Parity's Fall Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 HeyWe are starting to think about putting an EP together. Would any one be able to recommend any companies for CD pressing/duplication? we are looking for decent insleeves and all that aswell.CheersStevewww.myspace.com/paritysfall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Ive found this guy very good and reliable, anyone with the Liber8 "this is not an exit" cd will know the quality of his work.http://www.westcoastduplication.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Diy........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parity's Fall Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 We want it to look professional though. DIY's cool for demos but we want a bit more for an EP.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 yet again DIY, get a good quality printer, some glossy paper, and some plain white cd's and print them urself (get a printer that prints onto cd's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parity's Fall Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 yeah but even by doing that its not going to look as good as it would getting them professionally done, unless you have amazing equipment. And if we were to do that, taking into consideration the cost of a decent printer, hundreds of sheets of glossy paper, ink, cds, booklets etc, it would probably end up costing way more than it would to get them professionally done. Especially since we want around 500-700! Companies like the one Graham mentioned before can charge you as little as 85p per Cd ("shop quality")...depeding on the quantity you order them in.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 DIY isn't very good for economy of scale really - the amount of time that it would take you to produce 500 CD's would be far better invested elsewhere. Thinking about it now, say it takes 5 minutes per CD to burn..that's what, 40 something hours just to burn 500 cd's? Then you have to print it all off, onto preferably a laser printer (colour lasers aren't cheap :|) and onto decent paper, and then additionally you have to make it look professional on top. It's just not easy at all.DIY works for some bands, won't work for others. All depends on what you want to do with the release and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 We want it to look professional though. DIY's cool for demos but we want a bit more for an EP.SteveThe upstarts did it DIY and the packaging is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 i will agree with that, it is sitting on front of me right now, and looks pro as fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 The upstarts did it DIY and the packaging is brilliant.exception rather than the rule though, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 it depends, if you want sharp graphics i.e. photo or something on teh cover then i say go pro, but if it is a doodle or something (which i have seen a few times) just do it DIY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parity's Fall Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Exactly. we are wanting it to look as professional as possible (on a budget of course), with high quality graphics etc. Just trying to get ideas at the moment as we arent planning on creating an EP for a few months yet.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'd say 500-700 was a bit optimistic. I'd advise getting 200-300, slightly more expensive per CD probably but better than risking the cost of hundreds of unsold CD's, you can always do another run if you need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'd say 500-700 was a bit optimistic. I'd advise getting 200-300' date=' slightly more expensive per CD probably but better than risking the cost of hundreds of unsold CD's, you can always do another run if you need to.[/quote']I agree with that, with the Liber8 cd I ended up buying them 200 at a time, when I saw how well they were selling I phoned the guy up, he knocked together another 200 and I had them in 48 hours.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parity's Fall Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 yup that sounds like a better idea ta. Dont suppose you have any photos of there EPs so i can get an idea of how they looked?Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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