Preparing For One-Off Vinyl Cutting
AUDIO FORMATS
MP3s and WMA files are generally poor quality and if it can be helped, best not used for cutting One Off Vinyl Dubplates or for laquer Mastering. The best formats are WAV, Flac or AIFF
Audio is best supplied as 16 or 24bit WAV/AIFF files with a sample rate of 44.1kHz or above is best.
A custom one-off vinyl cut at Byrons Yard
Record your tracks at -6dB to -3dB to give us some headroom.
Please do not normalize your tracks or use limiters, maximizers or stereo imaging on your mixes/Master Bus. Very important for Dubplate and laquer cutting be sure to de-ess vocals and try not to mix the cymbals too high as this all impacts on the cut.
LABEL ARTWORK
Custom printed labels are available with your one off vinyl record is best to supply your label artwork at minimum 300dpi resolution as jpeg, tiff or pdf, please allow artwork to bleed 3mm past the cut line of templates that are supplied on request. Also keep all text and images at lest 3mm inside the cutline and remove the template when returning your artwork, templates are to be used as a guide.
RECOMMENDED CUTTING TIMES
For the best sounding and loudest cuts it is best to stick to our optimum cutting times for each size of record. If you have any questions regarding preparing your order just get in touch.
7" at 45rpm 4minutes
10" at 45rpm 6minutes
10" at 33rpm 8minutes
12" at 45rpm 8minutes
12" at 33rpm 20minutes
per side!