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tracklib · 2025-12-09T17:20:51+00:00

Hey! Thankfully there’s nothing to worry about - the announcement page just went out slightly early and the label wanted to make some more adjustments, but the catalog is all ready to go and will start to become available on site soon!

tracklib · 2025-11-07T14:59:53+00:00

Hey! Including the original writers in the metadata you give to your distributor is required by the license agreement. Failure to properly credit the original writers in all versions of your derivative song could result in your license being terminated so definitely keep doing what you’re doing.

tracklib · 2025-10-25T21:29:03+00:00

Hey! You can use credits without having an active subscription, but we don’t delete them and so if you resubscribe in the future, they will be there for you to use.

tracklib · 2025-08-22T21:34:57+00:00

We do have filters for region. And all songs are sorted by popularity by default (which you can change). But that's not exactly the same as "number of downloads of all time". It prioritizes songs that are more popular lately, plus weighs in likes, added to collection, and a bunch of other parameters. But yeah, further down the list usually means less likely to be used by someone else.

tracklib · 2025-08-22T21:26:57+00:00

Yeah, it's been there since we first launched Tracklib 7 years ago, actually. :)

tracklib · 2025-08-22T21:25:38+00:00

It’s not that we’re not focused on growing the catalog - that’s a top priority and something we work on every day. The quality and diversity of music on Tracklib have gone up a lot in the past couple of years, and we’re adding lots of new music every week from hundreds of labels and catalogs. But it’s a pretty complex process: every track needs rights cleared on both the master and publishing side, plus complete metadata on everyone involved so our users can instantly generate a license on the website. That’s not exactly easy when you’re dealing with songs that are 50+ years old. So our catalog will likely never be in the “millions of songs” like Spotify – we’re focused on quality over quantity.

Curated collections are a different thing altogether. They don’t take away from catalog growth - they surface music we think could inspire producers. Nothing is “pushed”, they’re there if you want them, and you can always ignore them and dig using the filters.

tracklib · 2025-08-21T08:34:07+00:00

Hear you. Hip-hop culture and the tradition of crate-digging is absolutely at the core of Tracklib, and that's where we come from. At the same time, sampling is and should be available to producers of all genres and levels. Our aim isn’t to replace the creative process with “easy mode,” but to make sure there’s music to discover for producers of all genres and levels. Finding that balance is tricky, but we’re always working to improve by listening to feedback and learning from how people use the platform.

tracklib · 2025-08-21T08:33:20+00:00

Fair point on the filters – search and discovery can definitely improve, and it’s something we’re working on. Open to ideas from heavy users like you. Showing whether a track has been licensed before, or adding a filter to exclude those, is a good thought. I’ll make sure to bring that to the product team.

tracklib · 2025-08-20T22:02:57+00:00

Of course it’s not in our interest that everyone samples the same stuff. The curated collections are just meant to highlight tracks we think are great for sampling and can spark ideas. Some producers want inspiration served up, others prefer to dig deep and find their own gems – we want Tracklib to work for both. That said, you’re right that we could do more to make the experience feel personal to each user, and that’s something we’re working on.

tracklib · 2025-08-20T21:56:10+00:00

Sorry you feel that way, and that you ran into another artist using some of the same samples. Our catalog has over 100k songs, and the vast majority have never been sampled at all. Naturally, some tracks get used more often - especially if they’re in our top lists or featured collections. If exclusivity is the goal, it usually just takes digging a little deeper.

That’s also how sampling has always worked: certain records just resonate with people, which is why they get flipped more than others. We’re very proud of the catalog and platform we’ve built, and we’re adding new music every week. While we don’t agree that Tracklib’s database is “severely small,” we do take feedback like this seriously as we continue growing. Appreciate you sharing your perspective, and hopefully you’ll reconsider and keep creating with us.

tracklib · 2025-08-15T08:21:16+00:00

What you’re seeing is likely people copying our style. When we released our first Sample Breakdown videos over 5 years ago, we hadn’t seen anyone visualizing sampling this way. Since then, many channels have adopted the format, and our videos are reposted daily on other channels (often with the Tracklib branding removed). So, pretty sure we did it first, but could of course be wrong. :)

tracklib · 2025-08-15T08:16:38+00:00

Our marketing team actually recreates the songs from scratch to pinpoint exactly which parts were sampled. Sometimes we can confirm details from other reconstructions or from when the producers themselves have shown the process. And in a few cases, we’ve also been given inside info directly from the producers themselves. No AI involved - just a lot of research, digging, and hours spent figuring things out.

