articleactiveMusic and sound design Evaluation and media provenance

How do public specs label music and effects stems, and what rights information accompanies stems versus cue sheets?

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Delivery specifications label stems by what they contain, not by who owns them: AS-11 X9 uses MCA tags such as Music and Effects (ggME) and Audio Description (ggAD), EBU R 123 calls the M&E bed International Sound, and Paramount requires Atmos beds and objects separated at least into dialogue, narration, music and effects. None of the stem rules read carries rights metadata; identifiers and ownership (ISRC, ISWC, society, owner and shares) live in music cue-sheet formats such as CISAC AVR+. Curator qualifications: Specifications and bundle text read 2026-10-22; no delivery prepared. Netflix music-stem naming page unreadable to the producer; Paramount video page not reinspected. Limitations: Specifications and bundle text read 2026-10-22; no delivery prepared. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://pop.paramount.com/audio-requirements/",
      "note": "AMWA AS-11 X9 simple text view @41c8de40 lines 380-390; EBU R 123 PDF legend and section on International Sound; Paramount POP audio requirements (live 2026-10-22), Dolby Atmos requirements; CISAC AVR+ app bundle (index-aJVWOzZa.js) field names"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pop.paramount.com/video-requirements/",
      "note": "AMWA AS-11 X9 simple text view @41c8de40 lines 380-390; EBU R 123 PDF legend and section on International Sound; Paramount POP audio requirements (live 2026-10-22), Dolby Atmos requirements; CISAC AVR+ app bundle (index-aJVWOzZa.js) field names"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://formats.cisac.org/avr/assets/index-aJVWOzZa.js",
      "note": "AMWA AS-11 X9 simple text view @41c8de40 lines 380-390; EBU R 123 PDF legend and section on International Sound; Paramount POP audio requirements (live 2026-10-22), Dolby Atmos requirements; CISAC AVR+ app bundle (index-aJVWOzZa.js) field names"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AMWA-TV/AS-11_X9/blob/41c8de40bf016bb4a7f9490932542f0310996a78/specification_text_views/AMWA_AS_11_X9.simple.txt",
      "note": "AMWA AS-11 X9 simple text view @41c8de40 lines 380-390; EBU R 123 PDF legend and section on International Sound; Paramount POP audio requirements (live 2026-10-22), Dolby Atmos requirements; CISAC AVR+ app bundle (index-aJVWOzZa.js) field names"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r123.pdf",
      "note": "AMWA AS-11 X9 simple text view @41c8de40 lines 380-390; EBU R 123 PDF legend and section on International Sound; Paramount POP audio requirements (live 2026-10-22), Dolby Atmos requirements; CISAC AVR+ app bundle (index-aJVWOzZa.js) field names"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Delivery specifications label stems by what they contain, not by who owns them: AS-11 X9 uses MCA tags such as Music and Effects (ggME) and Audio Description (ggAD), EBU R 123 calls the M&E bed International Sound, and Paramount requires Atmos beds and objects separated at least into dialogue, narration, music and effects. None of the stem rules read carries rights metadata; identifiers and ownership (ISRC, ISWC, society, owner and shares) live in music cue-sheet formats such as CISAC AVR+. · locator: AMWA AS-11 X9 simple text view @41c8de40 lines 380-390; EBU R 123 PDF legend and section on International Sound; Paramount POP audio requirements (live 2026-10-22), Dolby Atmos requirements; CISAC AVR+ app bundle (index-aJVWOzZa.js) field names source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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