“Hey, who is this?”
“I don’t know. Some band.”
“Oh.”
What those guys need is metadata. Metadata… describes data. Whoa—meta. For audio files, metadata can give you everything from the track’s title and credits to album art and more. Then it’s a matter of hitting ⌘I. “What band is this?” is a question that should never go unanswered.
You can enter metadata on tracks using metadata encoder software (there are lots of paid and free options out there), or you can enter what you want in iTunes manually.
Or you can let Gumroad do it for you. Automatically.
Our favorite features are the ones that justhappen for you. So now when you upload audio files, we’ll encode each track with metadata. How? With information you’ve already provided.
- Your song’s title is determined by the product file’s name. If you change the name of the file, the metadata will also change.
- Your creator name becomes the ‘artist’ name. And if you haven’t chosen and entered a name on your Gumroad account, well, you should, but if not, we’ll leave this blank.
- Your product’s name will become the album title.
- The first cover image you upload (as long as it’s a PNG or a JPG) will be encoded as the track’s cover.
If you’ve already entered even a little bit of metadata into your audio files, don’t worry. We won’t override anything. We’ll leave those tracks alone.
So bring us your audio files, be they MP3, FLAC, or OGG. We’ll inject the information your listeners need.
We love hearing from you. If you have any questions or comments about this feature or any part of Gumroad, please reach out.