Help Center
Guides and reference pages for MusicLaunch. These 44 articles are also built into the app under Help.
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Spark Plug: record an idea from any screen
A melody, a riff, a lyric: catch it whenever the mood strikes. Click the red-and-orange Spark Plug button at the top of any screen, or press ⇧⌘IShift-Command-I. Click again and it's saved as a 24-bit WAV in Media Hub → Ideas, ready to drag into your DAW.
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Hear something? Click Spark Plug — or press ⇧⌘IShift-Command-I. The button is at the top of every screen. One click starts recording, with nothing to fill in.
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It's recording. Keep working. Go to any section. A small recorder shows the time and your input level.
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Stop, and it's saved. Stop & Save stores it right away as a 24-bit WAV, named with the date and time.
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Find it in Media Hub → Ideas. Play it, rename it, add a note, or link it to a Producer's Pad song.
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Drag it straight into your DAW. Grab the handle and drop the WAV onto a track, or into Finder.
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Getting Started
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Welcome to MusicLaunch
What MusicLaunch is, how it works, and how to get the most out of it.
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License & Activation
How to activate your license, move it to a new Mac, and find a lost key.
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Keyboard Shortcuts & Power-User Tips
Move faster around MusicLaunch with shortcuts and hidden tricks.
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Music Business News
The headlines card on the Dashboard: where the news comes from, choosing sources and adding your own feeds.
Campaigns & Planning
Contacts & Outreach
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Contacts & Outreach
Build a music industry rolodex — press, playlists, venues, bookers, and more.
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Pitch Email & Sequences
Send pitch emails via Gmail, start from a template or a draft from your team, and set up automated multi-step follow-up cadences.
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Local Scene
Map venues, bookers, fellow artists, and music spots in your city.
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SMS Campaigns
Write SMS blasts, pick recipients from Contacts, and hand the message to your texting tool.
Performance & Analytics
Production & Recording
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Producer's Pad
Track each song's production status, track by track, from writing to final master.
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Gear Tracker
Inventory your instruments, mics, plugins, and hardware. Track receipts, warranties, and values.
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Collaborators
Manage your creative team — producers, engineers, designers, videographers, and more.
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Artist Retreat
Creative space for lyrics, setlists, bios, and press copy, plus the songwriting tools.
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Songwriting Tools
Chord tools, keys and scales with the theory reference, chord progressions, rhymes and a thesaurus, BPM & Metronome, and the Lead Sheet editor.
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Spark Plug (Record an Idea)
Record a quick audio idea from any screen with one click, or send ideas from your phone. They are saved as WAV files in Media Hub → Ideas.
Sync, Budget & Merch
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Sync Licensing
Pitch your tracks for use in TV, film, ads, and games.
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Budget Tracker
Plan a budget per category, log expenses and income, and keep a log of your ad campaigns' results.
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Merch & Promo
Smart links, QR codes, flyers, banners, merch mockups, stickers and buttons — promo assets for your releases and shows.
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Building a Press Kit (EPK)
Assemble a press kit from the bio, press release, photos, and links you already keep in MusicLaunch.
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Flyer & Promo Graphic Generator
Create show flyers, posters, social graphics and name banners from classic templates and genre styles.
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Stickers & Buttons
Design stickers and pin-back buttons from genre kits or classic shapes, and export print-ready PNGs at real sizes.
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Building Your Sync Catalog
How to add tracks with metadata that maximizes sync placement chances.
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Sync Pipeline & Submissions
Track submissions through every stage from pitch to placement.
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Brief Matcher
Have your Sync Agent match your tracks to incoming sync briefs in seconds.
Settings & Account
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Your Team
Who is on your team, what each member does, and how the monthly allowance works.
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Settings & Preferences
License, profiles, theme, fonts, backups, Gmail, and security.
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Backups & Data Recovery
How the hourly snapshots, a backup folder and Time Machine protect MusicLaunch data, and how to restore it.
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Security & Passwords
App password, Artist Retreat password, and how to get back in if you forget one.
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Privacy & Telemetry
What anonymous usage data MusicLaunch collects, and how to opt out.
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Dry Run Mode
Test posts and emails without actually sending them — for testing and rehearsing.
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Troubleshooting & Common Issues
Quick fixes for the most common problems.
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Team Plan Limits
Exact daily and monthly limits for each team feature, on each plan.
Can't find what you need?
Email hello@musiclaunchapp.com and we'll help. For a lost license key or moving MusicLaunch to a new Mac, use License Help.
For AI assistants: a plain-text summary of MusicLaunch with links to every guide is at llms.txt, and the full text of every guide is in llms-full.txt.
Social & Posting
Content Calendar
Plan and schedule social media posts across all your platforms.
Social Hub & Connecting Accounts
Connect Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Bluesky, see what each connection can do, use copy-and-open for the rest, and reuse past posts with the Content Recycler.
Composing & Publishing Posts
Write posts once, publish to multiple platforms, schedule for later, or send immediately.
Studio (In-App Recording)
Record short videos with your camera and mic, or import a clip from your Mac or Media Hub, then trim, filter, caption, and post them.
Influencer Outreach
Learn how creator outreach works, browse outreach services, and track every pitch.
Connecting Instagram & Facebook
Step-by-step OAuth setup for Meta platforms, and common errors.
Connect Instagram
Business or Creator account setup, the Meta privacy setting to check, and common connection errors.
Connecting Gmail & YouTube
Google OAuth setup for email + YouTube channel posting.
Connecting TikTok
TikTok OAuth setup, video upload behavior, and known limitations.
Connecting Spotify
What a Spotify connection does, why it may be refused, and where your Spotify numbers really come from.