May I pick the collective brains here for a moment?
-I recorded, edited and mixed what became a double-CD project for a client over the course of a year or so, during which the mixes were re-done, edits were re-done, the sequence changed, gaps were tweaked and in general, things were in a state of flux for a good number of 'versions'.
Eventually we ended up with two CDs worth of material, and -a few months ago- I gave him what turned out to be the 'final' CD-R's... though I must say that I more than half expected some further 'changes' to be called-for.
Anyhow, having lived with the music for a while, he sent a couple off to a producer who is going to release them for him. However, he has forwarded me the following message from the producer:
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Regarding encoded text, the masters we use must have as part of their data the title of the disc, the catalog number, information on each track, etc. Unless there is an error with my equipment (unlikely), it appears the discs you sent are not encoded in this way. Can you provide new masters with this encoding? If not, [name] at [company] can. Regarding tracking sheets, what you have sent is certainly useful, but the plant requires something of a more technical nature - typically a "frame accurate" timing sheet. Again, if you cannot provide this, [name] can. The encoded text is an industry standard feature, and the tracking sheet is for your protection should the plant produce 1000 2-CD sets with a missing or truncated track.
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Before I reply to him (because I'm not sure of this producer's exact credentials/abilities, etc) I wondered how I could possibly have 'encoded' a catalog number onto a disc, when I don't KNOW the catalog number...
Anyhow, the client is an elderly gentleman who now seems to be rather nervous as a result of having been told that 'the Cd's you sent don't conform to industry standards...' (I'm paraphrasing, but that essentially seems to be his concern.)
Since I don't do this for a living, and I'm not in ANY way an expert, -when he says 'encoded text' -does he mean the typical 'CD text' as encoded by toast etc. -or is he referring to something more involved?
-Also, for frame-accurate timing, can I just load the wav files into Pro-Tools or similar and read off the file lengths at 30fps, or is it a more complicated/involved matter?
I never truly anticipated these discs to be released necessarily in the
exact form which I gave to him, but I'm reluctant to say anything which may give him a wrong impression... if that makes sense.
-Thanks in advance,
Keith.