"Pressing Vinyl"


Take a few minutes and watch this video regarding the making of LP's from PS Audio September newsletter. Somewhat interesting.
http://vp.nyt.com/video/2015/09/21/34917_1_vinyl-manufacturing_wg_360p.mp4
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Showing 3 responses by saki70

Query :

Why do you want "New" recordings on vinyl ?
If I am reading correctly , all of the new stuff is developed in the digital realm and then 'converted' to analog . This digitization & conversion affects the aspects that we love about the original analog/vinyl sound . It's about the processing , isn't it ?
Lowrider57 ;

"Of course it has to start with a good quality digital master. It may come from the original analogue tapes"

An analog-to-digital conversion ?

"(not quite the same as the vinyl we grew up with)."

I agree .

"It's never converted back to analogue, except for the fact that vinyl is an analogue medium; a hi-rez digital file is used to cut the record."

I was not aware of this fact , interesting .
Atmasphere ;

I remember that , back in the day , CD's used to have different designations AAD , ADD & DDD denoting the analog and digital processing involved . This was printed on the back of the jacket .
Is there some type of designation for the all analog process ?