Characteristics Of A Vinyl Record

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Characteristics of a vinyl record.

A vinyl record gramophone record or simply record is an analog sound storage medium. Record industry association of america inc. 78 33 1 3 or 45 rpm. Common properties of vinyl vinyl is resistant to moisture and humidity.

With vinyl record sales reaching a 25 year high last year it s clear to me there must be more to the vinyl revival than hipsters and nostalgia. Most records are designed to play at one of three speeds. Vinyl readily acquires a static charge attracting dust that is difficult to remove completely. Pressed records are not made from blank discs.

Even with centered low frequencies the record can skip with excessive low end. The importance of each characteristic in the vinyl sound definition is the subjective part. Rpm stands for revolutions per minute which tells us how many times the record turns completely in a period of one minute. When producing a record on vinyl the recommendation is to keep the louder bass heavy tracks at the front and the softer tracks for the end of the programs.

Magnetic tapes both analog and digital wear from friction between the tape. With vinyl records there will be some loss in fidelity on each playing of the disc. Although vinyl records are strong and don t break easily they scratch due to its soft material sometimes resulting in ruining the record. Low frequencies panned between the left and right channels can knock around the needle so you ll find low frequencies to be monophonic.

This is due to the wear of the stylus in contact with the record surface. The eight main styles of vinyl records you ll notice that i refer to some types of records by their rpm. A hydraulic press that compresses the vinyl biscuit between two stampers and produces pressed records. Pressed records are not made from blank discs.

Vinyl can be manufactured in a variety of colors both transparent and solid. Introduction a true stereophonic disc record has two distinct orthogonal. Bulletin e 3 standards for stereophonic disc records october 16 1963 a.