In dealing with scratches and digs, I've used a brush with fine hairs
lightly applied to the side of the tone arm cartridge to guide the
stylus over a bad patch.  Or, I've found that I can incrementally tip
the turntable (to find the right amount of adjustment) on a angle (most
are so well balanced that you can do this) by putting CD cases or other
similar thin objects to raise either the two left or two right feet high
enough to affect the tracking either toward the center of the disk or
toward the outer edge.  This seems to help the tonearm track across
gouges and digs.  I then use my DAW to edit the best of the passes into
my final .wav file.  It works for me.

Rod Stephens
Family Theater Productions

Jeffrey Kane wrote:

>That's just about one of the only things it does well; dealing with cracks,
>gouges, etc that a normal stylus can't cope with.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jos Van Dyck
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:00 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] LP groove repair
>>
>>Should work with a Laser turntable
>>http://www.elpj.com/
>>
>>If it is music, the 1.8 sec might be repeated somewhere else in the piece.
>>Copy & paste with your DAW will cure.
>>
>>Jos
>>
>>
>>
>>>---------- Initial header -----------
>>>
>>>From      : "Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List"
>>>
>>>
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>>To          : [log in to unmask]
>>>CC          :
>>>Date      : Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:04:43 -0800
>>>Subject : [ARSCLIST] LP groove repair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have a 1963 LP which has a deep gouge - it looks like the needle had
>>>>
>>>>
>>been
>>
>>
>>>>dropped very hard, leaving a pit in the record that is 2.5 grooves
>>>>
>>>>
>>wide.
>>
>>
>>>>Depending on how I set the anti-skate, I get one of two effects: (a)
>>>>
>>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>>stylus skips and will not continue past the gouge or (b) the stylus
>>>>
>>>>
>>jumps a
>>
>>
>>>>groove, skipping 1.8 seconds of music.  I've looked at the groove
>>>>
>>>>
>>under a
>>
>>
>>>>150x microscope, and it appears that the gouge is 0.010" deep.  For
>>>>
>>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>>really curious, I might try to photograph the damage.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have any experience on how to span this gouge?  Any
>>>>
>>>>
>>conservation
>>
>>
>>>>techniques for filling such damage just so to make the rest of the
>>>>
>>>>
>>grooves
>>
>>
>>>>playable?  Or am I just outta luck on this one.  I have a steady hand
>>>>
>>>>
>>and
>>
>>
>>>>good optics/magnification.
>>>>
>>>>Eric Jacobs
>>>>The Audio Archive
>>>>San Jose, California
>>>>+1 (408) 221-2128
>>>>mailto:[log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>>NOTE! My email address is changing to ... @scarlet.be
>>>Please make the necessary changes in your address book.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>NOTE! My email address is changing to ... @scarlet.be
>>Please make the necessary changes in your address book.
>>
>>
>
>
>