Here’s how vinyl record pressing works: Indie Music Minute

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4 жыл бұрын

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It’s 2023, vinyl is (still) hot, and in response to some of our videos about CD manufacturing, several artists asked us how vinyl manufacturing works. So, a little while ago, we took a drive 20 minutes up the road to our vinyl factory and shot this video.
As you’ll see, vinyl is a time-consuming, multi-step production process that today is virtually identical to when the process was invented some 70+ years ago. This is one reason why vinyl continues to be relatively pricey to produce (especially compared to CDs).
At Disc Makers, we love vinyl, and we continue to do our best to help make records available (and affordable) to you.
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@Dovahween 3 жыл бұрын

Vinyl is one physical medium that I hope never goes away. Records are great for collectors and a really good way to support an artist that you love

@vain.a2 3 жыл бұрын

i think they are going to be the main physical medium that will exist alongside digital music for a good while longer. they have risen in popularity in recent years outselling cds and such.

@Dovahween 3 жыл бұрын

@@vain.a2 and besides that, nothing can beat the sound of vinyl.

@axelfiedel3793 2 жыл бұрын

@@vain.a2 it's true I see more vinyl records than CDs at my local Walmart.

@SoundMindGamingNetwork 9 ай бұрын

I just wish it was a lil more affordable tho, I live in a city that's damn near impossible to get vinyl made because of we just don't make that much here to be able to do that and pay bills, but I understand why tho...

@lynnberry2928 4 жыл бұрын

So cool to see the mostly automated process - in the 70s I worked my way through college as a record presser - ran two machines, we put the paper labels on the top and bottom of the press, grabbed the hot extruded vinyl, closed the machine, turned around, pulled the pressed vinyl out of the other machine,, put it on a manual trimmer, loaded the 2nd machine and by that time turned around to remove the record from the first machine.. ..repeated many times in an 8 hr shift! would be 100 degrees sometimes in the summer, there were salt pills and a place in the restrooms to soak our heads.... nice to see a clean and shining and presumably less streesful workplace!

@AzaleaMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Most people (both artists and fans) never get to see this. Cool!

@shadowsearcy 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU TONY! I love seeing this process!

@Karlitaskumpis 3 жыл бұрын

it was nice to see Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo album on that conveyor in the end. Now I know where my copy came from lol

@JazzMessengerToGo 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. And it is an excellent pressing.

@aidandodge466 5 күн бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you

@VinylPro Жыл бұрын

all simply and great explained ! thanx !

@gehanameresekere1345 Жыл бұрын

Liked your video very clear and nicely done.

@danaparsons854 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video😮

@Ravikumar-ds2rl 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation! M glad to got info about vinyl through you! Thanks!

@ekalmightyglizzy1198 3 жыл бұрын

I've learn so much by watching ur channel, thanks for taking the time out to teach me

@spiritzweispirit1st638 2 жыл бұрын

How Is This Not Priceless'ly The Coolest Respect For The First' High Fidelity' Audio Disc Achievement' for the Mass Public Distribution and Enjoyment?! Thankfully for Awesome People as These!- and Are Lucky Stars-🌠 'Rock n Roll! Will Never Die!'🎸

@madelstowe7989 3 жыл бұрын

This was very cool and educational, thank u so much!

@ogcidman911 3 жыл бұрын

Khruangbin !!!! I love that album.

@AlJacksonSongwriter 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid. I was always curious about the process of pressing vinyl. Always wanted to press just one vinyl record with my music before I die. Maybe there's still time. AJ

@tonyvv 4 жыл бұрын

Al Jackson Of course there’s time. You’re not dead year, right? Let’s do this!

@Boterberg 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Always wanted to know where my vinyls came from. Thanks!

@MONKEYDUDE2701 3 жыл бұрын

Wow very interesting, thanks for sharing!

@LawlessBreed 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see

@ColocasiaCorm 2 жыл бұрын

This guy seems fun at parties

@tonyvv Жыл бұрын

Depends on how much he's had to drink...

@craigmeyer1468 Жыл бұрын

That provides jobs!!!!

@chrisholden1082 9 ай бұрын

Except for maybe some machine tech it hasn't changed since I started buying LPs 55 years ago!

@blizteredthumbs7911 3 жыл бұрын

Groovy :D

@francoc5900 3 жыл бұрын

I sure wish more record manufacturers would polish off the edges of the LP's. Some of them are like 60 grit sandpaper or so jagged that you can cut your fingers just trying to clean them. For 35 bucks a pop, I expect better QC. As I side note, I used Disc Makers to press a single for me years ago and they were great.

@youngstu1ify 2 жыл бұрын

So the majority of warping issues either comes from you speeding up the process (to get more output) by releasing the press too quickly before the records have had time to cool or the cooling water isn't cooled enough or not flowing correctly. I also see why I get so many split inner sleeves with records just getting dropped in by the 'quality' employees of all people😂

@JC-vk7ud 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@shawn6306 4 жыл бұрын

I did heard about vinyl records are making a comeback that it's out selling cd's this time

@ArturdeSousaRocha 2 жыл бұрын

Pressing of a single record takes much longer than I thought. That is a really slow process.

@Shermanbay 4 жыл бұрын

The next time you make a video like this, especially in a noisy environment, do NOT set your audio recording level to automatic, but establish a safe, unchanging level in advance. This will avoid the annoying "pumping" of the background sound which the auto level raises whenever the voice is not present. Your audio will sound much more professional!

@ARCtheCartoonMaster 3 жыл бұрын

0:57 Ah, so *that's* why records have that circular ditch near the centre of the label.

