ARTWORK

Vinyl as any other format has its own limitations. To make sure your music sounds great on a record, please comply with general mastering for vinyl standards:

• loudness: < 0db
• high frequency cut at above 16khz
• low frequency cut at 10hz
• low frequencies below 300hz in mono.
• no phasing or negative phase returns
• stereo width between  +0.5 and 1.
• 1s of silence before the Start-ID and after the End-ID per record side.

Optimized Cut: 
Quality is most important to me and I want the best cut possible. If necessary, I am willing to accept corrections of volume and frequency content according to the cutting engineers expert opinion. We will still always try to make it sound as close to the master source as possible.

Flat Cut:

Quality Sound Modulation will transfered 1:1 and I want a minimum of changes made, even if the record ends up quieter than most vinyl. This generally only applies if your audio has been specifically mastered for vinyl.

• Uploaded folder must contain one audio file per record side:

• “A-Side”
• “B-Side”

• Fill out the cue-sheet below and upload it together with the audio files.

*If you want some seconds silence between the songs, you have to make that yourself, we are only able to make the groove spacing between songs.

• Download: Cue Sheet

• Preferred quality:

• .wav / .aif
• 24bit; 48Khz

*Other formats may work as well, but to ensure the best quality we recommend the standards above.

• Remember to make a vinyl master to ensure the best possible quality of the record.

• Upload the audio to a Dropbox, name it your Order Number and share it with us (the artwork has to be uploaded in the same folder).

*Please do not use other large file transfer methods, only Dropbox.

Before making your cover design, please consider the following:

All cover designs

• CMYK color;
• 5mm bleed on the edges of the covers;
• At least 300 dbi/ppi;
• Exported as Acrobat 1.3 pdf;
• All fonts need to be made into objects:

• In Illustrator it is called “Create outline”
• In Photoshop it is called “Convert to shape”
• In InDesign it is called “Create outline”

• PDF 1:1, exported or distilled without scaling;

• Colour export settings Fogra39

• Partial varnish, hot foil or embossing on exact position in 100% with one color in a separate page or less;

• Without visible cutting lines, folding lines and punching lines, instead – if necessary – cutting and folding marks;