We are experiencing slight delays in our production schedule. Orders will take an estimated 4+ weeks before shipping, while orders with pad print will take an estimated 6-10 weeks before shipping. Bulk orders with duplication will have shorter turntime. Thank you for your understanding.
CASSETTE DUPLICATION WITH O-CARDSFREE SHIPPING IN USA & CANADA!NOTE: The default currency is $USD. You can change this below. ** We do real-time audio cassette copies directly from your master or high-speed digital bin copies ** We ship everywhere in the world! See samples on our cassette gallery |
Standard turntime target for cassette manufacturing is currently 4 to 6 weeks with O-Cards and pad printing included.
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Add a UPC barcode for only $20 |
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Standard ink colours are white and black for PAD PRINTING. |
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Colour ink setup on pad printer: $25 included in calculator price. INKS IN STOCK: 950 Violet, 926 Orange, 920 Lemon Yellow (Citron), 952 Ultramarine Blue, 954 Medium Blue, 956 Brilliant Blue, 932 Scarlet Red, 934 Carmine Red, 193 Rich Metallic Gold, 962 Grass Green, 191 Silver chrome, 439 Process Red (Magenta), Radiant Orchid (Pantone 2352). 970 White, 980 Black |
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Other ink colors: to be quoted |
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CURRENCY: Our base is in Canada but most of our customers are outside Canada. This price calculator is based on Canadian dollars and has daily currency updates in USD, GBP, AUD, and Euro. You can pay us in any of those currencies using PayPal (including most credit cards). The default currency on this page is US dollars. |
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MASTERS: For fastest service supply 1 WAV or AIFF file per side. TEST TAPES: Test tapes will take approximately 1 week to produce and only include the audio. We will then mail the test tape to you. Turntime starts after you approve the test tape. You can request Express air shipping of the test tape for $25 in North America or $40 overseas. TEST TAPE WITH GRAPHICS: To produce a printed product sample we have to do all the print setups including films, plates, press setup, scoring and die-cutting. The cost depends on the product configuration - pad printing and full-bleed O-Cards cost quite a lot to run twice. J-Cards on standard paper and paper labels are not too expensive. Ask your rep for a quote if you feel you need a printed sample before full production. It might take 3 weeks to complete a product sample. MASTERING: In-house editing services are available. One common task is to correct the loudness of the individual songs on compliations. Adjusting spaces, de-essing, high-frequency limiting, filtering, compression, resampling, etc... ask for a quote. Minimum CAD$80. |
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Pad print option : Pad printing uses opaque ink. We can make it even more opaque by doing a double-hit (surcharge of 5 cents per print). Every cassette is placed on the machine by hand so it takes more labour than the high-speed offset machines. Offset printing on cassette (which we don't offer) uses inks that are not as opaque with limited artistic appeal. ** Your art file must use black to represent the ink colour ** New! 2 COLOR PAD PRINTING We are just getting started with 2 colour pad printing. Art has to be supplied in colour-separated layers. The extra cost is CAD$60 for 1 side, $90 for 2 sides for orders up to 200 pieces. Over 200 pieces add an additional 5 cents per print.
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REAL-TIME DUPLICATION NOTES: With real-time duplication we QC a few seconds of the A side on every cassette, and we do a spot check on the B-sides. We copy both sides of the cassette at the same time, so the starting time of the B side will vary by up to 20 seconds on longer tapes. We can copy each side sequentially and of course this takes more than twice as long so there is an extra fee for this service. Contact your representative for a quote.
HIGH-SPEED DUPLICATION NOTES: Our high speed copies are done on a bin loop system directly to reel-to-reel duplicators. If the last tape on a pancake of tape is good, then it is just about 100% guaranteed that every tape is identical. The tape winders cut the tape on a cue tone so the leadin to both sides is precise with around 6 to 10 seconds of blank tape before the program starts. High-speed duplication includes a QC check on 1 tape per pancake.
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O-CARDS - Authentic Cassingle-Style with 15 point board | |
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PRO O-CARDS Real professional O-Cards on 15 point board with offset printing are available, included by default for non-rush orders of 500 or higher. See how the edges are square and neat, and the print quality is A1.
For orders under 500 we have digital-printed O-Cards on 14 point board. These digital O-Cards are still printed full-bleed and die cut so the glue flap doesn't stick out on one side. . |
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Monday to Friday are counted as production days. Rush service does not include shipping time. In most cases shipping is from Montreal. Toronto pickups will be ready at the end of the next day. Express noon delivery to Toronto is available for a $25 courier fee. Day "0" starts when your material is submitted and payment is made. If you order a test tape then production resumes after you approve the test tape. To save time you can order the Rip to MP3 option. Artwork must be ready to print. If there are any problems with your artwork we may not be able to start any production until you correct it. The cutoff time to enter rush orders is noon. If your material and payment is entered after noon, day "0" will be the next day. 3 day turn means the order should be ready to ship at 4:30 PM after 3 business days. An order placed Monday would be ready to ship Thursday. Contact us if you need faster service.
See samples on our cassette gallery |
Looking for blank tapes? We sell them in our online shop