How to Create an Original
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Starting this tutorial assumes you have already completed creating and uploading all of your metadata files. If not, check out Making Metadata Tutorials (2023) or the video tutorial.
To create an original 1/1:
Click "Create" on the sidebar
Click "Contract Manager" and load up the manager page
On the Contract Manager page, find the "Mint Master" button and click it
You then have a choice for how many pieces of metadata to set. Does your token have 1 piece of metadata that the original and copies share? Do you include another piece of metadata for generation 2? Or add 3 pieces of metadata (which I consider to be the right amount to start).
Enter in the Song URIs for each piece of metadata, and the total supply (maximum amount of copies) for the song.
Click Mint
Confirm in your wallet, wait
Celebrate!
A "Song URI" is another term for a link to the metadata. URI 1, 2, and 3 correspond to setting generation 1, 2, and 3's metadata. Each URI goes to a different link of metadata that was created earlier, to distinguish each rarity for one song.
In the case of the 721J token, the metadata is made up of a "Base URI" + a "Song URI". The Base is the beginning part, and the Song URI is combined with the base to make the full link. The Base URI contains the part of the link that is repeated, for example "https://arweave.net/" or if you are using a manifest on Arweave "https://arweave.net/*manifest tx*/".
If you are not using a manifest on Arweave, you will have to enter the arweave tx as the Song URI for every piece of metadata. If you are using a manifest, all you need to do is enter the name of the file for the Song URI.
The total supply you set when creating an original is the maximum amount of copies you'd want to make for a song. You can set it to as large or as small of a number you want, and you can also change it later. If you change it later, an event will be emitted that will signal that a particular song has had it's total changed at some point, to help holders understand.
If you want to split all sales for a song on chain between collaborators, you might want to use a split contract to do that. Splits are supported by the 721J v2 contract from the Contract Wizard.
With a split contract, you can manage all sorts of crazy splitting up of royalties on chain. All you need to do is enter the split address when creating an original.
You can also have the flexibility to change the split address after creating an original.
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