HD Vinyl takes next step with debut of 3D topography software Perfect Groove
HD Vinyl, the next generation of vinyl records, promises a better, faster, and more eco-friendly production process, as well as higher audio quality and longer playing time. Rebeat Innovation, the company behind HD Vinyl, is now unveiling the software that creates 3D topographies required for laser-cutting HD Vinyl stampers. Called ‘Perfect Groove,’ the software is […]
Mastering for Vinyl: Tips for Digital Mastering Engineers
Posted with permission www.iZotope.com by Jett Galindo, iZotope Contributor Since the resurgence of vinyl in the mid-2000s, vinyl sales have shown no signs of slowing down. But with its return comes a new set of challenges for the aging medium—new genres with increasingly complex production styles, the major paradigm shift from analog to digital production, and […]
Advice to labels: When reissuing vinyl, go a little further
The vinyl revival has provided a new lease of life for countless underappreciated albums that originally fell through the cracks. When done right, such reissues are nothing short of revelatory, and can even bring out of retirement a construction worker, as was the case with Rodriguez, courtesy of Light in the Attic, which reissued in […]
Refurbishing this vintage Scully Lathe took 4 years, $25,000+
Lathes are an integral piece of equipment that determines whether or not a vinyl record in 2019 can be manufactured using a new stamper. The problem is no manufacturer in the world has made a lathe since the early 1980s, which is why the item is a hot commodity any time one surfaces for auction. […]
First Making Vinyl Packaging Award, then a Grammy for Weird Al
For the second consecutive year, the Recording Academy’s Grammy Awards judging committee honored the same package as Making Vinyl. At the Grammy ceremony Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, Sony Music art directors Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll and Al Yankovic, won the “Best Recording Package – Boxed” category – for their work on Squeeze Box: The […]
LEARN HOW TO BENEFIT FROM THE VINYL RECORD COMEBACK AT BERLIN CONFERENCE
Industry leaders will share the secrets of success in vinyl mastering, record pressing, and killer packaging. Berlin, Germany – The conference program of Making Vinyl’s first European event is filling up quickly, with the movers and shakers of the record manufacturing industry, who are riding on a trend of solid annual double-digit growth over the […]
REGISTRATION FOR BERLIN IS NOW OPEN
The Vinyl Resurgence Continues May 2 & 3, 2019 at the Meistersaal Berlin Registration Now Open! Click Here to Register Register Now For Early Bird Rates After two successful events in the U.S., Making Vinyl comes to Berlin on May 2 & 3 at the Meisteraal where David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, […]
Envisioning the Last 40 Years of Music Sales
A thought-provoking look at the rise and fall of the record companies profits over the last 40-years. Vinyl eradicated the 8-track and the cassette at its peak was bigger in sales than the CD. Streaming is the next game changer and the size of the cake for the physical media is getting smaller and smaller […]
Press Release: “Making Vinyl” Expands to Europe on May 3, 2019
‘MAKING VINYL’ EXPANDS EVENT TO EUROPE ON MAY 3, 2019 Full-Day Conference to Be Held at Berlin’s Meistersaal (previously Hansa Studios) Berlin, GERMANY — After two successful events in the U.S., Making Vinyl brings to Europe for the first time its B2B conference celebrating vinyl’s global rebirth on May 3 in Meisteraal in the same […]
Congratulations to Jack W. Stoughton
Congratulations to Jack W. Stoughton for recently receiving the Printing Industries of America, Ben Franklin Honor Society award Jack W. Stoughton is the owner and president of Stoughton Printing Co. where he has served for 54 years. The company produces music packaging that earned the company two Grammy awards and 2017 Making Vinyl Packaging Award. The […]
