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78 burner
Record 78 RPM records at 1248 RPM and play them on a wind up gramophone. | |
A 16x record recorder that takes an MP3 file for input, and gives you a 10-inch 78 for output. The whole MP3 file will be stored in 8MB of RAM, and then streamed to the record so that there will be no buffer underruns. They could sell the recorder with a newly made (in China) gramophone. Imagine hearing
Commodore 64 or Nintendo music without electricity. Oh, and the discs will be PVC, not acetate or shellac.
emusic
http://www.emusic.com
Rated Tops by PC Magazine - I've downloaded a few hundred albums - many of which originally were on 78 [thumbwax, Mar 09 2002]
Turnstyle Records
http://www.turnstyl...rds.com/simple.html
They have a 78 RPM dubplate service. I ordered one and it even came with some fibre needles. [Amishman35, May 04 2002]
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I can see this catching on. |
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Let's use a plasma torch to etch the grooves in stone wheels. Then we can play them back by having a small dinosaur running counterplaywise on top of the wheel. Use a twig for a needle and stretched animal skin for the horn. Yabba dabba do. |
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Not good. I own an Edison [wax cylinder record] Phonograph and a home recording kit for the machine. I've tried something very much like your idea before, it dont work good one bit. |
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If your computer has a Wax Cylinder Drive, you can copy it using Adaptec Easy Wax Cylinder Copier. |
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It should be possible to connect a 1930's pronograph recording machine to a computer's audio output and produce 78's that way. Would be sorta fun. |
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On a related note, what's the best place to find modern copies of songs previously released on 78rpm records? I bought a disk that contained a song I wanted, but it turned out to be a somewhat different arrangement. |
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I like this. It will also, I hope, be a 'burner' worthy of the name. I envisage a laser being used to vaporise a groove in the PVC disk as it rotates.
I'm not sure whether the noise of dust and scratches should be added in software before the groove is burnt into the disk, or whether the disk should go through a dust and scratch process after being burnt.
It should also allow for a sound sample to be burnt on the playout groove at the middle of the record.
Seriously though - I think club DJs would like the ability to burn 12" singles from MP3s. |
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