ABOUT

GRAND VOYAGE Phonographic Record Cutting cut your music onto vinyl record. Music is cut mono or stereo directly into the support material. The process is the same than the one used for making a master.

Record cutting is a realtime handmade operation. This technic is perfect for small quantities with a short delivery time and a huge flexibility compared to pressed records.

GRAND VOYAGE Phonographic Record Cutting gives you the possibility to make your own personalized record. No minimal quantity per order. You can order only one record if you want.

PRODUCTS

Here are some examples of what I can do. There are many products and ideas that can be made. If you want to talk about your project please do not hesitate to get in touch! GRAND VOYAGE Phonographic Record Cutting is always interested in development and happy to share experience to help you building your project.

Remark: Good to know that the best audio quality is given by cutting music onto standard support as 7,10 or 12 inch disc. Others supports may not have the best audio quality.

ALLOWED RECORDING TIME ON DISC 

Time allowed on each side of a disc is linked to its diameter and its rotational speed. Higher is the speed better is the audio quality shorter is the recording time.

7"    33rpm = 7 minutes / 45rpm = 4 min 30s

10"  33rpm = 14 min 30s / 45rpm = 12 minutes

12"  33rpm = 20 minutes / 45rpm = 15 minutes

MASTERING FOR VINYL

GRAND VOYAGE Phonographic Record Cutting does not offer professional mastering for vinyl. It is not a must to have your music masterised specialy for vinyl to cut it. I will always do my best to get the best result even if your file is not masterised. However the result can varie a little from the original file if it is not properly masterised. To get the best audio quality it is better to masteries the file for vinyle. This step can be expensive. Here are some tips that you can easily apply to your mix:

1. No stereo effect on low frequencies (below 150 Hz)

2. Be carefull with high frequencies that ca gives distortion. Add low pass filter (cutoff frequency around 16Hz). It is sometimes good to add a de-esser on vocals to avoid saturation during listening.

3. No frequencies below 20Hz

If you apply these rules on your mix you will get an audio file close to the vinyl result.

The record is cut with volume between -3 dB and +6dB. The quantity of information that can be cut onto the disc decrease when the recording time increase. That gives lower volume and less dynamic.

SOURCE FILE FORMAT

Digital:   WAV, MP3 320kbps, AIFF.

Analogic: Any kind of vinyl, magnetic tape 1/4''

PRICE AND LEADTIME

Leadtime depends on your project and my workload. It is usually between 1 week and 6 weeks.

The cutting process is not suitable for a big serie of disc. The maximal quantity  per order is limited and varies from 50 to 100 items depending on your project. If you need more items than the maximum, it is possible to place a second order (so price and leadtime will be multiplicate by 2). This way of working avoid any stock for the artist that is sometimes difficult to sell.

Price depends on several factors (recording time, material, quantity, etc.).

To get an adapted price for your project or if you need any further information please do not hesitate to get in contact with grand.voyage.cutting@gmail.com or fill the contact form. 

The final product is :

• Record cut

• Inner paper sleeve

• Blank label on each side

These items can be add as an option :

• Printed labels

• Blank jacket

• External transparent  sleeve (protection)

• Printed Jacket (classic printing or screenprinting)

• Printed Innersleeve

• Increase recording time +10 %

• Shortrun completion time (express order)