Video : Disc Cutting @ Dr Dub, Austria

[Aussie0zborn]

I don't understand a word of German but this is great video.

I have never seen anyone clean a lacquer disc with Holy Water before, and nor have I seen a religious icon on a lathe but you will see it all in the first video in the classic Dr Dub style. (Note the "Class 100" Clean Room requiring the wearing of surgical gowns and masks).

Dr Dub cutting on a VMS66 in 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsqw-60PUs

Dr Dub featuring Beni Querbeet feat. Nesti :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyabHDKLTcs&feature=related

ORF TV visits the dr. dub vinylrecording studio :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhYeMwwUPYo&feature=related

[mossboss]

Hey You are not that far Come around here
Cheers

[drdub]

well:

holy water == antistatic fluid, makes chip removal easier, especially on pvc blanks (thanks to andy b for the tipp).

as for religious icons we do have:
- mr ratzinger for reminding us to turn the cutter amps on
- jesus for nailing the settings on the manleys and
- satan himself for finding the right curses....

mex

[Aussie0zborn]

...and you drink beer, too!!! While cutting!!!

[drdub]

what else are we suposed to drink ?

[motorino]

i smoke too

[blacknwhite]

i smoke too

Careful with that lacquer chip...

[mossboss]

Hey all
I smoke and drink beer! In actual fact Neumann had a spot on the consoles for an Ashtray but they never did a built in bar fridge You need to keep one handy by if you want a coldie
Cheers

[Aussie0zborn]

I will admit that I smoked too while cutting records and as Mossy points out the Neumann mastering consoles have an ashtray built-in. I probably wouldn't smoke if I was cutting today (can't bring myself to smoke indoors easily except for when I'm visiting Mossy) but I always had my latte on hand!

The only problem with drinking too much beer I found was cutting the records at the wrong speed!

[Cutterwoller]

Smoking is great because you need something to do while waiting for 10 minutes of techno to pass!

[drdub]

that's right. when cutting most of the time you are waiting for something...

[mossboss]

Unless of course you are doing locked grooves or using "varigroove" Fat Laurie's way of adjusting the cut with his hand on the pitch control on the VMS
I come across his post on the PSW forum He cuts somewhere in the UK The varigroove name had me curious to start off with until of course I read his whole post Had a chuckle
Cheers

[vinylivo]

Moin lieber Mex & family!

thanks a lot for this great video.
was a real pleasure to watch while still being informative for the interested.
continue your work!

[ArchaicRecords]

Did I understand correctly that this exact same machine had been used by EMI and Columbia and both Beatles' albums Let it Be and Abbey Road were cut with it? Cool! What about Pink Floyd's More and Ummagumma, perhaps?

[drdub]

we bought the machine form a guy called brian east. (theres another post somewhere). to be precise, we bought it from his wife. brian was cutting for columbia records and emi in the late 60s and 70s. after he passed away his wife kept all his equipment in her house for years. she told us about this. so it's not confirmed. if anybody knows more, please let us know.
mex

[Snug Music]

Not to mention that Holy Water for the cutter! (Becks Beer)! But only for the man who cuts, not for the board, otherwise the head begins to Polonaise Blankenese dancing ... laughing ... grins