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.