Watermarked CD, CD and DVD Duplication

Our Duplication department has been created to deliver all of the support services required by our Clients. This covers the entire range from creating and managing an extensive music database to simply duplicating a CD. Alchemy were early adopters of CD watermarking technology as well operating our own proprietary FTP server, offering electronic distribution of CD Masters*, Radio Commercials together with the management and conversion of files that are for distribution and delivery over the Internet. Alchemy's duplication department provides pre-mastering for compilation albums, digital editing and creation of production parts. The facility is so versatile that it is always busy, serving major record companies and independent clients alike. Services include:

• CD and Online Audio Watermarking
• CD/DVD duplication with on-body printing and full colour sleeve artwork
• Digital editing and album compilation
• Transfer from 1630/U-matic, Exabyte, Dat, CD, Minidisc ¼” & ½” 2 track analogue & Cassette
• Audio File conversion
• Forensic audio recovery
• Digital delivery
• Database management

*CD, DDP image files can be delivered straight to the CD factory and Radio Commercials direct to the Radio Stations reducing production times. WAV files can be delivered via FTP for edit approval, or for incorporation in to multimedia presentations and streaming files created for promotional use.

Phil Kinrade

Phil started work as a runner for Dick James Music from where he moved into the then massive tape library before working in the recording studios. From this point, along with Murray Harris & Roger Quested a Edit/Duplication room was set up. ‘If memory serves me right we had a number of studer analogue tape machines and about 10 cassette decks. The first job we took on was 300 cassettes of a band called Ministry. This came from then A&R man Pete Winkleman, now owner of the MK Dons football club’. ‘I still remember our then receptionist Jenny crying at putting 300 cassette inlays through a golfball typewriter’.

From this humble start a new company ‘Sound Basement’ was set up. It was during this time that Phil met up with Barry who was then at Trident. ‘We’d churn out CD masters and then pass it over to Barry for the vinyl’. In this period we were working on the likes of REM, The Specials, Spandau Ballet, Blondie, Tom Petty, The Waterboys, Tiffany, Nik Kershaw and on and on and on and on……

In 1990 Phil moved over to Chop Em Out were he remained until the time of the Sanctuary buy out. At this stage in 2000, Phil joined up with Barry & Rowan at Alchemy where he has been ever since.