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Cuts like a knife
PHONOCUT
Cassettes, the worst audio medium in history, had one redeeming feature: the mixtape. It was easy and fun to make your own compilations before streaming obliterated such creativity. The Phonocut brings mixtape thinking to vinyl by freeing record production from the need for pressing plants that demand you order by the hundred. Instead, plonk a 10in blank on the machine, connect your audio source, press a button, and it starts cutting those soundwaves into grooves - all in real time. A few minutes later, you’ll have a beautiful black disc housing your favourites - or a super-rare white label of yourself singing in the shower.