04 Limits
Vinyl works by wobbling the needle of your turntable from side to side as it tracks around the groove.
"If you're doing dub or garage, you'll want loads of bass. But if you put too much on, it limits how loud you can cut the disk. That means that the other parts of the music - vocals or whatever - will sound too quiet, so you have to tune some of the bass out to bring them up again."
Ray Staff
Mastering Engineer
Sony Music
For loud passages, the groove needs to move from side to side a lot. This is what limits the loudness of a record.
If you try and wobble the groove too much, it runs into its neighbours. This is known as an 'intercut' and means that the record will be unplayable.
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