I have a “homemade” record of my dad singing that he sent home when he was in the army WW2. It was done by the Red Cross. Pretty good quality and I treasure it despite it being a bit scratchy. Cool video thanks!

@PiercingSight

Жыл бұрын

Dang! That sounds amazing. Have you digitized and backed it up? Something like that should absolutely be saved for future generations.

@catloverkitten10

Жыл бұрын

@@PiercingSight Thanks I never thought to do that! Will pursue this.

@gingernutpreacher

Жыл бұрын

Was it on bakelite or something else?

@catloverkitten10

Жыл бұрын

@@gingernutpreacher I think it’s called acetate.

@gingernutpreacher

Жыл бұрын

@@catloverkitten10 yep please get that stored digitally that stuff does degrade with age

As a child I used to have fun putting my fingernail into the record groove while it‘s spinning - yes, you can actually hear the music that way! I found that fascinating. As an adult, I have to add that you should only do that to records you don‘t care about too much 😂

@Bittamin

Жыл бұрын

Does it play directly into your soul? 😅

@SubuNomo

Жыл бұрын

@@Bittamin i wanna know too! 😅

@Space_Reptile

Жыл бұрын

why records you dont care about too much? your fingernail is alot softer than the Vinyl so it shud not wear it out, if 40 years of metal needles didnt wear my abba records out, a fingernail wont either

@SyncronedStuff

Жыл бұрын

@@Space_Reptile The thing is, your finger also moves. And yes, the vinyl is harser than he fingernail, but these microscopic grooves ON the plate (Or rather the grooves cut into the plate) are very fragile

@vinylarchaeologist

Жыл бұрын

@@Space_Reptile A stylus has a microscopically small tip to "read" the record, and does so with a weight of usually under 5 grams. A fingernail is much thicker and has a different shape. No doubt it would damage the outer groovewalls of the record, especially since it's probably going to be more than 10 grams of downforce in order to hear anything.

As someone who has worked with both home and semi-pro level lathes for a while now, I think the biggest problem in fidelity is due to cutting cold into the plastic. Try heating the blank record under a lamp just before, or while making the cut. I've gotten much better fidelity simply pressing a groove into a sheet, or "embossing," than I ever have when trying to actually cut into plastic. Maybe something to consider as a mod for the machine?

@muddhopkins

Жыл бұрын

I think if they just used a heat gun angled at a distance they could get the effect you're thinking of

@MrThegreatmc

Жыл бұрын

when you say embossing, do you mean that the heat causes it not to cut, or are you saying separately modifying it as in dulling the cutting needle?

@Karlfalcon

Жыл бұрын

@@MrThegreatmc using a different needle all together. A shallow cone shape that presses into and deforms the surface rather than the sharp edge that cuts out a strip of material.

@keepinmahprivacy9754

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking maybe put a little extra weight on the cutting arm... tape a silver dollar or something on top of it. Might screw it up completely... or it might improve the quality of the cut.

@Keifer-D

Жыл бұрын

Another thing that might help is EQ the audio as it comes out of the record. But yeah, great ideas on the heating it up. Might want to cut them in a well heated room or temperature controlled box.

The first chord you played with the sampled instrument shocked me, turned out really cool. Great work!

@DavidHilowitzMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was kind of eye-opening for me as well. And to think I could have been doing things like that for years with the old Wilcox-Gay cutter…

@jackalope_VC

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidHilowitzMusic Ok now you HAVE to try doing this with the Wilcox. Perhaps using a blank record from the TE record kit to record on the Wilcox and then run that through the TE to capture the sound would work?

@guts2112

11 ай бұрын

Hi Jorb!

Its just insane to me how a needle can make all these millions of sounds from just plastic it’s magic

@eldrickejleest

Жыл бұрын

I still can't comprehend it

@Vel_0000

Жыл бұрын

@@eldrickejleest me neither

@kaitlyn__L

Жыл бұрын

​@@eldrickejleest that's the beauty and simplicity of analogue - it literally IS the waveform, inscribed into an object! That's one reason they used the technique for the Voyager golden records, as the method is simple enough to describe in a couple pictograms. Analogue audio tape is basically the same, when you look at it under a magnetic tape viewer there's all these gradients from strong to nothing. Looks a bit like an analogue barcode. And that's also literally the waveform, but viewed from the top-down instead of side-on like records are. (The Edison cylinder was also cut top-down, and so also kind of looked like a long barcode!)

