks by title, click the Title column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again. itp indicates the current sort order by highlighting the column and displaying in the column heading. I don't see any activities in the Choose an Activity window. What should I do? If the Choose an Activity window does not display any activities, you do not have an active contract with itunes. You must complete the contract process before you can deliver content for sale in the itunes Store. For more information, see the Contracts, Tax and Banking module in itunes Connect. How do I deliver an itunes LP along with my album? 1. Create your album in itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. For information on creating an album, see Creating Your Album (page 12). 2. Click the Tracks pane for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. 3. Click Add itunes LP and drag and drop an itunes LP zip file into the File box, or click Choose and select a file. You can enter vendor identifier, track and disc number, and locale and description information for the file. You can also add up to five screenshots for the itunes LP. Vendor Identifier: Type a permanent, unique identifier for the itunes LP. Apple recommends using the UPC of your album as the vendor identifier. Vendor identifiers do not need to be a fixed number of digits. Although vendor identifiers can contain digits, itp treats them as strings, not numbers. Thus, a vendor identifier of is not the same as Vendor identifiers cannot be reused. The vendor identifier can only contain up to 100 alphanumeric characters and underscores (_); it cannot contain spaces, dashes (-), ampersands (&), other punctuation, or symbols. The vendor identifier is case-sensitive and must not start with an underscore. Track Number: and Disc Number: Indicates the track and disc number for the itunes LP in the album. The itunes Store displays the itunes LP as the first track, but the itunes LP must be the last track on the last Disc of the album. itp automatically populates the Track Number and Disc Number fields. You should only change these settings with the advice of your Technical Account Manager. 53

54 Featured Tasks How do I deliver an itunes LP along with my album? Locale: Click Add Locale, choose a locale from the pop-up menu, and type a localized description for the itunes LP. The locale indicates both the language and the specific location where the language is spoken. You should provide a locale and localized description for each country where the itunes LP is available. Descriptions can be up to 550 characters in length, can include Rich Text formatting, and must be suitable for public display. To add additional locales, click Add Locale again, choose a locale from the pop-up menu, and type a localized description for the itunes LP. You must specify a default locale. By default, itp uses the first locale. Description(s): Verify the locales and localized descriptions for the itunes LP, and specify a default locale. By default, itp uses the first locale. If you do not specify a locale and localized description for a country where the itunes LP is available, the itunes Store displays the default description. For example, if your contract allows you to sell in the Japanese Store and you do not provide a Japanese locale and description, the specified default description appears in the Japanese Store. Screenshots: Click Screenshots at the bottom of the Tracks pane for an itunes LP. Drag and drop a screenshot into the File box to add a screenshot to the itunes LP, or click Choose and select a file, or click Add Screenshot and select a file. Use screenshots to give users an idea of the itunes LP content. You must add at least one screenshot for the itunes LP, and can add up to a total of five screenshots. Screenshots appear in the itunes Store in the order listed, with the default first. To reorder screenshots, select the screenshot and drag and drop in the desired position in the box or use the up and down arrows to reorder the screenshots. 4. Click the Delivery pane. itp processes all the album and track details and displays any warnings or errors. 5. Fix any delivery warnings or errors. Double-click on a warning or error to have itp jump to the exact location of the problem. 6. Click Deliver. itp packages your album and track details, and all prepared files into an itp package and sends it to the itunes Store. Notes: You can add either a digital booklet or an itunes LP file to your album, but not both. Screenshots should be 1280 x 720 pixel JPEG or PNG files in RGB Color mode. Do not scale up a screenshot if it is smaller than the required size. itp cannot deliver an itunes LP containing video. To deliver an itunes LP with video, you must work with an approved itunes LP provider. Apple lists qualified itunes LP providers, developers, and delivery houses in the itunes Music Encoding Houses page in the itunes Connect - Deliver Your Content module. 54

