a blog about pressing a 45 record...
scribing the titles
Growing up I became quite obsessed with the individual scribes each mastering house left on vinyl. I just had to ask Archer Records if they would be kind to scribe the track names onto the wax. Being on a budget is tough & I am trying to develop a consistent style, as I will probably be pressing another record then them again.
Archer Pressing Plant
Archer Pressing Plant
Archer Record Pressing, the plant where all the classic techno records were pressed, is part of the music’s indie history. It’s run by Mike Archer, the grandson of the original founder who started the place in 1965. Since the 80s, techno was a big part of their business.
Archer Record Pressing, the plant where all the classic techno records were pressed, is part of the music’s indie history. It’s run by Mike Archer, the grandson of the original founder who started the place in 1965. Since the 80s, techno was a big part of their business.
Infinite State Machine
Mastering for vinyl, for those who aren’t sure about this part of the process, is when a sound engineer plays the raw uncompressed master version of a track through his audio processing equipment in order to make the recording work well and sound loud in the vinyl medium. The master lacquer is a round disc of soft material that is cut buy a diamond tip lathe creating the grooves that will play back music when a stylus and needle run through the groove. Mastering involves compression and equalization to allow the lathe to cut the lacquer without distortion or errors that would cause pressing flaws. This is also the point where the label’s matrix number is etched into the runout grooves. reference
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