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7875
13th March 2003, 05:00
was wondering if anyone here had some info or knew good links to get some 7" pressed.
i want to press very small runs of my own tracks but know nothing about it.

what happened to the demo thread..i can't find it?
piscaries
13th March 2003, 05:16
http://www.urpressing.com/
owain_k
13th March 2003, 08:32
www.randmuzik.de

cheerful bunch !
actionjetzon
13th March 2003, 08:39
gz-media (http://www.gzcd.cz/)

don´t know
Andreas
13th March 2003, 09:46
thats an interesting thread... what about mastering for pressing a dubplate are there any special tricks ideas we should have in mind before pressing a dubplate? how to get that extra fat sound before pressing?

experts: please help on this...
dirtyho
13th March 2003, 10:21
vestax make a record deck which cuts acetates, you put a line level source in and use their special acetates (£3 a go I heard) and you can cut your own records.
Sheridan
13th March 2003, 16:49
yeah but that vestax cutter costs about $10,000.
@ 7875: check out discmakers out of pensauken NJ. they have a big place I have heard. sonic groove gets all there stuff done there.
pille'ocheoni
13th March 2003, 16:56
cool links, i think i might press a couple of 45's just for fun
Andreas
13th March 2003, 16:59
Originally posted by pille'ocheoni
cool links, i think i might press a couple of 45's just for fun

good idea, i am gonna do that as well...
pille'ocheoni
13th March 2003, 17:07
its really no that much, i think i can afford the minimun pressing. i dont know about all those labels sets and what not, but the idea is cool.:)
jess-ssej
13th March 2003, 17:55
what about europadisk ?

i don't know what their prices are but, dave read is the man :)
http://www.europadisk.com
1-800-455-8555
long island, NY
wheezer
13th March 2003, 18:02
Originally posted by Andreas
vestax make a record deck which cuts acetates, you put a line level source in and use their special acetates (£3 a go I heard) and you can cut your own records.


some guys here chipped money in to get that thing and then offer local people the opportunity to have their own vinyl cut at an affordable price - in the end they sent the thing back and forgot the whole thing, because in their own words the sound & pressing quality "sucked ass".

I'd be wary of the vestax...
jess-ssej
13th March 2003, 18:04
ok wait..heres some prices (http://www.europadisk.com/djspec.html)

and dave really is the man. ask for him. :)
Andreas
18th March 2003, 16:59
does any know a pressing plant in berlin?
Andreas
20th March 2003, 15:27
Originally posted by Andreas
does any know a pressing plant in berlin?

anyone?
CoS
21st March 2003, 11:27
@andreas: a dubplates isn't pressed..it's cut!! the grooves are cut onto acetat-foil, and that's why it's only playable a few times (30-50) because it's waering out while playing.
you can get a dubplate through dubplates&mastering in berlin but there's no pressingplant in berlin. there're only mpo in cologne, r.a.n.d. in leipzig and pallas southgermany.
also, even if you only get a dubplate cut, there're will be kinda mastering...or better, the sound will be optimized.
the prices for dubplates swing between 50-80 euros, depending on if it's a 10" or 12" and so on...
gunjack
21st March 2003, 12:18
www.curvepusher.co.uk
tsr_tomas
21st March 2003, 12:25
there´s a little place in stockholm that cut´s One vinyl for 400kr (38dollars).... that´s minimal.
wheezer
21st March 2003, 12:26
tomas, is that for a single vinyl?
are they using one of those vestax doohickeys?
tsr_tomas
21st March 2003, 13:01
wheezer: they guy at the store said it was 12" rec´s that hold least 700plays... don´t know witch graffity machine they use.
Andreas
21st March 2003, 14:05
Originally posted by gunjack
www.curvepusher.co.uk
thanks man... i read recently that the pressings in the uk are fatter than the ones in germany... any experience on that?
CoS
21st March 2003, 14:37
...isn't the 'fatness' of a pressing more donw to the mastering??
the best people you can get are THE EXCHANGE and the others (forgot the name) who did most cuts for Rephlex, but they are expensive.
a very good one is Dubplates&Mastering in Berlin too.

and a good pressingplant is Pallas in germany, as they have the best vinyl quality, but they don't press without the label being officially registered.
curvepressing is quite good, but they're a way more expensive than mpo & pallas and the czech place...
Mirsha
21st March 2003, 15:16
From what I've heard Lawrie at Curve Pusher is one of the worlds finest mastering engineers on the planet and may people swear by his talents.