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give it a cover.

a playlist is a mixtape without the sleeve. paste the link and get the sleeve — front, spine and tracklist, ready to print.

no designer — no software — 20 secondsstart a tapefree to try — 2 credits when you sign in, and no password to remember.
a printed cassette insert titled "songs for the night bus" — chrome lettering over a rain-streaked city road at sunset on the front panel, the spine, and twelve tracks across sides a and b on the back
made from a spotify link. nothing here was drawn by hand or laid out by a person.

how it works

001

paste the link

spotify or deezer, or just type the songs. titles, artists and running times come across on their own.

002

say what it should look like

a tape length, a tone, and a line like "sodium lights, quiet rain". about 20 seconds later you are looking at a cover.

003

print it and cut it out

a sheet with the cutting guides already on it. print at 100%, cut, fold twice, slot it into the case.

do not like it? change a word, or press again. every cover is different.

three more, same app

a printed cassette insert titled "warehouse, 4am" — flat black and silver geometry on the front panel, a twenty-track listing across sides a and b on the back
warehouse, 4am — c90 — 20 tracks
a printed cassette insert titled "sunday kitchen tapes" — a taped polaroid of a kitchen window on cream paper, six tracks on the back
sunday kitchen tapes — c60 — 6 tracks
a printed cassette insert titled "l'été où tout a changé" — a car on a coast road in faded colour, eight tracks by Björk, Sigur Rós and Émilie Simon on the back
l'été où tout a changé — c60 — 8 tracks
one switch and one line of description is the whole brief. no two come back the same.

what prints

default template
u-card — 3 panel, no holes
flat size
141.3 × 101.6 mm
panels
back 63.5 · spine 12.7 · front 65.1
folds
63.5 mm · 76.2 mm
bleed / safe
0 mm / 3 mm
sheet
a4 or us letter, with fold marks
141.3mm flat

credits

  • draft
    1credit

    a real preview — the same model and the same prompt as a master, at a smaller token budget. about 20 seconds.

  • master
    5credits

    richer artwork, the same words. about 50 seconds.

  • what you start with
    2credits

    2 drafts to find a look. free with a new account.

after the free 2, credits come in one-time packs. no subscription.credits buy paint. editing the tracklist, exporting and reprinting are free.

pick a playlist.

start a tape