Here are the recording options PixelSync
offers:
Option 1) We come to your gig and record for $25/hr, in 1/4 hr
increments. This includes 1 hour setup time (tho it usually takes a bit
more), but not tear-down. We'll set up one track for each vocal and instrumental
(or direct lines from your amps, if they have that option). We may also
set up a couple of room mics, depending on the room and whether it seems
like use of room sound will enhance the mix or not.
Using only this option, we can turn the unmixed raw tracks over to you
on CDs in WAV format, for you to take elsewhere to mix, or to do yourself,
if you have the means. That will cost you a couple more bucks, just to
cover the cost of blank CDs. The number will depend on the duration of
your show.
Option 2) $25/hr recording time, same setup. Same couple of bucks
for CDs, depending on the length of your gig. We mix the raw tracks, panned
to resemble your gig and with one volume set throughout, no enhancements
or compression, but run a stereo compression on the resulting mix. This
runs you $25. This provides a good basic mix to decide which tracks you
want to put on your final recording. Songs you may choose to have mixed
to a higher quality will cost an additional amount. If you want to avoid
this cost, have your sound engineer send a stereo mix to a tape deck and
use that to decide what songs you want mixed to a higher level. On the
other hand, WITH this mix, you'll get a much clearer recording than a
stereo board mix, where some parts will inevitably be buried and some
overly loud.
Option 3) $25/hr recording time, same setup. Same couple of bucks
for CDs, depending what you want treated at this level. We mix the tracks
you select, adjusting volume and pan through each song to bring out the
salient points, EQ and noise gate each track to give a cleaner sound and
run stereo compression and spatial enhancement on the final mix. This
costs you $35 per song, whether you use Option 2 or not.
Option 4) $25/hr recording time, same setup. Same couple of bucks
for CDs. For $50 per song, whether you use Option 2 or not, we mix the
tracks you select, adjusting volume and pan through each song to bring
out the motion at each point, each track gets EQ, noise gate where needed,
compression, a little reverb on the vocal, delays to anchor and enhance
the auditory space, fixes of parts as needed and possible (not easy in
a live recording situation), then compression, loudness maximizer, multiband
dynamics, stereo imaging enhancement, harmonic exciter and reverb on the
stereo mix to provide a complete mastering. We'll give you that copy,
you listen to it and come back with specific changes you want,
(ie. "Song 10, at 2:17, make the bass 10% louder for 3 bars",
or "Compress all the songs till our ears bleed", etc.). We make
those changes and give you the final copy. After that point, further changes
will cost you by the hour, including reprocessing time, etc. We'll be
charging you for blank disks, too, but they're trivial: around $.90 each.
Option 4 will give you recordings, at Red Book standards, ready to duplicate
or replicate for distribution. When you're ready for that, let us quote
options for reproducing (duplicating or glass mastering) and printing
the disks, black and white or 2-, 3- or 4-color printing, putting them
in jewel cases or cardboard sleeves, and polywrapping them. Prices start,
depending on options, at about $350 per 100 copies, printed b&w on-disk
and 3-color cardboard sleeves (unwrapped) and up from there. If you go
as high as 1000 disks, full-color, polywrapped, UPC code, etc, prices
come down, per disk, to around $1.85.
Give us a call to schedule or just to discuss your situation. Our costs
end up running about $25 per hour throughout the process. You won't find
better options outside of a studio, where costs run $40 per hour minimum
in the greater Milwaukee area.
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