Archive the father as well as the mother; how many represses a mother carries
Decided (October 2026): the plant keeps the father and the mother of every side. production-timeline.md (repress section) records the decision and the rule of thumb with sources: about 10 stamper sets per mother before it degrades (Third Man Pressing FAQ, a Nashville plater via WPLN), fewer in quality-minded sources (5 VinyLab, 6 to 8 Stereo Review 1962); a father grows about 5 to 10 mothers. So a mother covers roughly ten represses (10,000 to 20,000 records a side) and a worn one is replaced from the archived father without a new cut. galvanics.md: 4 archived parts per title, ~1,200 to 2,400 a year; new open question to all galvanics candidates (sets per mother, mothers per father, storage). artist-platform.md repress paragraph. Demos: make-a-record and artist-order say father and mother are archived; factory console archives the father on represses too, counts stamper sets per mother (shown in the genealogy and the customer's metal card), and the metal archive counts fathers and mothers.
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@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ const UPD={
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mast:"Mastered for vinyl; the artist is listening to the master.",
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g2:"The artist approved the vinyl master.",
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cut:"Cut to lacquer in the cutting room.",
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plate:"Plated in-house: father, mother and stampers. The mother is archived for represses.",
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plate:"Plated in-house: father, mother and stampers. Father and mother are archived for represses.",
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prep:"Stampers punched, back-finished and checked.",
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tp:"First test pressings made and sent to the artist.",
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g3:"The artist approved the test pressing.",
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@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ vault for a second attempt.
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### After the first run: repress on demand
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Once a title exists, its mother sits in the archive and a repress takes
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Once a title exists, its father and mother sit in the archive (a mother
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gives about ten stamper sets, and a worn one is replaced from the father
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without a new cut) and a repress takes
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**1.5 to 2.5 weeks** of plant time
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([production timeline](production-timeline.md)). The campaign page can
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reopen as "pre-order the repress, pressed when 100 more are in", which
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@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ The count, from this repo's own demand figures:
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(at 1,000 to 2,000 pressings per stamper): 8 to 10 electroformed parts per
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title, **~2,400 to 6,000 parts a year**, 8 to 20 per working day at 300
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days, before remakes.
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- The father and the mother of every side go into the archive (decided
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October 2026): 4 parts per title, **~1,200 to 2,400 parts a year** at 300
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to 600 titles. A mother carries about 10 stamper sets and a father about
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5 to 10 mothers by the industry rule of thumb (sources and the repress
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arithmetic in the
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[production timeline](../production-timeline.md#repress-the-shortest-path-in-the-plant)),
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so a repress normally grows stampers from the archived mother, and a
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worn mother is replaced from the father without a new cut. The room
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that holds them is planned in
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[facility security](../facility-security.md#protecting-the-irreplaceable).
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- With ~15 minutes of loading, rinsing and unloading on top of 45 to 75
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minutes of deposition, a cell turns a part in ~1 to 1.5 hours: 10 to 16
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parts per cell per two-shift day, **20 to 32 per PDPU**.
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@@ -482,6 +492,11 @@ goes ahead.
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equipment on offer; installations and service in Asia; stamper service
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prices and turnaround; which water-treatment partner his customers use;
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and whether OMS builds the electroplating equipment Newbilt announces.
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- **All galvanics candidates** (Pheenix, Digital Matrix, OMS): how many
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stamper sets a mother gives and how many mothers a father gives with
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their process before quality drops, how they check it (mother playback,
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metrology), and how they recommend storing archived fathers and mothers
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(passivation, sleeves, humidity) for years.
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- **Press vendors** (Newbilt, Pheenix, M-Tech): the stamper centre hole and
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edge form each mould expects, so the punch size and coiner tooling can be
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ordered to match ([pressing line](pressing-line.md)).
