Splits

Story

Splits decide who owns what, and they're much easier to agree on early. Every song in TRAX shows its splits at the top of its page: a donut of who gets what, each person's share, and whether they've agreed. Edit splits is one click away. Everyone on a split approves it, so the numbers are agreed before anyone argues.

Specifications

• Rights types: master, publishing and sync. Each one has its own split.
• Shares: 0–100% each, up to two decimals (e.g. 33.33%). They must add up to exactly 100%.
• Starting points: industry templates (solo producer + featured vocalist, producer + writer + vocalist, full band, custom) and "Split evenly".
• Agreement: the owner proposes. Everyone on the split approves or rejects, and people with "Propose / counter splits" can counter-propose. When everyone has approved, the split is agreed. The owner records answers for people without a TRAX login.
• Status:
• per song: No splits yet · Waiting on answers · Disputed · Agreed · Signed (when a split agreement is fully signed)
• per person: Waiting · Countered · Agreed · Disputed
• Who sees what: the owner and people with split or money access see everyone's shares. Everyone else sees only their own share, with the rest shown as one "Everyone else" total. This applies on the song, Home, Rights & Splits and Royalties.
• Where it shows:
• the song's Splits card and Splits tab (with View split sheet)
• Rights & Splits in the sidebar, in the Approve & Rights group (every song with its split bar and one Set splits / Edit button)
• the Splits list, filtered by All · Waiting · Need splits · Agreed
• Home's "Your splits" card
• Royalties ("payouts follow these splits")
• + Add someone: from the split editor, add a person by name, role and share. Roles: artist, co-producer, songwriter / top-liner, session musician, engineer, A&R, manager, legal. They join the song's team tracked for credits, with no login needed.
• Messages and record: people with a TRAX login get a TRAX message. Every proposal, answer and agreement is written to the song's History, which is append-only and hash-chained.
• Answer-by dates (Pro Studio and up): reminders go out after 3, 7 and 14 days, and the day before the date.
• Phones: the Splits card stacks the donut above the list. Nothing scrolls sideways at 390px.

How to

1. Open a song and press Set splits (or Edit splits) on its Splits card. You can also press Set splits on a song on Rights & Splits.
2. Pick master, publishing or sync.
3. Start from an industry template or set your own numbers. Press + Add someone for anyone who isn't on the team yet.
4. Get the total to exactly 100% (the running total shows what's left), add a note if you like, and send it.
5. You're back on the song, where the card confirms it was sent. Everyone on the split approves, rejects or counter-proposes.

What you can do

• See every song's splits at a glance, and open the editor in two clicks from anywhere in TRAX.
• Set master, publishing and sync separately, each with its own people and shares.
• Add a collaborator who isn't on TRAX yet, right from the split editor.
• Counter-propose (with permission), reject with a reason, and track every answer.
• Turn agreed splits into a split agreement everyone signs online (Pro Studio and up; see Legal agreements).

What you can't do (yet)

• Send a split that doesn't add up to exactly 100%.
• Propose a new split unless you're the song's owner. Everyone else approves, rejects or counter-proposes.
• Reuse someone already in People through + Add someone: it always adds a new person. To reuse someone, add them from the song's Team page.
• Use a custom role in the quick add. Custom roles are on the Team page.
• Treat a split as a contract on its own. It records what everyone agreed. A split agreement makes it a signed contract.

Plans

• Producer Starter: everything above: the Splits card and tab, Rights & Splits, Home and Royalties views, proposals, approvals, counters, + Add someone, the donut.
• Pro Studio: adds multi-round negotiation with answer-by dates and reminders, the waterfall and revenue-flow charts, industry benchmarks, and split agreements with e-signature.
• Label Enterprise: adds contribution-based suggestions (Suggest) and What-if scenarios.
• White Label (by waitlist): adds your label's own benchmark ranges on every song you own.

Related

• Split sheets: the one page everyone signs, built from these splits.
• Royalties (its own entry is coming): payouts follow the agreed splits.
• Legal agreements: turn splits into a signed agreement.
• Team and permissions (its own entry is coming): who can see and counter splits.
• Benchmarks (its own entry is coming): common ranges by genre and role.

Changelog

• 1.15 · 2026-10-02: The sidebar now runs in a song's order; Rights & Splits sits in its Approve & Rights group (after Review & Approvals, before Licensing).
• 1.14 · 2026-10-02: View split sheet on the song's Splits card, opening the song's industry-standard split sheet (see Split sheets).
• 1.13 · 2026-10-02: Splits up front. Added the song's Splits card and Splits tab, Rights & Splits back in the sidebar under Projects (songs first, one button per song), the Splits list with filters, Home's "Your splits", every song's split on Royalties, and + Add someone in the editor. Benchmarks moved to their own tab.
• 1.12 · 2026-10-02: Rights & Splits became two tabs, Rights and Royalties.
• 2026-10-01: Charts, benchmarks, multi-round negotiation, templates and split agreements with e-signature.
• 2026-09-30: Real agreed splits per rights type (master, publishing, sync), contributor cards and the contribution timeline.