RE: New wax and cutting wax

From: stephanie (nnine@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 15:49:56 MET

  • Next message: Paul Manzotti: "RE: New wax and cutting wax"

    and what about durability and quality of the resulting
    press? is this really that much better than cutting
    dubplates? i guess after 10-20 uses this thing would
    pay for itself in that respect if you figure
    $30-50/plate...

    --- Dirk van den Heuvel <dirkv@groovedis.com> wrote:
    > Bad news aspiring home record pressers, the vinyl
    > the Vestax cutter uses is
    > a special blend that you have to buy from them. You
    > can't buy regular vinyl
    > or recycled vinyl. Anybody know how pricey the vinyl
    > the cutter uses is? I
    > seem to recall reading that it AIN'T CHEAP.
    >
    > Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
    > Groove Distribution
    > http://www.groovedis.com
    > Your Guide To The Underground
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Elson Trinidad [mailto:elson@westworld.com]
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 8:04 PM
    > To: simon booth
    > Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    > Subject: Re: New wax and cutting wax
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > simon booth wrote:
    >
    > > Finally, one for the other DJ's out there. Maybe
    > some know of it,
    > > maybe some down. Every DJ dreams of having his
    > own Vinyl
    > > Press, and Vestax is set to introduce their wax
    > cutter very soon.
    > > *WHAT* what what???? You know it. Its a bit
    > bigger than a 1200,
    > > but it presses vinyl. Just think, that search for
    > those super rare
    > > tracks is over with this, get it on a CD, and then
    > press it to vinyl.
    > > Isn't this every DJ's dream? You no longer have
    > to cut those
    > > classics every time you spin, just use your
    > backup. Compile your
    > > own skratching samples, compile your best so you
    > don't have to
    > > carry 4 krates of record when you spin...you name
    > the possibilities!
    > >
    > > http://www.vestax.co.uk/flash/vrx2000.htm
    >
    >
    > I heard about this last year. I heard it costs about
    > $5000 (pricey, but get
    > 10
    > friends together to chip in $500 each...) I don't
    > know where one could get
    > blank records from aside from bulk industrial
    > sources.
    >
    >
    > --
    >
    > - 30 -
    >
    > :. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
    > :. elson@westworld.com
    > :. www.westworld.com/~elson
    >
    > "funny how frustration breeds desire" - meja
    >
    >
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