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Click on any image to download the proper template.
Follow these steps to place your order and send your files correctly.
🛒 How to place an order
- Select the product on our website
- Choose the format — 7″, 10″ or 12″
- Enter the total minutes of audio and complete the checkout
- You will receive your Order Number by email (example: #1995)
📁 Step 1 — Accepted audio formats
We accept all common audio formats:
- .WAV — RECOMMENDED — best quality, minimum 24-bit / 44.1kHz
- .AIFF — excellent quality, minimum 24-bit / 44.1kHz
- .MP3 — accepted, minimum 320kbps
- .FLAC — accepted, lossless quality
- .AAC / .M4A — accepted
💡 While we can work with all formats, always send the highest quality version available. WAV or AIFF give the best result on vinyl.
📁 Step 2 — Rename your audio files
Rename each track by position only. Do not use track titles as filenames.
- Single vinyl: A1 — A2 — A3 / B1 — B2 — B3
- Double vinyl: continue — C1 — C2 — C3 / D1 — D2 — D3
📁 Step 3 — Add label graphics (if applicable)
Include label artwork in .JPG format inside the folder, renamed as:
- sideA.jpg — sideB.jpg — sideC.jpg — sideD.jpg
📁 Step 4 — Create and name the folder
Put all files inside one folder. Name it with your Order Number.
Example: #1995 / A1.wav — A2.wav — B1.wav — sideA.jpg — sideB.jpg
📁 Step 5 — Compress the folder
Compress the folder into a .ZIP file. Example: #1995.zip
📁 Step 6 — Upload and send
Upload the .ZIP file via SwissTransfer: swisstransfer.com
Send the download link to: berlinervinyl@gmail.com
Write your Order Number in the message.
💡 Tip — Mastering: We recommend having your tracks professionally mastered for vinyl before submission. Learn more about our mastering service →
❓ Need help? WhatsApp / phone: +49 30 93024607 — email: berlinervinyl@gmail.com
“Cutting” is the process of engraving music tracks onto a vinyl. A cutting needle creates a groove on the vinyl surface, also known as the “groove,” physically representing the sound of your music.
Track Length and Groove Width:
Think of the groove like a road for your music to travel. If you have a few minutes of music per side, we can afford a wider road, called a “wide groove.”
- For example, if you have a vinyl with 14 minutes per side, the wide groove can be created so that the music sounds at a comfortable volume, called “normal volume.”
However, if you have more minutes of music, the groove must be narrower, like a thinner road, to fit everything.
- In this case, we aim for an “optimal volume,” which is like having a narrow road but still spacious enough for all your music to pass through.
Preserving Sound Quality:
It’s crucial to emphasize that, regardless of the groove width or volume, the quality of your music doesn’t significantly vary. Our goal is to ensure your music sounds the best it can on our PVC Dubplate vinyl, always maintaining a high-quality sound.
Berliner Vinylwerk operates in Berlin, Germany, under German Federal and Regional Law. We are authorised to cut original tracks onto vinyl exclusively on behalf of the client and for the client’s sole interest.
Our role is purely technical: we engrave audio content exactly as received, without modification. We have no means of verifying the origin, ownership or legal status of the audio files submitted to us.
⚠️ Copyright infringement is a criminal offence.
By placing an order — through our website, email, WhatsApp, telephone or any other channel — the client explicitly declares that:
- They are the legal owner of all rights to the submitted audio content, OR
- They hold a valid licence authorising reproduction on vinyl, OR
- They have obtained all necessary permissions from the rights holders.
The client assumes full and sole legal responsibility for the content submitted. Berliner Vinylwerk bears no liability whatsoever for any copyright infringement arising from the client’s order.
This declaration covers German Copyright Law (UrhG), EU Directive 2019/790, and the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
For custom orders, please download, sign and return our Service Agreement before production begins:
📄 Download Service Agreement — English
📄 Dienstleistungsvertrag herunterladen — Deutsch
For orders placed on our website, acceptance of our Terms & Conditions at checkout constitutes a legally binding declaration.
The final sound outcome depends on the quality of the source you provide : .mp3 files will sound as .mp3, uncompressed files (.wav .aiff) that have been professionally edited will sound fully.
The length of data engraved on the record’s side affects volume : the shorter the louder. Especially for DJs, we highly recommend to have less than 8 minutes recorded per size on a 12″@33rpm and less than 6.5 minutes on a 12″@45rpm in order to achieve a +6dB outcome and optimum acoustic performance.
Certain frequencies cannot be printed on vinyl and we cannot guarantee quality (or even feasibility) for some tracks provided “as is”.
