Hello everyone. Thinking of the L and V issue, I have a very simple response
from cutting records. I had recorded Laquers with the Fairchild lathe , in
order to record high frequencies, I had to boost them to a dangerous level
almost burning the coil up. When you record you boost highs and limit the
lows, and the opposite when you play them back. I used the same head to record
hill and dale cylinder records on Edison blanks, and could record the cylinders
almost flat, and the lows and highs sounded very similar to the original
recording, and the highs did not have to be boosted to the dangerous levels of
the lateral disc of which the head was designed to cut, so it certainly seems
that it is harder to record highs on lateral recordings than vertical. Some of
you on the list have some of these electrically recorded cylinders in your
collections with modern music on them, you can state the same I am sure. When
it comes to bass however, vertical records are much harder as lifts occur, but
you can increase the ambient wax temperature and record deeper grooves, and
record more bass The lowest bass note I had recorded on cylinders was 16 cps,
however this was a test tone, with no other frequencies added, it was very
difficult to do but can be done. Lateral records record bass with relative
ease, however if the volume is to high the grooves run into eachother and must
be spaced apart more. (Most modern recording lathes do this automatically.) If
you listen to companies that recorded lateral and vertical records you can hear
much clearer records, with vertical recordings time and time again. Pathe',
Gennette ect.
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