@Terrydober1

Жыл бұрын

@@kaitlyn__L finally I'm able to comprehend! You are the first person to explain what I really wanted to know

@kaitlyn__L

Жыл бұрын

@@Terrydober1 hey I’m glad it helped! You reminded me to check what I said again, and I missed the word magnetic once when talking about tape. So I added that back in. (A deeper/wider groove in a needle-pickup system is exactly equivalent to a stronger magnetisation in a magnetic-pickup system!)

When i was 15 I built a recording phonograph that used: 1) cardboard discs cut from the plastic-coated cardboard boxes refrigerators came in, 2) old acetate-covered transcription discs, 3) thick candle-wax poured on top of shirt cardboards cut into discs. I used a needle stylus glued to a thin plastic sheet glued to the open end of one of the weight retainers on a barbell, with the whole affair amplified by a swiped orange road-cone horn. The results? Really not bad at all when played on a regular HiFi at 78 RPM. I still have "Shortnin Bread" played by my Troop 188 boy scout band. Other than the fact that you had to shout and record really close to the mouth of the horn, these DIY experiments were really a lot of enduring fun. Keep at it yourself! you'll succeed without Gakken!

@dizzywilliams3557

Ай бұрын

@jackfinch4482 champion! Thanx

@rahreee

Ай бұрын

Which of the three types of records sounded the best?

When in my 20s (mid 1960s) I was servicing electronics, I had acquired a Presto cutter with the hot needle add on, repaired the record amp, and cut many acetate records. I learned how to operate my lathe from Glenn Campbell of G&C Records Pittsburgh, and even worked with him learning the business using the 2 presses he had. I met him when his Ampex 8 track (tube record/play amplifiers) needed service. Watching this video made me wish I had kept the Presto! Glenn retired and I lost track of him. The studio electronics were all tube including Neuman condenser tube mics, Western Electric board, Ampex 1" 8 track, Ampex 1/4" 2 track, Ampex 1/4" full track, Pultek EQs, EMT plate reverb, Altec amps, and more than I remember. As Bob Hope would say.......Thanks for the memories! Lou, Clearwater FL

The coolest thing in the video is how you turned out the usual expectations around the device and made it into a sound producer instead of a reproducer. Awesome job, Dave.

if you are able to get enough volume onto the needle, you can get an ok sound with ambient music. it also helps to use a small paintbrush to brush away the swarf, and it helps if the record blank is warm when you cut. we used to do them on cd singles as bonus tracks. you could play the compact-disc as a record as well as a cd, they were done on a homebrew cutter.

@mysteryc07

8 ай бұрын

That sounds very cool!

@maiastniki

6 күн бұрын

g2k

this is so freaking cute how you two collaborated. thanks so much for introducing this musical tool/toy to me, for the unboxing and essay around the device, and for providing these beautiful, eclectic samples. i greatly appreciate all you two have done and look forward to more collaborative work between you two

While watching this video, I couldn't stop thinking about a way to use it in sound design and then you went and did it. The sample library sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I was super curious about the TE kit, so it’s really cool to see this deep dive into the history of consumer record cutters. My neighbors had a record cutter in their bar/rumpus room, I wish we’d been allowed to play with it. Also learned a few things about how records are made that I never knew. And now I want to write a song called “Swarf” Thank you!

For some reason your videos haves a very calming effect on me Such a friendly and peaceful narrator voice Thank you for your beautiful work!

@pixelfrenzy

Жыл бұрын

Same here. And what a bonus to hear Mrs Dave on this one as well!

7:32 - The hit of nostalgia I experienced for a time I wasn't even born in, is fascinating. So many stories told, so little time to listen to them all.

The way the sample library you made sounds is so calming and nostalgic, I love it.

Your videos are so cool! You make audio equipment and sound design look like the coolest things ever!

@markgreco1962

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I’m not a sound or music person, but his videos are just so cool.

I think your approach of sampling waves is the best use anyone could do of this machine, well done sir!

Best new channel I've discvovered. Love it even more by each new video I watch.

great what you made in the ending finding an alternate use, this sounds so smooth and calming

this is incredible as always David!

I can't get enough of your videos. Great work!!

Very interesting! Thanks for taking the time to do this video and share this info David

A very interesting library and great to hear your wife getting in on the act, definitely need more of you both working together in the future.

the sample library you created out of this product is exactly why i bought it. i wanted to do the exact same thing and have some fun in my sonic journey. thanks for doing this!

