The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi SquirrelMonkey! That’s pretty impressive. :D Did you make any mods to the recorder or was it a matter of fine tuning the recording process. I read that the Gakken has no equalisation. Did you pre-process the audio files to optimise the sound? Yes I pre-processed the audio files. Also, Audacity h...

I've read many tips on this forum to make better recordings and I tried most them. It worked!
See the attachments for the results. If people have feedback I can learn from, please let me know.

Still have to try the microwave and ZIPPO fluid methods.

Hi Squirrel Monkey, Are you cutting at 33 rpm? And playing back at 78rpm on a different machine? Sound quality is great. Is this cutting or embossing? What is embossing, by the way? English is my 3rd language and I have no idea what it means in this context. Cutting is removing material from the di...

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Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:37 pm

Hi Squirrel Monkey,

Are you cutting at 33 rpm? And playing back at 78rpm on a different machine? Sound quality is great. Is this cutting or embossing?

What is embossing, by the way? English is my 3rd language and I have no idea what it means in this context.

The demo scene group TRSI made in 2014 a sound file that contains a music video and music (the left speaker is the music, the right speaker is for oscilloscope-input (x-y mode). This is the result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdWxKZVYC0 Today I tried to record an old school BASIC program on a r...

Hi Dadboltz.
Yes, I cut at 33 rpm. The input MP3 is slowed down enough that it sounds normal at 78 rpm.

I improved my recording quality significantly by making 78 RPM records. The Gakken recorder only supports 33 1/3 and 45 RPM, but the free software Audacity has an RPM converter. I slowed down the music speed from 78 to 33 1/3 and this allows me to record 78 RPM records. I still have to try those oth...

Hi! I'm Jo. I'm a video editor and Youtuber. I am interested in lathe cuts since I bought the Gakken toy recorder.