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- Fri May 01, 2015 10:49 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
JJ Golden advised me to cut a side of silence with the heat turned off & that has cleaned most of them up quite nicely. Caution when doing this , as they can wear and get hissy real quick without heat. I don't run a whole side without heat, just maybe 30 seconds then check it.... then another 20 se...
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
Sounds like everyone else is having identical problems as me, including Apollo claiming that they are fine upon inspection (and also claiming that I am literally the only customer experiencing problems). JJ Golden advised me to cut a side of silence with the heat turned off & that has cleaned most o...
- Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:18 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Neumann Chip Jar Seal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 800
Re: Neumann Chip Jar Seal
Thanks Paul! I know my jar seal doesn't have much life in it & I've been pondering finding a replacement as well recently.
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:57 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Can someone help identify this pressing issue
- Replies: 0
- Views: 818
Can someone help identify this pressing issue
Got some noisy tests back, and noticed these odd moments all over. I've never seen anything like this. Looks like it has pulled the left groove wall out. It seems to be that way on a few different instances. Have you seen this before? http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/17/2dfe542cce8330c7e41b62...
- Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:27 pm
- Forum: Newbie Forum
- Topic: How to clean a sapphire?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1322
Re: How to clean a sapphire?
Methelethyl ketone & pith wood will get rid of it. Just be sure not to huff too much of that
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:42 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Anyone coming to Potluck recording con?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 677
Re: Anyone coming to Potluck recording con?
I will be there on a mastering Pannel.
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:46 pm
- Forum: Playback!
- Topic: 100% pure LP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7232
Re: 100% pure LP
Is this the old 'super vinyl'. I wasn't aware that it still existed, although I have an old Cat Stevens record that was pressed to it. It is indeed exceptionally quiet noise floor for a vinyl record.
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:06 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Direct to Disk recording series
- Replies: 4
- Views: 768
Re: Direct to Disk recording series
Thanks to all that contributed. Although it wasn't a successful campaign we have a few other ideas cooking & will make sure you are all made aware of them.
- Sun May 25, 2014 9:54 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Cutting a hidden/alternate track - VMS80
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1671
Re: Cutting a hidden/alternate track - VMS80
I cut a 7" called RPM turntable football this winter. Was quite a hit as a record store day release. 5 parallel grooves on each side. Cut on a VMS 70.
http://vimeo.com/m/87093273
http://vimeo.com/m/87093273
- Thu May 08, 2014 9:30 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Direct to Disk recording series
- Replies: 4
- Views: 768
Re: Direct to Disk recording series
markrob wrote:Hi,
Great project! I'm in for all 5. Hope you are able to pull this off.
Mark
Thanks Mark!
- Thu May 08, 2014 8:15 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Direct to Disk recording series
- Replies: 4
- Views: 768
Direct to Disk recording series
We at Welcome To 1979 Studios in Nashville, Tennessee are planning a direct to disk recording series this summer. We call it "Bands Banding Together." Five bands, ranging in genre, will come in to our all analog studio & cut full LP's direct to disk on our Neumann VMS-70 lathe...no digital, no tape....
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:58 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
I finally decided to pop out my previous transco stylus. It was still cutting fine, but I felt guilty for having it on there so long. After the frustrations of throwing on 3 new horrible styli I just threw the used one back on. So it goes. Hopefully the replacements I get are better.
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:31 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Cutting nitemares? Am I alone?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5341
Re: Cutting nitemares? Am I alone?
I have done the fast/time thing several times. The sad part is there is not a thing you can do except cut it again! Ha! I haven't done this yet, but I have done the opposite where I hit time instead of fast at the end of a side. There are masters out in the world where, if you look hard enough, hav...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
It seems we all have a problem with styli. Maybe the answer is having a more rigorous QC setup, and charging more for them. I'd gladly pay more for styli & have them be good quality. I end up having to buy 2 or 3 before getting a good one anyways.
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:38 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
They are replacing my boxes of transcos with a different batch number. If these aren't any better I may have to switch. About 6 months ago I moved to transcos because of problems with apollos. So it goes.
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:23 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
When we have issues, we should post lot numbers also. I switched to Adamant last summer. The Transco styli were a real pain to work with. I did get a bad Adamant stylus yesterday. Center line off center, sounded awful. They will not credit me until it gets sent to Japan for analysis. That bums me o...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Transco Lacquers and Styli
- Replies: 107
- Views: 21155
Re: Transco Lacquers and Styli
Got a box of transco 14" disks T-14010. The top 6 a lacquers on the box are all ruined with the same problem. I'm assuming the rest are bad as well. The lacquer seems to be uneven all over the place. When I cut on them my grooves get much deeper in weird splotchy places on the disk. Kinda looks like...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:30 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Humidifier in cutting room?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2446
Re: Humidifier in cutting room?
The cold air being pumped in from outside has more moisture than the dry air coming from the heater. And since I'm not having chip issues anymore, I'm going to stick with it.
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:08 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Humidifier in cutting room?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2446
Re: Humidifier in cutting room?
I had a similar issue, even though we aren't having Cleveland weather in Nashville, it has been sub-20° here. Ended up running the AC for a bit (dedicated unit in my room) and it cleared up the issue. I fought the chip for awhile. I even changed the stylus thinking that it had something to do with i...
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:04 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: adjusting PS66 Programmer // VMS70
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1308
Re: adjusting PS66 Programmer // VMS70
I have seen two different specs for alignment of the SV cards. The one in the VMS 66 manual and there was an update in the mid 70s. Basically there needs to be a 2:1 ratio between the two cards. The two settings I have seen are 1.9v to 3.8 and 2.5 to 5. The 2.5 to 5 setup being the more modern of t...