How much can a vinyl record hold?

Answer 1

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Preparing Your Master for Vinyl Production Let's start with the basic truth: The volume of your record is directly linked to the total time of each side. This means if you intend to have it played in clubs by DJs, the most time per side should be around 12-13 minutes for 12" records. When the side length is less than 9 minutes, the loudness will be at the maximum for 33 1/3 rpm cuts. However for EVERY MINUTE over 13 minutes per side, you lose about 1 db in volume on the side in most cases. Now let's talk about so-called "S" distortion (sibilance). When the master has too much high frequency on vocal "S", "T", and "F" sounds, it will end up OVERLOADING the playback styli, causing noticeable distortion. This also happens when hi-hats, cymbals, and any high frequency sounds that are in your mixes are too hot. This can also mean the louder your record is cut, the worse the problem will be. So have all the fun you want for compact disc mixing. But for vinyl mixes, I suggest BEFORE you add compression or any digital processing, leave the mix for vinyl production as untouched as possible. Edit: The above answerer has totally ignored what I suspect your question was about - the longest 331/3rpm 12-inch LP vinyl record. I don't know for sure but towards the end of the LP era there were instances of in excess of 35 minutes on each side. The level and quality of the transfer suffered slightly, particularly towards the centre (end) of each side.

Answer 2

depends on the cassette and the length to which the tape was cut. The common sizes are 30 minutes, 45 minutes and 60 minutes. Take each time listed on the cassette and divide that by one half. That will give you the running time for each side.

For instance a 45 minute cassette will give you 22.5 iunutes on side `A' and 22.5 minutes on side `B'. And yes, you have to flip the tape over to get full use of the recording time.

Answer 3

This depends on a couple of things - the desired "volume" or "loudness" of the record and the size of the record.

If a 12" vinyl record is cut (the process in which the grooves are created and "cut" into the vinyl) at a lower volume, at 33 1/3RPM, one can fit around 20 minutes onto one side of a record. However, the closer together the grooves are created, the more potential there is for sound quality to suffer.

Higher volume recordings take up more space, and thus do not last as long. They can only last about 15.5 minutes per side (12" 33 1/3RPM).

Obviously 7" records hold less, and the somewhat uncommon 10" records hold more than a 7" but less than a 12".