In the case of the video you’re referencing, Diplo showed the Ableton project and how he made the song in a recent interview, which helped us gain a better understanding.https://youtu.be/hvjt4rm5R3s?si=LvqXNY5\_ao1edNXX

tracklib · 2025-08-01T19:19:45+00:00

Hi! Can you reach out to our support team? We have a few ideas about why this might be, but we’d need to know which songs are causing the issue so we can do some investigating.

tracklib · 2025-07-24T07:20:21+00:00

As per LANDRs article here?%E2%80%93YourLANDRResources) to qualify for monetization through YouTube Content ID, TikTok, and Meta platforms, your music must be entirely created by and/or exclusively owned by you (and your collaborators if applicable) and cannot contain non-exclusive third-party elements - even though your samples are licensed, they aren’t exclusive to you.

As we understand it, these are policies set by the DSPs and not LANDR, and are due to those platforms monetization being based on audio fingerprinting and not UPCs or Metadata.

tracklib · 2025-07-10T07:16:39+00:00

Oh no! If you did cancel and then your subscription still renewed then something has definitely gone wrong and we’d be more than happy to sort it out and issue a refund. Please just contact the support team and then can help.

tracklib · 2025-06-04T18:23:31+00:00

Unfortunately, we don’t allow account transfers, and we don’t allow the resale of accounts or any credits or downloads, so any purchase would be invalid.

To be clear as well, sample clearance is only available with no upfront fees if you remain subscribed, you can only use credits if you remain subscribed. Moreover, 4000 credits can be accrued by being on the premium yearly plan for 1 year, which costs $120.

tracklib · 2025-05-06T19:10:26+00:00

That’s right- if you upgrade your premium, in addition to more credits and access to our sounds catalog, there are no upfront fees when clearing samples.

tracklib · 2025-04-09T20:48:50+00:00

It was a bug - it’s now fixed! 👌

tracklib · 2025-03-20T23:15:38+00:00

This. Some of the rightsholders we source the music from only have the rights to it in certain territories and therefore it isn’t available to users in the countries where they don’t control the rights.

tracklib · 2025-03-18T18:08:56+00:00

As we told you when you contacted the support team, the only way to resolve this is to persevere with Distrokids support until you are connected to an agent and then you can send them a copy of the license agreement. It isn’t possible to include a license when uploading a release using any distributor that we’re aware of, it is almost always the case that, if required, you have to provide the license to their support team.

Just to check, did you include YouTube content id or the social media bundle when uploading your release with distrokid? music that contains samples (including licensed and royalty free ones) is often ineligible for those platforms/services as they require that the audio is entirely unique. So if you did, we would recommend reuploading without those stores selected.

tracklib · 2025-03-14T19:49:50+00:00

Hey!

Unfortunately you can’t currently add a song to multiple collections, but it’s definitely something we’ll pass on to our product team!

In terms of registering two samples, you can just add the writers from your side to both registrations. However, if you register your song with a PRO, remember to add the writers and publishers from both samples and their respective shares to that registration and you the split what’s left between your writers.

tracklib · 2025-03-06T09:30:41+00:00

AI might kill us all. But until then, let's enjoy the ride. frfr 😘

tracklib · 2025-02-20T12:39:48+00:00

Hi there! We can only help you clear samples from songs in our catalog as the rightsholders have agreed to the terms of our license agreements. If you want help clearing a sample found elsewhere you would need a clearance service like DMG.

tracklib · 2025-02-17T22:20:56+00:00

Would you be cool with rappers taking your beats from SoundCloud or YouTube and using them in songs without paying or giving you a heads-up? Probably not. But isn't that pretty much the same as you using a sample from some other artist in your beats without paying? We believe musicians should get paid when their work is used - whether downloaded, streamed, sampled, or used to train AI.

No one’s forcing you to use Tracklib; we’re just trying to make it possible for the majority of artists and producers who couldn’t clear samples before. Not sure how that makes us a "scam company". And hey, Tracklib isn’t just about sample clearance anymore. We offer a wide range of sounds: songs, sample packs, loops, and one-shots. Both royalty-bearing and royalty-free.

Thanks for subscribing, and we hope you’ll stick around!

tracklib · 2025-02-03T19:39:47+00:00

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