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Help with cover, label and music requirements for your record.

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Music: 1. You can send your music files in two ways: i) Send your files via email or file transfer service. Popular file transfer services include transfernow.net, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox etc. Most popular sound file formats are fine to send. The most common files types are WAV, FLAC, m4a and mp3. True WAV and FLAC files should be the best quality and will make a better sounding record. mp3 is used a lot in orders, and can be OK sounding at the higher bitrates (320kps). I cannot use Apple Music files or playlists . The files won't play due to copyright protection, even though you own them! ii) If you aren't able to send your music as files (not everybody has the tech to do this) you may send a playlist link of your chosen songs from your music provider, e.g. Spotify. Ideally the songs should have the same running order as the final record, and must not exceed the purchased playing time. Examples of playlists: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/pl...

Cover information advice and tips

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The images sent for the front of your cover will be printed with only a small loss on the top and bottom edge. The white lines on the top and bottom of the example image above show the 'safety zone'. The small area above or below the white lines may be lost on the cover edges. Any text printed on the image should therefore not be printed exactly at the top or bottom of your image. Please leave a space from the edges as seen on the example image. The cover may have to be cropped to fit the square outer sleeve. Remember, the sleeve is over 12"/30cm X 12"/30cm square. Rectangular photos will have to be cropped so please choose wisely. Example of uncropped cover image below: You can see that it isn't square shaped, and will need cropping as seen below: This also applies to the rear cover image: A completed cropped design will look like this: MoonVinyl Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MoonVinyl T...