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What does the ISRC mean?
Do I need a new Registrant Code for each of my projects?
Where do I submit my ISRCs once they have been assigned?
Do you track my sales?
I have applied for the wrong type of Registrant Code, or I now wish to be able to assign ISRCs on behalf of others. What do I do?
How can ISRC be encoded or read?
Do I need a new Registrant Code for each of my projects?
Where do I submit my ISRCs once they have been assigned?
Do you track my sales?
I have applied for the wrong type of Registrant Code, or I now wish to be able to assign ISRCs on behalf of others. What do I do?
How can ISRC be encoded or read?
FAQs for General
ISRC // UPC Does DistroKid Provide ISRC Codes? An ISRC code is a unique code assigned to each song you upload. DistroKid has been appointed by the US ISRC Agency to assign ISRCs, and will automatically generate new Dist. ISRC, the International Standard Recording Code, is the internationally recognized identification tool for sound and music video recordings. LEARN MORE Obtain a registrant code. ISRC has contributed to several articles published in deaf education journals. Check these articles out below! Hands Working Together for Behavioral and Academic Success (pages 23-26). Reaching Out to Families of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children in Illinois: A Collaborative Effort (pages 6-9). Apply now for an ISRC code. All applications for ISRC Registrant Codes shall be addressed to the National ISRC Agency relevant to the territory where the applicant is either headquartered, or at the choice of the applicant, in a territory within which the applicant’s operations are based.
Q. What does the ISRC mean?
A completed ISRC is considered a 'dumb' number as it represents only the sound or music video recording to which it is assigned. Please note the following points:
- The ISRC is separated into four distinct elements in order to ensure that the ISRCs you assign will be unique.
- Since recording rights can change ownership over time, it is particularly dangerous to assume ownership based on the Registrant portion of the code.
- The Year of Reference now represents the year in which the ISRC was assigned. The date of copyright should not be inferred from this portion of an ISRC.
- The issuance of an ISRC does not imply the registration of a copyright.
Q. Do I need a new Registrant Code for each of my projects?
No. Your Registrant Code can be used to assign ISRCs for all recordings under the terms to which you agreed when you registered.
Q. Where do I submit my ISRCs once they have been assigned?
In the US, there is no single database or agency to which you must submit your codes. We will not require a report of the ISRCs you assign.
Once ISRCs have been created for your recordings, you are responsible for maintaining a record or list of them and the metadata (track information) associated with each ISRC.
You submit your ISRCs to your business partners as required by your relationship with them, e.g. collecting societies, download sites and aggregators.
In the US, we recommend contacting SoundExchange (www.soundexchange.com) for more information on the recording copyright for digitally distributed music. They can use the ISRCs you assign to assist in calculating royalty payments.
Q. Do you track my sales?
RIAA is the registration authority for ISRC, and we do not track sales. More information on our responsibilities is available here.
Q. I have applied for the wrong type of Registrant Code, or I now wish to be able to assign ISRCs on behalf of others. What do I do?
If you feel that you are not appropriately registered, please contact us: [email protected].
Q. How can ISRC be encoded or read?
In the case of Compact Discs the ISRCs and other PQ-data are encoded in the disc sub-code (Q channel) in the disc mastering process. For this reason, ISRCs must be encoded for each track in the Pre-Master for CD. Most commercial mastering software applications have a field dedicated for ISRC.
For electronically distributed formats, the ISRC of each track should be associated with it in the metadata of the file.
The MP3 format itself does allow some rights management information to be included however it is rarely used. What is used is the ID3 system of tags, which is not part of the international standard, but does enable ISRC to be encoded. It is therefore recommended that an ISRC be encoded into an ID3 tag.
We are currently researching ISRC encoding and decoding 'reader' applications and hope to have additional information posted to this site shortly. We are also researching technologies and conventions for embedding ISRCs in sound files.
There is a non-comprehensive list of ISRC-related programs available here
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If you are a music producer, you should consider adding your digital album release with ISRC codes. You are only allowed to add ISRC codes to your recording if you are also the sound recording copyright owner. Read the following tutorials below pertaining to sound recording copyright ownership: Windows 8.1 gamer edition.
In the steps on how to release a digital album online. Distributor websites such as CD Baby , iTunes, etc.; all require ISRC codes to be embedded for each track you will need to submit.
Once you have your own ISRC codes, you will then need to assign each of your album tracks with a unique ISRC code. This tutorial is written for both Windows and Linux users. It is best to put ISRC codes to your MP3 masters if that is now final and scheduled for release. You should not put ISRC code to demo MP3 or pre-mastered MP3 files.
It is because the principle of ISRC implementation is to identify the uniqueness of the recording regardless whether it is just the same song. Let’s illustrate an example. Supposing you produce Song X and decide on release it. After you created an MP3 master of Song X, you then assign ISRC code to it.
However after you release and distributed the work, you decide to remix or remaster Song X because you do not like the recording quality. So you created version 1 of Song X (another sound recording version). According to the principle of ISRC implementation; Song X original version ISRC code SHOULD BE DIFFERENT from Song X version 1 sound recording. It is because, even though the song is the same; the recording is now different. Differences in recording are brought about by remix or remaster. You should keep this mind when assigning ISRC codes to your masters.
Read the following related tutorials below if you need more information pertaining to ISRC:
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Install Kid3 MP3 ID3 Tag Editor
The most recommended software that will work for both Linux and Windows is to install Kid3, which is an MP3 ID3 tag editor. The good thing about Kid3 is that it is free or open source. You can install Kid3 using the following steps:
1.) Go to Applications—Ubuntu Software center– and in the search box, type Kid3.
2.) Install Kid3-Audio Tagger.
3.) Wait until it is completely installed; and then once completed, go to Applications—Sound and Video –Kid3 , this will launch the application.
4.) This is how it looks like:
2.) Install Kid3-Audio Tagger.
3.) Wait until it is completely installed; and then once completed, go to Applications—Sound and Video –Kid3 , this will launch the application.
4.) This is how it looks like:
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