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- Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:56 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: dgmGrooveGraphics - Text/Image to Audio for Groove Art
- Replies: 72
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Re: dgmGrooveGraphics - Text/Image to Audio for Groove Art
I've cut SSTV signals - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-scan_television - to disc with varying levels of success. The speed accuracy has to be absolutely perfect on both recording and playback, or the image comes out wavy and slanted.
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:38 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: Audax head in Rochester NY on Ebay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 375
Audax head in Rochester NY on Ebay
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/AUDAX-R-56-RECORD-CUTTING-HEAD-FOR-REK-O-KUT-PRESTO-LATHE-/111594103372?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19fb86e24c
Not mine. $100 and already someone's bid.
Not mine. $100 and already someone's bid.
- Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:11 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: Grampian type C Ebay
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3013
Re: Grampian type C Ebay
Dang, and it's not too far from where I live. It will be interesting to see what this goes far.
- Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:51 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Deep Grooves Mastering - Dr. Cuts Vinyl Mastering VST
- Replies: 60
- Views: 16960
Re: Deep Grooves Mastering - Dr. Cuts Vinyl Mastering VST
I wanted to sort all this out because my next VST control will be a Pitch Computer. Kudos, I look forward to seeing this! I got as far myself as applying RIAA-versus-excursion EQ and a graphing mid/side peak meter on a sidechain with a delay, to figure out the maximum excursions one-half to one ful...
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Cutterhead repair / rebuild service
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4981
Re: Cutterhead repair / rebuild service
One for the top half of the armature, the other flipped 180 degrees for the bottom half of the armature. Less distortion, more efficiency, iirc.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:36 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: The PIAPTK/Lathecuts.com Lathe Cave
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2548
Re: The PIAPTK/Lathecuts.com Lathe Cave
Oh man, I didn't even notice the Feedscrew Bouquet. I wish I had one for a Rek-O-Kut M5.rsimms3 wrote::drool: The gaggle of feed screws in the one picture is most impressive!
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:06 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: The PIAPTK/Lathecuts.com Lathe Cave
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2548
Re: The PIAPTK/Lathecuts.com Lathe Cave
Eight Prestos in one place? Impressive!
- Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:39 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: Universal lathe Ebay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 802
Re: Universal lathe Ebay
That looks like the lead-in and spiral timers out of a Scully lathe, rehoused in a box with more modern relays. The whole lathe is an interesting design, more modern than the other Universal that shows up from time to time, and almost reminiscent of an Arcturus lathe with the low profile. The rotata...
- Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:02 am
- Forum: Newbie Forum
- Topic: There are no dumb questions
- Replies: 53
- Views: 161027
Re: There are no dumb questions
That was a very informative video, but I need to ask what on earth happened starting at 3:17? Al's record cutting knowledge was so powerful that it apparently ripped a hole in the fabric of reality.
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Sales sheet for mythical Presto S1 stereo 45/45 head
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1083
Re: Sales sheet for mythical Presto S1 stereo 45/45 head
lathews1.gif Here's a bad-quality scan of the S1 on an 8GV - surprisingly hefty compared to something like a 1D. The literature says: "The Presto Model 8GV cutting lathe can be equipped at the factory with either the Presto Model S1 stereophonic cutter head (S1 system also includes recording amplif...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:10 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: MSS Lathe in the UK on Ebay for £50
- Replies: 5
- Views: 986
Re: MSS Lathe in the UK on Ebay for £50
Auction over! It went from £90 to £655 in the last twenty minutes?! Daaaang...
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:25 am
- Forum: Newbie Forum
- Topic: Newbie question about "0dB" and "VU" meter
- Replies: 23
- Views: 35677
Re: Newbie question about "0dB" and "VU" meter
I have Hi Fi Sound Test Record #HFS-75, cut by Dennis King with an Ortofon DSS661 on a VMS70. It has a white noise track, which, when played back on my Ortofon 2M Red, is perfectly flat out to 20 kHz. The FFT analysis yields a ruler-straight line. :D I just wish it had more standard tones on it - mo...
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:42 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2630
Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB
Tell me about it. You guys will be the first ones closer than Los Angeles.canadaboyvinyl wrote: It's cold and lonely in the Canadian world of record pressing !!
- Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:03 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: MSS Lathe in the UK on Ebay for £50
- Replies: 5
- Views: 986
MSS Lathe in the UK on Ebay for £50
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371224927305?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true
This would be the steal of the century for someone in England. Nobody's bid yet.
This would be the steal of the century for someone in England. Nobody's bid yet.
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:00 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Lazaretto?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3188
Re: Lazaretto?
Okay, I just finished transferring, timing and measuring the Seasick Steve direct-to-disc, the one that's shown in the first video. It's 20 seconds shorter per side than Mudhoney, but is cut at an even finer pitch, 247 lines per inch! Which brings up something odd - all through the video, during cut...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:49 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Lazaretto?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3188
Re: Lazaretto?
Pretty sure the sides George cuts live that get pressed say something like "Live @ TMR" or something very close in the dead wax. Yup. Dscg1642x.jpg There's also a fragment of cheering in the locked groove at the end of side two, despite the sound being faded out before the leadout begins. Incidenta...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:01 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Lazaretto?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3188
Re: Lazaretto?
For comparison's sake, Mudhoney Live To Disk At Third Man Records (TMR-246), cut on a Scully by George Ingram, is 19:47 in 2.913 inches on Side A, 20:24 in 3.031 inches on Side B. Add banding and both sides work out to 234 lines per inch, with volume peaking at -2.5 dB. Grooves are just barely kissi...
- Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:44 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Lazaretto?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3188
Re: Lazaretto?
Having transferred, timed and measured it, here are the stats I have: Side A - 18:46 in 2.48 inches of space, which accounting for banding between songs equals about -260 lines per inch. The recording level peaks at about -5 dB below standard reference. Side B - The double groove section is about 1:...
- Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:13 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Wacky Air Powered Advance Ball Setup
- Replies: 2
- Views: 576
Re: Wacky Air Powered Advance Ball Setup
I'm sure I've read about this too - I could have sworn it was in Larry Boden's Disc Cutting book, but leafing through it now, I can't find it. The key term you're looking for is "Bernoulli", like Bernoulli Advance Ball. It must have made chip pickup by the suction system a challenge.
- Thu Dec 25, 2014 1:40 am
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Memphis Record Pressing - Memphis TN
- Replies: 0
- Views: 580