ONTRK.Royalty tracking for composers.
ONTRK is music royalty tracking software for composers, built by Tonal Chaos. It reads your royalty statements and shows what every cue was paid. When TV detection opens in November, it checks each airing against the statement that should have paid it.
ONTRK at a glance
- What it is
- Royalty tracking software for composers
- Made by
- Marc Aaron Jacobs, founder of Tonal Chaos
- Launched
- September 2026
- Reads
- 12 societies, 18 export formats
- Statements
- Free analyzer, or $9 a month for every statement
- TV detection
- Opens in November 2026, by BMAT on 50 channels
- Monitoring
- From $15 a month for 25 tracks
- Works on
- Any browser and iPhone
A statement shows what paid. Not what aired.
Every royalty statement, one view.
Reads every statement
ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, PRS, SOCAN, GEMA, SACEM, SIAE, TONO, JASRAC, the MLC and SoundExchange, across eighteen export formats, turned into one clear view.
Shows what each cue earned
What every cue was paid, on which show and channel, and how much of the statement carries a performance count at all.
Never uploads the file
A statement is read in your browser. The file stays on your computer, and only the extracted rows are stored.
TV music detection.
Listens to TV
Monitored by BMAT on 50 channels in the US, UK, Europe and Australia. Uses as short as 2 seconds are caught, so stings and bumpers count too.
Checks each airing
Every airing is compared with the statement that should have paid it. An airing whose statement is not due yet waits for that statement.
Builds the inquiry
For a performance that was never paid, ONTRK writes the inquiry you send to your society, with the airings attached.
Made by composers, for composers.
Tonal Chaos writes music for trailers, commercials and television, and runs a trailer music library with composers around the world. Every one of those cues is supposed to earn performance royalties when it airs.
Checking that meant comparing two lists by hand, one society and one quarter at a time. So Marc Aaron Jacobs, who runs Tonal Chaos, built the tool to read our own statements. That tool became ONTRK. Read the announcement.
ONTRK, answered.
What is ONTRK?
ONTRK is royalty tracking software for composers, made by Tonal Chaos founder Marc Aaron Jacobs. It reads royalty statements from twelve performing rights societies and shows what each cue was paid. Its TV detection, monitored by BMAT, opens in November 2026.
Why would a cue air on TV and never get paid?
A royalty statement lists what a society paid, not what aired. If the cue sheet is missing or wrong, or the registration does not match, the airing never becomes a line on the statement, so nothing on the page looks wrong.
Which royalty statements can ONTRK read?
ONTRK reads statements from ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, PRS, SOCAN, GEMA, SACEM, SIAE, TONO, JASRAC, the MLC and SoundExchange, across eighteen export formats. Each society's own column names are turned into one shape.
How much does ONTRK cost?
The statement analyzer is free and unlimited, with no account. An account starts with a 7-day free trial of Statements, no card. After that, one statement stays free, or $9 a month keeps every statement. TV monitoring opens in November, from $15 a month by tracks watched.
Who does the TV monitoring?
BMAT, on 50 channels in the US, UK, Europe and Australia. The shortest use BMAT reliably detects is 2 seconds, and cutdowns are matched from the full mix.
Is ONTRK a TRQK alternative?
Yes. TRQK closed in late August 2026, per users’ reports. ONTRK covers the statement half today, free, and its TV detection opens in November on 50 channels monitored by BMAT.
Does ONTRK upload my royalty statement?
No. The statement is read in your browser and the file never leaves your computer. Only the extracted rows are stored.
Is ONTRK related to OnTrak or OnTrack?
No. ONTRK is a music royalty product for composers, part of the Tonal Chaos family with Tonal Chaos Trailers and DropCue. It is not related to any similarly named company.
Royalty guides from ONTRK.
- Why didn’t I get paid for my TV placement?
- What is a cue sheet?
- When do ASCAP, BMI, PRS, SOCAN and GEMA pay?
- ASCAP census vs sample survey
- TRQK alternative for composers
- Every statement guide
Updated . Facts checked against ontrk.app.