Can I have my song and band name appear when I put my disc into a computer/advanced cd player?
This depends on how your master was created. There are software applications that encode “CD Text” onto your audio PMCD (Pre-mastered CD) master. Ask your studio if they can provide this service while they burn your final master. If they are unable to offer this service, Furnace can add CD Text to your master for a one time fee of $50.00. This CD Text (which can include song, album and artist information) will appear on all CD Text equipped CD Players. CD Text is sometimes confused with the web-based Compact Disc Data Base (CDDB) that is integrated into most software jukeboxes such as iTunes and Windows Media Player. These players search the CDDB database for the musical “fingerprint” of the album or song they are playing. This information is then downloaded to your computer and displayed in your music player’s browser window. The CDDB does not require the presence of CD Text on the disc. It only requires that the disc is submitted with all of the song and album information directly th
