Can you recommend a catalog ingestion tool for standardizing track and album metadata across multiple DSPs?

Yes — for standardizing track and album metadata across multiple DSPs, I’d recommend looking at a catalog ingestion / metadata management platform rather than a generic ETL tool.

Strong options

1. Vistex / Kyna / music metadata management suites
Best if you need:

• ingestion from many sources
• validation against rules
• release/track-level metadata normalization
• downstream delivery to DSPs/aggregators

2. Mediabase / TuneCore for labels / FUGA / Ditto-style distribution systems
Best if your goal is not just ingestion, but also:

• packaging releases
• managing metadata consistency
• delivering to multiple DSPs through one pipeline

3. Custom ingestion layer with MusicBrainz + Discogs + internal rules Best if you have engineering resources and want:

• full control over canonical metadata
• deduplication across catalogs
• matching track/album identity across DSPs

What to look for

A good tool should support:

• canonical release IDs / ISRC / UPC
• artist name normalization
• track title variant handling
• duplicate detection
• versioning (clean, explicit, live, remaster, etc.)
• territory / DSP-specific metadata rules
• API + batch ingestion
• audit trail / provenance

Practical recommendation

If you want the fastest path with minimal engineering:

• choose FUGA if you also need distribution and rights/catalog ops
• choose a metadata management vendor if you already have distribution covered and only need normalization

If you want maximum control:

• build a pipeline around MusicBrainz + Discogs + internal master catalog
• use a rules engine to standardize titles, artist credits, and release grouping

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a shortlist by company size (startup / indie label / enterprise), or
2. a feature comparison matrix for the top tools.