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National Audio Company, Inc. plant, Springfield, Mo.
Following is a brief history and overview of National Audio Company
“The Great American Cassette Company.”
National Audio is the largest manufacturer of professional quality audio cassettes in the USA.
Founded in 1969, National Audio grew steadily through its first twelve years, becoming the dominant distributor of both Ampex recording tapes and Fidelipac broadcast cartridges to the professional market. In
1980, audio cassette manufacturing began at our plant in Springfield, Missouri. As the demand for high
quality cassettes increased, our production expanded to keep pace.
During the late 1980’s, our “Audio Pro” cassettes became the recognized standard of excellence in the cassette duplication industry. Steadily increasing sales made additional production equipment a necessity. In
January, 1989, National Audio moved into a 28,000 square foot facility. In May, 1998, National Audio again
expanded into a 135,000 square foot factory.
National Audio’s success is based upon five simple principles:
Make the best possible product
Meet the customer’s needs
Ship orders on time
Offer competitive pricing
Be truthful and courteous with customers
National Audio has had excellent results in the U.S. market. The “Audio Pro” cassette is a recognized
quality product.
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NATIONAL AUDIO
Has served the professional recording industry for 42 years!
Uses only professional grade cassette shells - 700 tons annually!
Loads over 44 million feet (8,333 miles) of cassette tape each day!
Loads more than 2,125,915 miles of cassette tape each year!
Operates 65 cassette loaders!
Invented “Pizza Box” style bulk cassette packaging and hub locking system for cartons of 100 cassettes!
Employs the latest technology to develop and manufacture the best cassette available!
Sold some of the first audio cassettes in the USA!
Will be here to manufacture the “last” audiocassette!
Is your best source for professional audiocassettes!
By early 2005, National Audio observed that most of the major cassette duplicators in this country were
investing heavily in CD replication lines and reducing cassette duplication as they devoted space and personnel to CD lines.
Recognizing the on-going demand for audio cassettes for teaching materials, religious programs, high quality music, and books on tape, National Audio expanded its duplication services to fill the needs of the
industry. During 2005 and early 2006, we purchased the equipment of several of the USA’s largest duplicators, signed confidentiality agreements with and began production for many more, and increased our
customer base.
The equipment added during 2005-2006 alone would have made National Audio one of the largest duplication facilities ever assembled.
National Audio is dedicated to being a reliable, stable manufacturer of blank and duplicated cassettes for
many years to come.
The “digital age” has not bypassed National Audio! We sell millions of blank CD-Rs and DVD-Rs and a full
line of packaging and duplication/printing equipment for discs. In fact, National Audio is one of America’s
foremost suppliers of all types of digital media, both audio and video. Our “flash” digital duplication service
leads our industry.
Our commitment to the tape industry and its end users has never been stronger. You can depend
upon National Audio…”The Great American Cassette Company” to be the last of the analog tape
giants!
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Audio Mastering suite #1.
Graphic design - cassette imprinting and j-cards.
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Audio cassette loading line #4
Cassette boxing and overwrapping line #4
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Cassette duplication line D.
Cassette duplication lines F and G.
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Cassette duplication lines A,B,C,D and E.
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Cassette duplication lines B,C and D.
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Audio cassette mailing.
Braille and print label manufacturing.
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Audio cassette loading line #1.
Automated cassette labeling.
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731 TABS-OUT SHELL COLORS
SHELLS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.
CALL FOR CURRENT CHOICES.
National Audio is always adding new shell colors.
Please call or check www.nationalaudiocompany.com for the latest colors.
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ordEr Your cassEttE rELEasE
How to start Production
1.
Select cassette shell color. See page DUP-6.
2.
Select imprinting color. See page DUP-7.
3.
Select norelco box color. See page DUP-8.
4.
Select tape type. See page DUP-9.
5.
Read and follow imprint and audio guidelines. See page DUP-10.
6.
Select correct imprinting template for your cassette shell
choice. See page DUP-11.
7.
Design print copy/artwork to be imprinted.
8.
Design your cover art. See J-card template, page DUP-14.
9.
Fill out cassette duplication order form. See page DUP-15.
10.
Fill out track contents list. See page DUP-16.
11.
Fill out intellectual property rights form. See page DUP-17.
12.
E-mail all forms and templates to quotes@nactape.com OR
send actual media and printed forms to NAC via mail or
package delivery service.
13.
CALL STEVE STEPP (417-863-1925) OR E-mAiL
steve@nactape.com FOR qUOTATiON.
14.
Relax, your project will be on time and professionally done!
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CASSETTE SHELL COLORS FOR DUPLICATION
Any shell can be used with any tape on duplication orders
SHELLS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.
CALL FOR CURRENT CHOICES.
National Audio is always adding new shell colors.
Please call or check www.nationalaudiocompany.com for the latest colors.
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TAPE TYPES
CHOOSE THE RIGHT TAPE FOR YOUR RELEASE.
National Audio can duplicate and equalize any tape for
proper playback in any cassette shell.
Which tape type is right for you?
MUSIC FERRIC AND COBALT
Music Ferric and Cobalt tapes both have
frequency response of 50 Hz to 16 kHz. We
can record Cobalt 4 db louder than Music
Ferric without saturation distortion. Both tapes
offer deep “booming” bass, “warm” mid-range
and excellent high frequencies up to 16 kHz
(the upper end of most people’s hearing
range).
CHROME
Chrome is a special tape weighted toward high
frequencies. Frequency response is 200 Hz to
20 kHz. Chrome also offers +4 db output
compared to Music Ferric. Although bass
performance is not quite as good as Cobalt,
Chrome offers the same midrange and
exceptional high frequency response. It is
recommended for music with synthesizers,
electronic “soundscapes” and other nonconventional instruments.
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cassEttE iMPrint tEMPLatEs
Save this page to your computer to use as a design template or download
them from our website at:
http://nationalaudiocompany.com/Cassette-imprinting-C14001147.aspx
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J-cards (coVEr art)
Please download our Jcard template and lay
out the design you want
to the best of your ability.
4” x 4”
3-Panel
We can “fine-tune” your
design submitted on disc
or via email. minor
adjustments are at no
extra charge.
NAC can help you
design your project art.
Full color
We have an in-house
qualified graphics
designer.
2 sides
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Complete graphic layout
service is available at
$25 per half hour.
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J-card dEsiGn tEMPLatE
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