Mastering For Vinyl Rms

The sequencing difference is that delivery from mastering for digital is either individual wav files for download or a single ddpi file for cd replication whereas for vinyl the delivery is generally two wav files one for each side of the record.

Mastering for vinyl rms.

Mastering for vinyl is the process of creating a separate master that can be cut into a vinyl record without added unwanted distortion. Due to the physical nature of the cutting and playback process there are a number of considerations and limitations that must be addressed in mastering. For vinyl the optimum source is 24 bit dynamic and limited either extremely lightly or not at all. According to the guardian sales of vinyl in 2016 reached an all time 25 year high with no signs of a decline.

In summation i d say there are several things you need to check for vinyl mastering and there is a subtle optional layer of tweaking that. We recommend a level of 10 to 12 db rms and. It consists of a mono stereo image up to 150hz a tamed high end and if needed a track listing that is consistent with the frequency limitations of record cutting. Howard massey is a producer engineer musician technical writer and consultant to the pro audio industry through his company on the right wavelength he is author of over a dozen books including behind the glass vols i and ii collections of interviews with the world s leading engineers and producers.

When submitting your music for vinyl production it is very important that it has been mastered for the vinyl medium. And the great british recording studios which includes a foreword.