55 Featured Tasks How can I check the history and status of packages? How can I check the history and status of packages? You can check the history and status of packages before and after you deliver them to the itunes Store. To check the history before delivery: Choose File > Package History for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window, type the UPC, EAN, or JAN number, and then click Search. To check the status after delivery: Choose Window > Lookup Status in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window, type the UPC, EAN, or JAN number, and then click Search. itunes Producer 2.9 for music displays the current state and date created for the package. How do I create a custom territory group for my album? 1. Create your album in itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. For information on creating an album, see Creating Your Album (page 12). 2. Click the Album > Rights & Pricing pane for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. 3. Click the Add Territory Group button. You can also use the Edit > Territory Groups menu item to create, remove, and edit custom territory groups. 4. Click the Add button. 5. Type a name for the new custom territory group. 6. Select the territories you want to include in the new custom territory group. 7. Click Save to create the new custom territory group. Click Cancel to remove your edits. 8. Click Choose to add the new custom territory group to your album. Notes: To delete a territory group, select an existing territory group and then click the Remove button. To customize a territory group, select an exiting territory group, click the Edit button, and then follow steps 5 through 7 above. You can only remove or edit custom territory groups. You cannot remove or edit itp territory groups (for example, North America, Latin America, and Europe. 55

56 Featured Tasks How do I deliver a digital booklet along with my album? How do I deliver a digital booklet along with my album? 1. Create your album in itunes Producer 2.9 (itp) for music. For information on creating an album, see Creating Your Album (page 12). 2. Click the Tracks > Info pane for your album in the itunes Producer 2.9 for music window. 3. Click Add Digital Booklet and drag and drop a PDF file into the File box, or click Choose and select a file. You can enter copyright and vendor identifier information for the booklet. Copyright: Type the copyright line (YYYY copyright info) for the digital booklet. Do not type the word "copyright" or include any copyright symbols. Vendor Identifier: Type a permanent, unique (with respect to the identifiers of other booklets included in the same package) identifier for the digital booklet. Apple recommends using the UPC of your album as the vendor identifier. Vendor identifiers do not need to be a fixed number of digits. Although vendor identifiers can contain digits, itp treats them as strings, not numbers. Thus, a vendor identifier of is not the same as The vendor identifier can only contain up to 100 alphanumeric characters and underscores (_); it cannot contain spaces, dashes (-), ampersands (&), other punctuation, or symbols. The vendor identifier is case-sensitive and must not start with an underscore. Parental Advisory: Choose Clean, Explicit, or None from the pop-up menu to indicate whether or not a booklet contains explicit content. If you do not specify a parental advisory, itp marks the digital booklet None to indicate a booklet for which neither a clean or explicit version exists. Choose Clean only if the digital booklet is an edited version of an original explicit form of the digital booklet. 4. Click the Delivery pane. itp processes all the album and track details and displays any warnings or errors. 5. Fix any delivery warnings or errors. Double-click on a warning or error to have itp jump to the exact location of the problem. 6. Click Deliver. itp packages your album and track details, and all prepared files into an itp package and sends it to the itunes Store. Important:The music digital booklets you deliver along with your album are expressly designed for the itunes Store format and cannot be reproductions of the liner notes with borders to increase their size. Use the following specifications when creating your music digital booklet: A PDF file format with the.pdf extension (select View >Fit Visible before saving) 72 dpi minimum (or 150 dpi if using in image files) 11 in W x in H minimum dimensions (28 cm x 21 cm) RGB color formatted 56

57 Featured Tasks How do I deliver a digital booklet along with my album? All images full-bleed as shown in the following sample pages (test documents in Preview, Acrobat, and in the itunes application, should be viewable in Preview as well as Acrobat): A minimum of four pages 1-up page layout (recommended) To be viewed on-screen (digital) PDF version not pertinent to Read Only All text and images to be viewed horizontally 57

58 Featured Tasks How do I deliver a digital booklet along with my album? All fonts and images embedded When creating your digital booklet, keep the following guidelines in mind: You can add either a digital booklet or an itunes LP file to your album, but not both. When saving as a PDF file, make sure the document opens full screen ( Fit Visible in Acrobat) with no negative space surrounding the document. The PDF files are meant to be viewed on screen, not printed out. When a user first opens the document, they should not have to zoom in to read copy. Text should read left to right, top to bottom. Do not display rotated text. The file size should be reasonable (8-10 MB max). If the digital booklet is many pages, consider using fewer images or optimizing images to achieve lower overall file size. Bar codes, crops, and printers marks are not allowed. Number all pages. You cannot sell or advertise other products or services. No other promotional sites are allowed. Documents can mention "itunes" if they link or refer to itunes for purchase. No links to anything outside of the booklet, except to the artist or label websites, are allowed. No time-sensitive information (for example, a promotion or dates for an upcoming tour or concert) is allowed. 58

