diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d55e3c9..1b94790 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ The detail lives in dedicated documents: (for artists, labels and any other customer), and optionally launch a fan-funded campaign that the plant presses and ships to each fan once enough have pre-ordered, with refunds if not +- [Artist ordering demo](docs/artist-order.html): the artist platform as a + clickable single page: configure a record, type the track list or drop + the master files and artwork (checked in the browser, never uploaded: + format, sample rate, bit depth, clipping, side length against the + format, print resolution), approve gate 1, get the itemised offer with + its price curve and lead time, then order directly or run a fan-funded + campaign to a funded or missed end (refund, or go ahead at the + minimum) and follow the production through the three artist gates - [Steam and cooling](docs/steam-cooling.html): the utility plant for the five-press fleet as a clickable process diagram: water treatment, feed tank and heat recovery, a bank of two 500 kg/h boilers, the steam header @@ -265,6 +273,7 @@ docs/ │ schedule (pea/), biomass fuel market │ reports (biomass/) ├── suppliers/ Supplier contacts, vendor landscape, supplier map +├── artist-order.html Artist ordering and fan-funding demo page ├── artist-platform.md Upload, price calculator, fan-funded pressing ├── biomass.md Biomass fuel strategy and the 60 rai coppice idea ├── boi.md BOI promotion strategy and requirements diff --git a/docs/artist-order.html b/docs/artist-order.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..df3f344 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/artist-order.html @@ -0,0 +1,960 @@ + + + + + + +CNX Vinyl · make a record, or let your fans fund it (demo) + + + + +
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+ CNX Vinyl · artist ordering demo · indicative prices · nothing is uploaded, sent or charged +

Configure a record, check your music and artwork, and get an itemised + offer. Then order it directly, or launch a fan-funded campaign: fans pre-order, + and if enough of them do before the deadline the plant presses and ships each + fan's copy; if not, everyone is refunded. Every rate, and how it was set, is + listed at the bottom of the page.

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From 100 copies. In a fan-funded campaign the run is set by the pre-orders instead (step 4).

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Labels are printed and pressed into the record, the only kind this plant makes. Printed jackets come from a local packaging partner and are passed through at the partner's price plus a stated handling margin.

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Audio and test pressings

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Cutting and plating happen in-house: lacquer, father, mother and stampers. The mother is kept, so a repress later skips cutting.

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+ + + + diff --git a/docs/artist-platform.md b/docs/artist-platform.md index e782b37..9e0289e 100644 --- a/docs/artist-platform.md +++ b/docs/artist-platform.md @@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ vault and customer portal in [digital factory](digital-factory.md), and the dropshipping already in the fulfillment step. Every figure on this page without a source is an estimate. +**Demo.** The [artist ordering demo](artist-order.html) (test site +`/demos/artist-order/`) walks this whole flow on one static page: +configure a record, type the track list or drop the master files and +artwork (read in the browser and never uploaded: format, sample rate, bit +depth, sample peak and clipping, side length against the format, print +resolution and colour space), approve gate 1, get the itemised offer with +its price curve and lead time, then order directly or set up a campaign +and run it to a funded or a missed end, with the production steps and the +three gates after it. Its price list (version `demo-0.1`) splits the +illustration rates below into lines; every split is an estimate and the +page lists each rate with its basis. + ## Why it fits this plant - **The bottom of the Thai market is unserved.** The one Thai plant we @@ -113,6 +125,31 @@ Transparency rules, so the word means something: currency choice the [revenue model](finance/revenue-model.md) already recommends deciding early. +### Side length per format + +The audio check compares each side with the format's limit. Until the +cutting engineer sets CNX's own figures, the demo uses published +cutting-room guidance (checked October 2026): + +| Format | Comfortable | At most | +|---|---|---| +| 12", 33⅓ rpm | 18 min | 22 min | +| 12", 45 rpm | 12 min | 15 min | +| 10", 33⅓ rpm | 12 min | 16 min | +| 10", 45 rpm | 8 min | 11 min | +| 7", 33⅓ rpm | 5 min | 7 min | +| 7", 45 rpm | 4.5 min | 6 min | + +Source: the microcut.studio format guide +(https://microcut.studio/guides/vinyl-format-guide-12-10-7/, lower end of +each range). Diggers Factory lists hard maxima of 22, 12, 17, 10, 6 and 5 +minutes for the same formats (stricter on 12" at 45 rpm), and A to Z Media +14 to 18 minutes as ideal on a 12" LP. Loud or bass-heavy music needs +shorter sides: Diggers Factory's dance-music figures are about 60 % of its +standard ones (11:27 against 19:23 on a 12" LP), which the demo applies as +a factor of 0.6. The engineer check, not this table, decides whether a +side is cuttable. + ### What it looks like with numbers An illustration of the **shape**, using the midpoints of the working @@ -199,6 +236,11 @@ about **799 THB**, because the per-title cost spreads. The calculator shows the artist this before launch, for any price they type in. Shipping is charged to the fan separately at checkout, at cost. +VAT is not in this example. With CNX as seller of record (open decision +1), a 1,200 THB fan price includes about 79 THB of VAT (7/107), which +comes out of the artist's margin; the demo can show the numbers with and +without it. + Over-subscription is good news: the run is pressed at the final number plus the artist's own copies and the spares the reject allowance already covers. An artist can cap a campaign for a limited, numbered edition. diff --git a/site/build.sh b/site/build.sh index 29625c8..72e0406 100644 --- a/site/build.sh +++ b/site/build.sh @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEMOS=( "docs/plant-operation.html demos/plant-operation/index.html" "docs/fleet-calculator.html demos/fleet-calculator/index.html" "docs/steam-cooling.html demos/steam-cooling/index.html" + "docs/artist-order.html demos/artist-order/index.html" ) for entry in "${DEMOS[@]}"; do read -r src dst <<<"$entry" diff --git a/site/public/index.html b/site/public/index.html index 4949da8..f5fd59b 100644 --- a/site/public/index.html +++ b/site/public/index.html @@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ document.documentElement.setAttribute("data-theme",t);})(); demand against installed capacity. +
  • + + Artist ordering and fan funding + Configure a record, type the track list or drop the master + files and artwork (checked in the browser, nothing is uploaded), get + an itemised offer with the price per copy against quantity and the + lead time, then order directly or run a fan-funded campaign to a + funded or missed end and follow the production through the artist + approvals. Indicative demo prices. + +