Mastering For Vinyl Vs Cd Cdbaby

According to the cd baby website over 500 million has been paid out to independent musicians labels and songwriters for cd and vinyl sales streams and download sales on digital music platforms such as apple spotify pandora itunes google play amazon etc sync licensing fees youtube ad revenue publishing royalty collection worldwide.

Mastering for vinyl vs cd cdbaby.

Is your music mastered for itunes. Streaming downloads cd vinyl sales youtube monetization sync licensing publishing royalty collection direct to fan sales more anywhere you can earn money from your music cd baby is getting you paid. The soundlab delivers professional quality audio mastering at prices indie artists can afford and their work is 100 guaranteed. It s purely a mastering level issue.

Vinyl masters are usually sent as two wav files one for each side. Vinyl also differs in its track sequencing since there are two sides to a record instead of one for a cd. The most revenue streams for your music. This issue pertains to the very audible or macro not micro sonic differences between albums mastered for cds vs those mastered for vinyl tho you might throw in analog pre recorded tapes in with vinyl.

Digital is not limited by physical space. Mastering must happen prior to submitting your album or single to cd baby. Vinyl thing in absolute terms. It s purely a mastering level issue.

Mastered by brian lipski in the blue mastering room using our gml 9500 analog mastering eq and laid to 1 4 tape on our ampex atr 102. Although cd baby doesn t make vinyl our partner disc makers is the best in the business when it comes to pressing records. They offer swift turn times on record pressing multiple record sizes and speeds 12 7 33s 45s as well as a spectrum of beautiful custom vinyl colors. Upon final approval you can use the mastered wav files from the soundlab to complete your submission to cd baby.