FYI, Otto
> http://www.ministryofsound.com/lifestyle/gear_news.asp?NewsID=2529 > > HOME VINYL CUTTER STEALS THE SHOW AT PLASA. > > DJ equipment manufacturers Vestax caused shockwaves at this weeks Plaza > sound equipment trade fair when they revealed a prototype model of their new > home vinyl-cutting lathe. Due for release next spring, the Vestax machine is > the first new vinyl cutter to be released for over twenty years and could > have a huge impact on the 12 dance market. The lathe works in exactly the > same way as a lathe in a professional cutting house, using a diamond cutter > to scratch grooves into the vinyl. At a predicted £4000, the DiY vinyl-maker > doesnt come cheap, but there will no doubt be plenty of people prepared to > pay for the privilege of cutting their own dub-plates and acetates. At > present there are only a handful of cutting houses offering such facilities > or indeed cutting vinyl at all, but the Vestax cutter should provide a > welcome shot in the arm for the vinyl market, as well as taking the bedroom > production revolution to its logical conclusion. What with CDRs, MP3 and now > DiY vinyl, it seems to be getting easier than ever for bedroom producers to > get their music out there, all of which leaves us asking why the hell didn > t someone think of this before?