59 Glossary The glossary defines terms you ll encounter as you read this guide. check digit A mathematically generated number required for UPC/EAN/JAN album identifiers, and used for consistency checking purposes. For more details, see the UPC validation documentation located at checksum A redundancy check used to guarantee that the asset files Apple receives are correct and complete. All content files you deliver to Apple must include an industry-standard MD5 digest checksum. itunes Producer 2.9 for music automatically generates these checksums for you. Once an album is received, the MD5 digest checksum contained in the metadata file (one for each file you send) is compared against the actual file received by Apple. If any differences are detected between the checksum calculated before delivery, and the checksums calculated during delivery, itunes Producer 2.9 for music rejects the entire package. itunes Connect A suite of web-based tools you can use to manage your content in the itunes Store. itunes LP An interactive experience created to accompany albums. An itunes LP allows a user to hear an album, view lyrics, liner notes, and band photos, and more. An itunes LP can contain photos, additional audio, and more. itunes Plus Digital Rights Management (DRM) free songs in the itunes Store that have no usage restrictions and feature higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding. itunes Producer file A tab-delimited file (encoded in UTF-16 format) or spreadsheet file used to import album and track details. itunes Store Package An itunes Producer generated file with the.itmsp file extension. itunes Producer 2.9 for music generates a package file from your uploaded audio files, cover art, album and track information and rights and pricing, and so on. lossless data compression A class of data compression algorithms that allow the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data. Common lossless audio compression formats include FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and Apple Lossless. Compare lossy data compression. lossy data compression A class of data compression algorithms that allow an approximation of the original data to be reconstructed, in exchange for better compression rates. Common lossy audio compression formats include MP3, AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), and IMA ADPCM. Compare lossless data compression. metadata Supplemental information about a media file type. For example, an audio file can contain information such as the name of the person that created the file, the length of the file, the title of the file, description, and so on. 59

60 Glossary scale up Increasing the size of an image without re-scanning or re-importing the original art. sum of tracks pricing A type of itunes Store pricing. The itunes Store sets the album s price as the sum of the prices for each track ( sum of tracks price) when the price that results from the wholesale price received for an album is higher than adding up the individual prices of each track in the album. If this occurs, the itunes Store still displays a Buy Album button, but reports the sales as individual track sales rather than album sales. For pre-orders, if any territory is priced at sum of tracks, a pre-order is not created in the respective territory. ticket A notice in itunes Connect that you need to fix package information such as metadata, cover art, audio files, and so on. For example, if there is a problem with your album title, itunes creates a metadata ticket and s you a notification so you can verify and fix the problem using itunes Connect. 60

61 Revision History This table describes the changes to Using itunes Producer 2.9 for Music. Date Notes This 2.9 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: improved user interface; enhanced validation and error feedback; additional metadata information; parental advisory support for digital booklets; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: localized user interface; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This 2.7 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: additional metadata languages; import templates; additional genres; Sales Start Date; cover art updates; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This 2.6 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: custom territory groups; send to Apple update; improved user interface; enhanced search; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This 2.4 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: improved user interface; filtering capabilities; updated system requirements; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This 2.3 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: itunes LP support; updated file import; active user button; Submit Feedback menu; Spotlight integration; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes. 61

62 Revision History Date Notes This 2.2 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: ringtone support; enhanced track details; package delivery enhancements; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This 2.1 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: dynamic pricing support; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes This 2.0 release includes the following updates to itunes Producer: digital booklet support; enhanced metadata lookup; quicker, more robust package delivery; enhanced error reporting; pre-order support; unlimited Undo and Redo commands; send to Apple functionality; a full Cocoa application; integration with Software Update; file import enhancements; plus additional enhancements and bug fixes. 62

