Lathe Cut Sound Quality

Embossed  lathe cuts that have been recorded on polycarbonate sheets of plastic  for many years since the 1980's, most definitely, have earned a  bad reputation since, because they were always embossed with a tungsten  carbide stylus. Many have tried over the years different techniques to improve embossing, by using, Turtle wax, furniture polish, lighter fluid,  motor oil, DW40,  But I don't use any of that, I emboss dry, and works great.

If recorded at a louder volume it will cause the record to skip randomly, this the average level of a microgroove LP recorded at 33-1/3 rpm. Occasionally  some copies may have  a few seconds of noise at random times but  generally 90 percent of them will sound fine. The music on an embossed  record is slightly lower in volume. 

Anti-skating  and tone arm counter weight adjustment is critical for a embossed lathe cut to TRACK properly. 

10" and 12" Lp's, I don't recommend, because of noise build-up in the embossing process in recording long cuts of 10 minutes or more. No guarantee  there will be no intermittent surface noise.

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