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@@ -529,10 +529,12 @@ const H={
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intake(o){const lim=LIM[o.size][o.rpm];o.files={lim,len:SIDES.map(()=>lim*U(0.62,0.96)),sr:pick([44.1,48,96]),bits:24,peak:-U(0.3,1.4),fmt:pick(["WAV","FLAC","AIFF"])};},
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cut(o,t){o.lac=SIDES.map(s=>({id:"L-"+code(++S.seq.p),side:s,w:U(48,62),dep:U(26,31),scribe:o.catno+" "+s,stylus:"Stylus "+RI(11,19)}));log(t,"metal",`${o.id}: lacquers ${o.lac.map(l=>l.id).join(", ")} on Lathe 1`,"Cutting room",o.id);},
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plate(o,t){
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if(o.repress){o.fa=null;o.mo=SIDES.map(s=>({id:"M-"+code(o.n*31+s.charCodeAt(0)),side:s,thick:U(246,256),listen:"pass",made:t-U(90,400)*DAY,arch:true}));}
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if(o.repress){o.fa=SIDES.map(s=>({id:"F-"+code(o.n*29+s.charCodeAt(0)),side:s,arch:true}));o.mo=SIDES.map(s=>({id:"M-"+code(o.n*31+s.charCodeAt(0)),side:s,thick:U(246,256),listen:"pass",made:t-U(90,400)*DAY,arch:true}));}
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else{o.fa=SIDES.map(s=>({id:"F-"+code(++S.seq.p),side:s,thick:U(246,256)}));o.mo=SIDES.map(s=>({id:"M-"+code(++S.seq.p),side:s,thick:U(246,256),listen:"pass",made:t+1.2*DAY}));}
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o.cell="PDPU 1, cell "+RI(1,2);
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o.sets=[];const n=Math.max(1,Math.ceil(o.qty*1.08/1000));for(let k=1;k<=n;k++)o.sets.push(mkSet(o,k));
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/* stamper sets grown from this mother so far: about 10 is the industry rule of thumb before a new mother is grown from the archived father */
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o.moUse=(o.repress?RI(1,6):0)+n;
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},
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prep(o,t){for(const s of o.sets)measure(s);log(t,"metal",`${o.id}: ${o.sets.length*2} stampers punched, back-finished, measured`,"Stamper prep",o.id);},
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tp(o){o.tp={n:10,you:5,sides:SIDES.map(s=>({side:s,score:U(97.8,99.5),clicks:RI(0,1),noise:-U(61,66)}))};},
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@@ -640,7 +642,7 @@ function cycle(p,now){
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if(o.good>=o.qty){finishRun(p,now);return;}
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if(set.plays>=set.life){
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set.state="retired";set.retired=now;o.setIdx++;
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if(!o.sets[o.setIdx]){const ns=mkSet(o,o.sets.length+1);measure(ns);o.sets.push(ns);log(now,"metal",`${o.id}: extra stamper set ${ns.n} grown from the archived mothers`,"Galvanics",o.id);}
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if(!o.sets[o.setIdx]){const ns=mkSet(o,o.sets.length+1);measure(ns);o.sets.push(ns);o.moUse=(o.moUse||0)+1;log(now,"metal",`${o.id}: extra stamper set ${ns.n} grown from the archived mothers`,"Galvanics",o.id);}
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mount(p,o,now);p.st="change";p.why="Stamper change to set "+(o.setIdx+1);p.until=now+20*MIN;p.next=p.until;p.since=0;
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log(now,"press",`${p.id}: stamper set ${set.n} retired after ${fI(set.plays)} plays`,p.op||"Operator",o.id);return;
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}
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@@ -915,7 +917,7 @@ function orderBlocks(o){
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const spec=`<dl class="kv"><dt>Format</dt><dd>${esc(fmtL(o))}</dd><dt>Copies</dt><dd>${fI(o.qty)}</dd><dt>Run-out</dt><dd class="mono">${esc(o.catno)} A / ${esc(o.catno)} B</dd><dt>Labels</dt><dd>Printed${o.labelLot?", lot "+o.labelLot+", print-inspected, oven pre-dried":""}</dd><dt>Packing</dt><dd>Inner sleeve, printed jacket${o.shrink?", shrink wrap":""}</dd><dt>Ordered</dt><dd>${fDT(o.created)}</dd>${o.repress?"<dt>Repress</dt><dd>From the archived mothers, no new cut</dd>":""}</dl>`;
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const gates=[1,2,3].filter(g=>!o.repress&&(g!==2||o.mastering)).map(g=>{const a=o.gates[g];const waiting=st.gate===g;return `<dt>Gate ${g}</dt><dd>${a?`<span class="ok">✓</span> ${GATE_T[g]}, ${fDT(a.t)}, ${esc(a.by)}`:waiting?`<span class="warn">waiting ${dur(S.t-o.ss)}</span> for the ${GATE_T[g]}`:`<span class="faint">${GATE_T[g]}</span>`}</dd>`;}).join("");
