The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I'm not familiar with that software, but I'll definitely check it out. STL sounds like 3D printing? Trust me, that would sound really bad — and here's why: A 1 kHz reference tone at 0 dB disk level (i.e., ~7 cm/s RMS velocity) will move the groove laterally by about 10 µm. On a mastering lathe, you ...

Hey Mike! Just a quick note—I've removed the "Analog Preview" feature in the latest release. I had started experimenting with simulating certain aspects of groove playback (like tracing error from stylus geometry and tracking error at high velocities), and merged those into the analog preview signal...

No, open source is nothing I would consider at the moment.
But I've been in touch with Tokyo Dawn Labs who recently presented a similar, VST based tool and maybe we can create some open standard or code derived from both products down the road.
Stay tuned

Hi. Andreas here – the developer of Perfect Groove. With the HD Vinyl project on hold, we have decided to make the current version of Perfect Groove available to everyone. Development of Perfect Groove won't continue for the foreseeable future and there won't be any support. But you can now download...

Thanks for the insight!
Since I've started looking more into the VMS70, I'm glad I started out with the 80 – otherwise I would have lost hope pretty early on
But I'm still confident we'll get there eventually and have a decent prediction at least for the aftermarket controls.

Hi. I left out calibration, because I wanted to keep the video short. I'm planning to do a separate video on calibration alone since it's a bit tricky but important. Unless you're cutting from and analog source, your studio setup defines what 0 dBFS in your DAW will generate in terms of analog studi...

If you have calibrated the software to your studio and lathe levels – i.e. what does 0 dBFS cut in cm/s – it will show you how much capacity of the record your tracks will use. In my testing so far, this was pretty spot on compared to what the VMS 80 computer actually reported. You can then manually...

Hi. I'm the main developer of the Perfect Groove. For this version, I only had access to a VMS 80, so that's what we're emulating at the moment. But I'm eager to add other lathes/controls over time - and yes, a Sillitoe would be amazing to work with ;) Any questions and suggestions are welcome.