Say who’s releasing
Stamps works the same on Mac and Windows. Where this page says ⌘, use Ctrl on Windows.
Stamps opens on Who’s releasing? Type your artist name and press Continue. Next time, your name is already there, so Return goes straight on. Other names you’ve used show underneath; hover one and click × to forget it.
Drop your release
Drop a folder or your songs onto Drop your release, or click Choose files (⌘O). Stamps reads WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and M4A, and leaves out anything else.
As the release opens, Stamps fixes things on its own and tells you how many, with Undo. It turns ALL CAPS titles into title case and takes leftovers like FINAL v3 or _master_v2 out of titles. A feat. moves into Guest artist, and (Explicit) becomes the E mark. A CMYK cover becomes RGB, and the genre is spelled the way stores spell it.
Add a missing title
A song without a title shows its file name, and the main button says Add the missing title. Its card offers a title made from the file name as one click, so louis_vuitton_master_v2.wav becomes Louis Vuitton. A release with no artist asks you to Add the artist the same way.
Check the album order
When Stamps guessed the order, it asks Is this the album order? Click Looks right, or drag songs into place. The track numbers follow the order by themselves, and Esc puts a song back.
Edit a track
Click a track to open its card, with Title, Artist, Guest artist, Explicit and Genre. More details holds Writers, Producers and the ISRC your distributor gave you. Names you’ve typed before come back as you type, so credits stay spelled the same on every release.
Use credits on every track
When you give one track writers, producers or a genre the others don’t have, Stamps offers Use on all tracks at the top right. Click it to copy them to the whole release.
Edit several tracks at once
⌘-click or Shift-click tracks, or press ⌘A for all of them. The card then edits them together: Artist, Writers, Guest artist, Producers and Genre. A field where the tracks differ says Mixed, and whatever you type goes to all of them.
Set the cover and release details
Click the cover or the release name at the top. Drop an image on the cover or click Replace the cover, then set the release name, artist, year and genre. More details holds the label, ℗ and ©, UPC and discs.
Stamps tells you when a cover isn’t what stores ask for, like under 3000 px or not square. It’s a note, and it never stops you saving.
Add more tracks
Click Add tracks at the end of the list, or drop more songs on the window. They’re numbered after the last track, take the release’s details, and get the same fixes.
Save
Click Save. The tags go into the same files you dropped in, so there are no copies and nothing to export, and the sound stays exactly as it was. If a file can’t be saved, its track says why, and the button lets you save it again. New release (⌘N) starts the next one.
Check it later
To see what’s in your files, drop the same folder in again. Stamps reads back the tags as they are in the files, so you can check everything before you upload.
Unlock the full version
Your first release is free, and you can open, fix and save it as often as you like. Saving a second release opens the unlock card: $29 once for every release after that, on up to 3 computers, Mac and PC together, with free updates and a 30-day refund. Click Buy to pay in your browser, then type the key from your receipt under Enter a key, or click the activation link in the receipt email.
What changed in each version is on the Stamps changes page.
Still stuck? Email kai@plastic.audio and I’ll help.
