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Scott Hull on Vinyl, Part Eleven

By James Beaudreau | Published: May 8, 2013

All About Deadwax and the Origins of the Independent Mastering Studio Record Store Day may be past, but the vinyl keeps spinning. Welcome back for a “bonus round” of vinyl trivia! It’s time to talk about “deadwax.” If you look at your records very closely you will see a variety of symbols cut into the [...]

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Scott Hull on Vinyl, Part Four

By Scott Hull | Published: March 8, 2013

One of the most sought after vinyl-cutting systems in the world is the nearly indestructible VMS-70 and VMS-80 cutting systems built by Neumann. The VMS-82 was the last of these produced. I’m thankful to say that we get to use our VMS-82 lathe every day to cut lacquers for clients around the globe. (Fig. 1) [...]

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Scott Hull on Vinyl, Part Three

By Scott Hull | Published: March 1, 2013

As disk cutting engineers we are always looking at sound. We have a microscope mounted on the record cutting lathe and we use this scope to determine the quality of the cut and to diagnose problems when they occur. We can also measure the groove width and separation between the grooves. The space between the [...]

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What Does Your Music Say?

By Scott Hull | Published: February 27, 2013

What does your music “say”? I find it interesting to allow the music to tell me what it needs. Here are a couple ways that I do that. I let the producer or artist describe their thoughts about their record to me. Who was it written for? How was it recorded? What are the ideals, [...]

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Ask the Engineer with Scott Hull: What Happened To My Vocal?

By Scott Hull | Published: February 26, 2013

Today we’ve got a question from a reader about how her track was affected by mastering (at another facility). Scott Hull answers. Q: I had a song mastered and the vocals seemed to sound harsher, with a loss of ambience. Can this occur from the mastering? – Sherri A: Sherri, thanks for your email. The [...]

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