What is the Cue Sheet Generator?

The Cue Sheet Generator turns a timeline export from your editing software into a cue sheet with rights metadata. Upload an EDL from Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer, or a .txt file from Pro Tools, and Slipstream matches your music against our catalog.

📌 Beta feature: The Cue Sheet Generator is currently in beta. We recommend using Chrome for the best experience.

Export your timeline, upload it, and get a cue sheet with Slipstream's music already filled in. Here's how to export it right.

How it works

Export your timeline from your editing software → upload the file to the Cue Sheet Generator → download your cue sheet as CSV or Excel.

Music from Slipstream's catalog: title, artist, writers and publishers are filled in automatically.
Other music: listed with its file name and timings, so you can add the rest by hand.

We only see what's in the file you export. That's why the export settings in this guide matter: if the song names arrive cut off or missing, we can't recognize your Slipstream music.

💡 The most important rule: the generator recognizes Slipstream music by the file name. Keep the names exactly as you downloaded them.

Which file do I need?

Your software	File to export	See section
Adobe Premiere Pro	`.edl`	Exporting an EDL
Avid Media Composer	`.edl`	Exporting an EDL
DaVinci Resolve	Not supported yet	DaVinci Resolve
Avid Pro Tools	`.txt`	Exporting from Pro Tools

What the generator accepts

Requirement	Details
File types	`.edl` (CMX 3600)* and `.txt` (Pro Tools "Session Info as Text")
File size	Up to 10 MB
Cues per file	Between 2 and 10,000
Frame rates	23.976, 24, 25, 29.97 NDF, 30, 48, 50, 59.94 NDF, 60, 75, 90, 29.97 Drop-Frame, 59.94 Drop-Frame
You get	CSV or Excel (XLSX)
Not accepted	XML, AAF, FCPXML

*CMX 3600 is the standard EDL format. When you export an EDL, choose this format.

Rules for everyone

File names

These rules are for music from Slipstream. Music that isn't from Slipstream isn't in our catalog, so it's always listed with just its file name and timings, whatever it's called.

✅ Works	❌ Won't be recognized	Why
`Atmospheric Price.mp3` (as downloaded)	`SLIPSTREAM_Atmospheric Price.mp3`	Something was added at the start
`Atmospheric Price.mp3`	`Atmospheric Price FINAL.mp3`	Something was added at the end
`Atmospheric Price.mp3` in your timeline	`Intro music`	The clip was renamed in the timeline

⚠️ Don't rename the files you download from Slipstream, and don't rename the clips in your timeline. If your export has no file names at all, no cue can be recognized.

Before you export

#	What to do	Why	Applies to
1	Make a copy of your timeline (in some programs it's called a sequence) and work on the copy	The next steps change the timeline, so your original stays safe	All
2	Keep only the music tracks (delete the layers with dialogue, sound effects and video)	Anything you export shows up in the cue sheet, so other sounds would appear as extra rows	All
3	Put all your songs on 2 stereo audio tracks (rows) or fewer	A Premiere Pro EDL only holds 4 audio channels, and each stereo track uses 2. Songs on extra rows are left out	Premiere Pro
4	Take the music out of nested sequences (a timeline placed inside another timeline) and put it back on the main timeline	Music hidden inside a nested sequence isn't exported as separate songs	Premiere Pro, Avid
5	Delete music clips that are muted or turned off	They're exported anyway and show up in the cue sheet, even though nobody hears them	All
6	Remove crossfades (where one song fades into the next), but only if the export fails or the times look wrong	They can break the export or move the times in the cue sheet	All
7	Check your frame rate (frames per second, for example 24, 25 or 29.97). Also check if it's "drop-frame", a special version of 29.97 and 59.94	You choose the same one in the generator. If it doesn't match, the times in the cue sheet come out wrong	All

Exporting an EDL

If you use Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer, export an EDL: a file that lists the songs in your video and when each one starts and ends.

1. Premiere Pro

Export from: File > Export > EDL (click inside the timeline first)
Format: CMX 3600 (the window is called "EDL Export Settings (CMX 3600)")

Setting	Choose	Why
32-character names	On	Without it, names longer than 8 characters are cut off and the song isn't recognized
Use Source File Name	On	Writes each song's original file name, which is how the generator recognizes it
Include Original Audio File Name	On	Same reason: it adds the original file name of each audio clip
Drop Frame	Same as your timeline	If it doesn't match, the times come out wrong
Tracks To Export → Audio 1 to Audio 4	The channels of your music tracks (rows)	Only these 4 channels are exported
Include Video Levels / Include Audio Levels	Off	The cue sheet doesn't use them

⚠️ Premiere Pro exports 4 audio channels, which is 2 stereo tracks. Put all your music on 2 stereo tracks before exporting.

💡 In the timeline, click the wrench icon and turn on Show Source Clip Name and Label, so the clips show their original file names.

When the settings are ready, click OK, choose where to save the .edl file and click Save. That's the file you upload to the generator.

