The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Just looked at the specs for 1200MK2 and a 1210M5G and in fact they are both 1.5 kg-cm. Thanks for the correction Flo! My bad... I was going by feel. 1210M5G's feel snappier than my 1200MK2's. Feels like they have more torque. Perhaps it is just the newer quartz control that accounts for what feels ...

Thank you mossboss!

I am researching how the systems work. I have the tech specs for VMS70, ZUMA as well as the AES anthology vol. 1. I don't understand why everyone is approaching me like this. Yes, clearly I don't have the knowledge you all have. Otherwise I wouldn't be asking questions or making posts. So, why not s...

That is way too much for an sp-10. Watch ebay. I've seen them with power supply in good shape for $1,000 USD. Neumann lathes are never affordable... That would be like saying I'll buy a Porsche I find an affordable one. You get what you pay for. If you want top shelf don't expect a discount. Minimum...

Do you plan on programming the computer for 144dB of pitch and depth correction? The stock Neumann VMS70 system can do about 6dB. Are you saying that the stock computer only senses from -6db to 0db? If so, then I would take that to mean will I be more sensitive to much lower volumes than the VMS70 ...

If you'll use 1200MKII you will have flutter regardless of the system. Precision plate solves that. Totally not true. The precision plate will minimize flutter. It will not reduce it to zero... And, you want a 1210 no a 1200. The 10's have more torque. And, even if you do the resistor mod, you don'...

Pulled out a spare 16F887. Started writing some code. I am now interpretting audio at 10 bits. I'm ordering a 24 bit ADC that uses I2C for communication. So, I can now read the intensity of audio at a discrete moment in time and store it. Soon I will be able to interpret audio at very high precision...

@skarecrow15: Check out Oliver Reads "The recording and reproduction of Sound" and John Sunier's "The Story of stereo", both are freely available for download, and contain chapters about disk recording. If you want to know about the science of cutting or understand the progression of disc mastering...

Neumann run at 1.1 seconds for a 33rpm record. I don't think that is one revolution and I think people have told me Zumas run a half a rev. Anybody? :lol: rpm = revolutions per minute, so: 60 seconds / 33 revolutions = 1,8 seconds 8) Yep, that's the correct math.... And, as far as i understand it, ...

Check out Vinylrecorder.com and vinylium.ch. They are both mid-range modern made cutting devices that fit on top of a Techniqs 1210 turntable. Both systems can cut into Polycarbonate (PC or Lexan or Plastic). People call these blanks by different names but it's all the same stuff. Polycarb discs are...

@opcode66 why exactly it wouldn't be wise to record to tape and then to disc? What's the point? You would be loosing sound quality and integrity making the tape transfer. It really wouldn't add that much as far as warmth is concerned. If he had a studio and he recorded masters to high quality 16 tr...

As pointed out, very few people cut from tape anymore. Reasons being that few studios record to tape anymore. So, no multitrack tape masters to make stereo submasters to make vinyl master from. If your music starts as digital, it would not be wise to record to tape and then to disc. You can use anal...

Some pictures might be helpful...

mossboss wrote:Audiofools!! Thats a new one on me
Does this statement forms part of the English language?
Cheers

I think he meant like Audiophiles. A minor play on words.

@Yann... Please don't be so hard on a system that is in the planning stages. I don't make comments about records that you have yet to cut... I am a harware designer. I have designed and built many projects. For sure I would never let a design out if it had not been thoroughly unit tested and functio...

@Flo. When I first started working with pics I would pull them out of socked and seat them in my programmer in order to update the code. I had a few chips go bad just from accidentally touching the legs without wearing a static electricity dissipater. I switched to programming via ICSP and never had...

I would want to build in a lot of user tweakable settings. So, someone like Bob could tweak their unit via an LCD interface panel and some buttons. Or, you could use the standard settings. That way, everyone is happy. Also, rethinking updates... I could post an update file to a web site. You could d...

Ok, I see. I guess I'm a little surprised that chips are sent out. They can be damages so easily by not handling them correctly. Touch one of the legs and that can be it. Static electricity ruins the chips. I can see someone messing up a chip if they don't know how to ground themselves when pulling ...

OK opcode66, sounds like you're maybe really going to do this - As a consumer then, I will put forth this humble request - PLEASE include an option to cut "universally compatible vinyl" - the SHORT version is, "strong bass in shallow grooves cannot be tracked by many older, or cheaper, record playe...

Hi Flo, Seems like a pretty difficult problem to solve. I can see why there was a good deal of time spent on software revisions. My question is, with modern music, with its lack of dynamics, how much space can you really save vs. a fixed pitch cut? Mark But the other function of a pitch computer is...