This was one of my favorite How It’s Made episodes. I own thousands of vinyl records, so seeing how they make something I hold so dear was wonderful! And they’re right, it’s a much warmer sound 😊
This is interesting how the original blank lacquer disc is made because I have seen and experienced how the mass-produced vinyl record is created in person at a record-pressing plant in the late 1970s (1978 or '79)
That must have been a real treat! I would have loved to have been able to see something like that, but I was just a little girl then, about 5 or 6. Not that I wouldn’t have appreciated it, I loved music, but they probably wouldn’t have wanted a kid coming to see that 😂 You’re from Bethlehem? PA? If so, hi neighbor! 😊
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"the water in the tank is green because these nickel nuggets are dissolving into it. " 6:05 brooo WTFFF HE'S GOT NO PROTECTION AND HE'S LITERALLY SPRAYING INTO AN ACIDIC ELECTROLYSIS BATH WHATEVER GIIMME THEM NUGGETS
I was watching the part with the silver and other metals being added and was thinking "WHAT?! THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO LOSE ALL OF THE HARD WORK!" Then they show that, actually, the *metal* part created is the one being kept. I thought it was going to be backwards in some way. Good process! Although, I don't know how good the safety equipment is set up for this..
I have seen this process before, and I understand the procedure. What I don't understand is how the raised label area as well as the raised outer edge of long playing records is formed onto the stamper. This area on a stamper must be recessed, but how and when is this done? These raised areas on records prevent the grooved areas from touching. This process has never been shown or demonstrated on any video. How does a flat stamper become uneven to form these raised areas on the final record?
they form the master record, which is exactly like the vinyls except softer, then they settle metal onto its surface, they peel the metal away as a 'negative' and then use that to stamp the grooves, this is all in the video
Its not formed on the stamper. It a function of the mould which gives the record its shape and form. The stamper merely impints the grooves. You can press a record without stampers and it will still look like a record with its raised label area and raised goove guard (outer edge) just without grooves.
@Phonoguy, I've inspected all my vinyls after purchase. made sure, at most there are only either cosmetic marks not affecting sound quality, or if a scratch is present that it's not more than 25 degrees and not passing through many notable tracks. What is the cost if someone wants to take a regular one and derive a master recording from a (very high fidelity) vinyl. I have 2 brand new just incase it's never been done before and a method needed for this task. What's the cost and how many can i get?
Yeah we have digital files that have so many Hz that it can't physically be played by the width of needle used in records. Records may sound "better" to you because that's completely subjective but digital files have such high quality nowadays that they outpreform the physical limits of records. Unless we used something much stronger than vinyl and extremely extremely thin needles. Even then it would be very hard to beat digital. And that's not even bringing up the non-music noise that would be picked up by the record
Mastering engineers use digital these days as not all studios can find the right preview head tape machine. Not only that but labels have gotten wary of those who handle their tapes as tapes do degrade over time. Labels have been digitizing their tapes so they can be preserved for future generations but digital can sound good, though MoFi got busted for that.
What I wonder, is the master sound source for the master disc analog or digital? I own hundreds of records and unlike CDs, there is no mention of the source music. Like on CDs you will see AAD (Analog Original, Analog Master, Digital Disc) or ADD (Analog Original, Digital (Re)master (if original source was analog and upconverted) Digital Disc) and the final is DDD (Digital Original, Digital Master, Digital Disc). Now please correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the original masters in the analog era Reel to Reel at first? Then 4 and 8 track? Then cassette after it was invented? Now is it MP3 master? Or is it a CD master? Or even DAT? (Digital Audio Tape).
Edit: Also, I own a Reel to Reel Sony TC-366 (basic, but gets the job done) and that's about the closest of my analog sources that is comparable in audio quality to vinyl. The others (8 track, cassette, mini disc, CD recorder) just don't sound as well. A good turntable and a nice tube preamp is perfection!!
