Lathe Cut Vs Pressed Vinyl

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Lathe cut vs pressed vinyl. From a single vinyl record to a short run there is no minimum order. Short run custom records for bands artists labels etc. Lathe cutting recordings has been around for a very long time as long as the format itself. At smalltown america studio we were lucky to source a pair of forty year old atom a 101 machines rescued from a karaoke bar in tokyo.

Or lathe cut records on demand from your online store and give fans on demand vinyl records instead of ordering 300 500 records from a pressing plant. Lathe cutting is ideal for short run one off records because each piece is individually hand cut tested. Lathe cut records have been around since the beginning of the vinyl format itself. Lathe cut vs pressed vinyl.

Something cut onto a picnic plate with an old home record cutter with a resharpened gramophone needle is going to sound like poop on a stick from the get go. The manufacturing process for lathe cut records vs pressed vinyl is faster and more economical. The hifi cuts are near the quality of pressed records. Wanting a solution for short run records for our own bands led us on a journey to buy lathes and to diy our own runs.

Cheap vinyl pressing prices are often higher than most independent budgets can afford. They sound comparable to pressed records. I recommend requesting a test cut 10 for lofi of your material before making an order especially if you ve never heard a lathe cut record before. Pressed vinyl on the other hand is aimed at bulk orders say for example 150 copies of one album.

They re stereo extended frequency response and comparatively low noise. It depends what they re being cut on.