TAKT Direct is a European media manufacturer that produces CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and vinyl records with a printing and packaging facility for a range of products including rigid boxes and books. The company is equipped with the Pheenix Alpha fully automatic as well as old school manual record presses. The company has offices in Austria, Poland, runs its sister plant Packaged Sounds in England and has representatives throughout the world.

Vinyl matrix scheme, valid for both plants
########-X-Y
# - internal project number (from 6-8 digits)
X - side number (e.g. A, B, C, etc.)
Y - stamper number

Please note that cutting is done by workload at each plant, this means that a master could be cut at Takt Direct and processed at Takt Direct or Packaged Sounds (and vice versa): for this reason,
there is no way to distinguish where a record was really cut or pressed. Galvanics are done at Takt Direct for both plants.

Please add "Mastered At - Takt Direct" for any release matching the above matrix scheme, until the "Plated At" role will become available.
Please only add "Pressed By - Takt Direct" when it is explicitly mentioned / known where it was pressed.

How to enter the matrix number in the LCCN fields:
• Please only enter the "########" part, without the side and stamper numbers".
• If a release shows two or more of these numbers (e.g., multi-format releases), please enter each matrix number in a separate field.