I think most of the time nowadays it would be digital as that is what the studios use. That’s not to say you can’t get an analogue recording put on vinyl anymore it’s just the audio source kind of depends on what the artist used. In terms of what digits format FLAC seems to be the standard nowadays. Used to be WAV but it could be something else by now.
its been a digital source since the early 80's in Australia at least dubbing it to 1/2 or 1/4 analog would add more noise to the record which already has problems
@@toqtoq3361 I could see them downloading to a hard drive. DAT is notoriously unreliable at least in the home decks. I had a Sony DAT, but it had that is it ATARC? It only allows you to make one digital copy of a digital source (coax or spdif) but if you put the source output via it's analog RCA outputs, you could make more. But anyways, it broke after about 20 hours or so of use and Sony basically wouldn't fix it, so I got rid of it and went to Sony MD recording. As for vinyl? I wholeheartedly endorse a good cartridge and a tube amp. A good matched pair can really bring the warmth of the albums out. It's nice though, I learned a lot of good information in here. And thank you for that as well!!
No - we don't believe no 💩 about a "better" sound of vinyl comp. to digital.... We just like to look at the discs that "sloooowly" spin..... And we like to buy more, and more crap - like better certridges..... Otherwise - what a dumb ass prosess - to mold the records. With todays' LASER technology, is more reliable to "burn" the groove in ! - I said groove, 'cose it's ( as mentioned in the video ) ONE groove 😀
How does it sound better when the turntable only has 2 rca outputs 2 channel sound & digital can be 7.1 channel? surely the amplifer is just modifying the 2 channel to sound good so its a gimmick.
If you're a DJ, doing drag (slow) scratches on a physical vinyl does sound better as there's no quantization happening, there's a bump on the record, and that bump goes straight to your speakers at whatever speed you played. But for majority of consumers, it's only the preference of accepting quantization noise for bit-perfect accuracy, or "warmth" distortion for faithful analogue sound. Both sounds "good enough" if you ask me, there's no "perfect" sound at all.
@@MIO9_sh " no quantization happening" thats complete crap. Plenty of digital jog devices around have been for decades. Digital has and will always have better sound than alanolg. ""warmth" distortion"" wtf its distortion look up the meaning
@@toqtoq3361 late eighties were CD's. were always better than Vinyl all Vinyl is produced from 16bit digital has been since the eighties "hissy and un-deep soundwall from a CD" what crap! "Vinyl produces more noise and hum, but I can't hear that, six feet away from the speakers. What I DO hear is a more realistic, open, more defined and detailed musical representation from a deeper and wider sound-stage from vinyl " What crap ! you cant hear noise and hum Its good that you delete your comments they are crap
This was one of my favorite How It’s Made episodes. I own thousands of vinyl records, so seeing how they make something I hold so dear was wonderful! And they’re right, it’s a much warmer sound 😊
It's like watching a plumbus being made.
This is interesting how the original blank lacquer disc is made because I have seen and experienced how the mass-produced vinyl record is created in person at a record-pressing plant in the late 1970s (1978 or '79)
That must have been a real treat! I would have loved to have been able to see something like that, but I was just a little girl then, about 5 or 6. Not that I wouldn’t have appreciated it, I loved music, but they probably wouldn’t have wanted a kid coming to see that 😂
You’re from Bethlehem? PA? If so, hi neighbor! 😊
Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way. We deserve Hell because we've sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him.
John 3:16
Romans 3:23❤😊❤
"the water in the tank is green because these nickel nuggets are dissolving into it. " 6:05 brooo WTFFF HE'S GOT NO PROTECTION AND HE'S LITERALLY SPRAYING INTO AN ACIDIC ELECTROLYSIS BATH
WHATEVER GIIMME THEM NUGGETS
Thanks for producing enjoyment playing records❤❤
Very fascinating. Enjoyed watching
I was watching the part with the silver and other metals being added and was thinking "WHAT?! THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO LOSE ALL OF THE HARD WORK!"
