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Daryl Shawn wrote: > Thanks much for the review, Bill. Did Recordios only do acetate 78's? > Doesn't seem like the idea would work very well if people could only > listen to their home recordings twice. Sorry, but I was only repeating what I heard someone say at the show. I had never heard of Recordio prior to the show. Please be aware that I am assuming that the media was an acetate. They were being played on victrolas which bear down with a real "needle" which would explain the destructive effects on an acetate. > I'm now consumed by the desire to get one of these and modify it to > cut fixed grooves...seems like one could put a lot of loops on a > single record. At 78 rpm, they'd be pretty short loops, but such > analog loveliness it would be. Warning, no loops were made. Two acetates were made. The tempo was set by the little keyboard's rhythm section and each recording was of equal length. Both acetates were played back more or less in sync... which was done manually so you could hear the two victrolas go out of sync and then Steve would adjust the speed on one to bring things back into relatively close sync. Making a loop seems like it would be problematic since it would have to be done within a single revolution. As soon as the cutting needle cuts into the beginning of the groove, you'd have to IMMEDIATELY stop recording or you'd be ruining the beginning of the loop. Aiming for AND hitting the beginning of a groove seems like it would take a LOT of luck and practice. Loops longer than one revolution are impossible since there'd be no way to get back to the beginning without crossing grooves. > >http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/portable-wilcox-gay-recordio.jpg Unlike the hearty looking disc shown in this photo, Steve was using black 12 inch acetates. Cheers, Bill
