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 itunesproducer@apple.com. 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