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Post by Damage Cloud on Mar 31, 2022 14:16:59 GMT -5
I have a dungeon synth/fantasy synth album (ep? idk) that I'm planning on DIY-ing cassette release for. Any tips? I'm kind of just guessing what to do lmao
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Post by dankvisionsewercrawl on Apr 1, 2022 10:41:55 GMT -5
IMO there are a couple different cassette "aesthetics" that really speak to me 1) Homemade ultra-limited run -photocopied or home-printed paper j-cards -cut and paste/hand drawn/black and white art -tapes dubbed on a personal cassette recorder at home -sticker labels on the tapes -total run of 15-30 tapes This approach requires that you do a lot of work yourself, and you may need to acquire/borrow some equipment like a printer and a tape recorder. It also doesn't scale well to larger releases, since you need to physically sit down and record each tape one at a time. But it's got that extra special "kvlt" vibe (lol) and it may be easier to wrangle if you're just getting started. The only materials you really -need- to buy are blank cassettes and sticker labels. A good example of this aesthetic is Gulik Records: gulikrecords.bandcamp.com/music2) Professional small-run -Cassettes duplicated by a company like Mobineko -Multi-panel jcards on cardstock with tons of notes, full color artwork, professionally printed -Screenprinted labels on all the tapes -Total run of 50+ Using a professional duplication service can save you a lot of work and can potentially result in higher quality tapes. It's also easy to bungle things if you don't understand the templates or you send the files off to the printer before checking them thoroughly, so don't do that Using a pro duplicator especially makes sense if you want to do a larger run or if you plan on releasing multiple cassettes, since you can just send the files off by email and a couple weeks later the tapes to show up in your mailbox. A label that uses Mobineko for tape duplication is Grime Stone Records: grimestone.bandcamp.com/
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Post by freknur on Apr 2, 2022 7:20:33 GMT -5
To dankvisionsewercrawl's first point, I would add that color j-cards could of course be printed out at a copy store. Then, depending on how much is printed, costs are added on top.
Here is my question: I would like to design j-cards with my tool on the computer. Does anyone have me clever measures that are useful for a J-card? (So how wide should the strip be for the page, how big should the cover be in the front, etc?)
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Post by Center of the Earth Records on Apr 2, 2022 8:54:17 GMT -5
To dankvisionsewercrawl's first point, I would add that color j-cards could of course be printed out at a copy store. Then, depending on how much is printed, costs are added on top. Here is my question: I would like to design j-cards with my tool on the computer. Does anyone have me clever measures that are useful for a J-card? (So how wide should the strip be for the page, how big should the cover be in the front, etc?) Here are good j-card templates: www.duplication.ca/printspecs/cassette-cover-templates.htm
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