2. Avid Media Composer

Export from: Tools > List Tool
Format: CMX_3600 (in the Output Format menu)

Setting	Choose	Why
Input tab → Sequence	Drag your sequence in, or click Load	That's the timeline the EDL is made from
Input tab → Tracks	Turn on only the audio tracks (rows) with music	All tracks are on by default; other tracks would add rows that aren't music
List Options → Both Picture and Sound → Clip Names and Source File Name	On	They write each song's name and original file name, which is how the generator recognizes it
List Options → Sound → Dissolves	Off	Audio transitions aren't needed and can shift the times
Formatting → Optimize EDL	Off	With it on, only 4 audio tracks can be exported

Click Preview to check the list, then Save List > To one file, so you only upload one file.

💡 Media Composer writes the EDL in capital letters. That's fine: the generator doesn't care about upper or lower case.

3. DaVinci Resolve

⚠️ DaVinci Resolve isn't supported yet. Resolve's EDL export only includes one video track, so your music isn't in the file and the generator can't find it. We're working on accepting other file types.

Exporting from Pro Tools (.txt)

Export from: File > Export > Session Info as Text (the window is called "Export Session Text")
Format: text file (.txt) with the clips of each track and their times

Setting	Choose	Why
Include Track EDL's	On	This is the list of clips on each track with their times
All Tracks / Selected Tracks Only	Selected Tracks Only, after selecting your music tracks	Only the music is exported, so you don't have to delete other rows later
Time Format	Timecode	It comes set to Mins:Secs by default, and the generator can't read Mins:Secs, Bars\|Beats or Samples
Include File List / Include Clip List / Include Markers / Include Plug-In List	Off	The cue sheet doesn't use them
Show Subframes / Include User Timestamps	Off	The cue sheet doesn't use them
File Format	Keep the default (TextEdit 'TEXT')

⚠️ Change Time Format to Timecode. It's set to Mins:Secs by default, and that's the most common reason a Pro Tools export doesn't work.

To check, open the .txt file and look at the START TIME and END TIME columns:

✅ Timecode (works)	❌ Won't work
`01:00:00:18` (hours:minutes:seconds:frames)	`0:05` (Mins:Secs) · `5\| 1\| 000` (Bars\|Beats) · `586000` (Samples)

When the settings are ready, click OK, choose where to save the file and type a name. Pro Tools adds the .txt extension. That's the file you upload to the generator.

Good to know: if you check your file, you'll see each stereo song twice, once for the left channel and once for the right (_L, _R). That's normal; the generator combines them into one cue.

Upload your file

Open the Cue Sheet Generator: log in at slipstreammusic.com, click your avatar, go to Profile and open the CueSheets tab. Drop your .edl or .txt file, or click choose a file.
In Frame rate, choose the same one as your timeline.
In Export, choose CSV or Excel.
If you use the same song more than once, choose one of the merge options (see below).
Click Generate. Your cue sheet downloads automatically when it's ready, usually in about a minute.

Generator options

When you upload your file, you can choose what to do when the same song is used more than once.

Option	What it does	Good to know
Merge overlapping identical clips	If the same song is cut into pieces that overlap or touch, it shows up once	Works best with all the music on one track: a clip on another track in between can keep the pieces apart
Use frame handles to find & merge identical clips	Same as above, but also joins pieces of the same song separated by a short gap (up to about one second)
Merge all identical clips	Each song shows up only once for the whole timeline	Duration is the total time the song is used; Timecode In and Out are those of its first use
Show disabled clips	Doesn't change anything yet	Muted or turned-off clips are always included

What's in your cue sheet

Track title, artist, writers and publishers
ISRC and album info
Timecode In, Timecode Out and duration for each cue
Music we don't recognize is still included with its file name and timecodes, with the rights columns left blank

Common problems

What you see	Why it happens	How to fix it
"We didn't find any music clips in this file."	The file arrived with no songs	Export again, choosing your music tracks
A song has no title, writers or publishers	We didn't recognize it: the file name was changed	Use the original file name and export again
The times are wrong	The frame rate doesn't match, or Pro Tools isn't set to Timecode	Choose your timeline's frame rate. In Pro Tools, use Timecode
Some music is missing	Not all your music tracks were exported	Choose all your music tracks when exporting
The same song appears many times	Each use is listed separately	Use a merge option
The file isn't accepted	It's not an `.edl` or `.txt`, it's over 10 MB, or it has fewer than 2 clips	Export an `.edl` or `.txt` under 10 MB

Known limits

Things the generator doesn't do yet, so you know what to expect:

Limit	What it means for you
Artist for some library tracks	A few tracks have no artist in our catalog, so the Artist column can be empty. Writers and publishers are still filled in
Stems and alternate versions	The title shows the version name (for example, "Lite Mix Full B") instead of the song's main title
Owner, GEMA and Labelcode	These columns are in the file but always empty for now
Merge options with drop-frame timecode	Merged songs can be off by 2 frames (a fraction of a second) each time they cross into a new minute
Copies of a clip	With "Merge all identical clips", copies your program renamed (for example, `.COPY.01`) are listed separately

Questions or issues? Email support@slipstreammusic.com

Cue Sheet Generator: export and upload guide