Have you guys ever been pressed on vinyl?

here's some good info and pics:

http://www.woebot.com/movabletype/archives/000033.html

http://www.customrecords.com/dj_scratch_record.0.html

here is a site that has good reviews on custom pressing

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It is cut with deep grooves and special processing to help eliminate needle jumping during rigorous DJ scratching."""""

at 70 dollars plus shipping for 8 minutes a side if your making a record full of your own samples and loops its a pretty good deal
im thinking about pressing one soon but still collecting material

great deal if your into turntable composition

trying to make a mixtape and i dont really want to **** with serat0--- its either cop like 4 custom dj records and work it like that or press like 3-500 copies of a double ep--- anybody had any experience in getting vinyl pressed/ mastered?

im pressin my instrumental album on vinyl.. im not quite sure where im doin it yet, but i've gotten some quotes from a few places.. it aint cheap!

also, watch out cause there are some places that wont press it if it has samples and they still charge you out the ass

The emcee i work with got vinyl out, so i'll ask him, our ep is bein pressed to vinyl but only once a certain number of cd's have sold in order to keep shit in check.

Ede, 799 for 100 vinyl is crazy man, u can get for MUCH less then that so my advice would be to stear clear of that sh!t.

Here in germany a 500 copies 12" costs around 1500 Euro, depends on cover and label-colors. Don't know the real price, I only press the CDs, vinyls made by the distributor.

Serato Scratch Live is great for shows but nothin beats having your own vinyl. It does cost a pretty penny to press though

dj e.d.e wrote:NO ...i hhavent made vinyl yet but i'm trying to get some shi+ together and i want to press it to viynl,that always been my dream. i had posted a thread on this a while back and posted a company that does it , i have this mag called the perfomer in my store and there's a spot in there that will press a djpromo pack for 799 for 100 black disc(vinyl) thats about goin raTE THESE DAYS,
but i would uimage if you go to one of these indie labels they may cut you some sort of deal with dist/pressing and some kind of press kit.

not to mant places sellin vinyl but if you press one let me know i'll carry it in my store IT HAS TO BE VINYL THO I DONT SELL CD'S

STRICKLY VINYL

i hope u get to that point one day u got a lot of knowledge on vinyl and music period

just scratching around i found these sites- if anyone has more sites or contacts to add please do so




http://www.aardvarkmastering.com/
http://www.acmevinyl.com/index.html
http://www.celebrate.de/
http://www.customrecords.com/DJ__vinyl_scratch_record.html
-this last one can make a dj record for 89

You could always get that vinyl pressing/cutting turntable from Vestax - costs something ridiculous like £6k and the stylus alone costs something ridiculous like £1k.

God only knows who the hell is stupid enough to get one of these tho.

yea i heard those were garbage

I got a 12 inch pressed @ rainbo records in southern cal. really not a big deal but just cost alot of money. if you plan on pressing vinyl now then plan on loosing money cause it def dont make money.

There is cerain things to be takin into account when mixing for vinyl but you dont need no "vinyl engineer" or somethin.

hmmm, dam well the main purpose of pressing the vinyl would be for the dj, so maybe ill see if i can get a deal for like 200 or something for 4 records cause 89 each is kinda steep for only 16 minutes instead of getting a run of 300 or so pressed, who knows

There are lots of good tips I can think of when making music for vinyl...i'll just post a few here:

VOLUME: The louder pressings sound so much better, but leave that to the person doing the pressing. If you cramp your style with too much compression it will sound like the shit on the radio these days. A good vinyl cutter can really push the volume on your records so when it drops at a club the crowd goes OOMPH.

STEREO: There are a couple different kinds of record cutting machines out there, Neumann, Scully, Kingston...and depending on the setup might use different heads like a Westrex or Presto. Make sure you keep your stereo tight, and don't fly off the handle with crazy stereo effects, it won't come through on the recording (the engineer will either cut it mono or reduce the stereo as much as possible. It's just based on the way the stereo cutting heads work.

Some more info on cutting records here:

http://audio-restoration.com/pressing.php#intro