63 Index A activities, none 53 album artist 23 cleared for sale 27 cleared for Ticketmaster 27 copyright 24 cover art 24 creating 12 creating from audio files 14 creating from CD 13 creating from existing package 15 creating from file 17 creating from metadata 16 delivering to itunes Store 38 describing 22 details 22 editable elements 51 editing 52 genre primary 24 genre secondary 24 grid 24 information 23 label name 24 language 23 pre-order sales start date 27 preview 24 release date 24 rights and pricing 26 sales start date 27 saving 51 sending to itunes Store 38 standards 22 style 22 title 24 title version 24 total tracks 24 track wholesale price tier default 27 UPC/EAN/JAN 24 wholesale price tier 27 artist album 23 ringtone 43 track 31 audio files creating album 14 creating ringtone 41 supported 7 B booklet, digital 29 C CD, creating album 13 check digit, definition 59 checksum, definition 59 cleared for sale, album 27 cleared for Ticketmaster, album 27 columns, sorting 53 content, parental advisory 32, 44 copyright album 24 for digital booklet 29 ringtone 43 track 31 cover art 63

64 Index album 24 ringtone 44 creating album 12 creating ringtone 41 D delivering album 38 delivering ringtones 47 descriptions, itunes LP 30 digital booklet 29, 56 copyright 29 guidelines 58 parental advisory 30 requirements 56 vendor identifier 29 disc number itunes LP 30 tracks 31 E elements, editable in album 51 F fields, import 18 file formats 7 file, creating album 17 filtering 26, 31, 33, 34, 37, 45 formats, supported 7 G gapless album 32 genre primary album 24 ringtone 43 track 31 genre secondary album 24 ringtone 43 track 31 grid album 24 ringtone 43 H help 5 I import fields 18 installing itunes Producer 8 IP addresses 6 ISRC ringtone 43 track 32 itunes Connect, definition 59 itunes LP 29, 53 definition 59 descriptions 30 disc number 30 locale 30 screenshots 30 track number 30 vendor identifier 30 itunes Plus, definition 59 itunes Producer file, definition 59 itunes Producer contacting 5 getting started 6, 9 help 5 installing 8 introduction 4, 6 overview 6 starting 9 support 5 what's new 4 itunes Store Package, definition 59 64

65 Index itunes Store sending album 38 sending ringtone 47 L label name album 24 ringtone 43 track 31 language album 23 ringtone 42 locale, itunes LP 30 localizations adding 36 providing 35 log report 39, 48 lossless data compression, definition 59 lossy data compression, definition 59 lyrics, for track 33 M metadata creating album 16 definition 59 P package creating album from existing 15 history 55 status 55 parental advisory content 44 parental advisory content 32 for digital booklet 30 PDF guidelines 58 requirements 56 ports 6 pre-order sales start date, album 27 pre-order sales, album 49 preview album 24 track 32 R release date album 24 original 24, 43 ringtone 43 renumber tracks 50 requirements, system 6 rights and pricing for album 26 for ringtone 45 for track 34 ringtone Source ISRC 44 artist 43 cleared for sale 46 copyright 43 cover art 44 creating 41 delivering to itunes Store 47 describing 41 details 41 genre primary 43 genre secondary 43 grid 43 information 42 ISRC 43 label name 43 language 42 parental advisory 44 release date 43 rights and pricing 45 sales start date 46 65

66 Index sending to itunes Store 47 standards 41 style 41 title 43 type 42 UPC/EAN/JAN 43 S sale cleared for ringtone 46 cleared for track 34 sales start date album 27 album pre-order 27 ringtones 46 saving album versions 51 scale up, definition 60 screenshot, itunes LP 30 searching 26, 31, 33, 34, 37, 45 servers 6 sort, columns 53 Source ISRC, ringtone 44 specifications 7 status, package 55 style and standards album 22 ringtone 41 track 28 sum of tracks pricing, definition 60 support 5 supported formats 7 system requirements 6 T territory group create custom 55 edit custom 55 remove custom 55 ticket, definition 60 Ticketmaster, cleared for album 27 title version album 24 track 31 title album 24 ringtone 43 track 31 track artist 31 cleared for sale 34 copyright 31 details 28 digital booklet 29 disc number 31 genre primary 31 genre secondary 31 information 29 ISRC 32 itunes LP 29 label name 31 lyrics 33 number 31 parental advisory 32 part of gapless album 32 preview 32 renumber 50 rights and pricing 34 standards 28 style 28 title 31 title version 31 total number in album 24 wholesale price tier 35 wholesale price tier default 27 U UPC/EAN/JAN 66

67 Index for album 24 for ringtone 43 V vendor identifier for digital booklet 29 for itunes LP 30 W wholesale price tier for album 27 for track 35 track default 27 67

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