LucySep 16, 2024
Kris\Slyka

making records for @kkto and https://dreamanderror.com/ which opens tomorrow! you should go check it out if you're in berlin, it's really cool and there will be books with these records inside! and I might be there too, spoons permitting

EDIT: I have just been informed that the records won't be in the books but will be separate, which is good for people who hate reading I guess…

#RecordCutting

Woven All of Dream and Error

An exhibition by Kata Kovács and Tom O’Doherty at Hošek Contemporary, Berlin · September 11.–15., 2024

Sep 11, 2024 at 12:54pmWeb
Show threadjeffeb3Sep 11, 2024
@slyka Did you make that machine yourself? It looks roughly like a Low Rider. Is there an acis moving toward/away from the camera? I also am curious how susceptible it is to external noise (like a dog barking in the next room).
Show threadKris\SlykaSep 11, 2024
@jeffeb3 yeah, it's completely built from scratch using mostly off the shelf parts, some 3d printing, concrete casting, laser cutting and some lathe work. It's a three axis machine, one rotary axis for the table and two linear axis for moving the head left and right and up and down. It's not really sensitive to external noise but it is sensitive to vibrations. Running a desk fan on the same table is definitely audible. All the motors are vibration isolated with 3d printed TPU dampers.
Show threadjeffeb3Sep 11, 2024

@slyka That is really neat. I love how stout that turning block is. I assume the left/right channels etch in orthogonal directions for a stereo pickup?

Is this a blank use for casting or the final product?

Show threadKris\SlykaSep 11, 2024
@jeffeb3 thanks! The stereo channels are cut at a 45° angle, with one of the channels phase inverted so that a mono signal results in a purely horizontal motion. what you're seeing there is the final product. this was a run of records where each record had it's own unique track on it. cutting masters for pressing is it's own whole thing
Show threadjeffeb3Sep 11, 2024
@slyka Oh wow. Thanks for sharing. That sounds (no pun intended) like a fun project.