Architecting Gati Music: Pushing Master Audio Tracks to 250+ DSPs

Introduction

Gati Music is a distribution platform for independent Indian creators and labels. Musicians push master tracks straight to 250+ DSPs, including Spotify, Apple Music, JioSaavn, YouTube Music, and Instagram Reels, no label required in between.

Key Architectural Challenges

1. High-Throughput Audio Ingestion: processing lossless WAV/FLAC files with sample rate conversion happening on the fly.
2. Metadata Standard Compliance: formatting ISRCs, UPCs, release dates, and contributor credits to DDEX standards, which is stricter than it sounds.
3. Automated Royalty Settlement: pulling together streaming micro-royalties across every DSP and paying them out over UPI or NEFT without anyone touching a spreadsheet.

Technology Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 16 App Router, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Audio Processing Engine: Web Audio API & FFmpeg WebAssembly modules
• Backend & Database: Supabase PostgreSQL & Edge Functions
• Deployment: Vercel Global Edge Network

Conclusion

Next.js 16's App Router and serverless edge handlers run the artist dashboard, which pushes out thousands of track distributions a month.