Ha! Oh, BTW, apparently Teenage Engineering is making an at-home record lathe and it was announced after this thread started…or maybe it was a dream I had. It’s been a crazy week.

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Posted by SignOfZeta on January 27, 2023 at 17:42:20 EST in reply to "we pass the shavings off to you!" (n/t) from exodus.

Ha! Oh, BTW, apparently Teenage Engineering is making an at-home record lathe and it was announced after this thread started…or maybe it was a dream I had. It’s been a crazy week.

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I think it was announced before this thread but it does look interesting! It can only record super short stuff, but it's neat! I will not buy one because I don't really go to shows anymore, but it seemed like a cool thing for recording live music to a one-off record or something like that.

(exodus)

(13:26:43 01/30/23 EST)

It just seems like a giant waste of plastic to me, kinda like 3D printing.

(SignOfZeta)

(09:28:59 02/01/23 EST)

If the discs are acetate like the other ones we were talking about, that's not plastic, it's plant based. However, they can also only be played back a few times before they're unlistenable.

(Spsh Spsh Spah and Opa Opa)

(14:59:44 02/02/23 EST)

There are plant based plastics. There’re still plastic. Petroleum isn’t a plant…but it was once.

And yeah, acetates vary in quantity but the most well made durable one will be about as good as a Soundsheet. Louder but way more fragile.

With home vinyl cutting though I’d think sound quality would be something you’d never be able to do well with. A good 80s tape deck or any modern standalone digital recorder with a brand name will do an amazing job and not produce a massive pile of “bad burns”.

(SignOfZeta)

(16:16:19 02/06/23 EST)

Apparently this is actually an older thing from Gakken that TE is either re-releasing or copying. I agree with you that it's a waste of plastic, but you also don't want to know what I think about actual vinyl records.

(Maniac)

(19:17:56 02/01/23 EST)

I don’t want to hear what anyone thinks about vinyl records. Way too many people have way too many extremely strong opinions on records these days.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:50:36 02/02/23 EST)

I almost bought a Jamiroquai record the other day but it was $40! Woulda been a stupid purchase tho, my ex-roommate stole my sl-1200 years ago and I haven’t replaced it.

(a-star)

(16:47:18 02/02/23 EST)

Well, if it makes you feel any better, my opinions aren't strong at all.

(Maniac)

(15:48:47 02/21/23 EST)

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