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Pressing your own tunes on vinyl

Is it possible to press your own tunes onto vinyl without alot of money?

sad

it depends on several things

like, a friend of me checked out the price to press 100 copies of a song, and that would have costed him around $120 US.

but you should check around before you take any decission.

the prices variate from place to place (as they do with all other things)

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100 copies of a song, and that would have costed him around $120 US

100 copies? for $120?

thats around �70. I think thats cheap as fuck!

average UK release costs like �5 each. So a 100 X �5 means it would cost �500 for a 100 copies. Surely it is cheaper to buy a released tune than to get your own pressed?

If what you say is correct then its like

$1.2 per 12"
or
70p per 12"

Surely this cannot be correct

asd

this was from a chezh label/pressing company..

chezh = much cheaper than uk

but ofcourse, with shipping / taxes / etc etc, it would have probably costed almost the same.

it's probably also a question about quality

for me, quality goes before quantity (quanity whatever)

so do think of that too

its much better to have few vinyls in very good quality, than lots of them, in bad quality

I think Unique Records & Distribution press vinyl.
Not sure about the price though.

/paradoxx

The more you press onto vinyl the less it costs per unit. But the cheapest I've seen in Britain is �30 per vinyl. So its best to get about 3 tracks per side on vinyl, but this reduces the quality as the tracks are compressed more.

to press vinyl you need to make a...ehh...."mal"..(dunno what the english word is, it's like a metal record). That costs pretty much , don't know exactly....anyways if you want to press 1 copy you will need one....and if you need 100 copies you will need one too, so it gets cheaper relatively with larger quantities.

wouldnt it be amazing if someone could white label MP3's, ahhhh heaven you could get any record u want then

So can we name a few places where this can be done please?

Preferably in the UK..........

http://www.amtone.com/

xoxo Ur Dream Grl

Well, verminator was almost right, but also a little mistaken. The Czech company that presses vinyls is called GZ digital media and their website is at www.gzcd.cz. The replication of records is really cheap, for 200 12" one vinyl costs 78p (uk pence). However, to be able to press these, you need to make a master record, which costs 120ukp, and delivery which costs 35UKP minimum...

GZ isn't all that great for pressing a small amount of vinyls, places like
independent pressing might be cheaper in the end, and they are supposed to be quite good quality too.. (GZ quality is okayish)

If you want only a copy or two, pressing vinyls might not be the best choice. Acetate pressing usually costs something like 50UKP for a twosided acetate, however, acetates wear a lot quicker than proper vinyls..

WOW

WOW, i didnt know you could do that, well and get away with it i mean - so your telling me that you can press any MP3 u have??? where is this possible?


rich

So basically

you need a master record which costs the earth to make....

like �160 for two sides.

but from there its only like �150

hmm

if i had the cash i would press some of my tunes.

I think the same companies also record to CD-R which is loads chepaer. DJ Mag always has adverts about vinyl pressing companies.

ALternatively, u could buy your own vinyl cutting machine...

Theres one by Vestax, and one by Kingston, HTFR.com used to have some but I think they've sold them. They record from a line in, so u can record from any source.

However, unless u've got �4000 burning a hole in your pocket, its seems like an unlikely option!

if you only want one track made, then there are things called dubplates.. they play the same as a record, but dont last that long, and can scratch easily, because they are made out of a softer plastic. Check out MP3 Vinyl for that service. If you want real records.. around here it costs about $1400 CND for 500 12" records, black or white sleeves, and 2 colour lables. But of course the best way is to get signed onto a record lable, they will take care of all production and promotion costs!

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Originally posted by Ur Dream Grl http://www.amtone.com/ xoxo Ur Dream Grl

this company is great,

my parents used this company like two years ago to press a bunch of kids songs for my little brothers party to give them out to the guests, and since then i have used this company to press my own music like four times, and they have different qualities that you can use, of course if you are using ur vinyls to spin , you 'll have to choose a higher quality, but theya re great people

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