The Exchange Mastering London - Page 2

ianshepherd · 15th August 2008

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Originally Posted by Eigenwert

I would love other recommondations for House/Dance music mastering houses as well. I cannot afford 2 mastering sessions per track - one CD and one for vinyl (I plan to pay it on my own so my music is independent - didn´t contact any label yet for my recent stuff). So I plan to cut 10 12" plates on a Vestax cutter. Should I record the record if I want to make a CD/mp3 of a vinyl master or will a vinyl-type master work directly from CD? (a label I formerly worked with used to use the vinyl masters for their CDs as well)

My recommendation is Nick Watson @ Fluid Mastering - Nick and I used to work together and he is a superb engineer, in any genre. I'm sure he could do you a master suitable for both vinyl & CD, and at competitive rates.

Ian

streaky · 15th August 2008

dont' waste your time with those exchange boyz....streaky rocks....

well I would say that...!!!

**Riccardo** · 15th August 2008

This is a bit old but seeing it has been resurrected I'll mention Electric (Electric Mastering). Both Mandy and Guy used to work at the Exchange.

narcoman · 16th August 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by streaky

dont' waste your time with those exchange boyz....streaky rocks....

well I would say that...!!!

tutt

Rappinghood · 4th September 2008

I've worked with a bunch of people who have previously used the Exchange, some of whom were mastering the exact same project again because of poor results...but then they do have a good reputation for vinyl as Narcoman says above from his experience...Narcoman whoever you are! Their impressive client list obviously speaks for itself and they seem to have garnered some kind of magical vinyl cutting status over the years, when there are several other engineers in London alone who can cut a great 12", 7", LP etc etc etc. As far as choices for cutting in London, I'd steer clear of the 2 or 3 places that offer cheap rates, you get what you pay for. Exchange are definitely one of the better places, also + 1 for Streaky above who's cut his share of 45s!

807Recordings · 20th October 2008

Got the test pressing back this weekend from Pallas. What can I say but I am totally floored once again by how well the mastering came out by The Exchange and Nilz.

What ever happens when he get's that on the wax is just magic, pure and simple. Even the 24-96KHz backups do not do his work justice.

Again I highly recommend them.

(807) 002 coming soon.

_barnee · 12th August 2009

Is there any chance to pay less money to go to the studio for lacquers instead of letting the plant do it?
(although, sure there is a difference in sound job).

Could I send to a studio my material and get lacquers to go the plant... for 100 copies or so?
Or for such quantity, should I just let the plant do the cutting thing?

spasm_dtc · 24th December 2009

@The Exchage i had the pleasure to cut vinyl with both nilesh and simon. Both were great, although i atempted to work with nilesh more since he was able to make gold out of cr*p, and back then we had a lot of artists with small noisy studios recording on portable dat's etc. ...

As for D&M, i think Rashad still works there, he's our ME of choice, be it vinyl or CD - the results are just ALWAYS great!
But Rashad also slowly starts to run his own studio now: audio//anwendungen .::. Studio .::. CLUNK

15th August 2008	#32
streaky Gear maniac Joined: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 287	dont' waste your time with those exchange boyz....streaky rocks.... well I would say that...!!! __________________ Streakymastering.com Send upto 2gb of files for FREE @ Streaky.com

15th August 2008	#33
Riccardo Mastering Moderator Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Always on the Run Posts: 2,675	This is a bit old but seeing it has been resurrected I'll mention Electric (Electric Mastering). Both Mandy and Guy used to work at the Exchange. __________________ Velvet Room Mastering "Can you imagine how great the Beatles or Pink Floyd could have sounded if they had used better cables? I expect a Nobel prize to someday be awarded to an audiophile cable designer, as they clearly are way ahead of the rest of us. " - DC -

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4th September 2008	#35
Rappinghood Gear nut Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 97	I've worked with a bunch of people who have previously used the Exchange, some of whom were mastering the exact same project again because of poor results...but then they do have a good reputation for vinyl as Narcoman says above from his experience...Narcoman whoever you are! Their impressive client list obviously speaks for itself and they seem to have garnered some kind of magical vinyl cutting status over the years, when there are several other engineers in London alone who can cut a great 12", 7", LP etc etc etc. As far as choices for cutting in London, I'd steer clear of the 2 or 3 places that offer cheap rates, you get what you pay for. Exchange are definitely one of the better places, also + 1 for Streaky above who's cut his share of 45s!

20th October 2008	#36
807Recordings Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Dresden, Deutschland Posts: 606	Got the test pressing back this weekend from Pallas. What can I say but I am totally floored once again by how well the mastering came out by The Exchange and Nilz. What ever happens when he get's that on the wax is just magic, pure and simple. Even the 24-96KHz backups do not do his work justice. Again I highly recommend them. (807) 002 coming soon.

12th August 2009	#37
_barnee Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 253	Is there any chance to pay less money to go to the studio for lacquers instead of letting the plant do it? (although, sure there is a difference in sound job). Could I send to a studio my material and get lacquers to go the plant... for 100 copies or so? Or for such quantity, should I just let the plant do the cutting thing?

24th December 2009	#38
spasm_dtc Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 257	@The Exchage i had the pleasure to cut vinyl with both nilesh and simon. Both were great, although i atempted to work with nilesh more since he was able to make gold out of cr*p, and back then we had a lot of artists with small noisy studios recording on portable dat's etc. ... As for D&M, i think Rashad still works there, he's our ME of choice, be it vinyl or CD - the results are just ALWAYS great! But Rashad also slowly starts to run his own studio now: audio//anwendungen .::. Studio .::. CLUNK