A template set is your release recipe. It says where a beat goes, what the titles and descriptions look like, and how the images and videos look. Pick a set for a beat and everything else follows.
What's in a Template Set?
| Part | What it decides |
|---|---|
| Upload to | Which platforms a beat goes to: YouTube, YouTube Shorts, BeatStars and SoundCloud |
| Upload scheduling | Per platform: publish right away, or schedule on the days and time you choose |
| YouTube playlists | The playlist for your main videos and the playlist for your Shorts |
| Default beat info | A beat info template with default reference artists, genres and moods |
| Metadata templates | Title, description and tag templates for each platform |
| Image templates | The thumbnail and cover style for canvas (16:9), square (1:1) and vertical (9:16) |
| Video templates | How the video moves in each format, or a still thumbnail |
| Image search template | What BeatOps searches for when it finds a photo for your artwork |
The templates themselves live on the Templates page. A set only points to them, so one template can be part of many sets. Change the template and every set that uses it changes too.
How to Use
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Make your own set
Go to Templates and open Template Sets. The built-in Default Template Set is read-only, so copy it and edit the copy. -
Make it your default
Every new beat you add gets your default set automatically. -
Switch sets per beat
Pick another set on the beat page, or in the review screen before you process and upload. -
Change single fields per beat
On the beat page you can change one thing for one beat, like the platforms, the schedule, a playlist, a title template or the image template. The set stays the same for your other beats.
Switching Sets on a Beat
When you switch a beat to another set and the beat has changes of its own, BeatOps asks what to do with them:
- Keep my customizations: the beat gets the new set, and the fields you changed for this beat stay as they are.
- Start fresh with new template set: the changes for this beat are cleared, and the beat follows the new set completely.
A beat without any set gets no titles, descriptions or templates. That is why BeatOps always gives a beat a set, and uses your default set when you have not picked one.
Ideas for Sets
- One set per sound: a dark trap set with the Rage video look and moody thumbnails, and a melodic set with Vinyl and clean visuals.
- One set per destination: a "YouTube only" set for type beats you test first, and a "Full release" set that also goes to BeatStars and SoundCloud.
- One set per artist lane: default reference artists and a search template that fit that lane, so the titles and photos are right from the start.
- Scheduled drops: a set that schedules YouTube for Friday at 18:00, so you can prepare beats early and release on a fixed day.