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MASTERING - LACQUER CUTTING

Our in-house mastering studio is designed and equipped to transfer your audio into vinyl format. 


EQUIPMENT

1940′s Scully lathe controlled by a Vinylium Pitch98 groove spacing computer.
Westrex 1700′s solid state cutting amplifier driving a Westrex 3D Cutterhead.

– Maselec MEA-2
– Api-550M
– Weiss EQ-1 24/96
– Manley Massive Passive Mastering

– Maselec MPL-2
– Waves L2 Hardware

– MYTEK & LYNX
– Record Cutting Delay – Daniel Weiss 102 Series

– DK Audio MSD-600
– VU meters & Phase-Scope: B&B Systems

– Cranesong Avocet
– Cusom John Hardy 990′s dicrete op-amp transfer-console.
– Dunlavy SC-I’s Speaker Monitors.



LENGTH & AUDIO LEVEL

12″ RECORDS @  NAB STANDARD

TURNTABLE SPEEDPROGRAM DURATION / SIDEAPPROXIMATE CUTTING LEVEL
33.314-17 MINUTES PER SIDE+3dB/0dB
33.317-20 MINUTES PER SIDE
0dB/-2dB
33.320-23 MINUTES PER SIDE
-2dB/-5dB
TURNTABLE SPEEDPROGRAM DURATION / SIDEAPPROXIMATE CUTTING LEVEL
45UP TO 8 MINUTES PER SIDE+3dB/+4dB
459-13 MINUTES PER SIDE0dB


7″ RECORDS – CUTTING AUDIO LEVELS / NAB STANDARD

TURNTABLE SPEEDPROGRAM DURATION / SIDEAPPROXIMATE CUTTING LEVEL
452:30 TO 4:30 MINUTES PER SIDE+3dB / 0dB
454:30 TO 6 MINUTES PER SIDE0dB / -3dB
TURNTABLE SPEEDPROGRAM DURATION / SIDEAPPROXIMATE CUTTING LEVEL
33.3UP TO 6 MINUTES PER SIDE0dB / -3dB
33.36 TO 8 MINUTES PER SIDE-3dB / -5dB