The concept of AcoustID

[yindesu]

An AcoustID with more than 1 listed fingerprint is usually supposed to be linked to more than one recording. See my example:

Merging DJ-mix tracks with same fingerprint as normal one

Please never merge DJ-mixed tracks with the original/separate tracks. ISRCs mean nothing. In compilations of edited/cut/DJ-mixed tracks, the ISRC used is usually for the original, pre-edited recording. So the same ISRC will be present across multiple MusicBrainz Recordings. AcoustID intentionally ignores a variable amount of the early part of the fingerprint, allowing entirely different edits to have the same AcoustID - see the comparison. The minimum definition of a DJ-mix is that the begi…