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let metal="";
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if(o.lac||o.mo){metal=`<div class="gen">${o.lac?`<span>${o.lac[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}${o.fa?`<span>${o.fa[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}${o.mo?`<span>${o.mo[0].id}${o.mo[0].arch?" (archive)":""}</span><em>→</em>`:""}<span>${o.sets.length} stamper set${o.sets.length>1?"s":""}</span></div><p class="note" style="margin:0 0 8px">Side A shown; side B has its own chain. ${o.lac?`Lacquers under the microscope: groove ${Math.round(o.lac[0].w)} µm wide, ${Math.round(o.lac[0].dep)} µm deep; scribed <span class="mono">${esc(o.lac[0].scribe)}</span>, fiducial applied.`:"Repress: grown from the archived mothers."} ${o.mo?"Mothers listened to: pass.":""}</p>${stamperTable(o)}`;}
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if(o.lac||o.mo){metal=`<div class="gen">${o.lac?`<span>${o.lac[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}${o.fa?`<span>${o.fa[0].id} (archive)</span><em>→</em>`:""}${o.mo?`<span>${o.mo[0].id} (archive, ${o.moUse||1} of about 10 sets)</span><em>→</em>`:""}<span>${o.sets.length} stamper set${o.sets.length>1?"s":""}</span></div><p class="note" style="margin:0 0 8px">Side A shown; side B has its own chain. ${o.lac?`Lacquers under the microscope: groove ${Math.round(o.lac[0].w)} µm wide, ${Math.round(o.lac[0].dep)} µm deep; scribed <span class="mono">${esc(o.lac[0].scribe)}</span>, fiducial applied.`:"Repress: grown from the archived mothers."} ${o.mo?"Mothers listened to: pass.":""}</p>${stamperTable(o)}`;}
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const lots=o.lots.map(id=>S.lots.find(L=>L.id===id)).filter(Boolean);
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const comp=lots.length?lots.map(L=>`<p style="margin:0 0 6px"><b class="mono">${L.id}</b> ${esc(MAT[L.mat])}, ${esc(SUP[L.sup])}${L.mat==="black"?". Mixed 80 % virgin / 20 % in-house regrind at the extruder":""}.</p><div class="tw"><table class="t">${lotRow(L).map(([k,v,l,ok])=>`<tr><td>${k}</td><td class="num">${v}</td><td class="num faint">${l}</td><td>${lim(ok)}</td></tr>`).join("")}</table></div>`).join(""):'<p class="mute" style="margin:0">Assigned when the press run starts.</p>';
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const A=o.ta;
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@@ -986,12 +988,12 @@ PAGES.metal={
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blocks(){
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const plating=S.orders.filter(o=>o.si===SI.plate||o.si===SI.prep||o.si===SI.cut).sort((a,b)=>a.si-b.si||a.ss-b.ss);
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const rec=S.orders.filter(o=>o.si>SI.prep&&o.sets.length&&o.sets[0].st[0].res).sort((a,b)=>(b.hist.find(h=>h.id==="prep")||{a:0}).a-(a.hist.find(h=>h.id==="prep")||{a:0}).a).slice(0,3);
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const mothers=S.orders.reduce((a,o)=>a+(o.mo&&!o.repress?o.mo.length:0),0);
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const mothers=S.orders.reduce((a,o)=>a+(o.mo&&!o.repress?o.mo.length+(o.fa?o.fa.length:0):0),0);
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return {
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mB:plating.length?plating.map(o=>`<div class="si"><div class="r1"><span><a href="#order=${o.id}">${o.id}</a> ${esc(o.title)}</span>${chip(o)}</div><small>${esc(subStep(o))}${o.cell&&o.si===SI.plate?" · "+o.cell:""}</small>${bar(prog(o),"metal")}</div>`).join(""):'<p class="mute">Nothing in progress.</p>',
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mM:S.presses.map(p=>`<div class="si"><div class="r1"><span class="mono"><a href="#press=${p.id}">${p.id}</a> ${p.set?p.set.st.map(s=>s.id).join(" / "):""}</span><span class="mono mute">${p.set?fI(p.set.plays)+" / "+fI(p.set.life):PST[p.st]}</span></div>${bar(p.set?p.set.plays/p.set.life:0,p.set&&p.set.plays/p.set.life>0.9?"warn":"metal")}</div>`).join(""),
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mR:rec.length?rec.map(o=>`<p style="margin:10px 0 4px"><a href="#order=${o.id}">${o.id}</a> ${esc(o.title)} <span class="mute">${o.repress?"repress from the archive":""}</span></p>${stamperTable(o)}`).join(""):'<p class="mute">No stampers measured yet.</p>',
