Recording The Masters RTM911 (aka Fox) Ferro Music Grade Tape:

The Fox RTM911 is one of the best performing tapes currently being manufactured. Very consistent, clean, great sound, just about perfect quality. It out-performs our Analogue Media Super Ferro in some ways.

Normal-Bias Analogue Media Super Ferro Music Grade Tape:

Analogue Media Super Ferro is a very good tape with low noise floor, high output level, and a sweet warm sound. We have our Super Ferro in C-60 and C-90 formats (good up to 110 minutes!). Our stock is getting low so enjoy the great sound while it's still available.

LoFi Normal-Bias:

This lofi tape will play back 4 to 6 dB lower than our Super Ferro tape. Available by special request for large jobs where the budget is tight and HiFi music-grade isn't required.

BASF Chrome Plus Extra:

A limited amount of BASF Chrome Plus Extra is available for real-time duplication. BASF Chrome Plus Extra was one of the the best Chrome tapes ever made. This Plus Extra version has some added cobalt particles for a warmer sound. Only available for real-time duplication.

TDK SA High-Bias Tape:

A very limited amount of TDK SA 60 is available for real-time duplication. TDK SA was the most popular high-bias tape with great sound quality, strong bass, clear highs, low distortion and a low noise floor.

120 minute normal-bias tape:

A very limited amount of BASF Ferro 120 minute tape is available. 120 minute tape is very thin and easily damaged.

120 Minute BASF Chrome:

We still have some BASF Chrome 120 minute tape. Only available for real-time duplication.

Real-time:

Real-time duplication is suitable for high-fidelity music reproduction with the lowest tape noise and best fidelity from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Tapes are loaded to the exact length needed and then recorded in real-time, both sides at the same time. Duplication is done directly from your audio files. Every tape is checked on the A-side to ensure the quality is good. We can copy from 24-bit masters giving a resolution better than CD. We can also copy directly from a cassette master.

Pro High Speed:

Your master is reviewed and loaded into a digital bin. Duplication is done at high speed directly onto large tape pancakes. The pancakes are then loaded into the cassettes and cut to the exact length thanks to a low frequency cue tone recorded between copies. This method gives a good consistent result with flat frequency response from 20 Hz to 16 kHz. About 1 tape out of 50 is checked to ensure the quality is correct.

A J-Card is the standard cover that goes into a cassette box. It's shaped like a J. Some people call it a "3-panel" because it has a front panel, a spine, and a back cover flap. J-Cards can have additional panels which we refer to as J+1, J+2, J+3, J+4, etc... We have templates available up to J+10.

Our J-Cards are printed full bleed on a digital press, cut on a paper knife for clean edges, creased and then folded by hand.

O-Cards are cardboard covers used in place of the plastic cassette case. These were often used for Cassingles. A proper O-Card is made with 15 point board to support shrinkwrapping. We also do O-Cards on a digital press with 15 pt board, and on an inkjet printer on white 13pt Enviro board or brown 18pt chipboard.

Offset printing: Offset printing is available by custom quote for runs of 500 or more.

U-Cards are shaped like a U and cover the entire back panel of the cassette case. Contact us for a quote on U-Cards.

Pad print:

We can use a machine called a pad-printer to print on audio cassettes. The pad printer can print the entire surface as shown below.

Pad printing ink is more opaque than other print-on-cassette methods and is capable of printing fine details.

Paper labels:

We can also laser-print paper labels in black or in full color. We have a wide variety of special paper stocks available, including florescents and metallic foils.

Laser engraving:

We can also etch or engrave your design into the cassette and the norelco case!