Music Production & Release WorkflowPurpose
1.2. Ensures every audio iteration is automatically stored, tracked, managed, and retrievable during production, mixing, and mastering stages.
1.3. Establishes automated versioning, metadata tagging, and rollback capability, streamlining collaborative workflows and backup.
1.4. Facilitates compliance, creative oversight, and audit trails by automating the capture of every change to master recordings, stems, demos, and remixes.
1.5. Integrates with digital audio workstations (DAWs), cloud storage, project management, and communication software for seamless operations.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated on file upload, update, or renaming within designated folders in cloud or on-premises storage.
2.3. Automated trigger via completion of an approval or editing workflow step using project management tools.
2.4. Automatedly triggered by team comments or approvals on collaborative platforms (e.g., Slack, Microsoft Teams).
2.5. Automated on manual request via web-form or internal dashboard.
Platform Variants
3.1. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: Automate versioned uploads and file requests; configure file history retention using Dropbox API endpoints (files/upload, files/list_revisions).
3.2. Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: Automates file versioning and updates notifications; configure Drive API (Files: update, Revisions: create).
3.3. Microsoft OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: Automate file monitoring and version save using OneDrive API (delta, versions).
3.4. AWS S3
• Feature/Setting: Enable versioning and automate upload via S3 PutObject API and bucket versioning configuration.
3.5. Box
• Feature/Setting: Automates collaborative version control employing Box Events API and File Version API.
3.6. Git (GitHub / GitLab)
• Feature/Setting: Automate commit/push actions for binary files, configure git-lfs for large audio and GitHub/GitLab API for repository versioning.
3.7. SoundCloud
• Feature/Setting: Automate private track uploads and version tracking with SoundCloud API (tracks/upload, tracks/update).
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automates notification and file drop with Slack Files.upload API; integrate for approved version sharing.
3.9. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Automate task completion to trigger file version capture using Asana Webhooks and Attachments API.
3.10. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automator can sync file changes on status change using Files column and Monday API (files:add_file_to_column).
3.11. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate attachment versioning on card movement using Trello API (cards/attachments).
3.12. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Automates database item update for new audio versions using Notion API (pages:update).
3.13. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automates record update for new version metadata using Airtable API (attachments field updates).
3.14. Cubase (DAW)
• Feature/Setting: Automate project backup export and file naming on save, deploying custom macros and watchdog scripts.
3.15. Pro Tools (DAW)
• Feature/Setting: Automator runs post-save script for cloud sync and version tagging using Avid Cloud Collaboration API.
3.16. Logic Pro X (DAW)
• Feature/Setting: Automate project bounce and file archiving using Apple Automation tools and Shortcuts API.
3.17. WeTransfer
• Feature/Setting: Automates transfer of versioned files using WeTransfer API (boards/upload), automate notifications on successful upload.
3.18. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-platform orchestration; e.g., move new file versions between services with Zapier’s File Automation triggers.
3.19. Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automator enables versioning and automatic archive using Azure Blob API (Append Blob, Snapshot).
3.20. Adobe Creative Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automates file asset upload, versioning, and notification using Adobe Assets API (Files: upload, getLatest).
3.21. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Automator for file version events and integration with Egnyte Events API and File Versions API.
3.22. M-Files
• Feature/Setting: Automated metadata-driven version control configured via M-Files Workflow API and automatic file classifying.
Benefits
4.2. Accelerates retrieval, backup, and team collaboration with synchronized version tracking.
4.3. Ensures automated compliance and audit trails for content security and approval standards.
4.4. Reduces manual file handling and human error through automatable, always-on workflows.
4.5. Scales across multiple DAWs, storage, and project management tools with easy integration of automation APIs.
4.6. Supports remote, hybrid, or in-house music teams with consistent, automated file management.
4.7. Automatedly boosts visibility and productivity throughout the music production and release workflow.