Please check out our PROCESS page for details!

Typical turnaround time is about 6 weeks all together.

However, we are working with a few different timelines: audio, print materials, and production.

Audio

– Once files have been reviewed and submitted for lacquer cutting, it takes about 15 business days for us to receive the stampers.

Printed Artwork Materials

–  After proofs have been approved, it takes about 15 business days for us to receive jackets and center labels.

Press Production

– Once we have the stampers in house, and if you choose to receive test pressings, it will take about 5-10 business days to ship out test pressings.

– Once test pressings are approved and we have all print materials on hand, we can have your order ready to ship in 10 business days. 

As you see, there are a few timelines we are working with during the process of vinyl production, and at any step of the process, anything can go wrong or be delayed. We do our best to keep you informed and meet your expected delivery date, however, due to circumstances outside of our control, turnaround time is not guaranteed.

There is a finite amount of space on a lacquer disc to cut grooves! Keep in mind, time per side and frequency content is directly related to the overall level (loudness) of the record. 

Below are rough guidelines

12” 33⅓ RPM: 

Maximum time of 20 minutes. Above 20 minutes, low and high frequency content may be reduced and overall level may be decreased to cut the full length of music on the lacquer disc.

12” 45 RPM: 

Maximum time of 14 minutes. Above 14 minutes, low and high frequency content may be reduced and overall level may be decreased to cut the full length of music on the lacquer disc.

An intimate singer/songwriter album with sparse instrumentation of acoustic guitar and vocals (dynamic, not as much low or high frequency content) may not have much degradation above 20 minutes per side. In contrast, a pop music record with a side length above 20 minutes that contains a lot of different instruments and vocals (not very dynamic, wide frequency spectrum with sizzling top end and subby low end) may need to have the overall level lowered and the sub and high frequency content reduced. 

Vinyl audio is going to be inherently different from the digital audio, and the digital audio and vinyl audio will never sound exactly the same. 

The digital audio is cut to a lacquer disc. The lacquer cutting process has mechanical and physical limitations that don’t exist in the digital realm. Because of these limitations, the audio needs to be treated/processed differently. This is the beauty of vinyl audio!

The time per side of the disc (as well as the frequency content) is directly related to how “loud” the lacquer is cut. Generally speaking,

More time/music on the side = lower volume

Less time/music on the side = higher volume

Stereo low end (typically frequencies below 110Hz) will be made mono to prevent any phase cancellations that would result in the lathe cutting “lift outs,” which results in an audible skip.

Top end (high frequencies) at a higher amplitude can cause the lacquer cutting lathe to make high velocity movements, which result in audible distortion. 

We can mitigate the issue by smoothing out the top end transients by mildly d-Essing the mix. 

Since vinyl is an analog medium, when a cut is at a lower (or higher) volume level, we can simply turn our amplifier up and down as needed to reach the desired listening level.

100 units is our minimum order quantity. Customers can opt to press two variants at 50 units each to meet the minimum order quantity of 100.