From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Mon, Jan 4th 1999, 15:22
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Mon, Jan 4th 1999, 15:22
Simon Walley wrote: > >From: Mark Kolmar <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> > >Subject: Re: (idm) haters 10" > > > >All they have to do is cut from the outside-in, then the inside-out, > >stopping at the same point for the lock groove. I'm not sure how > >difficult that is in practical terms though. > > It can only be done on certain lathes - from what I hear only the Scully > (sp?) lathe can cut in both directions (although I guess other lathes > could be modified?). Ron Hardy at NSC (Detroit) is a famous (ab)user of > the Scully - I think D&M Berlin possibly have one as well and there are > other cutting rooms around that use it. > ***in the current Magic Feet mag, there's a feature with Ron (NSC) andNilz (The Exchange) interviewed; in the current Massive, there's an interview with Ron (NSC). I think Ron talks about this issue in both interviews. > You can create lock grooves on other lathes but only in the run-off at > the end of a side and therefore it would be pretty impossible to cut a > 133.33BPM rhythm properly on this - you can only loop the end of tracks > (I have some old Blast First and Mercury Rev records that do this). > There are some Relief records that attempt to lock at the run-off and > most of them just fail pretty badly. > ***"fail pretty badly" is putting it rather politely here, Simon ;)Andrew