Weird Artifacts on Test Pressings
- GussyLoveridge
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Weird Artifacts on Test Pressings
A client of mine stopped by yesterday with some test pressing he'd just received. Everything sounds pretty good and overall I'm really happy with it - but there is this weird thing going on throughout where it sounds like all the acoustic guitars have some kind of warble, as if it sounds like there is a shallow but fast tremolo on them. I can't figure out for the life of me what this is. It's not present in the source files and I can't hear the same thing going on in the vocal or the occasional organ part, the drums on two tracks, the pedal steel or anything else -just the guitar. A bunch of the songs are from different sessions - but this weird thing seems to be throughout.
Happens on the clients deck too.
What the shit is that all about? It seems like an impossibility.
Any ideas?
Happens on the clients deck too.
What the shit is that all about? It seems like an impossibility.
Any ideas?
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sounds like either one of the stampers wasn't mounted perfectly in the center of the press.
this causes the record to be off center and play like you described.
this can easily happen as they set up the test pressing presses many, many times a day.
does it happen on one or both sides?
i'd order another round of test pressings and see if the problem persists. another (less likely) cause is that the stampers hole was punched off center.
hope this helps!
-chris mara
www.welcometo1979.com
this causes the record to be off center and play like you described.
this can easily happen as they set up the test pressing presses many, many times a day.
does it happen on one or both sides?
i'd order another round of test pressings and see if the problem persists. another (less likely) cause is that the stampers hole was punched off center.
hope this helps!
-chris mara
www.welcometo1979.com
Owner: Welcome To 1979 Studio & Mara Machines
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a test pressing should be immaculate.
i've found them to be a bit... sharper... crisper... and hi-fi... than the regular run...
of course, the end of the stamper's life is duller... the beginning is the crispest...
but, i've learned the hard way that any noise, wow, flutter, warble, surface noise, hiss, etc that's on the test pressing IS IN the actual run.
could be the lacquer cut...
could be the record pressing plant had some errors in plating the lacquer... bad vacuum, etc...
m
i've found them to be a bit... sharper... crisper... and hi-fi... than the regular run...
of course, the end of the stamper's life is duller... the beginning is the crispest...
but, i've learned the hard way that any noise, wow, flutter, warble, surface noise, hiss, etc that's on the test pressing IS IN the actual run.
could be the lacquer cut...
could be the record pressing plant had some errors in plating the lacquer... bad vacuum, etc...
m
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