Re: Forget that new car....

From: Jason Jasberto Batog (jasbat@home.com)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2001 - 11:31:37 CET

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    > HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.....talk about a step BACKWARDS....now, you can't even
    > TOUCH the vinyl!! :)
    > It looks like one of the very first laserdisc players, doesn't it? I wonder
    > how easy it is to backcue...I'm thinking it's for audiophiles, not
    > DJs...what is even more amusing is that this beast is more expensive than
    > Vestax's new vinylcutter, which really promises to revolutionize the
    > industry...if you haven't seen it, check it out:
    > http://www.vestax.com.au/products/vrx2000.htm

    I've seen that laser record player before at this demonstration show awhile
    back at a show and it sounds really good, no joke! It's the perfect player
    for audiophiles but the only problem is that you have to make sure your
    record is positively clean (use that professional machine). No vinyl wear,
    sweet. That's always been a problem for me with needles (especially with
    all the vague descriptions salespeople give)...

    That Vestax cutter, I'm sort of debating about that one. Has anybody heard
    a record cut from it? Mastering, pre-mastering and audio compressing are
    vital and key elements to produce good sounding vinyl. Can this machine
    replicate that? Unfortunately it can't, all it has is just a signal control
    which is helpful but probably not by much. Does anybody know if there is
    control for groove width-spacing and speed control (45 RPM vs 33 RPM)?

    As well people have to realise that they are going to screw up making vinyl
    badly because I know sometimes go into the red and I know with manufacturing
    vinyl, YOU CAN'T GO INTO THE RED. It has to be compressed and mastered
    properly so it doesn't do that and I think this is going to be a problem for
    a lot of people that try to make these records.

    What's the texture like for these discs to etch? Are they like an acetate?
    How fine is the cut? If these sound like acetates, the quality is going to
    be very bad. Anybody notice that acetates sound like garbage? I made one
    for this track my friend made and it sounded like CRAP. Tons of audible
    noise and it had a very light but noticable buzz sound going through the
    whole thing (most likely a programmer's error) and as it got closer to the
    end, it was so fuzzy. We even got the thing printed at 45RPM so get the
    best sound quality... And on top of that, the track was only six minutes
    long. $60US later for the one sided 10" acetate that was later broken and
    hucked into the garbage.

    PS: I have a vision and that vision includes many bootlegs being made by
    this machine! This machine will probably make a lot of labels both
    respectively happy (make vinyl for your key DJs ahead of time) and mad
    (seeing unreleased tracks that were CD-r'ed (or even rare groove items) now
    on walls in vinyl format because of the anonymity factor)...

    What's everybody's opinion on this?

    JJB/opSN



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