Tech Story: Making Vinyl Records With DIY Cutting Lathe (Self-Built Dubplate Machine & Studio)

This is a story about Dovilis Paliukas and his DIY record cutting lathe, through the help of which he runs a dubplate cutting studio in Vilnius, Lithuania.
darkroom.lt
Producer: Arnas Gataveckas
Camera and editing: Audrius Vait
Editing ideas and subtitles: Kamilė Gulbinaitė
Music:
IJO - Sabishi Desu (Touched Music, UK)
OBSTKR - Soul Echoes (Blikmuzik, LT)
OBSTKR - Light In Nature (Blikmuzik, LT)
OBSTKR - Broken Card (Blikmuzik, LT)
Amora Lamor - Amoritmal (Discotag Records, LT)
This project is funded by LITHUANIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURE
Discotag is a record shop & label based in Vilnius, Lithuania

discotag.com/
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Istorija apie Dovilį Paliuką, kuris pats pasigamino muzikos plokštelių gamybos (pjovimo) stakles ir teikia mažo tiražo plokštelių įrašymo paslaugas Vilniuje.
darkroom.lt
Prodiuseris: Arnas Gataveckas
Operatorius ir montažas: Audrius Vait
Montažo idėjos ir subtitrai: Kamilė Gulbinaitė
Muzika:
IJO - Sabishi Desu
OBSTKR - Soul Echoes
OBSTKR - Light In Nature
OBSTKR - Broken Card
Amora Lamor - Amoritmal (Discotag Records, LT)
Projektą finansuoja LIETUVOS KULTŪROS TARYBA

[@chuheihkg]

This is major impressive. It is believed Reforging a lathe like this just like until hell freezes over.

[@ff-qf1th]

this guy is so incredibly cool. he is how I aspire to be

[@algimantaslaurutis9886]

Šaunuoliai, progreso kūrėjai!

[@readventurekids]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@Karocki]

another miracle

[@edwardnowill4408]

Mono Ortofon cutting head.Should produce masters & dubs of exceptional quality.Melodia Moscow used an Ortofon SV8s for mastering & their mono records were mastered with this head.[see AES report on Mercury Engineers visit to the Soviet Union in the 1960s].Melodia's Ortofon mastering lathe [mono & stereo mastering]now in use in a UK cutting room.

[@tomografik]

ART

[@vytautasbagdonas2674]

Wow, einu pirkt vinilų :D

[@egleslowlands]

kaip nuoširdu! ačiū labai

[@thegamingcouch6865]

Excellent work. Very fascinating to watch.

[@pavelkirpikau1369]

Great stuff!

[@zilkauskas]

Puikus video!

[@Democe_A2MG]

A real Underground independant engineer lovely and really inspiring, want to try order a dubplate ^^

[@llewellyn56]

This guy is awesome.

[@SecretThirteenJournal]

Nice :)

[@djnoteazy]

Lovely video!

[@dr_bnx]

Kas per gėris :)

[@akvariumistas]

ple... nu gerai... nu labai gerai :)

[@swamppeople]

Fucking awesome! ❤️

[@tora5205]

Amazing

[@Old299dfk]

2:03 - no way! Hardcell is amazing!

[@nevilleandann]

😎😇💕💕💕

[@carolagomez2514]

¿ Piensan que todas las personas que creamos con sonido tenemos la cara que tiene él en el minuto 1:04 ? /
Do you think that all the people we create with sound have the face that he has at minute 1:04?

[@abhijitbhavsar5763]

WOW GREAT - Why don't you start making records, There are lots of people want new records LP's

[@nocontrolnewchannel435]

Hello. What is the band on 1:17 ?

[@discotag]

Hello, this one: discotag.com/product/amora-lamor-various-tracks-ep-discotag/

[@ulysmusic]

Hello Where do you bought the cutting head ??? Thank you for your reply Cheers from France ;)

[@discotag]

you can try and ask him here: darkroom.lt

[@perseus086]

Where to buy the blanks?

[@discotag]

you can try and ask him here: darkroom.lt

[@DJDouglasWarden]

☮️❤️🎵🌍🤗🏁

[@curtis_chip]

hey… maybe too much „vintage“ fx. ? i only ask :)

[@zvotaisvfi8678]

so great!

[@victortalkingmachines7403]

doesn't look like it plays very well since you had to use your hand to find the groove.