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0346 – 872 00
ola@skivfabriken.se
A really cool classic that is now back.
The cassette tape printed on both sides with 1-color printing. Choose between white or black cassette.
The music cassette is packed in a transparent cassette case with a paper insert printed on one side in 4-color.
If you want other colors or a different inlay for the case, please contact us. We can usually solve most things.
The price is for 50 cassette tapes with a maximum of 30 minutes of music on each side.
Read our tips on how to master the sound of your cassette tape. This is quite different from making a CD. We will help you with tips and advice, and if you need more help, we offer assistance in creating masters, which can be ordered in the webshop at the same time as placing your order on cassette tape.
Call or email me if you have questions or want to discuss your production or want help with design and layout.
0346 – 872 00
ola@skivfabriken.se
Produce your master to cassette tape
The most important thing to note when producing your cassette master: do not use compression.
Unlike a CD, cassette tape is an analog format with very different mastering needs:
If you used CD mastering to produce a music cassette, the magnetic tape would be saturated. This causes the bass to mute the HF sound and clipping will distort the sound reproduction.
A cassette tape master has no compression and more dynamic range. It has what is called a ceiling height.
– 44.1 kHz PCM signed 16 bits: This is the lossless codec for input into the duplication system. Pulse code modulation
format. (Audio CD)
– Side A and side B can be divided by tracks or one long track per side. The cassette time is equal to the longest side time.
– Try to make the side splits as equal as possible and side A longer than side B.
A PQ sheet is useful if breaks between tracks need to be added, otherwise it is assumed that breaks between
tracks have already been added to the audio.
Important mastering tips for cassette tapes:
– Avoid clipping at all costs – produce a 0dB sound with plenty of space at the sound peaks.
– Avoid frequencies below 30Hz – this can inhibit the signal during manufacturing.
– Cassettes love midrange sounds – try to minimize the low and high range. HF above 12kHz will start to deteriorate, 16kHz pushes the limit.
