Music Cue Sheet Uploader - Plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro

Music Cue Sheet Uploader
Plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro

This plugin helps film editors easily prepare edits for the music cue sheet process, eliminating the need to exchange XMLs or EDLs from Premiere Pro. The plugin allows to quickly filter music by generating a list of active tracks or by using one of the many filter options. The generated list can be previewed, adjusted, and uploaded to an EditingTools.io account with one click using an API key. Then, the cue sheet can be processed further in the EditingTools.io Cue Sheet Manager by automatically adding metadata from production music libraries and exporting it in various file formats.

Features

Simple functions to create a list
Many filter and search functions
Merge multiple clips into one entry
Merge overlapping clips
Merge through-edits
Option to list only selected tracks
Upload with one click to Cue Sheet Manager

for Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2022+
For Windows and MacOS.

This is a free, light version of our Listify plugin for Premiere Pro and focuses only on audio clips.

This plugin requires an API key, which can be created for free in your user account editingtools.io/account/api/.

This plugin is also available for download from the official Adobe Exchange Store.

Main Features

Find & Filter

Filtering allows you to search using specific criteria, such as clip or file name, as well as other criteria. You can add multiple criteria and save them as presets for quick access.

Track Selection and Clip Merging

The plugin can be set to search only selected audio tracks. You can choose to include or exclude disabled clips, as well as merge overlapping clips into a single entry. This gives you the ultimate control over which clips are included in the list.

Jump to Clips

Finding a clip in the current edit is as easy as clicking on an item in the generated list. The cursor will then jump to the clip's position.

Upload to EditingTools.io

With one click, the list can be uploaded to the Music Cue Sheet Manager on EditingTools.io, where additional metadata can easily be added.

Find metadata from production music libraries

With our Cue Sheet Manager, it's easy to retrieve track metadata from our partner production music libraries.

How to start?

I. Installation

Download the latest version of the plugin from EditingTools.io.
Make sure to close Adobe Premiere Pro before installing the plugin.
Run the .pkg installer for macOS or the .exe installer for Windows. You can also install the extension using the ZXP file. This method requires a ZXP installer.
Open Adobe Premiere Pro, then open the Plugin Panel from the main menu by selecting "Window > Extensions > Music Cue Sheet Uploader."

II. Create the first list

Open your film sequence in Premiere Pro.
Click "Generate" in the plugin panel to get a preview of your project. Click on any entry to jump to that position in your timeline.
To clean up multiple cuts, check the "Options > Merge through edits" and "Options > Merge overlapping edits" boxes.
Press "Generate" to refresh the list.

III. Refine the results

You can also limit the list to active tracks only. This makes cleaning up the results easy, especially when working with a clean sequence with music on only two or three tracks. Select "Options > Targeted Tracks" and check all the tracks containing music. This way, the plugin will ignore all the irrelevant audio tracks.
Press "Generate" to refresh the list.

IV. Filter results

If you want to take it a step further, you can create filters. For example, you can create a filter to show only tracks containing predefined letters in the filename. For example, you can filter all tracks from APM Music by adding a filter searching for "apm" in the filename.
Press "Generate" to refresh the list.

V. Connect the plugin to your account

Open editingtools.io/account/api/ and create an API Key. Make sure it has the rights for the "Music Cue Sheet Manager". You can also use the API Key from another person that wants to receive your cue sheet.
Copy & past the API Key into the API Key field. The key will be stored for future use.
Enter a project name and click on "Upload" to upload the project into the "Music Cue Sheet Manager".

VI. Add metadata and complete the cue sheet

Open your profile to view all your cue sheet projects. Select and open the newly uploaded project.
In the Music Cue Sheet Manager, you can add metadata by clicking on "Scan Libraries" and edit project and track details.
Once you have finished, you can export the cue sheet document in Excel, CSV, and many other formats. The tool also provides presets, such as CISAC, to generate cue sheets in standard formats.

Are you looking for more features?

Our "Listify" plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro offers all the above features and even more:

It also works with video tracks.
Export CSV, PDF, and Excel files directly from Adobe Premiere Pro.
Search and filter video clips.
Copy the list table directly to the clipboard.
Export thumbnails

Check out Listify

Automate your workflows with our API

Whether you're a developer or just want to automate more processes with tools like Zapier or Make, you can easily integrate this tool into your workflows with our API. Learn more about integrating the REST API in our API documentation.

If you are working for a platform that offers cue sheet services, let us know and we can integrate your platform into the plugin as well.

API Documentation

Support

If you have any questions or feature requests, please contact our support team. We are happy to assist you!

FAQ

Close Adobe Premiere Pro before installing the plugin. You can then run the .pkg installer for MacOS or the .exe installer for Windows. It is also possible to install the extension using the ZXP file. This requires the ZXP installer.

If you already have the plugin installed and want to install a new version of the plugin, you can simply run the new installer. It is not necessary to uninstall the old version, the new one will overwrite everything.

You can activate the plugin panel in Premiere Pro menu under "Window > Extensions > Music Cue Sheet Uploader".

Yes, the plugin can be started without a network connection. However, you need an internet connection and a free EditingTools.io account to use the "Upload to EditingTools.io" feature.

No, your data will remain on your machine.

Yes. The plugin was designed to support all types of projects, including highly restricted productions with signed NDAs. It will not share any data with devices other than your own.

However, if you decide to use the "Upload to EditingTools.io" feature, the metadata from the collected list will be uploaded to your personal EditingTools.io account.

Close and reopen the panel. This should reload the plugin and solve the problem. If that doesn't work, try restarting Premiere Pro or reinstalling the latest plugin update.

We always make sure the plugin works in the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro. Starting with Premiere Pro 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and later.

If you are experiencing problems with the plugin, make sure you have the latest version of the plugin installed. Also, feel free to contact our support anytime if you have any issues with it.

The plugin was written for Windows 10 and MacOS 12 (Montery). This does not exclude other versions for now, but we cannot exclude trial issues when using with older versions. If you are using an older operating system, please let us know how your experience is.

If you need a new feature, option, or customized version of the plugin, please send us a message. We offer custom solutions for businesses.

On Windows the extension can be easily uninstalled under "Add/Remove Programs".

On MacOS the extension can be easily uninstalled by deleting the folder "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/Music Cue Sheet Uploader