To obtain good outcomes on vinyls a professionally-made mastering is a must.
For Quality Check we charge €2.50 per minute of audible data analysed and is prerequisite for pre-mastering artworks.
When requested Digital Mastering costs €20/track, Analog Mastering €60/track with our lab.
Cover printing is subcontracted to a typography and delivery schedule is affected.
Cover and label templates come for free and it’s up to you to adequately fill them (with exact measures and high-quality images).
If you need our services for graphic issues we charge €30 regardless of the quantity of records ordered.
Quality Check relates to the feasibility and the final outcome of your project : it is prerequisite if your track has not been professionally edited.
We need to generate a vinyl-optimised preview of your sound : this is not a mastering service but a rendering of the final outcome.
NB: We cannot guarantee feasibility for tracks that come without dedicated mastering or our in-store quality check.
Technically yes, nevertheless the quality of the record will be very low : it will sound as an MP3.
- we definitely prefer “.wav” and “.aiff” for the cutting service;
- “.wav” or “.aiff” files should be at 24 or 16 bit, with peaks at -6dB (full scale) for us to provide a suitable mastering service;
- further options apply to the mixing service (separated channel by separated channel).
“Control” means that we check your file (for free) in order to see if it respects the standards needed to be printed on vinyl, then:
- If your file respects adequate values we cut the record without additional cost.
- If your file does not respect standards we must then optimise it (price indicatively ranges €5-€10/track).
- Some files and certain frequencies cannot be transduced on vinyl.
The quality of your copy depends upon the quality of your master.
Optimisation will not affect the quality of your file, nevertheless it is needed to properly transduce sound onto a vinyl record.
For more informations please click: “Can you technically illustrate how the record is made?”.
The price range varies from €20 for a 7-inch record (max 5 min./side) up to €50 for a 12-inch “Long Playing” (25 min./side).
For label and cover we charge €1 for a B/W label and standard cover, up to €30 for customised colour covers.
Berliner Vinylwerk is a professional vinyl cut studio : our lab makes your own exclusive record with your music and/or audible data.
Minimum order is one unit.
We also offer an all-round package : from mixing and mastering to cover production, as well as videoclips and photos for artists’ press kit.
Records’ price range is 20-50 € (7″-5min to 12″-25min per side), for label and cover we charge 1.50-30 €.
Berliner Vinylwerk’s team is always eager to consult and provide you with effective solutions.
In addition to our workshop, vinyl and modular synth presentations, we also sell Eurorack Module from IO Instruments.
Our shop in Alt Treptow is a hotspot for vinyl and modular lovers and we re looking forward to welcome you !
COVID19 INFO : Due to current sanitary crisis we can receive only one guest at a time, preferably upon appointment.
Mastering is a crucial step in the process. The sound recorded on vinyl records is definitely not the same than the one for digital releases.
To be suitable for vinyl transduction the mastered track must observe technical standards in order to playback effectively and not distort sound.
First of all adequate mastering has to be performed before the transduction operation : it has to follow standards such as low/high frequency cuts and many more.
Phase correction for frequencies below 300Hz turns into mono. As well, inappropriate mid/high frequency control could limit outcome on wax.
Unlike classic acetates records (made with cutting machines), our lab uses a specifically designed workflow that engraves directly on PVC.
As for pressed records the size length and specific frequencies determine the final outcome of the record.
The shorter the amount engraved the better the acoustic performance is.
In order to obtain a better outcome (+6dB) we highly recommend to have less than 8 minutes per size on a 12″ at 33 rpm, 6.5 minutes at 45 rpm.
How Does Cutting Work?
“Cutting” is the process of engraving music tracks onto a vinyl. A cutting needle creates a groove on the vinyl surface, also known as the “groove,” physically representing the sound of your music.
Track Length and Groove Width:
Think of the groove like a road for your music to travel. If you have a few minutes of music per side, we can afford a wider road, called a “wide groove.”
For example, if you have a vinyl with 14 minutes per side, the wide groove can be created so that the music sounds at a comfortable volume, called “normal volume.”
However, if you have more minutes of music, the groove must be narrower, like a thinner road, to fit everything.
In this case, we aim for an “optimal volume,” which is like having a narrow road but still spacious enough for all your music to pass through.
Preserving Sound Quality:
It’s crucial to emphasize that, regardless of the groove width or volume, the quality of your music doesn’t significantly vary. Our goal is to ensure your music sounds the best it can on our PVC Dubplate vinyl, always maintaining a high-quality sound.