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mA:`<div class="stats3"><div><b>${fI(mothers)}</b><span>mothers archived, orders on file</span></div><div><b>${fI(cnt(o=>o.repress))}</b><span>represses in the pipeline</span></div><div><b>${fI(S.orders.reduce((a,o)=>a+o.sets.filter(s=>s.state==="rack").length,0))}</b><span>stamper sets in the rack</span></div></div><p class="note">A repress skips cutting and the father: new stampers grow from the archived mother, which is the cost and lead-time advantage of plating in-house.</p>`
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mA:`<div class="stats3"><div><b>${fI(mothers)}</b><span>fathers and mothers archived, orders on file</span></div><div><b>${fI(cnt(o=>o.repress))}</b><span>represses in the pipeline</span></div><div><b>${fI(S.orders.reduce((a,o)=>a+o.sets.filter(s=>s.state==="rack").length,0))}</b><span>stamper sets in the rack</span></div></div><p class="note">A repress skips cutting and the father: new stampers grow from the archived mother, about 10 sets per mother by the industry rule of thumb. A worn mother is replaced by growing a new one from the archived father, still without a new cut. That is the cost and lead-time advantage of plating in-house.</p>`
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};
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}
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};
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return `<div class="hl press">${head}</div><div class="big">${fI(o.good)}<span> of ${fI(o.qty)} pressed</span></div>${bar(o.good/o.qty,"acc")}<p>${esc(sub)}</p><p>Estimated delivery <b style="color:var(--ink)">${fDW(e.t)}</b></p>`;
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}
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if(STAGES[o.si].gate)return `<div class="hl gate">Waiting for you</div><div class="big" style="font-size:34px">Approve the ${GATE_T[STAGES[o.si].gate]}</div><p>Nothing goes ahead without your approval. Waiting since ${fDW(o.ss)}.</p>`;
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if(st==="done")return `<div class="hl done">Delivered</div><div class="big" style="font-size:34px">${fDW(o.ss)}</div><p>${fI(o.good)} copies, every one inspected. Your mothers stay in our archive, so a repress skips cutting and plating the father.</p>`;
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if(st==="done")return `<div class="hl done">Delivered</div><div class="big" style="font-size:34px">${fDW(o.ss)}</div><p>${fI(o.good)} copies, every one inspected. Your fathers and mothers stay in our archive: a repress grows new stampers from the mother (about ten sets per mother), and a worn mother is replaced from the father, so there is no new cut.</p>`;
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if(st==="queue")return `<div class="hl prog">Pressing slot booked</div><div class="big" style="font-size:34px">Starts about ${fDT(e.start)}</div><p>Planned on press ${e.press}${pById(e.press).kind==="duplex"?", a Newbilt Duplex":", the Newbilt Classic"}.</p><p>Your stampers are measured and in the rack. Estimated delivery <b style="color:var(--ink)">${fDW(e.t)}</b>.</p>`;
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if(st==="ship"||st==="fin")return `<div class="hl done">${st==="ship"?"On the way":"Packing"}</div><div class="big" style="font-size:34px">Arrives about ${fDW(e.t)}</div><p>${st==="ship"?`${o.ship.carrier}, ${o.ship.boxes} cartons, tracking ${o.ship.trk} (simulated).`:`Every copy is scanned into its jacket: the run-out code against the jacket barcode.`}</p>`;
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const f=prog(o)||0;
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@@ -1164,8 +1166,8 @@ function cQual(o){
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if(o.files&&(done("intake")||o.si>0))out.push(card("Your files","checked",`${o.files.fmt}, ${o.files.bits}-bit / ${o.files.sr} kHz, checksums verified at both ends.`,`<table class="t">${o.files.len.map((m,i)=>`<tr><td>Side ${SIDES[i]}</td><td class="num">${Math.floor(Math.round(m*60)/60)}:${pad(Math.round(m*60)%60)}</td><td class="num faint">at most ${o.files.lim} min</td><td>${lim(true)}</td></tr>`).join("")}<tr><td>True peak</td><td class="num">${f1(o.files.peak)} dBTP</td><td></td><td>${lim(true)}</td></tr></table>`));
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if(o.lac&&done("cut"))out.push(card("Your lacquers","inspected",`Cut on Lathe 1 and checked under the microscope. Your run-out text is scribed by hand next to the run-out groove.`,`<table class="t"><tr><th>Lacquer</th><th class="num">Groove width</th><th class="num">Depth</th><th>Run-out</th></tr>${o.lac.map(l=>`<tr><td class="mono">${l.id}</td><td class="num">${Math.round(l.w)} µm</td><td class="num">${Math.round(l.dep)} µm</td><td class="mono">${esc(l.scribe)}</td></tr>`).join("")}</table>`));
