Video : Disc Cutting @ Dr Dub, Austria

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Video : Disc Cutting @ Dr Dub, Austria

Post: # 5994Unread post Aussie0zborn
Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:31 pm

I don't understand a word of German but this is great video.

I have never seen anyone clean a lacquer disc with Holy Water before, and nor have I seen a religious icon on a lathe but you will see it all in the first video in the classic Dr Dub style. (Note the "Class 100" Clean Room requiring the wearing of surgical gowns and masks).

Dr Dub cutting on a VMS66 in 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsqw-60PUs

Dr Dub featuring Beni Querbeet feat. Nesti :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyabHDKLTcs&feature=related

ORF TV visits the dr. dub vinylrecording studio :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhYeMwwUPYo&feature=related
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Clean Lacquers

Post: # 6003Unread post mossboss
Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:37 am

Hey You are not that far Come around here
Cheers

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holy water

Post: # 6039Unread post drdub
Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:28 am

well:

holy water == antistatic fluid, makes chip removal easier, especially on pvc blanks (thanks to andy b for the tipp).

as for religious icons we do have:
- mr ratzinger for reminding us to turn the cutter amps on
- jesus for nailing the settings on the manleys and
- satan himself for finding the right curses....

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Post: # 6059Unread post Aussie0zborn
Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:28 am

...and you drink beer, too!!! While cutting!!!

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Post: # 6062Unread post drdub
Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:57 am

what else are we suposed to drink ? :)
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Post: # 6063Unread post motorino
Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:51 pm

i smoke too :D

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Post: # 6064Unread post blacknwhite
Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:18 pm

motorino wrote:i smoke too :D
Careful with that lacquer chip...

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Smoke Drink

Post: # 6070Unread post mossboss
Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:34 pm

Hey all
I smoke and drink beer! In actual fact Neumann had a spot on the consoles for an Ashtray but they never did a built in bar fridge You need to keep one handy by if you want a coldie
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Post: # 6078Unread post Aussie0zborn
Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:06 am

I will admit that I smoked too while cutting records and as Mossy points out the Neumann mastering consoles have an ashtray built-in. I probably wouldn't smoke if I was cutting today (can't bring myself to smoke indoors easily except for when I'm visiting Mossy) but I always had my latte on hand!

The only problem with drinking too much beer I found was cutting the records at the wrong speed!

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Post: # 6178Unread post Cutterwoller
Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:47 pm

Smoking is great because you need something to do while waiting for 10 minutes of techno to pass!

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Post: # 6179Unread post drdub
Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:52 am

that's right. when cutting most of the time you are waiting for something...
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Cutting and waiting

Post: # 6183Unread post mossboss
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:44 pm

Unless of course you are doing locked grooves or using "varigroove" Fat Laurie's way of adjusting the cut with his hand on the pitch control on the VMS
I come across his post on the PSW forum He cuts somewhere in the UK The varigroove name had me curious to start off with until of course I read his whole post Had a chuckle
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Post: # 6658Unread post vinylivo
Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:40 pm

Moin lieber Mex & family!

thanks a lot for this great video.
was a real pleasure to watch while still being informative for the interested.
continue your 8) work!
power to vinyl - www.vinylium.ch

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Post: # 6688Unread post ArchaicRecords
Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:54 pm

Did I understand correctly that this exact same machine had been used by EMI and Columbia and both Beatles' albums Let it Be and Abbey Road were cut with it? Cool! What about Pink Floyd's More and Ummagumma, perhaps?
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Post: # 6695Unread post drdub
Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:45 am

we bought the machine form a guy called brian east. (theres another post somewhere). to be precise, we bought it from his wife. brian was cutting for columbia records and emi in the late 60s and 70s. after he passed away his wife kept all his equipment in her house for years. she told us about this. so it's not confirmed. if anybody knows more, please let us know.
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Re: Video : Disc Cutting @ Dr Dub, Austria

Post: # 37872Unread post Snug Music
Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:30 pm

Not to mention that Holy Water for the cutter! (Becks Beer)! But only for the man who cuts, not for the board, otherwise the head begins to Polonaise Blankenese dancing ... laughing ... :) grins :mrgreen:
I'm still not a professional, but I learn pretty fast. especially with my eyes and ears!

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