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    ReLeASe MACHINe FAQ

    Terse answers. If yours isn't here, email support.

    01 / WHAT DOES EACH TIER INCLUDE?

    DROP.EXE (€99) — single track, one full release pack: 3 cover directions, locked cover, Spotify Canvas, lyric video, social format adaptations 1:1 / 4:5 / 9:16, release page, campaign checklist.

    CORE.EXE (€400) — everything in DROP + merch mockups, motion loops, higher regen caps, priority lanes.

    CORE BUNDLE (€1,499 for 5 tracks) — for EPs / albums. Saves €501 vs 5 singles. All tracks share one visual system.

    ERA.EXE (€39/mo) — Visual Genome DNA + Personal Assistant + monthly asset drops.

    02 / HOW DO REGENERATIONS AND CAPS WORK?

    Each order includes a fixed number of regens per stage (covers, motion, lyric video). If you burn through them, top-ups are €5 for 5 extra regens. Caps exist to keep the mechanical loop honest — infinite regens produce nothing.

    03 / WHO OWNS THE OUTPUTS?

    You do, as far as we can give it: we assign you every right we hold in the assets generated for your release (art, video, merch mockups, captions) and put no restriction on your commercial use — release covers, streaming platforms, socials, merch, print. The AI providers' end-user commercial rights are passed on to you. What nobody can promise is that AI-generated material attracts copyright — some jurisdictions, the US included, currently limit protection for output without enough human authorship. You are responsible for any third-party samples, faces, or logos you supply as references.

    04 / REFUNDS?

    Before a paid stage has run, ask and we refund. Once the compute has actually run, that stage's fee is not refundable as a change of mind — but your statutory rights stand: if a deliverable is never produced, isn't what we sold, or is defective, you get re-performance or your money back. Checkout asks you to tick that you want work to start immediately, which is what ends the EU 14-day withdrawal window; untick it and nothing is charged. Bundles: unused track slots are refundable pro-rata if requested before ANY track in the bundle starts generating.

    05 / WHAT LANGUAGES ARE SUPPORTED?

    Analysis and lyrics work in ~50 languages. Campaign captions default to your song's detected language, with an English toggle (or "both" for bilingual variants) on the campaign view.

    06 / DIRECTOR.EXE, HOW MUCH AND WHAT DO I GET?

    An AI-directed film for your song. One committed world, cut to your beat. Two options: SHORT FILM (€99), ~60 seconds built around the hook, roughly 5-6 scenes. FULL FILM (€199), the whole song, full storyboard, every section. Both export 16:9 + 9:16. This is a directed film, not a narrative with a recurring character.

    07 / CAN I SELL DIRECTLY FROM /A/MY-HANDLE?

    Yes. Connect Stripe payouts from Account → Your World and enable the SHOP block. Sell the master as a digital download at any price ≥ €1 (buyers get a signed download link with 5 downloads over 30 days). Link out to your Printful merch store from the same page. Platform fee: 10% per artist sale, the rest is paid out to your Stripe account. No fake storefronts: if Connect can't be enabled the shop stays hidden.

    08 / PRINTFUL, HOW DOES MERCH ORDERING WORK?

    Connect your Printful account in Account → Integrations. Merch mockups from CORE can be one-click pushed as printable products in your own Printful catalogue. Link them from your /a/handle SHOP block. You keep the storefront relationship; we just prep the artwork at print specs.

    09 / PUBLISH.EXE, IS DIRECT-TO-DSP DISTRIBUTION LIVE?

    Not yet. You can currently reserve a slot on the waitlist from the export view. When it ships, it will route deliverables to Spotify / Apple / etc. via a licensed distribution partner. Until then, take the pack to your existing distro.

    10 / HOW DOES THE VISUAL GENOME (DNA) WORK?

    ERA.EXE analyses your full body of work and locks a visual DNA — palette, motifs, typography, mood. Every subsequent release inherits it, so covers and campaigns read as ONE artist across time, not disconnected drops.

    11 / WHAT FILE FORMATS / SPECS DO I GET?

    Covers export at 3000×3000 PNG/JPG (streaming spec) — in-app previews are preview-resolution, the print-ready master is produced on the export screen. Spotify Canvas to Spotify's own rules: 9:16 MP4, 3-8s, 720-1080px tall, measured on the finished file before it's called ready. Lyric video 1920×1080 16:9 + 1080×1920 9:16 MP4. Socials 1:1 / 4:5 / 9:16 PNG + short MP4 loops. Merch: 4500×5400 print-ready PNGs with transparent background.

    12 / IS THE OUTPUT ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FROM DEFAULT AI?

    Yes. The pipeline routes to different model lanes per asset, injects a locked style manifest and palette across every generation, then critiques and regenerates below a quality threshold. You get a coherent system, not 20 unrelated Midjourney tabs.

    13 / CAN I EDIT ANYTHING BY HAND?

    Text on cover, cover text style, palette, motifs, release date, streaming links, social captions — all editable inside the dashboard. The generated art itself is regen-based; we don't ship a full raster editor.

    14 / SIGNAL LOST?

    Email yes@rizzgroup.org. Include your order code (from the release URL or checkout receipt). We reply within 24h working days.