Sonopress Brasil

CDs and DVDs glass mastering facility laboratory in Brazil

Please note that this profile should only be credited for the LCCN role "Glass Mastered At" in the following situations:
· 'SONOPRESS BRASIL' written in full in the disc matrix or printed artwork
· 'SONOPRESS' or the Sonopress logo, in combination with mastering SID code IFPI L029, IFPI LB43, LB49, LW75 or LY92.

Matrix pattern: ####/YY
Note: please do not enter the " #### " separately as catalog number / job number as the sequence restarted every year. Always credit the complete code including the " /YY ", which makes the sequence unique & unambiguous.

The date of the CD glass master manufacturing can be determined from the Sonopress Brasil matrix number [YY]

A glass mastering date indicated the earliest POSSIBLE release date - not more, no less
These dates may be used to determine if the release is an original release or a repress, but does not inform the release date itself as glass masters are frequently used some time after it was originally manufactured.

Sonopress Brasil Manufacturing plants

Manufactured By Sonopress-Rimo da Amazônia Indústria e Comércio Fonográfica Ltda.
Manufactured By Sonopress-Rimo Indústria e Comércio Fonográfica Ltda.

Use Manufactured By if the company full name is on back inlay. "Sonopress ® Ind. Brasileira" is not a direct reference to the Sonopress Brasil glass mfg facility lab.


Some early Brasilian releases name Sonopress in the matrix, although it is uncertain that these glass masters were manufactured by Sonopress Brasil, and therefore they should not be listed on this profile. Instead:

For releases that show the following matrix pattern:
SONOPRESS X-#### / [release ID] XX,
please enter:
Glass Mastered At – Sonopress – X-####
Manufactured By: company full name on back inlay
Example: Metallica - ...And Justice For All

For releases that show the following matrix pattern:
SONOPRESS [release ID] + + #####-##,
please enter:
Glass Mastered At – Sonopress USA – #####-##
Manufactured By: company full name on back inlay
Example: Congregacion - Viene...

For releases that show the following matrix pattern:
SONOPRESS [release ID] + + #####-##,
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L027/L028
Mould SID Code: IFPI 11xx
please enter:
Glass Mastered At – Sonopress USA – #####-##
Manufactured By: company full name on back inlay
Example: Various - Terrordrome - The Best Of Hardcore Dance

These discs may well have been duplicated by any of the Brazilian Sonopress factories, but without the company full name on back inlay it is not possible to determine.