Please take care of the following points when you are creating a vinyl master:

Since we are a "classic cutting studio" every one of our cuts is linear. So we cut exactly what you send us.

Please leave a headloom - don't go louder than -0,3dBFS.

Bass and kick drum should be in the stereo center - so mono. The high-pass filter should be between 30 and 40Hz. If you like, we can keep an eye on it while cutting.

Hard "S"-sounds should be taken care of. So we would like you to use a "de-esser", because the cutting tool can't detect frequencees over a certain level. Meaning the needle can't stay in the gap later. This could cause distortions. We can get rid of some frequencees by using a low-pass but "S"-sounds - which are around 7-9kHz - are hard for us to smoothen without interfering too much with the master itself. Which is why we don't do that. The only thing we're able to fix is the legnth of each side.

Frequencies under 150Hz should be mono. Vinyl can have stereo, but only in the higher frequencies. Stereo in the Bass is not possible on vinyl records. If you have problems with those setting, be can also make the neccessary changes during cutting.

Higher frequencies than 15KHz should be cut. Otherwise we will cut it during cutting the lacquers. But this is not a general value. It depends on the master. You can send us your
files before placing an order to check the files. This is free for you, of course. Then you know if you can go on like you have started or not.

Please don't make the master too loud. We can always make it louder later - if there's enough room. 

Songs with massive hights should be placed at the beginning of the record as the quality of hights gets worse, the more you get into the center.

If you would like your music at a certain level of loudness, you will have to stay within a certain legnth per side. Please note, that these are approximate legnths. It all depends on the master itself. We're glad to listen to it and give you feedback. With a 12" at 45 RPM it would be like 9-11 mins and 13 mins at 33 RPM. These Numbers may vary depending on what style of music or the type of production.

The more you put on a vinyl, the worse it sounds:
up to 15 minutes: audiophil
up to 17 minutes: good sound
up to 20 minutes: volume has to be put down 1-2db, all space on the record has to be used
up to 22 minutes: volume has to be put down 1-2db, all space on the record has to be used, lower freuquencies have to be reduced
up to 25 minutes: volume has to be put down 1-2db, all space on the record has to be used, lower freuquencies have to be reduced
up to 28 minutes: volume has to be put down 1-2db, all space on the record has to be used, lower freuquencies have to be reduced, stereo width has to be reduced
Those times are not general. It depends on the master.

Make sure all your songs are in the same sampling rate. If the songs have different sampling rates we might not detect them while cutting but they will be noticable in the testpressing. If this is the case we cannot incur the costs for a new cut.

If you send us your master we will have to know exactly which songs go on which side. We would appreciate it if you could send us every song as a single, corectly labled file (Side A Track 1)
or each side as one file with a timesheet that contains each starting and end time. We need this to cut the identification groove.

Identification grooves are the very visable also wider gaps inbetween each song on your record. This is how you know when a song starts. Generally there's nothing in them - they are not modulated. If you have a crossfade to the next song we can modulate them though. There's only silence if you want it to be.

Dig engravings? Sure thing! They shouldn't be too long though. Limit the number of letters to 20 (ish). Whether or not we can engrave your records depends on the left over space. If there's too much on the record we won't be able to engrave it.

If you have any questions, please always get back to us!