A HALLOWEEN RECORD FROM THE OTHER SIDE. The 12″ Black Ghost is individually CNC cut into a haunted ghost silhouette with a real 7″ lathe-cut groove area hidden inside. Designed primarily as a collectible and decoration.
Your record is cut from two completed audio programs: one continuous file for Side A and one continuous file for Side B. Arrange the songs in the exact order you want them to play before uploading.
Arrange your songs into two continuous sides in the exact order you want them to play.
Export each completed side as its own audio file:
Artist_SideA.wav
Artist_SideB.wav
Upload both completed audio files using the Hot Pink uploader during checkout.
If a side contains multiple songs, leave approximately 2 seconds of silence between songs. We use those silent sections to identify the track changes and create the physical track bands while cutting the record.
The silence in your audio is a production guide. The physical separation on the finished record is created by the lathe during cutting and may vary. It is not guaranteed to match the exact duration of silence in your digital file.
You do not need to create a special loudness master for us. We do not require a specific LUFS target. Send the best-quality version of your mix at its original resolution. Better source material gives us more room to produce a clean, stable lathe cut.
Included vinyl premastering may involve adjustments to overall cutting level, groove spacing, fades, filtering, stereo bass management, de-essing, and other technical parameters required for reliable cutting and playback.
Vinyl premastering is applied to the entire completed side as one continuous program, not independently to every song. The loudest, brightest, most distorted, or bass-heaviest song can determine the maximum safe cutting level for the entire side.
Every mix is different. Sub-bass, vocal sibilance, stereo information, clipping, limiting, distortion, crest factor, frequency content, and playing time all affect how a record can be cut.
In many cases, sending us a more dynamic mix without aggressive final limiting gives us a better source for vinyl than attempting to repair an already over-limited master.
If you only have individual songs instead of completed Side A and Side B files, purchase Side Sequencing or Vinyl Mastering.
When we sequence individual songs for you, we build the completed Side A and Side B files and send those files back to you for approval before cutting.
Standard orders where you submit your own completed Side A and Side B files do not receive an additional sequencing approval. Your submitted files are treated as your approved sequence.
If your files exceed the checkout upload limit, use WeTransfer and include your order number.
The checkout uploader includes three upload slots.
Title_SideA.wav
WAV or AIFF
Title_SideB.wav
WAV or AIFF
Upload artwork, a PQ Sheet, or a ZIP containing additional production materials when applicable.
Each Side A + Side B program is its own production order. We receive and check the files, vinyl-premaster the completed sides, prepare the program for cutting, manufacture the records, package them, and fulfill that order.
Our standard $10 USPS Media Mail shipping/handling charge is per mailer, per program/order.
If you order another record with different audio, that is a different program and requires a separate checkout with its own shipping/handling.
Audio containing harsh noise, continuous full-spectrum noise, excessive distortion, sustained high-frequency energy, feedback, brickwall limiting, little to no crest factor, clipping, or other extreme sonic characteristics may be considered unsafe for the lathe-cutting process.
If submitted audio is determined to pose a risk to the cutter head, stylus, or cutting system, we reserve the right to reduce the cutting level, apply filtering or other mastering adjustments, shorten the program, or decline the project. Our primary responsibility is protecting the cutting system while producing the highest-quality record possible.
Preparing artwork for a lathe-cut record does not need to be complicated. Use the guides below for our standard center labels, jackets and CNC engraving. We handle the final sizing and production preparation.
7" records use 3.5" center-label artwork.
12" records use 4" center-label artwork.
Submit Side A and Side B artwork separately.
Do not add the .313" center hole.
We add the center hole during production.
7" jackets: 7" × 7" front and back artwork.
Our 7" package uses two printed cardstock panels inside a
clear slip-on outer sleeve.
12" jackets: 12" × 12" front and back artwork
applied to a tip-on jacket with a spine.
You do not need to add bleed. Your artwork does not have to be built to commercial print-shop specifications or fit our dimensions perfectly. We size, stretch, crop or adjust the artwork as needed to fit our production format.
Because artwork may need minor sizing or cropping, keep important text, logos, faces and other critical design elements away from the extreme edges. 300 DPI PNG or PDF files are preferred.
Have something different in mind? We can work with picture discs, UV printing, CNC engraving, specialty materials, mirror or reflective finishes, holographic effects, custom shapes, multi-hole designs, zoetrope artwork, inserts, lyric sheets and specialty packaging.
Multiple processes can be combined. Send us your concept and we can determine the best way to manufacture it.
All records are individually cut and assembled in-house. Production begins once the materials required for your order are received.
All records are individually cut and assembled in-house. Production begins once the required audio, artwork, order details, and approvals for your project have been received.
Custom record orders normally ship by USPS Media Mail. Our standard $10 A+B program charge includes setup, pre-mastering, handling, packaging, and shipping. Rush Production and expedited USPS shipping upgrades are also available.
Qualifying U.S. custom record orders normally ship via USPS Media Mail.
Our standard $10 charge is more than postage. It covers your A+B program setup, vinyl pre-mastering, handling, packaging, and standard USPS Media Mail shipping.
Additional mailers repeat the same structure. For example, 20 records without jackets require two $10 mailer charges, while 10 jacketed records require two $10 mailer charges.
Shipping transit time begins after production is complete. Tracking is provided after your order ships.
Our records are manufactured specifically for your audio, artwork, configuration, and order.
Because custom records are personalized and made to order, all sales are final except where otherwise required by law.
If your order arrives damaged or you believe it has a manufacturing defect, contact info@lathecutvinylrecords.com within 7 days of delivery.
Please include your order number and clear photos or other information showing the issue so we can review it.
Depending on order size, your records may ship in
multiple record mailers or be combined into one or more larger boxes.
Final packaging depends on quantity, jackets, weight, and the safest
and most practical way to ship your order.
The standard $10 structure is still calculated at
up to 10 records without jackets or 5 records with jackets
per mailer.
This structure still applies when multiple mailers are consolidated
together into a larger shipping box.
Need it faster? Rush Production and Priority Mail / Express shipping
upgrades are available for qualifying custom record orders.
The standard $10-per-mailer charge still applies to all Rush orders.
Rush services are additional upgrades and do not replace the normal
A+B program / mailer charge.
Priority Mail and Express upgrade pricing is based on approximately
up to 10 records in a standard record mailer.
Larger or heavier expedited shipments may require additional postage
based on final weight, package size, destination, and the number of
packages. If additional postage is required, we may contact you for
additional shipping payment before the order ships.
Production speed and USPS transit speed are separate.
Rush Production affects your position in our production queue.
Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express affect how quickly your
package travels after production is complete and the shipment has
been handed to USPS.
Quantity still requires physical manufacturing time. Larger orders
may require additional production time even when Rush service has
been purchased.
USPS delivery estimates begin after your order has completed production and has been accepted by USPS. Carrier transit estimates are separate from our manufacturing timeline. Purchasing faster USPS transportation does not eliminate the time required to manufacture your records.
Custom lathe cut vinyl records, disc mastering, cutter supplies, artwork, and studio work from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2557 Maguire Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
