We Record Vinyl (7”, 12”, LP, 33, 34, 78) to CD/Digital

NOTE: Generally 7 - 10 days turnaround. Will do faster if bribed. See costs below.
NOTE 2: Any records left here longer than 6 months after recording will be disposed of.

From that old shelac 78 recording of grandma singing to your fave LP that you can't find on the web, we can record anything with a groove for you. We are also good at audio restoration, from background noise to the clicks and pops of mechanical damage.

We record any album or single: LP, 7", 12", 33, 45, 78 (even an audio cassette).

WHAT YOU GET : in keeping with the future, which is now the present, we upload your songs to a shared drive.

NOTE: If you want a physical CD YOU WILL NEED TO ASK.

First is free, but additional CD’s are $2 each.

If you want the files a USB it’s $10 or free if you provide the USB drive.

NOTE - Track Names: Due to the different platforms and programs and naming protocols used by people who use the data discs, we do not write full track names for each song; we simply use A1, A2 etc, and put them in a folder with the LP name

NOTE - Background Noise: We generally run a filter over the tracks to remove most of the background noise (it's nicer that way), if you do not want us to do this, please request that we don't when you drop your vinyl off.

COSTS

• 1 x LIVE ALBUM with individual tracks marked = $80 (separating applause/talking is no fun)

• 1 x STUDIO Album (LP) or Cassette with individual tracks marked = $50

• 1 x 7" or 12" Single (4 songs max) = $20 no track marks. $30 with track marks.

• 1 x Album OR Cassette - single audio file - NO INDIVIDUAL TRACKS = $30.

• 1 x 78 / Shellac = $80 (because they always need additional work due to surface noise)

• Additional CD copies - $2 each

• DVD copy - $2 each

• USB Stick - $10

• Manually Remove Pops / Audio Restoration - $120 / hour (usually takes about 30-45 minutes per 5 minute song, if the song is bad).

• FASTER TIMES CONTINGENT ON AVAILABILITY OF ENGINEER - PLEASE CALL IN ADVANCE TO BOOK.

• 24 hour turnaround - add $40.

• Same day - add $80 - if possible.

THINGS TO NOTE

Older records generally have two things wrong with them:

1) Vinyl Crackle.

These can be caused by surface damage or ingrained dirt. Most dirt is removed by our included vacuum cleaning service (LPs only).

2) Loud pops and Surface Noise.

We can get rid of pops, but they need to be removed one at a time and manually so the more pops the more time it takes. NOTE: We don't remove charming pops.

We also do quite a few 78s and these are usually shellac and usually in pretty bad condition (cracked, flaking off etc) and we need to do A LOT of filtering work to deliver you an audible (if not amazingly perfect) soundfile. 

But usually these things are memories from the past and we find that audible is brilliantly acceptable to our clients considering the quality of the original sound source. By audible we mean that we can almost always make the desired recording a lot louder than the damage.

Cost of studio time for filtering, EQing and otherwise rescuing your disintegrating histories $120 / hour (and yes, we only charge for the time taken, not the whole hour. Each track can take up to 20 minutes to fix.). 

3) Why we won't burn you MP3s

Also we don't create MP3s for you, horrible little things that they are. You get a full frequency file that you can mangle into a decrepit little piece of compressed nothing at a later stage, on your own, far, far away from us. :)

Please call us on 02 9380 8223 ~ seven days a week ~ midday - 6pm - or leave a message any time.

WE CANNOT MAKE YOU A RECORD FROM CD

Manufacturing vinyl is an industrial scale process. The records are pressed in runs from masters in huge machines (see below). You can get one offs ‘cut’ or engraved and these are called ‘dubplates’.

This too requires a machine, but they can do dingle units.

Zenith Records Pressing in Melbs can do it, and there are plenty online overseas too and here.