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this is how vinyl records are made first you have to record an album the track you're hearing now is called to be free is to be lonely recorded by Tim bloom of the mother hips once your song is recorded then you have to track professionally mixed and mastered for vinyl next grooves are cut into what is called a master lacquer disc these grooves represent the sound of the recorded music the record players needle runs over these grooves creating an electric current that is amplified through the speakers and this photo technicians monitor the record lathe while it cuts the master lacquer the master lacquers been sprayed with silver and then dipped into a nickel bath a nickel adheres to the disk in a process known as electroplating electroplating creates what's known as a metal master the metal master is then pulled apart showing how each side is a mirror image of the other one side has grooves while the other side has ridges decide what the ridges is what's known as a metal Stamper the Stamper is refined a bit to fit into the record pressing machine the Stamper is then inspected further with microscopic precision these black vinyl pellets will be superheated and formed into a hockey puck shaped gooey biscuit the Stamper is mounted into the press and a fresh biscuit is placed on top the superhot vinyl is flattened while the stampers ridges press into it creating the grooves of the record and finally you have a stack of freshly pressed vinyl records you can read more about how vinyl records are made and check out the photo gallery at cnet.com