Pressing vinyl...where to start?

plumpalicious · Post by **plumpalicious** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:41 pm

I'm interesting in pressing vinyl. Who presses the best bass music? Is it possible to get down to $2 a copy? I searched a bit for a related thread, but didn't see anything. Thanks!

Andrew

sp · Post by sp » Sun May 24, 2009 12:32 am

either find someone local who presses vinyl or there's always this

plumpalicious · Post by **plumpalicious** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:55 am

umm....that sounds like really bad advice to me - can you back that opinion up?

sp · Post by sp » Sun May 24, 2009 2:47 am

do you have any money? you are going to need a bunch to start pressing vinyl. that is not advice, that's a fact

kuma · Post by **kuma** » Sun May 24, 2009 3:04 am

Plump,

Google north american vinyl pressing. If you are looking to go cheap, you want to look here

http://www.urpressing.com/specials.php

But be very, very aware that the less money you spend, the worse your pressing will be.

plumpalicious · Post by **plumpalicious** » Sun May 24, 2009 3:04 am

maybe i wasn't clear...i'm not interesting in actually pressing the vinyl myself - i'd like to release some tracks on vinyl and wondering where the best place to go for that is...

plumpalicious · Post by **plumpalicious** » Sun May 24, 2009 3:45 am

Word - I was just on the URP site - it's got a nice quote generator. It seems that you have to hit press 1K copies to really hit the price point of $2 a copy....that's what I'd heard as well.

So, it seems that the mastering and lacquer creation process are probably the most important for bass music. It may make more sense to have this done by a seasoned veteran from the UK perhaps and then have that actually pressing done stateside. (where it will be distributed)

Then again, there's also 50,000 djs in the UK. It might be best to just p&d there, and ship back the remaining copies.

Who are the mastering greats of drum and bass and dubstep?

dj snipaz · Post by **dj snipaz** » Sun May 24, 2009 5:11 am

EZ bro

Speak to this guy ( Jtransition )
He's a mastering enginer with close links to cutting/pressing/distribution companies.
Just send a PM to him asking him anything you need to know.
He's a nice guy as well.
I feel the need to promote his work.

Also, Transition can (ibeleive) offer vinyl pressing & dubplates if that takes ya fancy @ a cheap price. They are known worldwide as THE cutting plant of DnB/Dubstep

Just speak to transition bro, they'll sort you out

surface_tension · Post by **surface_tension** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:20 am

finyltweek.com

glottis5 · Post by **glottis5** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:42 am

after you press them, how would you go about selling them? would you just email record shops asking if they want to buy any or something like that?

plumpalicious · Post by **plumpalicious** » Mon May 25, 2009 7:03 pm

I'm actually strictly pressing for merch to sell on my own website and at my shows and to have something to send to promoters and djs. I have great digital distribution and see vinyl more as a special thing...not very interested in a real distro deal, but if I were, I'd go with a US distro like Groovedis or another US distributor.

Pressing vinyl...where to start?

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