{"id":212,"date":"2007-04-18T22:58:46","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T22:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gregbueno.com\/wp\/sakufu\/2007\/04\/18\/debut_ep\/"},"modified":"2007-04-18T22:58:46","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T22:58:46","slug":"debut_ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/sakufu\/2007\/04\/18\/debut_ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Debut EP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here it is, folks … the reason I’ve been neglecting all my weblogs in the last week:<\/p>\n

\"enigmatics<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, those are actual printed<\/em> CDs. Sort of. They’re all actually blank, but they’ve been printed with the artwork I provided.<\/p>\n

I experimented with using a service called Mixonic<\/a>, which is the short-run duplication arm of Discmakers<\/a> (both links point to variations of the same site.) Mixonic allows you to print as few as one CD and as many as 1,000. The whole transaction is self-service through an online interface, right down to designing the cover.<\/p>\n

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I opted to provide my own artwork<\/a>. For this first try, I ordered 10 blank CDs. They could have run the duplication themselves, but I would have had to upload or mail a master to them. I wanted to have the discs before I left on my trip next week, so I’m going to burn them myself.<\/p>\n

A lot of CD pressing plants offer short-run services, and blank CDs printed in bulk with custom artwork is an option. Truthfully, Mixonic CDs are a lot more expensive than other quotes I’ve seen, but Mixonic doesn’t require a minimum. Most plants have a minumum of 50 or a 100.<\/p>\n

I’m in no position to consider a short-run on any other Eponymous 4 project, but enigmatics<\/em> has been in the can for about eight years now. I’m willing to start pushing for a more formalized release. This short-run duplication experiment was the first step to that goal.<\/p>\n

(I need to do more mixing. I’m not using the stereo field nearly enough.)<\/p>\n

As for the artwork, I laid it out in QuarkXpress 7.1, exported to a PDF, opened it up in Photoshop and made a 300dpi JPEG file out of it. I’m not sure how Mixonic is set up, but they request RGB files instead of the usual CMYK.<\/p>\n

Even though I pretty much foot the bill for this pressing experiment, there’s something about seeing my name in liner notes that makes this feel more … official<\/em>, somehow.<\/p>\n

Perhaps there is more to come?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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