The Musical Form Institute
Independent certification for sound recordings

Beyond fidelity to the signal. Fidelity to the act.

Certificate of Embodied Production mark

What you hear took lifetimes. We make that labor visible. Each submitted recording is independently reviewed against a published standard, and every certified recording is listed in a public registry.

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The CEP certifies recordings made without grid correction, pitch correction, or generative AI used to create, supply, replace, or reconstruct musical or lyrical content. Learn more →

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Your recording will not be sent to any third-party screening service without your permission.

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Why the Certificate of Embodied Production exists

CEP mark
Process certification

Certificate of Embodied Production

Public Standard v1.5 · August 11, 2026

Certifies that a recording was produced without grid correction, pitch correction, or generative AI used to create, supply, replace, or reconstruct musical or lyrical content. Each recording is independently reviewed against the published standard. Certified recordings are listed in the public registry.