don philipe
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This looks promising.https://www.kickstarter.com/project...ecord-cutter-a-future-for-vinyl-c/description
Desktop record cutting
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Not sure if there is a market for that.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
Won't be viable for most people. Takes skill in mastering, proper lathes and cutting heads and associated electronics seriously expensive. Also tape machines and mastering consoles not cheap either.
truckrglenn
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They used to be in music/record shops years ago. You put in some coin and could make recording direct to vinyl.
Whether it was a song, a love note to ur best gal or just an audio message to family and friends.
Whether it was a song, a love note to ur best gal or just an audio message to family and friends.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
The better ones in record shops then were around $1000 up. Lacquer discs themselves are very expensive. Not automatic.
There were home record cutters years ago too. They never really caught on in a big way. All in all this seems cool for the cool factor, but I don't know how many people are really going to buy their own mini-lathe. I would expect a resurgence in cassette to be more practical.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
gadget73,
Most such for home use were dictation quality unless said user could afford to then pay $700-$1200 for Presto or Rek-O-Kut and had the skills to cut correctly.Which got you broadcast grade quality in skilled hands. Most of these except for the last Prestos were also mono (the late model Prestos did offer a Stereo cutting head from Westrex adapted to fit the Presto lathe). Such systems often cost as much as a basic new automobile in the day. Not something most could afford. Most radio stations used Presto lathes up to the 1950's. By the middle to late 1950's tape machines got inexpensive enough that small radio stations could afford good tape machines.
Most such for home use were dictation quality unless said user could afford to then pay $700-$1200 for Presto or Rek-O-Kut and had the skills to cut correctly.Which got you broadcast grade quality in skilled hands. Most of these except for the last Prestos were also mono (the late model Prestos did offer a Stereo cutting head from Westrex adapted to fit the Presto lathe). Such systems often cost as much as a basic new automobile in the day. Not something most could afford. Most radio stations used Presto lathes up to the 1950's. By the middle to late 1950's tape machines got inexpensive enough that small radio stations could afford good tape machines.
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