The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I recorded with this a while ago and the test tracks were great, but I just got it out to do some records for the holidays and I can't seem to get it to record correctly. The volume and cutting seem fine, not too much noise, but there is a flutter/wobble that is ruining every track. It is bending th...

To emboss on the Gakken, do you flip the cutter end over end so the flat end is against the record or is it rotating the needle in a circular motion 180? I would also like to know this - I'm still new to this record maker but I'm still struggling to understand why the softer BLANQs are harder to cu...