@JamesHagger-garagebandinabox 9 ай бұрын

how did they do it before the automated process? records have been around for 100+ years

@tomprincipato8501 9 ай бұрын

But mine were manufactured in the Czech Republic, not "20 minutes down the road in New Jersey"!

@tonyvv 9 ай бұрын

True. We use several factories. This video is from the factory down the road from us.

@TheeNiteOwl 3 жыл бұрын

Khruangbin!!👌

@rafaelaguilar3380 3 жыл бұрын

I'd be so happy to work ther...

@TheLunatrick 3 жыл бұрын

I one time got a record with two A/Bs and no C/D but was abled to contact and get the other vinyl but still I wonder how could that even happen with all this technical stuff

@eyesik1252 3 жыл бұрын

i mean, this is just one place that presses them. from what i hear, stuff for making vinyls is hard to come by (machines, materials, etc) and so a different place probably did yours, or a person packaging probably accidentally gave you 2 of the same records.

@Noremax 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder if someone’s ever gotten an A/D or a B/C. Probably unlikely.

@johnlovesbridge 2 жыл бұрын

Two words: Human Error

@theonlydjtopcat 3 жыл бұрын

I'm curious as to why off center labels occur?

@chopchung 2 жыл бұрын

IS he saying that there is a machine that plays the original source media (the MASTER TAPE ) and a stylus simply transfers the audio from the tape to the laquer?. If so ,NOW i get it!.

@tonyvv Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's what he's saying... The cutting lathe has a CUTTING stylus that cuts the groove. Your turntable has a PLAYBACK stylus that READS the groove.

@Techshadowzz 3 ай бұрын

Dude please tell me how much that vinyl pressing machine and how much it costs. I really want to buy this and I dont care how much the cost is I am going to make a record plant and I have the money

@sytran666 3 жыл бұрын

Are record deals made in the boiler room?

@tonyvv Жыл бұрын

LOL no, they are made in the dressing room.

@barryp9463 3 жыл бұрын

They go into the poly wrapper loose then come out tight around the outer sleeve....how?

@tonyvv Жыл бұрын

The record runs through a shrink tunnel, and the heat in the tunnel shrinks the loose plastic tight to the jacket.

@rosspru1738 4 жыл бұрын

Just like making tv cabinets plastic injection molding easy peasy

@kentgoodall3254 3 жыл бұрын

No one mentions why so many records today are so warped and scratched it's becoming all to common Why don't these factorys care Quailty control must be out of quality

@debarghyaroy9948 3 жыл бұрын

Very true. I got a scratched Aquilo. Many new pressings are warped.

@tonyvv Жыл бұрын

Making a flat record is actually much harder than you think. It's a thin 12 inch platter of vinyl that was melted and cooled. If there's any slight variation in the temperature between the stamper of either side (which has both hot steam and cold water running through it, a record can warp or dish. And then on top of that, if a pallet of records is shipped across the country from, say, New Jersey to California, sitting in a hot UPS trailer for 5 days across the country can be enough to warp records that were perfectly flat when they left the factory. Remember, a slight warp is not a problem so long as it doesn't skip the stylus. But most plants actually do a darn good job making flat records.

@miahthorpatrick1013 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds noisy in there......why aren’t these poor folks wearing ear protection?! Us music lovers need to save our hearing! Anyways still a great educational little video here!!

@tonyvv 4 жыл бұрын

It's actually not as noisy as it sounds on the video. It's just the mic picking up and amplifying noises when I'm not speaking.

@TheSuperKDK 3 жыл бұрын

마침 만들고 있는 음반이 크루앙빈 음반이였네 저기서 만든것 중 한장이 내 방에 있겠군

@ViniloEnfermos 4 жыл бұрын

I love it! Any chance you need a native Spanish speaker employee?

@rapipago3878 4 жыл бұрын

Hola, de donde sos?

@ViniloEnfermos 4 жыл бұрын

Rapi Pago Hola. De Madrid, España.

@luked2767 2 жыл бұрын

Music from the west would get though the iorn curtain via tourists or smugglers, music was then somehow copied onto old xray film material that was salvaged from hospitals then cut to a disk form. I'm sure it was not LP but more like gramarphone with a song each side You could play them around 30 to 50 x before it would start to badly degrade but this was a very cheap black market commodity know as music on the bones.

@chrisdunnettmusic 4 жыл бұрын

Groovy...see what I did there ;)

@chopchung 2 жыл бұрын

NO ONE EVER ,EVER EXPLAINS......H O W the original master T A P E that the artist recorded in the studio gets transferred onto a LAQUER DISC!.

@ModusVivendiMedia 9 ай бұрын

By a cutting lathe, run by a mastering engineer.

@chopchung 2 жыл бұрын

As we ALL know ,it is incredibly frustrating to buy a disc BRAND new only to get it home and find it defective or some couldn't give a f**k sleever has RAMMED the inner sleeve into the outer one so creasing it and screwing up the pleasure of the artwork.The sleevers in this video remind me of Kearney, Jimbo and Dolph, they look MINDLESS.Maybe, like many music lovers, they'e taken "something" to "enhance" their vinyl listening pleasure. Or maybe it's the FUMES from Hot Wax!!!!. CLANCEY: "tell it to the judge,beat boy".

@pewpewpower 2 жыл бұрын

So much raw material and wast… when one can just go digital. Most people won’t even be able to tell the difference between a digital copy vs the vinyl.

@krnlg Жыл бұрын

In terms of sound quality, sure. But humans are physical beings, we like physical stuff.