{"id":467,"date":"2021-06-17T20:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duplication.ca\/blog\/?p=467"},"modified":"2021-06-17T20:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:41:13","slug":"guide-to-understanding-our-blank-cassette-skus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duplication.com\/blog\/guide-to-understanding-our-blank-cassette-skus\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to understanding our blank cassette SKUs"},"content":{"rendered":"

With over 50 different cassette shell colours and variants, you\u2019ll probably be spending a little bit of time trying to find the cassette colour that perfectly matches your album. Our\u00a0cassette duplication page<\/a>\u00a0has succinct descriptions of each tape, so you can easily find your fav design. Our\u00a0blank tapes page<\/a>\u00a0is admittedly a bit trickier, as we use the product SKUs (stock keeping unit) to itemize each shell. Each SKU is paired with an up-to-date picture of the cassette, but if you want to quickly find the shell you\u2019re looking for it\u2019ll help to better understand our SKU system<\/p>\n

The Blank Cassette SKU Glossary<\/h1>\n

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So at a glance this may look like some garbled nonsense, but I promise there\u2019s important signifiers that\u2019ll help you understand which cassette this is. Obviously the word \u2018white\u2019 jumps out at you indicating it\u2019s a white coloured shell, but what\u2019s this TI \/ TO business?<\/p>\n

TI means tab-in, and TO means tab-out.<\/strong>\u00a0These are the tabs found at the very top of your cassette. Tabs out means that you can\u2019t record over the cassette unless you cover the tab holes, as a way of preventing accidental erasure.\u00a0Tabs can be covered with tab plugs<\/a>\u00a0or by simply placing scotch tape over the holes.<\/p>\n

Tabs-in means your cassette is ready to record with no extra steps needed. If you order cassette duplication with tabs-in tapes we\u2019ll pop the tabs off for you so you don\u2019t need to worry about your fans accidentally recording over your music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Most of the cassettes you\u2019ll see on our shop will be marked as NR, which means\u00a0normal bias<\/strong>. These will have excellent playback across the board using our music grade tape.<\/p>\n

For the audiophiles you may want to take a look at our CR tapes, which is the signifier for\u00a0high-bias<\/strong>.\u00a0We currently have stock of Maxell XLII-S High Bias Cobalt tape\u00a0<\/a>for louder and clearer playback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TINT and TRANS (sometimes written as TRANSPARENT) are similar but with one major difference. Both have shell colours that are see-through but\u00a0TINT will have a grey or black foil<\/strong>\u00a0in the center of the cassette that will give a partially opaque effect. In contrast,\u00a0TRANS is a completely transparent tape shell with a colour hue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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c0-tonrredTINTsonic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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c0-tonrredTRANS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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FLO is the shorthand for our Fluorescent colour shells. These radioactive beauties glow under blacklight, and are simply stunning under regular daylight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally, SONIC and SW are two suffixes that mean the same thing: sonic welded shells. Sonic welded shells are glued shut, so they cannot be dismantled. If you don\u2019t see SONIC or SW in the SKU that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that the shells have screws. Please inspect the photo carefully, or send us an email if you want to be extra sure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now that you\u2019re an expert, all\u2019s that\u2019s left is to find the right cassette for your album! With over 50 colours we\u2019re sure you won\u2019t leave Duplication.ca empty handed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With over 50 different cassette shell colours and variants, you\u2019ll probably be spending a little bit of time trying to find the cassette colour that perfectly matches your album. 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