Simon Walley wrote:
quoted 13 lines From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
> >From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
> >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.
>quoted 7 lines You can create lock grooves on other lathes but only in the run-off at
> 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.
>