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Getting records pressed

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  • 05-10-2010 10:06am
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    dubbeat
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭


    Hey,

    Not sure if this is the right forum to be posting this...?

    Would anybody know where to records pressed?

    I want to get a 7 inch e.p pressed with about 3 songs and a small bit of art work


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    ebaysellerrob
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    ring around some of the studios they might know....not sure about lps but trend studios do alot more than just the recording


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    DamagedTrax
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    what style of music are you looking to get pressed. this is very important as a pressing plant will need to master a certain amount to go onto vinyl and if you're wanting genre specific pressings i wouldnt trust the job to just anyone.


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    novarock
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    Aidan Foley at MasterLabs can cut and master Vinyl..

    http://masterlabs.net/

    He is one of very few in the country that can do it!


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    dubbeat
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭dubbeat


    @damagedtrax

    It's black metal music.


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    iquinn
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    If you're thinking about doing a 7" one thing you need to think about are your side lengths.
    About 3min per side is ideal, 3:30m max. I've heard plenty of 4-5min 7"'s of course, but really after 3-3:30 mark things start to go downhill.

    If it's much longer than that think about a 10" or 12". Also in an ideal world having similar lengths on both sides is best.

    Good vinyl is expensive and you can go about it a couple of ways-
    Have a mastering engineer like Aidan Foley cut your master lacquer and send that to the pressing plant.
    Or prepare a digital pre-master and send that to a pressing plant that can do a transfer. Both ways have pros and cons.
    pros being, having a third party cut the master lacquer gives you much more control over the final product, cons would be that it can work out more expensive.

    DSM do good work imho:
    http://www.discmanufacturingservices.com/vinyl-home.htm

    Mobineko are re-sellers for GZ vinyl, they've a pretty decent set up now if you've a good pre-master.
    http://www.mobineko.com

    Good list of pressing plants here:
    http://www.totalsonicmedia.com/vinylplants.htm


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    dubbeat
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭dubbeat


    thanks for that iquinn.

    There's 3 songs to go on with a total duration of almost 20 minutes so I guess I'd be looking more at a 12 inch. 2 tracks are 4:30 and the other is 9.

    I sent a mail to DSM and Aiden Foley looking for prices so I'll wait and see what they say.

    We only want a couple of hundred or so. It's more just as keepsakes to hand out seeing as it's our first recording as a band.


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    DamagedTrax
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    dubbeat wrote: »
    @damagedtrax

    It's black metal music.

    not sure about blackmetal but i know laurie at curvepusher/curved pressings has a lot of experience with heavier stuff. he does everything from industrial and hard techno thru to punk. might be worth getting in touch with him

    http://curvedpressings.com/


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