mot Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Well produced music on a professionally pressed record will sound good regardless of colour. With the exception of picture discs. You can't make them sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnoldlayne Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 hah, I'll give you that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youarethere Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 hah, I'll give you that one. ATPR love. /TheFallOfMath here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnoyl Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 white vinyl it is....i think it would have to sound like absolute ass in order to make me switch to another colour at this point. I view the colour of the vinyl as an extention of the sounds on the record, if that makes any sense...it's like mood lighting, and i can add or contrast the look with the sounds that are going to blast out of it.... If my test pressing's are done in black, then i'll be able to A/B in uber detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnoyl Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I've said it before and I will opine again: GZ is a horrible pressing plant that is good for one thing - making gimmicky records that are appealing visually (+/–) only. I wish to hell labels would stop using them or that Pirates Press would contract with a US plant (like my favorite – RTI) and at least give folks a choice between sonics and novelty. I'd rather have it on black than an umpteenth 3 color haze that sounds like utter shite. My understanding is that the multicolours may suffer from increased noise, and certain colours were worse at doing that (according to the notes that GZ sent me). You know its interesting - this is my first pressing - and i had/have no idea what to expect. When I went around and contacted 6 active pressing plants, asking for standard quotes/turn around times, half of the plants wouldn't even return my emails - just simply ignored them, and wouldnt respond through to the quote generators on their websites! And i was sitting there ready to hand over the cash! There were two plants that i contacted that seemed like they had their shit together. I eventually decided to go with GZ, partly because they were professional from the beginning. When i first heard of them, i was like - woah...am i gonna send all this money oversea's to a post-communist state that i really now nothing about, other than they launched some great shit into the sky (sputnik cosmonauts!!!). But they've got english rep's, and any questions i got, they answer in 24 hours. They actually taught me alot about the process. Plus, they cut DMM...we'll see what these test pressings sound like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.