12 Inch Vinyl Length Per Side

Since it looks like there are no speed restrictions for this thread 12 inch 16 2 3 rpm lps should count.

12 inch vinyl length per side. Louder cuts are possible shorter than this and depending on bass level with quieter cuts obviously possible longer than this. 45 rpm is the most common speed for 7 inch records. A vinyl lp can hold over 40 minutes of music a side. They could hold up to 15 minutes per side.

12 inch black vinyl record 180g. The 10 inch discs mostly used for popular and light classical music were normally pressed in shellac but the 12 inch discs mostly used for serious classical music were normally pressed in victor s new vinyl based victrolac compound which provided a much quieter playing surface. So to make a great sounding record i have to be concerned about the playing time and how the music itself sets the parameters for sound quality. On a 10 inch record you can fit around 9 12 minutes per side at 45 rpm or 12 15 minutes per side at 33 rpm.

And on a 12 inch record you can fit around 12 15 minutes per side at 45 rpm and 15 22 minutes per side at 33 rpm the most common speed. A 7 inch 45 rpm record can fit approximately 5 minutes per side for a total of 10 minutes. The decreased length per side aside a very good format for those interested in quality. Perfectly pressed 7 inch singles on 45 or 70 gram vinyl 7 inch records also called 45s are referred to by their playback speed of 45 rpm and their standard diameter of 7 inches.

At 45 rpm they hold around 4 6 minutes per side. Vinyl records share the same limitation and can represent a limited playtime accurately. 180 grams 2mm thickness the size of the 12 33 rpm disc has a restriction of 5 tracks per side with a maximum audio length of 20 00 20 minutes per side. It s complex but i will br.

We used to distribute jim records with about an hour of audio per side. Vinyl mastering or contact your local cutting pressing plant as they ll be happy to help you with specs. Also the late 70 s and 80 s saw a lot of new wave extended mixes and mobile fidelity sound lab has issued many highly praised albums in the 12 inch 45 rpm format. That was spoken word jimmy swaggart sermons but there were 12 inch 16 2 3 rpm lps with music too.

A standard 12 inch 33 rpm vinyl record can have a playtime of roughly 22 minutes per side for a total of 44 minutes. But the sound quality isn t good at all. The twelve inch single often written as 12 inch or 12 is a type of vinyl polyvinyl chloride or pvc gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a single or a few related sound tracks on each surface compared to lps long play which have several songs on each side.