Man you are so awesome. Fascinating content and the sample packs sound great!👏

Thank you for giving away such wonderful samples. You are inspiring and make this world a better place with your science and art.

Gakken kits are awesome! One of my first synths was the SX-150, which I still use sometimes for beeps and blorps and fshhh.

Love your videos! I feel like I check almost every day to see if you've posted a new one. You are a master!

Beautiful little video and record player. I am so glad that I came across your channel a few months back. Got me into synths!

@DavidHilowitzMusic

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

I decided to come back to this video for not only for the fact that you can create homemade vinyls (though that is very cool) but for the one song you used in this. I feel captivated by this song. Think you should turn your sample into a full song for people to listen! I don't think I've heard something like this before! So please do! I would love to hear something just like what you just made!

i subscribed because of how beautiful the production of your videos are. amazing work man. super educational informative and interesting

You never cease to amaze, Dave ❤

the song you made was so wonderful. even though it was just a sample i would love to be able to listen to the full thing one day on spotify

thank you so much for making the sample library free, you are awesome

David, your videos are some of the most interesting videos on KZread.

awesome!! thank you both for sharing this with us, what a stunning little piece of tech...

What a cool gadget! And likewise, the way you used it to create a sample really surprised me! It has such a nice warmth to it!

Goes to show you that today we have everything given to us on a silver platter. But look at how much work and devotion went into something just to make the process work! I certainly appreciate this learning experience.

Wow man! This library rocks. Thanks for the mail!

My grandmother & step-grandfather and (a few years later) my mom & dad got married in Las Vegas in the 1950’s and the chapel recorded each ceremony on a record. I still have the recordings of the ceremonies. One of my prized possessions.

@DavidHilowitzMusic

Жыл бұрын

that’s really cool!

@poetsdreamsatc

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidHilowitzMusic I’ve watched this video a few times. I have made up my mind to get one of these “toy” record machines. They’re sold out at the moment but I’ll keep checking back. It’s really pretty cool! I love this! Even if the sound isn’t so good. Thanks for your video.

Your videos are SO amazing. What a gift.

wow! what the heck! i had just discovered this a few days ago and just now you post a review! anyway, super cool to see how well (or not well) this works and i really love the sound of that sample library

What an interesting concept! Thanks Dave

Awesome video. Loved it ❤ always wondered how records actually worked. In love with vinyls something about them that’s comforting.

Nice! I love that. Reminds me of the cool stuff that Alessandro Cortini does with old tascam tape recorders.

amazing as usual David!

Hey, that's funny, just bought one of these and was planning to make a video on it! First time I cut a record with this, I was expecting my first one to come out terribly but it actually sounded pretty great. I was in awe, I couldn't believe I had actually just cut a record with a tiny kit I built hours ago.

Thank you Dave for your lovely videos

@DavidHilowitzMusic

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

This is great! A very educational video on vinyl cutters. Thank you for sharing this!! 😃

So cool! You’re videos are awesome!

I'm fascinated. Again. Great video, man!!

Love the video! Goes to show that any piece of gear can be turned into something useful.

The first few chords you played with the sample were so calming, I wish there was more. Really lo-fi

@spungbopscarepans

5 ай бұрын

i agree lol!

quickly becoming my favorite channel on KZread.

Guitarist Les Paul made some of his 1940s hit records using a homemade lathe he built himself - an old Cadillac flywheel for the turntable and dentist drill belts - I think he was using 16inch blank discs at 78rpm and only recording on the outer edges for fidelity - he and Mary Ford did a number of disc to disc overdub hits before he switched to tape in early 50s - those early discs are amazing for their hifi sound quality

My grandpa had one of those Wilcox-Gay record cutters. When he died I found only a single cut record in his home, and it was a little audio postcard that my grandma and aunt had recorded for him while he was away in WW2. I recorded and cleaned up a digital copy of it for preservation and gave the record to my aunt. I don't know what other records they had recorded, but the audio quality was surprisingly good so I'm guessing they had a lot of practice cutting records for friends all over the place.

Dude. This has been a beautiful blast. Subbed for for more gloriousness!!!!

Equally inspires and dissuades one from wanting to buy one of these. Beautiful video, thanks!