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if(o.mo&&(done("plate")||o.si===SI.plate)){const inb=o.si===SI.plate;
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out.push(card("Your metal parts",done("prep")?"measured":"",inb?`In the bath now: ${esc(subStep(o).toLowerCase())}. `+(o.repress?"":"From your lacquer we grow a father, from the father a mother, and from the mother the stampers."):`From your lacquer${o.repress?" (first pressing)":""} we grew a father, a mother and ${o.sets.length*2} stampers. The mother stays in our archive for represses.`,
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`<div class="gen">${o.lac?`<span>${o.lac[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}${o.fa?`<span>${o.fa[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}<span>${o.mo[0].id}</span><em>→</em><span>${o.sets[0].st[0].id}${o.sets.length>1?" +"+(o.sets.length-1):""}</span></div>${inb?bar(prog(o),"metal"):""}${done("prep")?stamperTable(o):""}`,done("prep")));}
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out.push(card("Your metal parts",done("prep")?"measured":"",inb?`In the bath now: ${esc(subStep(o).toLowerCase())}. `+(o.repress?"":"From your lacquer we grow a father, from the father a mother, and from the mother the stampers."):`From your lacquer${o.repress?" (first pressing)":""} we grew a father, a mother and ${o.sets.length*2} stampers. The father and mother stay in our archive for represses.`,
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`<div class="gen">${o.lac?`<span>${o.lac[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}${o.fa?`<span>${o.fa[0].id}</span><em>→</em>`:""}<span>${o.mo[0].id}</span><em>→</em><span>${o.sets[0].st[0].id}${o.sets.length>1?" +"+(o.sets.length-1):""}</span></div><p class="note" style="margin:0 0 8px">Your mother has given ${o.moUse||1} of about 10 stamper sets; after that a fresh mother is grown from your archived father.</p>${inb?bar(prog(o),"metal"):""}${done("prep")?stamperTable(o):""}`,done("prep")));}
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if(o.tp&&done("tp"))out.push(card("Test pressings","checked",`${o.tp.n} pressed, ${o.tp.you} sent to you. Optical inspection passed on both sides; audio compared with your master:`,`<table class="t">${o.tp.sides.map(s=>`<tr><td>Side ${s.side}</td><td class="num">${f1(s.score)} % match</td><td class="num">${s.clicks} clicks</td><td class="num">${Math.round(s.noise)} dB</td></tr>`).join("")}</table>${o.gates[3]?`<p class="note">You approved it ${fDW(o.gates[3].t)}.</p>`:""}`));
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const lots=o.lots.map(id=>S.lots.find(L=>L.id===id)).filter(Boolean);
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for(const L of lots)out.push(card("Your vinyl compound","lab released",`Lot <span class="mono">${L.id}</span>, ${esc(MAT[L.mat].toLowerCase())}. Tested in our lab before release, then released by a test pressing.`,`<table class="t">${lotRow(L).map(([k,v,l,ok])=>`<tr><td>${k}</td><td class="num">${v}</td><td class="num faint">${l}</td><td>${lim(ok)}</td></tr>`).join("")}</table>`));
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</div>
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<div class="rowc mt">
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<div class="field"><span class="fl">Test pressings for you</span><div class="stepper"><button type="button" data-act="tps" data-d="-1" aria-label="Fewer">−</button><b id="tpsV">5</b><button type="button" data-act="tps" data-d="1" aria-label="More">+</button></div></div>
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<p class="hint" id="srcHint" style="max-width:380px;margin:0">You hear and approve a real pressing before the run. The mother plate is archived, so a repress later skips cutting and plating.</p>
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<p class="hint" id="srcHint" style="max-width:380px;margin:0">You hear and approve a real pressing before the run. The father and mother are archived, so a repress later skips cutting.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</section>
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mast:"Mastered for vinyl. The artist is listening to the master.",
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g2:"The artist approved the vinyl master.",
