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"Total Vinyl" Mastering and pressing.. any good??

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:58 am
by ihatefakers
Would anyone recomend "Total Vinyl" for mastering and pressing dubstep vinyl releases?

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:24 am
by dark phayd-r
I've used total a couple of times, but it was not for dubstep so can't comment on that side of it.

The mastering to vinyl they did for us was fine, the quality of vinyl/press was great, but the actual process was pretty drawn out. both times its ended up taking 2 months (from making the initial order) to get the finished copies.

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:28 am
by lennon
takes a very long time! sometimes the Test Presses you get back sound fine and then there's crackles all over the final run! i wouldn't recommend them

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:45 am
by dr h
for mastering/laquers - no. a friend of mine has his record come back almost completely mono.

for actually manufacturing, they're not too bad. if the test press comes back shit, just tell them to do another. they'll get it right eventually.

don't get me wrong, it's proper budget stuff, but they do an acceptable job.

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:01 am
by fused_forces
Do a nice job, but they are soooooo long.

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:20 am
by dj heny.g
transition sent them gbm/ase001 last year to press and still i havent had anything back yet!

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:43 am
by spam
Long and unprofessional, the final product is ok though.

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:07 pm
by thinking
use a broker instead like AGRM or Sound Performance, they will prob work out around the same price and will look after you properly. :4:

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:10 pm
by ihatefakers
ThinKing wrote:use a broker instead like AGRM or Sound Performance, they will prob work out around the same price and will look after you properly. :4:

thanks alot, I tried agrm, they seem to be about £100 more expensive than going straight to total vinyl for 500 12" , maybe its worth the extra money though??

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:53 pm
by lennon
it is worth the extra dough mate for sure

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:56 pm
by rogue star
so far so good for us, would never master with them, all that equipment and they still can't use it properly seems pointless. If your just pressing then they are pretty cheap - just dont take any shit from them, remember you paid for a service ;)

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:28 pm
by ihatefakers
Rogue Star wrote:so far so good for us, would never master with them, all that equipment and they still can't use it properly seems pointless. If your just pressing then they are pretty cheap - just dont take any shit from them, remember you paid for a service ;)
good advice about not taking any shit from them :D i know what u mean..

decided to go through AGRM, they seem very good :) :)

thanks for the advice thinking and the rest of you

:D

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:31 pm
by dunza
i just checked total vinyls website. I cant get it to add up, can you really get a 12" pressed for half a quid, as it says?

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:11 pm
by surface_tension
Dunza wrote:i just checked total vinyls website. I cant get it to add up, can you really get a 12" pressed for half a quid, as it says?
You can get it pressed up for around that price elsewhere as well. I'd seriously pay a bit more with another company.

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:15 pm
by plastician
Master elsewhere end product is decent but as many have said, LONG

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:02 pm
by dom
Plastician wrote:Master elsewhere end product is decent but as many have said, LONG
we found that too

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:01 pm
by ihatefakers
Dunza wrote:i just checked total vinyls website. I cant get it to add up, can you really get a 12" pressed for half a quid, as it says?
NO

that price list you looked at is broken down so you have to add alot of additional costs such as mastering, metal work, set up fees, stickers, disco bags, TPs, postage and VAT, and I think they are the old prices, I think they have actually recently gone up as well.

According to AGRM they use Heathmans/Final Tweek to master and then they have about three different pressing plants they use as well (Total Vinyl is probably one of them), and they claim to offer a much faster turn around time going through them, so I think it is definately worth the extra cost.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:41 am
by halftime99
I've used AGR many times and they are first class. Beware of the plants that reckon they're undercutting everyone else, the service is generally shit, it takes longer, they;re impossible to get hold of etc etc. I'm not talking about total though, i've never used them, but I have had bad experiences with others. AGR are top notch tho.