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posted by on Monday February 06 2017, @10:03AM   Printer-friendly
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Ever wondered why you sometimes have to wait months after an album's launch to get the music on vinyl? It's not necessarily because the label hates vinyl — in many cases, it's because the decades-old manufacturing process can't keep up with the format's resurgence. Relief may be in sight for turntable fans, though. Viryl Technologies is producing a pressing machine system, WarmTone, that should drag vinyl production into the modern era.

Much of WarmTone's improvement rests in its use of modern engineering. It's more reliable when producing the "pucks" that become records, makes it easier to switch out stampers (the negatives that press records) and sports a trimming/stacking system that can better handle large-scale production. Also, there's a raft of sensors -- the machine checks everything from pressure to temperature to timing, so companies will immediately know if something goes wrong.

Logically, the interface has been spruced up as well. Touchscreens help control the pressing machine on-site, and workers can check on the state of the machine from their computer or phone.

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https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/29/vinyl-record-production-tech-upgrade/


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  • (Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday February 06 2017, @03:18PM

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Monday February 06 2017, @03:18PM (#463447) Journal

    So it's a traditional vinyl manufacturing machine, just a bit improved.

    I am looking forward to announcement of a consumer 3D printer that can produce a vinyl record. Not because I have any interest in owning music in the form of crappy, bulky, fragile lumps pf plastic, but because it will be nostalgic and entertaining to watch the napster debacle play out all over again.

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