To Text or Not To Text: THAT is the question!
I can place text on your CD master so that it will display information to listeners relative to artist name(s), titles for the album, and the tracks therein; and of course, the ISRC codes.
CD text will only display this relevant information in player which are CD text compatible. This includes newer car systems, more recent portable players, and the more expensive hi-fidelity and professional applications players. CD text is not likely to display in and of itself in a great deal of computer media playing software, so don't be disappointed! Changes are afoot on this, though, it would seem!
To
'enable' this function in your computer's media player, there are several online
CD data bases which warehouse such information. I've provided their names
and links to each:
Gracenote (used by
iTunes and a handful of other programs)
General
info on how to submit info to Gracenote is at:
http://www.gracenote.com/company_info/FAQ/FAQs/#5a
Info on
how to use iTunes to submit info to Gracenote is at
http://www.ehow.com/how_2064817_missing-cd-information-via-itunes.html
AMG Lasso (forWindows
Media Player),
Info on
how to submit info to AMG Lasso is at
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_product_submissions.html
freedb and
MusicBrainz (used by
several other programs)
Info on freedb is at
http://www.freedb.org
& for Musicbrainz at
http://www.musicbrainz.org
Once you have received your replicated discs from your duplicating service, you can proceed to submit them to the online dat bases. It's generally best to wait until this point as some specific timing information can change subtly during the replication process.
Blantone
Music and Mu-Spot Mastering