one other thing you can do if you want to play a vertical (hill and dale) record is to re wire the cartridge i know that they are some videos here on youtube aboute how to do that.
@agfamatic91 Yes; thanks for posting that. With Shure stereo cartridges, you connect the two positives (L & R) and take the signal from the two negatives (LG & RG) - which is slightly counter-intuitive. But as there are very few vertically cut records in the collection here, I have not got a cartridge dedicated to them. This is not good... I must save up some more money somehow! 8^)
A Constant velocity groove disc! I heard about it many times, and even had a chance to look at it, but this is the first time that I actually hear a sound from it. Many thanks for posting this.
Yes, I've heard about these constant velocity groove records, but I've never quite understood how the gramophones one would have to use to be able to playing those would work. Also I can't imagine how you'd transfer it to the computer and getting it to play the right pitch all through.
About the Pathé disc. I seem to recall reading somewhere that they were supposed to be played with a special needle that worked a bit like a ballpoint?
Hi. World discs all played *below* 78, via a mechanical device, which they called a 'Controller'. This was driven by a wheel that went across the disc while it was playing. It had its own spinning 'governor', which progressively allowed the turntable to go faster. There must be web-pages devoted to this... I am not clever enough to write one! The Pathés should, as you say, be played with a 'ball sapphire' stylus, quite large. I don't have one, so my 'transfer' was very bad! 8^)
one other thing you can do if you want to play a vertical (hill and dale) record is to re wire the cartridge i know that they are some videos here on youtube aboute how to do that.
agfamatic91 1 year ago
@agfamatic91 Yes; thanks for posting that. With Shure stereo cartridges, you connect the two positives (L & R) and take the signal from the two negatives (LG & RG) - which is slightly counter-intuitive. But as there are very few vertically cut records in the collection here, I have not got a cartridge dedicated to them. This is not good... I must save up some more money somehow! 8^)
bixanorak 1 year ago
A Constant velocity groove disc! I heard about it many times, and even had a chance to look at it, but this is the first time that I actually hear a sound from it. Many thanks for posting this.
transformingArt 1 year ago
Yes, I've heard about these constant velocity groove records, but I've never quite understood how the gramophones one would have to use to be able to playing those would work. Also I can't imagine how you'd transfer it to the computer and getting it to play the right pitch all through.
About the Pathé disc. I seem to recall reading somewhere that they were supposed to be played with a special needle that worked a bit like a ballpoint?
Thanks for interesting vids. Cheers.
78rpmblog 1 year ago
Hi. World discs all played *below* 78, via a mechanical device, which they called a 'Controller'. This was driven by a wheel that went across the disc while it was playing. It had its own spinning 'governor', which progressively allowed the turntable to go faster. There must be web-pages devoted to this... I am not clever enough to write one! The Pathés should, as you say, be played with a 'ball sapphire' stylus, quite large. I don't have one, so my 'transfer' was very bad! 8^)
bixanorak 1 year ago