# Check and export a release
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/release-share/distribution/check-and-export

Find what a store would reject before you send it, then download everything your distributor's form asks for.
## What gets checked [#what-gets-checked]

Before a release leaves Aden, the files you actually uploaded are checked, not just the details you typed.

* **Master**: stores need a lossless WAV or FLAC at 44.1 kHz or higher, 16 bit minimum. 24 bit is recommended.
* **Cover art**: aim for 3000 × 3000 pixels, perfectly square, RGB, with no transparency.
* **Details**: ISRC, UPC, release date, genre, primary artist, and composition and master splits that each add up to 100%.

The primary artist is the **Primary** column on the track's collaborators. It's the artist name stores show.

Anything a store would reject shows as an error to fix. Anything that only hurts quality, like a mono master or smaller artwork, is a warning you can go past. Requirements differ per store, so you can check against the stores you're targeting.

## Export for your distributor [#export-for-your-distributor]

On the track's **Release** page, or in its actions menu, press **Export for distributor**. You download:

* the master and the cover,
* a DDEX file, for distributors that import it,
* a spreadsheet with the fields upload forms ask for,
* a short guide.

The export only downloads once the checks pass.

## Hand it over from ChatGPT or Claude [#hand-it-over-from-chatgpt-or-claude]

With Aden connected to ChatGPT or Claude, ask it to put out a single, EP or album through your distributor, like "Upload Donuts to DistroKid". It reads everything the form needs from Aden (titles, artists, credits and splits, codes, release date, genre, language, explicit, label, the ℗ and © lines), plus the masters and cover, and fills in the distributor's form for you.

You sign in to the distributor yourself; Aden never sees that password. If something is missing, like an ISRC or splits that don't add up, it tells you what to fix in Aden first.

## Related [#related]

* [Request a release delivery](/docs/help/release-share/releases/request-delivery)
* [Get your streaming links](/docs/help/release-share/distribution/streaming-links)