When pressing records, it is important to make test pressings and listen to them beforehand to make sure there are no issues with the stampers. While some can be listened to in the plant, others require special attention and are listened to through the studio speakers. I had the chance to help listen to some of the test pressings […]

When working Musicol, I had a chance to meet Scott who is in charge of cutting lacquers. This is an old method of vinyl mastering that uses a lathe to cut grooves into a lacquer disk. The lathe has a cutting head with two coils for the left and right channels. The coils move a […]

Another session that I was part of was with a local singer-songwriter who hired a band to work with her on a song. I met engineer Keith Hanlon— who does the majority of recordings at Musicol— and got to work on miking up instruments. Keith had made an input list and had microphones chosen already, […]