{"id":3301,"date":"2018-06-26T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/?p=3301\/"},"modified":"2018-09-21T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:41:54","slug":"maplatine-com-visited-m-com-musiques-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maplatine.com\/blog\/en\/maplatine-com-visited-m-com-musiques-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"maPlatine.com visited M Com\u2019 Musique\u2019s factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the beginning of May 2018, the entire maPlatine.com team had the chance of being invited by M Com\u2019 Musique, a vinyl record pressing company<\/strong>, to discover their factory. We were also able to discover the manufacturing process of a vinyl record<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Discovery of M Com\u2019 Musique\u2019s factory<\/h2>\n

Located in Org\u00e8res, a few kilometers away from Rennes, France, it only took us a couple of minutes to get to M Com\u2019 Musique\u2019s factory<\/strong>. We were welcomed by the two founders of M Com\u2019 Musique, Mickael and Antoine, as well as Alex and Aline, two employees of M Com\u2019 Musique.<\/p>\n

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The vinyl record press machines<\/h3>\n

A few months ago, M Com\u2019 Musique only had a manual press machine in order to press vinyl records<\/strong>. During our visit, we were able to discover this press machine. Mickael and Antoine explained to us that they entirely built this machine by themselves and with second hand components! Hats off to them! With this manual press machine, they had to press each vinyl record<\/a> one by one. They still managed to make around 80 vinyl records every hour.<\/p>\n

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\nRecently, M Com\u2019 Musique purchased an automatic vinyl record press machine<\/strong>! This machine is surrounded by a glass cabinet and we were therefore able to see how this machine functioned, and especially the different steps in order to press a vinyl record. This automatic machine manages to press around 150 vinyl records every hour.<\/p>\n

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Storage and Recycling of material<\/h3>\n

In its raw form, vinyl comes in the form of small PVC beads. In M Com\u2019 Musique\u2019s stock, there are of course black vinyl beads, so characteristic of vinyl records. There are also other colours: transparent, red, blue\u2026 These colours enable the manufacturing of coloured vinyl records!<\/p>\n

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And at M Com\u2019 Musique everything is recycled! Indeed, the company recycles the vinyl surplus once the vinyl record is made in the automatic press machine. Or, for example, when the press machine encounters a problem and the vinyl record<\/strong> is scratched, M Com\u2019 Musique also recycles these vinyl records. Everything is ground in a machine dedicated for this and will then be reused to make diverse vinyl objects.<\/p>\n

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Manufacturing of a vinyl record<\/h3>\n

There are several essential steps in order to make a vinyl record. During our visit at M Com\u2019 Musique\u2019s factory<\/strong>, we were able to obtain more information on how a vinyl record was made. In the video below, find out how M Com\u2019 Musique makes a LP in five steps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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