Before we start with specific steps and hacks for vinyl mastering, the #1 tip we can give you for a seamless vinyl mastering and manufacturing is this: HIRE A PROFESSIONAL MASTERING ENGINEER! And not just a regular mastering engineer, but a mastering engineer that has a lot of experience in vinyl mastering because mastering […]
Vinyl Packaging Design
Are Vinyl Records Making a Comeback?
Now that CDs are slowly becoming extinct thanks to Spotify and other streaming services, are custom vinyl records rising from the ashes? Vinyl was first overshadowed by tapes and then by CDs because these digital formats were much easier to access and therefore more convenient and much cheaper. And later in the millennium era, CDs […]
21 Vinyl Box Sets That Are as Awesome As The Music
We all love good music but what seals the deal when it comes to album purchase is a really good-looking vinyl packaging especially for vinyl box sets. That’s what makes it worth it. Otherwise, might as well download the album, right? A good box set makes us feel like we own a treasure so the […]
How to Avoid Vinyl Pressing Disasters
Musicians all over the world have been using us for vinyl pressing and more than a couple of them have encountered a lot of challenges but this is expected as vinyl manufacturing isn’t really something many musicians do often. If you’re considering to have vinyl pressed with us, here are some tips from our CEO […]
Vinyl Packaging: METTYU (Student Project)
via We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful vinyl packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool vinyl packaging, get a quote or shoot […]
Vinyl Package: Ivy Sole – Overgrown Splatter Vinyl
We saw this beautiful vinyl cover at Vinyl Me Please and just had to share. This one is a split light blue and clear record with a yellow splatter, to complement the cover. The stencil says “Overgrown” with some flowers around it. The artwork on the cover is truly…a work of art, isn’t it? Beautiful colors, […]
Vinyl Record Labels That Look Like Works of Art
We want our vinyl record and vinyl record labels to look rad. We think we can do this by choosing pretty colors, putting glitters and splatter and making awesome packaging but sometimes we forget that we can do many creative things with the label. Yes, that’s the one in the middle near the center hole. […]
Creative Vinyl Packaging: Olsson Tropical Cologne
[We here at Unified are obsessed with creative vinyl packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD or vinyl packaging, get a […]
Vinyl Mastering: What to do with audio capacity
Making a vinyl record can be overwhelming and intimidating for almost anyone especially the vinyl mastering process. Even the ones who are already in the music and audio industry can still commit mistakes. Before we start with specific steps and hacks, the #1 tip we can give you for a seamless vinyl mastering and custom […]
Vinyl Packaging: Warp 10-year Anniversary Vinyl
Design: Carosello Lab Project Type: Produced Client: Dim Mak (Steve Aoki & The Bloody Beetroots) Location: Milan, Italy Packaging Contents: Vinyl Packaging Substrate / Materials: paper Printing Process: Offset, blind embossing, cold foil A physical and digital experience designed for a celebrative, limited edition album by DJs Steve Aoki and The Bloody Beetroots. CAROSELLO worked […]