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cut:"Cut to lacquer in the cutting room.",
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plate:"Plated in-house: father, mother and stampers. The mother is archived for represses.",
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plate:"Plated in-house: father, mother and stampers. Father and mother are archived for represses.",
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prep:"Stampers punched, back-finished and measured.",
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tp:"First test pressings made and sent to the artist.",
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g3:"The artist approved the test pressing.",
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@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ function syncControls(){
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$$("#fClean button").forEach(x=>{x.disabled=blk;x.title=blk?"Black vinyl needs no cleaning":"";});$("#fClean").classList.toggle("off",blk);
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$("#cleanHint").textContent=blk?"Only for colour vinyl.":S.cleaning?"The press is purged before your run, so no trace of the previous colour gets in. Light colours can still show the odd speck.":"Saves the purge, but some records can carry streaks of the previous colour.";
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const lq=S.source==="lacquer";$$(".choice[data-k=mastering]").forEach(x=>{x.disabled=lq;x.title=lq?"Your lacquer is already cut and mastered":"";if(lq){x.classList.remove("on");x.setAttribute("aria-pressed","false");}});
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$("#srcHint").textContent=lq?"Your lacquer goes straight to plating. You still hear and approve a test pressing, and the mother is archived for represses.":S.source==="tape"?"Your tape is transferred in-house, then cut. You hear and approve a real pressing before the run.":"You hear and approve a real pressing before the run. The mother plate is archived, so a repress later skips cutting and plating.";
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$("#srcHint").textContent=lq?"Your lacquer goes straight to plating. You still hear and approve a test pressing, and the father and mother are archived for represses.":S.source==="tape"?"Your tape is transferred in-house, then cut. You hear and approve a real pressing before the run.":"You hear and approve a real pressing before the run. The father and mother are archived, so a repress later skips cutting.";
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const dl=$("#dropLabel"),offL=S.labels!=="printed";dl.classList.toggle("off",offL);$("#fileLabel").disabled=offL;dl.title=offL?"Plain labels have no print":"";
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const dj=$("#dropJacket"),offJ=!jacketArt();dj.classList.toggle("off",offJ);$("#fileJacket").disabled=offJ;dj.title=offJ?(S.jacket==="none"?"You supply your own jacket":"A plain jacket has no print"):"";
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$$(".qchips .chip").forEach(c=>c.classList.toggle("on",+c.dataset.q===S.qty));
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@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ function passportHTML(){
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if(by("g2"))it.push(["Mastered for vinyl","Master approved by the artist",by("g2").date]);
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if(by("cut"))it.push(["Cut to lacquer","Lacquer "+lac+(S.catno?", \u201C"+S.catno+" A\u201D":", serial")+" scribed in the run-out",by("cut").date]);
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else it.push(["Lacquer received","Cut by the artist's studio, inspected under the microscope on arrival",P.start]);
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it.push(["Plated in-house","Father "+fa+" → mother "+mo+" (archived for represses) → stamper "+st,by("plate").date]);
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it.push(["Plated in-house","Father "+fa+" → mother "+mo+" (both archived for represses) → stamper "+st,by("plate").date]);
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it.push(["Test pressing approved","Heard and approved by the artist",by("g3").date]);
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it.push(["Pressed","Press D1-B (Newbilt Duplex) at "+ts.slice(11)+", compound lot "+lot+", press data logged for this cycle",run.date]);
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it.push(["Inspected","Optical inspection passed: every record is checked. The stamper's first records and about 1 in 50 after are compared with the master by audio analysis",run.date]);
