sneakyimp

I'd rather not say. Everyone might hate me.

I can assure you that this has definitely been my experience so far. There's no "fancy songwriting credits" box on the Furnace/Pallas contact form. Can you think of anything *positive* that they might care about? The only things I can think of so far is a) have *everything* finished and ready to rock before you call and b) ask them to please take my money. Any other thoughts?

I've had two different people mention them as reputable recently (i.e., past 2 months). Perhaps you could elaborate? Having searched a few forums, I see that it's like most things with audiophiles -- NOBODY agrees on anything.

I certainly have no experience pressing vinyl but I *do* have songwriting credit on a gold single in the U.S. You have a good point, though. I'm small-time, and have no pull. Does anyone know if Pirates Press makes good product? Are they taking orders? Fall 2023 is fine if that's all I can get. Any other reputable agents/brokers/one-stop-shops?

After years (and years) I have finished recording an album. I want to press vinyl. I started working on the album cover (with gatefold, etc.) and started searching out companies to press the vinyl. As some of you surely know, this industry is suffering severe bottlenecks at the moment. A friend insists that Furnace, who uses Pallas in Germany to press, is the gold standard if you're in the US. I've contacted Furnace twice and just got a 'now now sorry' response from an autoresponder. This same friend insists that Third Man Pressing has significant quality control problems -- they also don't print the jackets or sleeves. Another friend (who works in recording studio) also says Furnace is good and also mentioned Gotta Groove and Pirate Press. I've also located United Record Pressing in Nashville, which has apparently been in business since 1949, but have no information at all on their reputation. Can anyone who has recently pressed vinyl share their experience? I'm not even sure what metrics/data points I'm looking for. I just want to make sure my record looks and sounds awesome. I just need to press 500 records, I've got the tracks in hand and the album art is 95% complete. I'd like to get product in hand by fall.

I have an Audio-Technica AT-LP60 turntable. It doesn't have the fancy strobe or dotted/dashed platter to calibrate. I was recently working on an album cover center label design and decided to make a zoetrope. When I put the zoetrope under the 30hz strobe light required to see it (it's constituted of 54 images) I can see the zoetrope working (which is awesome) BUT the zoetrope precesses (i.e. slowly rotates) around like the record is spinning just a wee bit too fast. I estimate the record is spinning about 1.85% too fast -- not enough to really pitch shift the music much, perhaps a third of a semitone I think. Can anyone suggest a good way to make sure my turntable is spinning at to the proper speed? I don't see any kind of adjustment on the outside. I was thinking I could maybe put on some record and check it with a guitar tuner? On the other hand, I don't know if I have any records where I'm sure the band was tuned to proper concert pitch. Also, is there any adjustment screw or knob on the AT-LP60?