Then they show that, actually, the *metal* part created is the one being kept. I thought it was going to be backwards in some way. Good process! Although, I don't know how good the safety equipment is set up for this..
thanks this is just outstanding information who knew it was so complex to make a vynal record.
It's amazing to think that mankind invented all of this process.
Or the aliens gave it to us
Cool😊😊😊
Fascinating. I didn't know it was such a long process.
awesome. great video. my Vinyl still going Strong
Wow never knew it was such a long process
7:56 That was oddly satisfying.
Amazing
Enjoy this video very much 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I have seen this process before, and I understand the procedure. What I don't understand is how the raised label area as well as the raised outer edge of long playing records is formed onto the stamper. This area on a stamper must be recessed, but how and when is this done? These raised areas on records prevent the grooved areas from touching. This process has never been shown or demonstrated on any video. How does a flat stamper become uneven to form these raised areas on the final record?
they form the master record, which is exactly like the vinyls except softer, then they settle metal onto its surface, they peel the metal away as a 'negative' and then use that to stamp the grooves, this is all in the video
I think the stamper is thin enough so that it deforms into the shape that the press molds have. The raised areas might be in the press molds.
Its not formed on the stamper. It a function of the mould which gives the record its shape and form. The stamper merely impints the grooves. You can press a record without stampers and it will still look like a record with its raised label area and raised goove guard (outer edge) just without grooves.
Diamond cut 😊😊😊😊😊😊
5:28 you tellin' me he's SPRAYING TIN CHLORIDE WITH A PRESSURE WASHER DIRECTLY AT A PLATE WITHOUT GLOVES? OR PROTECTION???!!! WTFFF
health and safety back then was known as person responsibility.
@Phonoguy, I've inspected all my vinyls after purchase. made sure, at most there are only either cosmetic marks not affecting sound quality, or if a scratch is present that it's not more than 25 degrees and not passing through many notable tracks. What is the cost if someone wants to take a regular one and derive a master recording from a (very high fidelity) vinyl. I have 2 brand new just incase it's never been done before and a method needed for this task. What's the cost and how many can i get?
Funny. They cut the record from a digital source.
Yeah we have digital files that have so many Hz that it can't physically be played by the width of needle used in records. Records may sound "better" to you because that's completely subjective but digital files have such high quality nowadays that they outpreform the physical limits of records. Unless we used something much stronger than vinyl and extremely extremely thin needles. Even then it would be very hard to beat digital. And that's not even bringing up the non-music noise that would be picked up by the record
Mastering engineers use digital these days as not all studios can find the right preview head tape machine. Not only that but labels have gotten wary of those who handle their tapes as tapes do degrade over time. Labels have been digitizing their tapes so they can be preserved for future generations but digital can sound good, though MoFi got busted for that.
@@michaelhorgan9525 eh, some indie artists use reel to reel tape, for example: Daft Punk
lol they've been using digital masters since the 70s
The label making reminds me of the Hydraulic Press Channel.
The upload date of this video is just ironic.
Wow , now I know why the records are so expensive these days . Especially the ones that are out of press 🙄
so, it's in the business now ?
What I wonder, is the master sound source for the master disc analog or digital? I own hundreds of records and unlike CDs, there is no mention of the source music. Like on CDs you will see AAD (Analog Original, Analog Master, Digital Disc) or ADD (Analog Original, Digital (Re)master (if original source was analog and upconverted) Digital Disc) and the final is DDD (Digital Original, Digital Master, Digital Disc). Now please correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the original masters in the analog era Reel to Reel at first? Then 4 and 8 track? Then cassette after it was invented? Now is it MP3 master? Or is it a CD master? Or even DAT? (Digital Audio Tape).
Edit: Also, I own a Reel to Reel Sony TC-366 (basic, but gets the job done) and that's about the closest of my analog sources that is comparable in audio quality to vinyl. The others (8 track, cassette, mini disc, CD recorder) just don't sound as well. A good turntable and a nice tube preamp is perfection!!
