Hi!
This is way out, but we have a great depth of expertise here, and I'm hoping someone might have some experience.
I have bought an old Edison phonograph wax cylinder player as a gift for my dad's 70th birthday, and would like to record some birthday messages from the family for him to play on it.
I have managed to find a guy that makes and sells new cylinders, and have ordered some to play with. Now for the fun bit...
I'd like to put the messages together on protools, and then 'bounce' it onto the wax.
My thinking is to play it out to a small speaker or reversed dynamic mic with a cutting stylus to the diaphragm.
Does anyone see any problems with this approach? And what could I use as a cutting stylus - would a reversed playing stylus work?
Any thoughts and experiences would be very welcome.
Stewart
This is way out, but we have a great depth of expertise here, and I'm hoping someone might have some experience.
I have bought an old Edison phonograph wax cylinder player as a gift for my dad's 70th birthday, and would like to record some birthday messages from the family for him to play on it.
I have managed to find a guy that makes and sells new cylinders, and have ordered some to play with. Now for the fun bit...
I'd like to put the messages together on protools, and then 'bounce' it onto the wax.
My thinking is to play it out to a small speaker or reversed dynamic mic with a cutting stylus to the diaphragm.
Does anyone see any problems with this approach? And what could I use as a cutting stylus - would a reversed playing stylus work?
Any thoughts and experiences would be very welcome.
Stewart