Way to determine ISRCs?

Mr. Liszt · 18th July 2009

I have a released disc and am going through the process of getting tracks into the Tunecore system to get the album on iTunes. Hit a brickwall when I got to the part where I have to enter the ISRCs for each track. As ISRCs were encoded at the mastering stage I can get these from my ME on Thursday but I could use them sooner. I know my Registrant code and know what a sample should look like and such but I could not say exactly how the ME coded the tracks. Is there someway that I can determine this? Some way in iTunes or some other free OS X software?

StephenMarsh · 20th July 2009

Doubtful - there's 'kind-of' a standard (or recommendation) - but the last thing you'd want to do it guess with the wrong codes. If you got a PQ sheet with your master - they should be on there - or call the mastering house and ask them to fax a copy over.--Steph

jdg · 21st July 2009

on osx, put in the CD, and open terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
in the terminal type:
drutil subchannel

takes a minute, but will spit it out for you.

i made a little app that does the same thing if u dont want to type in the terminal:
http://panicstudios.com/ISRCheck.zip

Mr. Liszt · 21st July 2009

Thanks guys. At the last minute I have found my "PQ" sheet from Bob O. Duh!

But that Terminal command indeed works! Thanks jdg!!

Table Of Tone · 21st July 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdg

on osx, put in the CD, and open terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
in the terminal type:
drutil subchannel

takes a minute, but will spit it out for you.

i made a little app that does the same thing if u dont want to type in the terminal:
http://panicstudios.com/ISRCheck.zip

I'm loving that little app!
Nice work!
Quick and simple for us mac users.

aleatoric · 22nd July 2009

+1 on the app, works great, its in my applications folder now. thanks!

jdg · 22nd July 2009

i just wish it didn't take so long. toast, for example can scan a cd in a second. why does the drutil take minutes?!

18th July 2009	#1
Mr. Liszt Gear addict Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Louisville, KY USA Posts: 393 Thread Starter	Way to determine ISRCs? I have a released disc and am going through the process of getting tracks into the Tunecore system to get the album on iTunes. Hit a brickwall when I got to the part where I have to enter the ISRCs for each track. As ISRCs were encoded at the mastering stage I can get these from my ME on Thursday but I could use them sooner. I know my Registrant code and know what a sample should look like and such but I could not say exactly how the ME coded the tracks. Is there someway that I can determine this? Some way in iTunes or some other free OS X software? __________________ Links to some stuff: Classical Pop/Rock

20th July 2009	#2
StephenMarsh Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 247 Verified Member	Doubtful - there's 'kind-of' a standard (or recommendation) - but the last thing you'd want to do it guess with the wrong codes. If you got a PQ sheet with your master - they should be on there - or call the mastering house and ask them to fax a copy over.--Steph __________________ ----------------------------- Marsh Mastering Hollywood, CA www.MarshMastering.com -----------------------------

21st July 2009	#3
jdg Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: seattle, WA Posts: 2,540 Verified Member	on osx, put in the CD, and open terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) in the terminal type: drutil subchannel takes a minute, but will spit it out for you. i made a little app that does the same thing if u dont want to type in the terminal: http://panicstudios.com/ISRCheck.zip __________________ nothing helps "suck", not even analog panicStudios - mastering in seattle

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