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Since 2 years ago, All Our Lathe vinyl Cuts Are Diamond Embossed

What is a Lathe cut vinyl record?

Pressed records are mass-produced. Lathe cut vinyl records are made of clear or black polycarbonate plastic and are cut individually one at a time. Pressed vinyl records on the other hand are made on a hydraulic press with two heated nickel meatal stampers.

What is lathe vinyl record cutting?

Vinyl record cutting is using a record cutting lathe to cut grooves on a lacquer coated disc for the production for vinyl record LP's, They are made by pressing soft vinyl between two steam heated nickel stampers.

Lacquer Acetate Disc:

The aluminum lacquer coated discs, also made one at a time, using a stereo or mono cutting. This method has long been used for producing lacquer masters, which are then used to make metal stampers for pressing vinyl.

Dubplate one-offs 7"inch 45 vinyl records.

These are recorded or cut one at a time on the same lathe used for cutting lacquer masters that will eventually be made into metal stampers.

Pressing plants require minimums of 200 plus.

Each lathe cut vinyl is done in real time with a sapphire embossing stylus mounted on our Scully stereo cutting lathe. Inspection is given to each record and with my 50 years plus experience, I can make you the best sounding record every time.

How do they sound?

The sound reproduction is good as pressed vinyl records using my exclusive sapphire embossing stylus, however if the embossed recorded recorded at a level normally done for pressed vinyl and acetates it would SKIP !.

Vinyl And Polycarbonate:

They are two different things and not the same material.

Records embossed with a sapphire cone stylus:

My embossed records have silent grooves, no background noise what so ever, with a full frequency range from 20Hz to 14Khz. High frequencies at 15Khz to 20Khz may be filtered out depending on the type of music you provide.

Never A Setup Fee For Custom lathe Cut vinyl 45 records:

Each custom lathe cut record starts out as a square, then it is trimmed into a 7 inch disc, after it's recorded this is the way I do them. Others use round blanks for the ease and convenience, but at a higher cost per disc. I manufacture my own blanks and sapphire embossing styli, passing the saving on to you.

Lathe Cut Vs Vinyl Pressings:

Many call them vinyl pressings, but they are not, they are embossed records and vinyl records are pressed, made with two hot steam heated metal stampers installed in a hydraulic pressing machine. I specialize in embossing 7" inch discs that are made from clear or black polycarbonate plastic.

12" inch LP's:

I do not stock 12" blanks for economic reasons and the time it takes to produce each one.

On the other hand, 7 45 inch record, are more practical. I only specialize in making 7" records.

12" inch lathe cut vinyl records:

I'm very RELUCTANT to do so. The reason is, some audio files may have different EQ, or vocal sibilant problems and levels. Doing a 12 inch records also involves listening to all the audio files before setting the levels, lines per inch for the cutting lathe. Also I don't stock sleeves or covers for 12 inch records. 12 inch records have to be cut from a large 4' x 8' sheet of polycarbonate and has to be cut down again to 13.5 inch squares then trimmed round after it's recorded.

Lathe Cut Pros:

Less expensive than lacquer or diamond cut. Excellent audio quality 20Hz-14Khz Very low surface noise at - 40db Good silent grooves. Good enough for Jazz and Classical music. Great for for one-off short runs.

Lathe Cut Record Cons:

Embossed short run lathe cut record have to be recorded in mono and not in stereo. They are not as loud as a 45 vinyl record, otherwise it may skip if recorded louder and in stereo. Embossed records are not recommended for DJ work or DJ scratching and very tricky to cue, and will not play backwards. A warned out stylus will also skip.

Lacquer & Diamond Cuts - Pros:

Stable groove tracking - Excellent audio quality - Louder cuts - Good stereo separation lower surface noise at - 65 db can be cued and plays backwards, and very expensive. Lacquer discs are made only in Japan and are very expensive and I don't stock them.

Jukeboxes:

I don't recommend playing embossed records in a Jukebox, may or may not play.

Scully Machine Company Bridgeport Connecticut:

Most of the Scully lathes used for this purpose were manufactured pre -1960. These machines were used in the production and manufacturing process for vinyl records. Cutting a lacquer master discs, was then electroplated to make the metal stampers used by the pressing plants.

The Difference Between Plexi, Polycarbonate And Lacquer acetate:

Polycarbonate plastic is not to be confused with Plexi Glass. Plexi can not be cut or embossed with a sapphire or diamond stylus. On the other hand a lacquer disc can only be cut with a sapphire stylus, it is not possible to embossed lacquer.

Can stereo lathe cut vinyl can be in stereo or mono: Lacquer done with a stereo cutter head will result in a great stereo playback. Embossing polycarbonate records with a stereo cutter head will result in a MONO play back with a very small amount of stereo separation and it may skip when playing it back.

De-Essing:

Sibilant Vocal Tracks De-essing Is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate excessive highs in the recording or the prominence of sibilant consonants, such as the sounds normally found in the vocal track by "s" and "sh", in recordings of the human voice.

Sibilant frequencies lies anywhere between 2–10 kHz, depending on the individual's dental work. This causes havoc in cutting records. I'll throw in the Behringer 9024 Ultra-Dyne to clean up some sibilance.

Recommended cartridges:

Stanton, Audio-Technica, Shure, ADC, Ortofon, Etc. try different turntables if you have a skipping problem. Set the Anti skating for best results. Crosley or inexpensive turntables may or my not work with embossed records. A magnetic cartridge is more preferable. Embossed records that are recorded louder tend to skip more. Playback stylus pressure no more than 3.5 grams.

There is a trade-off - Your Choice:
LOUDER CUT @ +4 dB level, 45's are cut at this level = The possibility for SKIPPING - NORMAL @ "0" dB NAB standard reference level @1Khz 7cm per seconds,

no chance for SKIPPING.

If your record skips try different turntables. NO DO OVERS and No refunds. 45 rpm records recorded longer than 4 minutes may skip during playback, therefore I will reduce the audio level to avoid this or let's do it at 33rpm..

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