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About Rates

Hamilton Kramer Sound Studio is promoting affordable rates for top quality services. The studio rates as of January 2007:

Multi-track recording rate $40/hour .

Live recording: $700/day or $100/hour. Recording is done at 24 bit resolution, up to 16 tracks. The mixing and mastering are not included. The price is only for greater Hamilton, for all other locations please call. Also call well in advance to discuss your project for live recording.

MIxing and Editing  - $40/hour  

Mastering - $55/hour or $600/CD:  Mastering GOLD. Recommended for national releases; we deliver platinum-album sound quality.
- $45/hour or $450/CD: Mastering SILVER. Recommended for local releases. A fine mastering, with state-of-the-art compression, limiting, equalizing, and processing.
- $40/hour or $350/CD; Mastering BRONZE. Recommended for demos. A great value for the money. 

Project packages. The project packages are based on the musical project of each customer and are a great opportunity to get a competitive studio rate in Hamilton area. Please contact us for a quote for your project.

Simple formula to work from:
$100 to 1000 per song depending on the complexity of work requested..

Demo package deal * ONLY  $400!. The package (maximum 6 minute demo of several song bits) includes: as much recording as needed- up to 8 hours, mixdown/digital editing/mastering, two 6 minute demo CD's. Note: for any additional CD please see below at CD Duplication. For billing purpose, 30 minutes increment will be used. 

If your are planning to record three or more songs click on coupon and save $100.00

Professional arrangements - Please call for a quote

IN HOUSE SMALL RUN CD DUPLICATION* - The CD's come with case, custom labels and shrink-wrapped.

Copies 1-25 minutes 25-45 minutes 45-74 minutes
1 to 5 $8 $10 $12
6 to 10 $7 $9 $11
11 to 20 $7 $8 $10

 

OUT OF HOUSE CD/DVD DUPLICATION SERVICES
(prices in USD)
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ROUTE AS YOUR CHOICE FOR DUPLICATION SERVICES
We challenge anyone to find a better price out there anywhere that even comes close to the quality of product and service Disk Makers has guaranteed its clients for the past 60 years of business.

At Kramer Sound Studio we want the best for our clients so we pass these savings on to you to make your project a success. Because your success is our success -- it's a win win situation.

Kramer Sound Studio is a proud Partner of Disk Makers CD/DVD Manufacturing Company.
1,000 CD's in jackets just 99¢ ea. Add 300 11" x 17" full-color posters for just $99.

We can place your order, or you can do it directly by calling Gus Compton product specialist at 1-800-468-9353 x 5222 and mention "Kramer Sound Studio Disk Makers Partner" as your referral.

or

1,000 CD's in jewel cases with one-page inserts just $1.19 ea. Add 300 11" x 17" full-color posters for just $99.

We can place your order, or you can do it directly by calling Gus Compton product specialist at 1-800-468-9353 x 5222 and mention "Kramer Sound Studio Disk Makers Partner" as your referral.

LOOK at all the great tools that come FREE with every CD/DVD package you order through our Studio Partnership Program with Disk Makers.
Disk Makers CD/DVD packages come with all of the following benefits and more:

A FREE UPC BAR CODE: Essential for retail sales — save $750! 

FREE LISTING ON DIGSTATION: Sell your music as downloads on the world's best indie music site.

 

A FREE CRITIQUE OF YOUR MUSIC BY TAXI: The industry's independent A&R leader – A Disc Makers' exclusive.

 

A FREE SONICBIDS ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT: A subscription to Sonicbids, which gets you plugged into thousands of music conferences, showcases, and venue booking agents and includes their famed Electronic Press Kit (EPK).

 

FREE COUNTERTOP DISPLAY: Great for selling your CDs in stores and at gigs.

 

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS:
Get special rates on the Indie Bible, the Musicians's Atlas, HostBaby, and more!

 

The Ultimate Web Sales and
Distribution Bundle. Just $29.

This bundle includes everything you need to sell your music online. Best of all, you don't have to do a thing. It'll be the best $29 you ever spent.

What you get:

 

CD BABY MADE EASY – Disk Makers will pre-register you with the web's second largest CD seller and ship five of your CDs straight to CD Baby, saving you the hassle of filling out registration forms, the cost of shipping your discs, and their $35 registration fee.

 

UPGRADE TO iTUNES WITH CD BABY – Your CD Baby membership allows you to get your songs available for sale as downloads on Apple's iTunes store, Yahoo Music, and more. 

 

CDDB REGISTRATION: Disk Makers will register your CD with Gracenote CDDB (CD Date Base), so your name, album title, and track titles will automatically display when your fans pop your CD in their computer.

 

SOUNDSCAN REGISTRATION: Disk Makers will register your bar code with Nielsen Soundscan, so all your retail CD sales will be credited to you.

ORDER A CD PACKAGE AND YOU ALSO GET a Plaque of your project for FREE:

We can place your order, or you can do it directly by calling Gus Compton product specialist at 1-800-468-9353 x 5222 and mention "Kramer Sound Studio Disk Makers Partner" as your referral.



 
 
   

 

Payment for studio work is due at the end of each individual session, regardless of length, unless other terms are prearranged with the studio. Remixes and adding more parts after a complete mix are extra and will be billed at a rate of $40 per hour. Please call for the pricing of all the other services Kramer Sound Studio has to offer.

LIENS - The studio shall have a lien on all properties delivered to the studio by the client as well as on all CD or tape made by the studio for the client for any unpaid balance of the amount due to the studio for services or supplies rendered.

* All prices in Canadian dollars. Taxes are included. Prices are subject to change without notice.  
 
Questions, info, contact:  peterkramer@mountaincable.net or call 905-312-0234.

If your are planning to record three or more songs click on coupon and save $100.00


 

Transfer from tape/LP to CD* - $35/hour. 

Note: a $3 charge applies for the blank CD unless the customer provides it.

STUDIO DESIGN CONSULTING - Please contact the studio to make an appointment to discuss your project. Because of the complexity of the work, the estimated price will be forwarded to the customer after the first meeting, when most of the details regarding the project request will be made available to Kramer Sound Studio.  We will provide a written quote after the site inspection. 

BOOKING, PAYMENT AND TERMS - Arrangements for recording studio time should be made at least 10 days prior to the session. The receipt of a 20% deposit based upon the rate and amount of time confirms the date. All deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE but may be applied to another session date. Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis; due to possible session date changes, etc., some sessions can be booked on short notice, pending the availability of the studio. The same deposit applies- 20%.