The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

It's designed to work from an AES input. (no analog inputs) The unit has 1 AES input and 2 AES outputs. O/P 1 is straight and O/P 2 is delayed for either 33.3 or 45 via a switch. You take the AES outputs and feed them to your D/A converter(s) of choice, which feeds program and preview. Yes, if you a...

Adam,
Have you talked to Shae?
How many orders does he need to make it happen?

JJG

I think Temmer was the one who did all of the German to English translation/interpretation for the Neumann lathe manuals as well.

JJG

The Ako delay I have goes up to 192k.
Bought in 2011-ish

JJG

Have you decided on a pressing plant yet?
This would be a question for them.
JJG

Have you tried rocking the disc back and forth during the distortion area to see if the pitch/sound of the distortion follows the speed of the disc. Like editing a downbeat on analog tape.. If the distortion is not there or doesn't follow in pitch with the rotation speed of the disc, then it's track...

Maybe cut the same source at 45rpm and see what you get.
JJG

Hey Greg, Sounds like playback tracking distortion. If the source is mono, and you're playing the cut back with a stereo cartridge, you'll get tracking distortion from sibilance that's completely exposed on the sides. Unless there's a calibration issue, or the source is not 100% mono, there should b...

Ok cool, good luck with it, keep up posted,

Happy Holidays!
JJG

Hi Greg,

I had a recent issue with vertical chatter distortion.
It was the shank loose in the torque tube.
The shanks are not all made equal and some become loose or don't fit correctly.
If re-seating it doesn't help, try replacing the stylus.

Hope this helps,
JJG

Done 5
Thanks Steve & Crew!

Glad to hear it, thanks for following up
JJG

Is this the first time this has happened?
There are times when the stylus shank is fabricated out of spec.
You can check it with a micrometer at both ends and compare that to an older stylus for your own info.

If you feel it's out of spec, contact apollo for an exchange.

JJG

Here's a video from Chris Muth's site. (thanks Chris!) http://www.taloowa.com/SX74.html You can click on the blue highlighted links for video and step by step PDF instructions on how to calibrate drive and feedback levels in the SAL74 / SX 74 combo. Read the instructions a thousand times, then if yo...

Hi Tricks, I have the Tk-lizer. It's a great eq, well built, clean and solid. The Eliptical eq on the HPF in M/s mode is cool too. It's really nice for some gentle mid side work, but with only 4db of cut and boost eq, you may find yourself needing something more versatile on some cutting projects. (...

If I understood the question correctly:
The square collar is "not always" perfectly aligned horizontally to the flat face of the cutting facet.
Sometimes they are off by quite a bit.
JJG

I got an email saying they were back ordered but they arrived a few days later.

Nice surprise!

Apollo Dubs back ordered till end of July now…
Forced to buy more 12" masters for refs.

JJG

There's a lot of components to this question and a lot of variables. There are artistic answers and there are scientific ones. I believe the science is a component of the art, so here's my response from that perspective: First the words, "Better" and "Quality" are defined by the end listeners person...

Thanks Steve
JJG