Good video on Vinyl pressing

izafar
izafar Posts: 819
edited April 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
I saw this last week on Discovery channel and some good soul has posted it on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUGRRUecBik
-izafar

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    Thanks Bro, I watched Parts 1 & 2. I've seen this process before but not presented like that. Pretty cool. . . just one thing, no mention of the mold release compounds that are used between the stampers and the actual record.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited March 2007
    Cool video. I saw it on Discovery as well.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited March 2007
    That was really cool. I had read about the process before but had never had the chance to see it.

    Thanks for posting it!
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited March 2007
    I would love to get the disc after the silver is sprayed on it. That looked really cool.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited March 2007
    Very interesting.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2007
    wow.. i had no idea all the process went into pressing a vinyl album. i really enjoyed watching both parts of that story.
    I want a master disc now. the silver one.
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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited March 2007
    hearingimpared wrote:
    Thanks Bro, I watched Parts 1 & 2. I've seen this process before but not presented like that. Pretty cool. . . just one thing, no mention of the mold release compounds that are used between the stampers and the actual record.

    I have read at many places that mold release compound is a Myth in modern pressing plants, and is no longer used. Usually this is coming from people who claim cleaning a brand new vinyl is useless. I have no expereince in this area as I havent baught a new LP yet.
    -izafar

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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited March 2007
    danger boy wrote:
    wow.. i had no idea all the process went into pressing a vinyl album. i really enjoyed watching both parts of that story.
    I want a master disc now. the silver one.

    Wouldn't you be needing a special Stylus for silver disc?
    -izafar

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    izafar wrote:
    I have read at many places that mold release compound is a Myth in modern pressing plants, and is no longer used. Usually this is coming from people who claim cleaning a brand new vinyl is useless. I have no expereince in this area as I havent baught a new LP yet.


    I wish that were true. Guys like Mikey Fremer say differently. I won't chance it, I don't want anything being fused to my grooves, new record or not.;)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2007
    They said they throw away the original after coating with metal and peeling it off. So I guess they make a new original each time? Very cool!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    madmax wrote:
    They said they throw away the original after coating with metal and peeling it off. So I guess they make a new original each time? Very cool!
    madmax

    There is another thing about that vid that got me a little squemish. . . they were handling everything with their fingers. . . how many articles have we read that discuss the evils of finger prints and human excreated oils on vinyl???
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2007
    Nothing wrong with fingers so long as they are clean.
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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited March 2007
    There is always a difference between how things are handled in production side vs. the user side. It is the same as some audiophiles swear by use of very exotic cables, where as, the source material they listen to, has been produced using good quality regular cables.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    izafar wrote:
    There is always a difference between how things are handled in production side vs. the user side. It is the same as some audiophiles swear by use of very exotic cables, where as, the source material they listen to, has been produced using good quality regular cables.


    OOOOeeeewwwww boy you are opening up a can of angry worms!!!:D ;):p

    I have quite a few audiophile pressings from the 80s where nothing but the highest end cables were used in the master taping process. As a mattter of fact I have a couple of recordings from Sheffield Lab, Amanda McBroom where they used the highest priced cables and wires for the direct to disc recordings. I also have an Amanda McBroom recording where nothing but the highest Monster Cable were used in the microphone to direct to disc process.

    So hold on there brother I would have to disagree with your statement. Maybe for the mass produced records they've used "good quality regular cables" but I don't believe that is the case with special audiophile projects.
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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited March 2007
    hearingimpared wrote:
    OOOOeeeewwwww boy you are opening up a can of angry worms!!!:D ;):p

    No No... I dont wanna go there. There has already been alot of blookshed over this :)
    -izafar

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    izafar wrote:
    No No... I dont wanna go there. There has already been alot of blookshed over this :)
    LOL!:D
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  • riglehart
    riglehart Posts: 276
    edited April 2007
    izafar wrote: »
    I have read at many places that mold release compound is a Myth in modern pressing plants, and is no longer used.

    The secret is out...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2007
    riglehart wrote: »
    The secret is out...

    I heard lard is best for the super heated mold release compounds. It has a high smoke point so none of it would be fused to the new record, this is one problem however, everytime I bought a new record I would have an overwhelming desire to eat the darn thing.:eek: :D:p
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