Digital watermartking your music

malletbag

Hi all

I was just wondering does anyone know it there any software for putting a
digital watermark on your own tracks for copyrights.
Any help will be very much appreciated

Regards

Malletbag

red dave

I'd think you could do it using Soundforge

malletbag

Hey red Dave,

This looks like what I'm looking for. Do you know if you can trace your tracks online or can you just encrypt your music.

Cheers malletbag.

red dave

Do you mean if you've uploaded a track already onto e.g.soundcloud and then put a watermark on it after?

I wouldn't say so. I'd imagine the watermark would have to be done before the track is put up anywhere.

DamagedTrax

you'd need a server to track and to view you'd need a specialised player, usually specifically written for your own watermark... there are plugins available aswell.

digital watermarking is also extremely easy to remove.

the only real way to track your music online is to actually sell it thru a distribution channel and have it embedded with ISRC codes.

tracking free music isnt worth the costs involved.

malletbag

Red Dave

Sorry what i ment was can you use Soundforge to trace your music online, but i see that DamagedTrax has cleared up that.
Also ive been to using Reason to create my music do you know if can encrypt with using Reason.

Cheers Malletbag

DamagedTrax

malletbag wrote: »

Red Dave

Sorry what i ment was can you use Soundforge to trace your music online, but i see that DamagedTrax has cleared up that.
Also ive been to using Reason to create my music do you know if can encrypt with using Reason.

Cheers Malletbag

you cant encrypt with any off the shelf audio software that i know off. you need a specialised program. embedding ISRC codes is piss easy but pointless unless you're selling.

malletbag

Hi DamagedTrax,

Do you know of any specialised program to use?

I'm just doing this as project in college, I dont have any intention in selling my music well not at the moment, so do you think its to much hassel to do alll this im not selling my music.

Cheers malletbag

DamagedTrax

do a google. i havent a clue.

the watermarking part isnt too complicated but the tracking part isnt something that you couls actually do for a project. unless they just want the theory behind it?

anyway google is your friend

malletbag

I see thats ok.

Well the overall project is Digital watermarking for both music and images. I have to create a watermark, track it and look at the theory behind it. I have the image end of it sorted. The music not so handy.

Yeah creating the watermark is the easy part but i'm not have much luck getting info on tracking it but i'l keep searching on Google.

Thanks for you help.