Thanks for trying these for the rest of us (not that I wanted one, my vinyl collection is large enough). Thanks also for the information about manufacturing and sound engineerings these vinyls. Great

I actually really loved the snippets you played of your various attempts to record with the Wilcox, but then I am a fan of noise music

Oh this is super cool. I love everything about this biz

I love your videos. I love all this old music tech, it's so so cool

Those samples are so sick!!

There are a group of people here on KZread who use the Gakken with blank blank cds, and a different type of needle, and found they were able to make much better reproductions of their music. You should check it out and update this video!

@jonniefast

Жыл бұрын

cool! ill check it out

Fantastic video Dave, fascinating

Unexpected but very welcome recommendation. Very fascinating tech.

Yo that sampler-synth you made is actually pretty cool

Nice vid! I find these old recordable discs and sound letters pretty interesting, since they let ordinary people record their voices and stuff before tape became available to the general public.

@trelauney

Жыл бұрын

Actually, if you care a little less about playability, magnetic Wire Recorders had some consumer popularity between WWII and the 60s.

This record maker looks so cool. I love it. That's why I downloaded the sounds!

Incredible, what a cool idea to sample one-shots from this thing.

Really love the different style intro this time with your wife being in the video too!

Oh my. This video just made my inner child so very happy. Thank you

this whole video is interesting, but i think the thing that grabbed my attention the most was the (i think this is what it was) norwegian teaching vinyl, the one playing basic phrases in english then norwegian. i find it especially interesting because i feel like norway is such a small part of the world, and its always special to me when i see something norwegian so far away from norway :)

I think if you apply RIAA per-equalization to the wav file before you try to record it, it will improve the sound AND keep the needle from skipping out of the groove.

I want to use it to make "scratch discs", this was a great demo that shows me that could work and be very interesting. Thanks!

Right on, man. That sine wave set is money.

YOOOO the synths you made is fire!!! and it's free?! youre amazing

Wow. Those waves sound awesome ..

This is great. Eva Tone in Clearwater Florida made the Flexi disc popular.

This was so fantastically fascinating! Thank you😊

How cool! Great video as always.

You most definitely turned lemons into lemonade, this was amazing... thanx!!!

Old science projects books used to give instructions for homemade phonograph players and recorders. I think they suggested smoked glass disks and sheets of hard wax for the record material. Keep in mind also that a higher record speed in the pre-microgroove (16/33 13, or 45 rpm) era normally produced a higher sound quality. When people cut their own, 78rpm was standard and the French used 90 rpm for better fidelity.

This is super interesting and I love the idea of recording vinyl postcards!

glad you made a good use of it,very inspiring!

First time watching, great video!

Facinating stuff. Real pro video !

I have grown fed up of installing endless plugins and held off on Decent Sampler for a while. Usually the faffing required to load banks into a sampler is a turn off. I took the plunge today and downloaded DS, its amazing! I had no idea you could download sounds from the UI within the plugin, that's a complete game changer for time efficiency and staying in flow. I'm sure you have in the past, but a new video quickly outlining decent sampler's ease of instillation/downloading new sounds etc. would surely bring in some people who are holding off from downloading. Just a thought! This is the sound that tipped me over the edge and made me download DS, really glad I did. Thank you.

Ace David, pure ace!

I like your approach here!

I’m gonna get one. Laughable sound quality has it’s place. Your decent library sounds fantastic

Thank goodness, I can already tell that you guys aren’t going to go into a rant about perfect cutting from a toy rebrand. I feel like the te fan base is the most reactive and vicious, temperamental crowd. It’s so cool! Take my money every time!

This was a really cool and fascinating video!

i actually really enjoyed the lofi sound of the song through it, i would love to hear the whole song like that

Dude, huge kudos for making lemonade from those very sour lemons 😆 That was an awesome way to end and I really appreciate the free sounds, as yes indeed, they sound beautiful in their own environment and for that sound design use. I'm very much a fan of lo-fi FX and they're going to get maximum usage, so thank you for your contribution to the sound design arena and if i manage to make anything cool, i shall post it up here so you can hear your samples in action 😉👊 💚

3:13 My son got one of those "Eyeclops" for his birthday. Pretty good for looking at scratched grooves.

What a great video that was ! Thanks

I got some immediate Stardew Valley snug comfortable vibes as soon as I heard the sound come out of that sample pack you made. that’s amazing

Awesome Video Man!

Keep up the great work!