Mixing and mastering for vinyl

[bcgood]

A good mix is a good mix in either format. Nothing really different to deal with, just focus on great tracking and mixing.

[gainreduction]

Watch that low-end and keep things in phase.

[Waltz Mastering]

Sibilance and harsh high end frequencies can be an issue, so try to keep those in check when tracking and mixing,.. also having short sides of around 15- 18 minutes each at 33 1/3 rpm is preferred to having longer sides and provides for a louder and cleaner cut. Keeping low end frequencies around 150-200 more localized in the center works better for vinyl. .. and there's not really a need for brick wall limiting or very little.

[waxx]

when i did a vinyl release years ago the cutting plant told the label to keep no freq under 30Hz and keep enough headroom (-12dBFS) for the special vynil mastering (wich means building a glasmaster disk, not processing the audio for sound). This was for a 45RPM 7" single and it also could only contain max 6min of audio for each side.

i did sent them a 24bit 44.1kHz wav file for each side and they did do the rest.