A corner of his office is covered in a pile of records he’s finished - “Pet Sounds” by the Beach Boys, “American Pie” by Don McLean and “The Phosphorescent Blues” by the Punch Brothers. He’s had to start working on Christmas albums in May just to get the masters to the plants on time. The vinyl revival has kept people like McMaster working around the clock. Yet the surge in interest has provided new business to mastering engineers, not only for Capitol but for unsung heroes like Los Angeles-based Bernie Grundman and London-based company Metropolis Mastering.
Many music industry executives anticipate vinyl sales will eventually reach a saturation point and level off, unless even more retailers pour in. “It sounds so brilliant when it’s completed,” said Capitol Music Group Chairman and Chief Executive Steve Barnett. And many say vinyl exudes a warmer timbre and more interesting textures than digital files. It’s the type of medium that invites people to listen to music together with friends. In a world of cloud-based streaming where music is rented, not owned, many music fans have gravitated toward vinyl as something that can be physically collected and held in one’s hands. “That’s a healthy increase when other segments of the business, particularly downloads and CDs, are in decline,” said Vince Szydlowski, Capitol Music Group’s senior vice president of label sales. Vinyl sales are up 11% in the first half of 2016, according to Nielsen. Daunting at first, but essential when working with vector graphics.ģ] Kerning and Leading.Vinyl remains a small fraction of the overall music industry - about 6% of total sales - but the increase has given the music business a silver lining to point to. Times Roman is serif Helvetica is sans-serif.Ģ] Node Editing. Serif and Sans-Serif are the two main classifications. Spend some time just scrolling through them and just keep a mental picture. Put white text inside a black square or circle or oval, and after it's cut (select both colors), weed OUT the lettering.ġ] Learn your Fonts.
In other words, you can use Purple and Yellow when designing, but Blue and Gold vinyl when cutting!Ĭ] Circles & Squares - One trick to making a more interesting sign is the use of Reverse. Remember, since YOU control what color vinyl is loaded into the machine, it doesn't really matter what color you place on your workspace screen. Just click on the teddy bear.ī] Begin Cutting - check the Separate By Color box, enabling you to send multi-color designs to the cutter one element at a time. You can't BREAK it.Ī] Artwork & Graphics - No raster art for cutting, it has to be vectorized first (VinylMaster has a good conversion engine, see tutorial in the Training link provided)Īlso, VM contains some built-in cuttable clipart in the CUT basic version, and more items in the upgraded LTR and PRO. Just start clicking on icons and open the menus.
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