jeremyjustice
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Hey guys, So I just got home from a work trip to the UK and Holland and had a couple of really interesting experiences I thought I would share with you guys.
First I was in Amsterdam for a buddies shop opening party, at the party he mentioned the shop next door "makes records", whaaaaaat. So the next day I stopped by Brouw je eigen plaat to check out their operation.
Well I immediately recognized their set up as being from the German company selling record cutters to convert mp3's, astute readers will remember the various threads on the introduction of the set up from the past.
unfortunately they weren't cutting any records while I was there. Apparently you can have you own music cut on a record or choose from their royalty free archive of music for the low some of 35 euro each. Sadly the guys really didn't know much about the process or much technical info, they cater to the dj/electronic music crowd where sound quality isn't the main focus. That being said, listening to a couple of records on their Rega rp1/ headphone set up sounded....decent.
The records are cut from vinyt blanks
the leftovers
all in all this was a cool experience but not really as in depth as I would have liked. I could tell the few basic questions I asked went right over their heads by the blank stares. here are a couple of detail shots.
So that was it really for the Amsterdam part of the trip, When I reached London things started to get really interesting.
Talking to a close friend he mentioned his buddy has a small operation mastering for vinyl and cutting records, oh and in passing he mentioned "Frank bought the cutting lathe from Motown records in an auction" Wait, waht?!? THE Motown records? Well I was skeptical at first but was very excited to head down to his place and check out his set up, especially after the bit of a let down in Amsterdam.
So we went to a warehouse loft space in a trendy London neighborhood to check out The Carvery, mastering and duplicate specialists by Frank Merritt. When we walked in this was the first thing I saw.
My heart sank a bit, this was definitely not the Motown cutting lathe and was half expecting a repeat of the Amsterdam experience, well I couldnt have been more wrong! I turned around and there it was.
The Neumann!
This was it, Frank told us how he bought the lathe from an auction of Motown equipment and had it shipped to London. Just think of the records cut on this very machine! It was truly a piece of serious kit and was amazing to see in action. Here are a couple more photos of the Neumann
First I was in Amsterdam for a buddies shop opening party, at the party he mentioned the shop next door "makes records", whaaaaaat. So the next day I stopped by Brouw je eigen plaat to check out their operation.
Well I immediately recognized their set up as being from the German company selling record cutters to convert mp3's, astute readers will remember the various threads on the introduction of the set up from the past.
unfortunately they weren't cutting any records while I was there. Apparently you can have you own music cut on a record or choose from their royalty free archive of music for the low some of 35 euro each. Sadly the guys really didn't know much about the process or much technical info, they cater to the dj/electronic music crowd where sound quality isn't the main focus. That being said, listening to a couple of records on their Rega rp1/ headphone set up sounded....decent.
The records are cut from vinyt blanks
the leftovers
all in all this was a cool experience but not really as in depth as I would have liked. I could tell the few basic questions I asked went right over their heads by the blank stares. here are a couple of detail shots.
So that was it really for the Amsterdam part of the trip, When I reached London things started to get really interesting.
Talking to a close friend he mentioned his buddy has a small operation mastering for vinyl and cutting records, oh and in passing he mentioned "Frank bought the cutting lathe from Motown records in an auction" Wait, waht?!? THE Motown records? Well I was skeptical at first but was very excited to head down to his place and check out his set up, especially after the bit of a let down in Amsterdam.
So we went to a warehouse loft space in a trendy London neighborhood to check out The Carvery, mastering and duplicate specialists by Frank Merritt. When we walked in this was the first thing I saw.
My heart sank a bit, this was definitely not the Motown cutting lathe and was half expecting a repeat of the Amsterdam experience, well I couldnt have been more wrong! I turned around and there it was.
The Neumann!
This was it, Frank told us how he bought the lathe from an auction of Motown equipment and had it shipped to London. Just think of the records cut on this very machine! It was truly a piece of serious kit and was amazing to see in action. Here are a couple more photos of the Neumann
