how a vinyl/record works

someone asked how a record works, so here it is. pretty simple stuff i guess

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[MarkPMus]

Doesn't the stylus go left, right, up, down? A tiny electrical current is generated via a magnet & coils inside the cartridge. This is sent along tiny wires in the arm, out of the record player and into an amplifier, where the current is -guess what- amplified to a level hefty enough to make cones vibrate in an almost direct copy of the original stylus vibrations. It is magic when you think about it!

[BigMilan]

yea later i learned it goes up and down too :)

magic indeed :)

[snowj420]

they cut the groove onto the master, then use a hot press to actually mold the vinyl into a record.

i just don't understand how it turns those wave vibrations to music through the needle. it's like magic happens at that point

[BigMilan]

sound IS a vibration. it's a vibration in the air. the air compresses and expands outwards from the source REALLY quickly. when the needle shakes around it sends that signal to the mixer.

you can hear it if you get close to the needle because as the needle shakes it vibrates the air around it

[Giammarcuzzu89]

vinyl records are the most beautiful thing in this world...

Vinyl Records 4EVER!!!

[123strauss]

I agree mate . Is there anything more beautiful than hearing some of your favourite songs on vinyl . and the great thing is , they're great to watch as well . I often just stare at the disc as it spins and it seems like the singers are alive in the disc and singing straight at me . It's an aural and visual experience . You get nothing like this from CDs . Records and record players are just works of art . They should be treasured .

[emenveeuk]

Sorry to be negative & I know you made this as a fun vid but I feel the explanation is quite incomplete to be worthy of the title. You only mention "lateral" (sideways) stylus movement but "vertical" (up/down) movement is just as important to explain. After that you'll then be able to discuss how both movements interact with each other to create stereophony & loudness. You were rocking the "cantilever" not the stylus on slow-down demo, so that is false info too. Peace & enjoy making beats.

[emenveeuk]

@TheFRiNgEguitars ehehehe.....love the cheeky comment!........I too have seen on the net so many Beatles nutters praising their heroes for multi-tracking & reversed sound. Innovators they were......inventors they were not.

[Thepillerofautom10]

NICE!  What record was that?

[randomforum]

@Zejex15 you call me stupid? I did want this video just for fun!!! SO you say I am stupid? :P

[jebug29]

If only there was a way to make our own records. XD

[skizzarz]

pretty cool man!

[phantasm1004]

@BigMilan .....absolutely correct! ALL sound is a mechanical process. It is cause by air movement. When you speak, that's a mechanical process. When you breathe in to speak, you are forcing air out of your mouth and throat, where your vocal cords are located. As air passes, the vocal cords vibrate, and what we hear is your own unique voice. With an LP, the stylus/cantilever assembly responds to the modulations in the record groove, sends signal to amplification system, and you have sound.

[Bassmaster970]

@MarkPMus

This is the stupidest video ever!

- Bassmaster970

[MRFRUITCAKE98]

actually you can write vinyl music, you use something called a lathe

[CoolDudeClem]

it seems very stange hearing that kind of "music" from a vinyl record, sorry but i dont call that kind of stuf music, it just makes me want to smash my head in with a big hammer.