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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