'Machang Music & Pictures' Seems to be a record-presser in Korea. We do have old scratchy films from the 1950s of how it was done at RCA and similar. This is a lot cleaner but also far smaller production.
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Yes, "sound wrinkles" is not how we say it here, but is perfectly logical.
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Yes, "sound wrinkles" is not how we say it here, but is perfectly logical.
We had a BIG RCA vinyl pressing plant (and associated large Recording Studio) here in Buenos Aires, pressing for themselves and third parties, I even ordered some for small bands who wanted to go the Indie path, (this was before the widespread CD era), they gave you records in a plastic bag or paper sleeve, you had to supply your own labels or find a way to apply them later.
And get definitive sleeves on your own.
Rumour was (I could never measure it) that they pressed third party records "3 dB down" than their own, so as to create a subtle but real "quality difference".
It was closed for a long time and then with the "vinyl revival" thing "somebody" came and bought all of the machinery and equipment for cents on the Dollar, to be shipped outside the Country.
And get definitive sleeves on your own.
Rumour was (I could never measure it) that they pressed third party records "3 dB down" than their own, so as to create a subtle but real "quality difference".
It was closed for a long time and then with the "vinyl revival" thing "somebody" came and bought all of the machinery and equipment for cents on the Dollar, to be shipped outside the Country.
Very, very few people know how to produce a decent piece of vinyl throughout all of its manufacturing stages. Just because someone has a Neumann VMS80 lathe doesn't mean they know what they're doing.
The pressing process is a whole different challenge altogether, which is where I see some of the most grotesque things being committed.
Nothing more frustrating than pulling a new piece of vinyl out of the package and seeing something horribly wrong at first glance. I recently bought a mofi album that had a hair pressed into it across one whole side.
The pressing process is a whole different challenge altogether, which is where I see some of the most grotesque things being committed.
Nothing more frustrating than pulling a new piece of vinyl out of the package and seeing something horribly wrong at first glance. I recently bought a mofi album that had a hair pressed into it across one whole side.
It's the 1970s and 80s all over again. I've learned that my crap vinyl PTSD never went away.
so many mechanical and chemical steps... it amazes me every time I see it, that the end result is so good (for me still the best medium for music)