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@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ function passportHTML(){
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<div class="pp-key"><span>Record key: stamper · press · cycle time · side</span><code>${st}-A1 · D1-B · ${ts} · side A</code></div>
|
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<ol class="pp-chain">${it.map(([t,d,dt])=>`<li><span class="ci ok">✓</span><div><b>${t}</b><small>${esc(d)}</small></div><span class="dt">${fmtD(dt)}</span></li>`).join("")}</ol>
|
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<p class="hint">What a fan sees after scanning the code printed on the sleeve: the plant's traceability record for this one copy. IDs and times here are simulated.</p>
|
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<div class="repress"><p><b>Sold out? Open a repress.</b> The mother is archived, so a repress skips cutting and plating: about 1.5 to 2.5 weeks of plant time, pressed when 100 more fans are in.</p><button type="button" class="btn ghost" data-act="repress">Open repress pre-orders</button></div></div>`;
|
||||
<div class="repress"><p><b>Sold out? Open a repress.</b> Father and mother are archived, so a repress skips cutting and goes straight to new stampers: about 1.5 to 2.5 weeks of plant time, pressed when 100 more fans are in.</p><button type="button" class="btn ghost" data-act="repress">Open repress pre-orders</button></div></div>`;
|
||||
}
|
||||
function preview(id){
|
||||
const t=S.tracks.find(x=>x.id===id);
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -189,17 +189,33 @@ archived, a fresh stamper is pulled and the order runs:
|
||||
|
||||
Two commercial consequences worth acting on:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Choose the 3-step process and archive mothers.** Stamper Discs
|
||||
offers both 1-step and 3-step. A 1-step stamper is faster and cheaper
|
||||
for a one-off, but it is a single-use part: there is no mother to go
|
||||
back to, so a repress restarts at lacquer cutting and costs the
|
||||
- **Choose the 3-step process and archive fathers and mothers.** Stamper
|
||||
Discs offers both 1-step and 3-step. A 1-step stamper is faster and
|
||||
cheaper for a one-off, but it is a single-use part: there is no mother
|
||||
to go back to, so a repress restarts at lacquer cutting and costs the
|
||||
customer six weeks and a new cutting fee. 3-step buys the two-week
|
||||
repress, and that repress is the highest-margin order the plant will
|
||||
ever take.
|
||||
- **The mother archive is an asset with a shelf life.** It needs the
|
||||
ever take. Decided (October 2026): the plant keeps the **father as well
|
||||
as the mother** of every side.
|
||||
- **How many represses a mother carries.** The common rule of thumb is
|
||||
about **10 stamper sets per mother** before it degrades (Third Man
|
||||
Pressing's FAQ; a Nashville plater quoted by WPLN, both checked October
|
||||
2026); quality-minded sources give fewer: 5 (The VinyLab), 6 to 8
|
||||
(Stereo Review, 1962, quoted on pspatialaudio.com). At 1,000 to 2,000
|
||||
pressings a stamper that is roughly 10,000 to 20,000 records per side,
|
||||
or about ten represses of a few hundred to 1,500 copies. A father grows
|
||||
about 5 to 10 mothers (pspatialaudio.com; Third Man: up to 10), so with
|
||||
the father archived a worn mother is replaced by plating a new one
|
||||
(about an hour in the bath plus the listening check) instead of
|
||||
re-cutting, and a title reaches roughly 50,000 to 100,000 records
|
||||
before a new lacquer. These are industry rules of thumb, not this
|
||||
plant's figures: the galvanics vendors are asked for theirs
|
||||
([galvanics](equipment/galvanics.md#open-questions-for-the-quotes)), and
|
||||
the factory application counts stamper sets per mother.
|
||||
- **The archive is an asset with a shelf life.** It needs the
|
||||
storage conditions and the genealogy records that
|
||||
[traceability.md](traceability.md) already specifies, and a stated
|
||||
retention policy — how long a customer's mothers are kept before
|
||||
retention policy: how long a customer's fathers and mothers are kept before
|
||||
they are scrapped or returned. That policy does not exist yet and
|
||||
should be in the customer contract, not discovered later.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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