I think most of the time nowadays it would be digital as that is what the studios use.
That’s not to say you can’t get an analogue recording put on vinyl anymore it’s just the audio source kind of depends on what the artist used.
In terms of what digits format FLAC seems to be the standard nowadays. Used to be WAV but it could be something else by now.
its been a digital source since the early 80's in Australia at least dubbing it to 1/2 or 1/4 analog would add more noise to the record which already has problems
@@rods6405 Thank you for the information!
@@toqtoq3361 I could see them downloading to a hard drive. DAT is notoriously unreliable at least in the home decks. I had a Sony DAT, but it had that is it ATARC? It only allows you to make one digital copy of a digital source (coax or spdif) but if you put the source output via it's analog RCA outputs, you could make more. But anyways, it broke after about 20 hours or so of use and Sony basically wouldn't fix it, so I got rid of it and went to Sony MD recording. As for vinyl? I wholeheartedly endorse a good cartridge and a tube amp. A good matched pair can really bring the warmth of the albums out. It's nice though, I learned a lot of good information in here. And thank you for that as well!!
Wait, so why do they just toss the original lacquer disc, could they not produce more stamps from those discs?
It would degrade over time and the audio quality would slowly get worse and worse each time it gets used as a stamp
5:34 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
has anyone figured out how the music is in the needle?
The needle vibrations create the noise which is amplified by the turntable to a speaker or headphones
I really enjoy the vintage sounding narrator, music, colouration, look, and presentation of the video. One would think it was made in the late 1970s.
It wasn't made to sound vintage. It's just from 2006
@360p... come on man.
the year is 8080 and interlaced video is still being treated as an afterthought
Ok genius how were ‘master’ records created in the age before electricity and computers?
Vynil records 🎶
vinal*
Actually, it's 'vinyl'...
No - we don't believe no 💩 about a "better" sound of vinyl comp. to digital.... We just like to look at the discs that "sloooowly" spin..... And we like to buy more, and more crap - like better certridges.....
Otherwise - what a dumb ass prosess - to mold the records.
With todays' LASER technology, is more reliable to "burn" the groove in ! - I said groove, 'cose it's ( as mentioned in the video ) ONE groove 😀
She
All this just to have some kid scratch the album thinking he/she is a DJ
Vinyl - for hipsters who want shit sounding audio that costs 3-4x as much as the same music in digital.
And what about all those chumps who read books when they could buy the cliff notes, right? Right?
How does it sound better when the turntable only has 2 rca outputs 2 channel sound & digital can be 7.1 channel? surely the amplifer is just modifying the 2 channel to sound good so its a gimmick.
The number of channels is unrelated to sound quality.
i listen to 2 channel stereo only
If you're a DJ, doing drag (slow) scratches on a physical vinyl does sound better as there's no quantization happening, there's a bump on the record, and that bump goes straight to your speakers at whatever speed you played. But for majority of consumers, it's only the preference of accepting quantization noise for bit-perfect accuracy, or "warmth" distortion for faithful analogue sound. Both sounds "good enough" if you ask me, there's no "perfect" sound at all.
@@MIO9_sh " no quantization happening" thats complete crap. Plenty of digital jog devices around have been for decades.
Digital has and will always have better sound than alanolg.
""warmth" distortion"" wtf its distortion look up the meaning
@@toqtoq3361 late eighties were CD's. were always better than Vinyl
all Vinyl is produced from 16bit digital has been since the eighties
"hissy and un-deep soundwall from a CD" what crap!
"Vinyl produces more noise and hum, but I can't hear that, six feet away from the speakers. What I DO hear is a more realistic, open, more defined and detailed musical representation from a deeper and wider sound-stage from vinyl "
What crap ! you cant hear noise and hum
Its good that you delete your comments they are crap