Music Catalog Software
Catalog software for 500 to 20,000 track libraries. AI auto-tagging, CSV import, cross-catalog search, and branded sharing from $8 per month annual.
Start Free 7-Day Trial →Music catalog software is the toolkit composers, publishers, sync agencies, music libraries, and DJs use to organize, tag, search, and share their music. It combines a library with metadata tools (BPM, key, genre, ISRC, writers, publishers), bulk editing, cross-catalog search, and sharing. DropCue is purpose-built for this workflow from $8 per month with annual billing, scaling with catalog size, with all AI tools and analytics included.
The category covers six features that generic file managers (Finder, Dropbox, Google Drive) cannot match: embedded metadata in downloads, cross-catalog search by BPM and key, per-recipient share analytics, branded share links, AI auto-tagging, and bulk CSV import. A working catalog over a few hundred tracks is unmanageable without these.
Generic file managers (Finder, Dropbox, Google Drive) treat audio files like any other file. They cannot embed metadata into downloads. They cannot search by mood or instrument. DropCue is built around the actual music industry workflow — pitching for sync, sending demos, managing rosters, building DJ set lists.
Music metadata, not just file names. Title, artist, writers and publishers with splits, PRO and IPI numbers, ISRC, BPM, key, genre, mood, instruments and lyrics, editable in bulk across hundreds of tracks at once.
Versions kept together. Full mix, instrumental, no-vocal, stems and cutdowns grouped under one parent track, so a search returns one result with its alternates instead of eight loose files.
Search the way supervisors brief. Filter by mood, BPM range, key, genre and instrument across the whole catalog in seconds. If you cannot find a cue in under a minute, neither can anyone you share it with.
Bulk import and export. A CSV importer that maps your existing spreadsheet or another platform's export, and an export back out, so your catalog data is never locked in.
Metadata that travels with the file. Downloads that carry the metadata inside the WAV, MP3 or AIFF, so an editor or supervisor can log the placement without emailing you for the writer splits.
Sharing you can measure. Branded, password-protected playlist links with per-recipient analytics, so the catalog is not just stored but pitched, and you know who listened.
Free and familiar: a Google Sheet or Excel file for metadata, Dropbox or Google Drive for the audio. It works up to a few hundred tracks. Past that, the sheet and the folders drift apart, nothing searches by mood or BPM, and downloads carry no metadata.
Catalog management built around sharing: metadata, versions, search and branded playlists with listener analytics in one place. Suited to composers, publishers, sync agencies and libraries that pitch. DISCO Pro is $26.99 per user per month billed annually; DropCue Pro starts at $15 a month billed annually for 1,000 tracks.
Platforms built for large publishers and labels that handle rights, royalties, contracts and licensing at scale. Powerful, usually sold through a sales call, and more system than an independent composer or small library needs.
Apps for organizing a listening or DJ collection, such as a media player library or DJ software crates. Fine for playing music, not built for writer splits, PRO data or sending a catalog to clients.
Composer / sync writer — manage 500-5,000 cues across genres, with full metadata for sync pitching. Pro 1K-5K plans ($15-30/mo annual).
Sync agency / publisher — manage rosters of writers, pitch curated playlists, track per-supervisor engagement. Pro 5K-20K plans ($30-69/mo annual).
Production music library — bulk import + tag 10,000+ broadcast-ready tracks. Public catalog page for clients. Pro 10K-20K plans ($42-69/mo annual).
DJ / music director — cross-catalog search by BPM, key, energy. Build set-list playlists for residencies and events. Artist or Pro 1K ($8-15/mo annual).
Solo artist / band — organize your catalog (released + unreleased + alt mixes), share branded links with industry contacts. Artist ($8/mo).
Music catalog management software is the system composers, publishers, sync agencies, music libraries and labels use to store, tag, search and share their music. It holds the audio and the metadata together (writers and splits, PRO data, ISRC, BPM, key, mood, genre), groups alternate versions, and lets you send playlists to clients. DropCue is music catalog management software built for catalogs that get pitched, from $8 a month billed annually with no track limit on the Artist plan.
It depends on what the catalog is for. For a catalog you pitch to music supervisors, agencies and clients, a pitching platform such as DropCue or DISCO is the best fit, because catalog, sharing and listener analytics live in one place. DropCue Pro starts at $15 a month billed annually for 1,000 tracks, against $26.99 per user per month for DISCO Pro. A large publisher running rights and royalty accounting at scale may need an enterprise rights system instead. Under a few hundred tracks, a spreadsheet and cloud storage can still work.
Generic file managers treat audio like any other file. They cannot search by mood, BPM or key, cannot embed writer and publisher metadata into downloads, cannot group alternate mixes under one track, and cannot tell you who listened to what you shared. Music catalog software is built around the industry workflow: pitching for sync, sending demos, managing rosters and tracking which supervisor played which cue.
Plan tiers map to catalog size. Artist, at $8 a month billed annually, has no track limit. Pro and Studio come in 1,000, 3,000, 5,000, 10,000 and 20,000 track tiers, from $15 to $69 a month billed annually on Pro. For catalogs over 20,000 tracks, contact sales. The largest account on DropCue holds more than 17,000 tracks (October 2026).
Yes. Bulk-upload the audio by drag and drop, then import metadata from a CSV. The importer maps common column layouts, including a DISCO metadata export, covering title, artist, BPM, key, genre, mood, writers, publishers and ISRC. You can export your catalog back out to CSV at any time.
DropCue suggests BPM and key for each track and flags uncertain values for you to check, writes short cue descriptions in a sync-pitching style, transcribes lyrics, and can generate cover art. Every suggestion stays editable. Stem separation is available separately and runs on credits.
Every track carries its metadata: title, artist, ISRC, BPM, key, writers, publishers and your contact details. When a recipient downloads a track from your share link, that metadata is embedded in the WAV, MP3 or AIFF file, so whoever opens it in Pro Tools, Logic or any DAW sees what they need to log the placement.
Pro and Studio can be bought for a team, billed per seat: each seat is a full copy of the plan with its own workspace, and the total is the plan price times the number of seats. Seats do not share one catalog; each person manages their own. Artist is a solo plan.
For organizing and searching, yes: DropCue searches by BPM range, key and genre, and groups clean, explicit and radio edits under one track. It is not DJ performance software. Rekordbox, Serato and Engine DJ handle live mixing and beat-matching, which DropCue does not.
From free (a spreadsheet and cloud storage) to enterprise contracts. DropCue starts at $8 a month billed annually (Artist, no track limit), with every feature on Pro from $15 a month at 1,000 tracks to $69 a month at 20,000 tracks. DISCO Pro is $26.99 per user per month billed annually.
Drag in your tracks, hit CSV import, let AI auto-tag, and find any cue in 2 seconds.
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