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III. Audio Works
- Audio - On Tangible Medium (digital and analog)
- Sound recordings, in order of preference
- Final production/release version of content rather than pre-production version
- Published Compact Disc (CD audio) rather than Recordable Compact Disc (CD-R, audio format)
- With all jackets, sleeves, enclosures, and inserts rather than without
- Stereophonic if originally recorded/released as stereophonic
- Monaural if originally recorded/release as monaural
- Direct Stream Digital (DSD) or other multi-channel (e.g. Surround Sound) version in addition to stereophonic version if release in both
- Vinyl disc (LP) in addition to Compact Disc (CD) if released in both
- Sound recordings, in order of preference
- Recordable Compact Disc (CD-R) rather than vinyl disc
- Vinyl disc rather than audio cassette
- Audio cassette if only released as such
- Audio - Media-independent (digital)
- Audio, in order of preference
- Final production /release version of content rather than pre-production version
- Highest native resolution PCM WAVE file of final version produced (44.1 kHz / 16 bit or higher) in addition to Compact Disc (CD) when both are produced
- WAVE file with embedded metadata (Broadcast WAVE) rather than without (LC will specify fields)
- File in native resolution rather than up-sampled resolution
- Very high resolution file formats such as DSD, PCM 176.4khz , 192khz up to 384kh when produced for release in addition to Compact Disc (CD) when both are produced
- DSD in the released version (e.g., surround-sound or stereo)
- Streaming/Podcasts, in order of preference
- Uncompressed files rather than compressed.
- Compressed version in a major standard compression scheme rather than non-standard scheme
- Accompanying Image/Text Files, in order of preference
- With final version of all accompanying image and text files; higher resolution images rather than lower
- Metadata
- Provide most complete metadata set as delivered to online distributors (e.g. iTunes and Amazon), which may include elements not embedded in a file, including but not limited to:
- Song/work title
- Album title
- Artist
- Composer
- Genre
- Publisher/label name and issue number
- Location and date of performance
- Date of publication
- Standard identifier (e.g. ISRC, UPC)
- Any other entity identifiers
- Provide data in a standard XML-based format, such as the Electronic Release Notification (ERN-DDEX)
- Technological measures
- Files must contain no measures (such as digital rights management or encryption) that control access to or prevent use of the digital work.)
- Audio, in order of preference
- Uncompressed file of final release version
- Highest resolution compressed version in a major standard compression scheme
- Lossless compression scheme rather than lossy compression scheme
- Streaming/Podcasts
- See Preferred
- Accompanying Image/Text Files, in order of preference
- Metadata
- See Preferred
- Technological measures
- See Preferred
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