Cutting Vinyl at @AbbeyRoadStudios: The Neumann VMS Cutting Lathes Abbey Road has been cutting discs in house since legendary engineer Alan Blumlein first invented the custom cutting head in 1931. Disc cutting is still just as prevalent today at Abbey Road Studios, where their four trusty Neumann VMS 80s carry out the responsibilities. Mastering engineer Miles Showell explains how these lathes have stayed relatively unchanged: “No one’s made a new lathe for 35 years since the mid-80s. The latest one they made was Neumann VMS 80. It was revolutionary when it came out in the way that the groove spacing computer can work out the shape and size of the grooves and shoe horns everything close together.” Due to the strong popularity of these lathes, Abbey Road Studios teamed up with @WavesAudio in 2016 to create the Abbey Road vinyl plugin, to as faithfully as possible reproduce every stage of the vinyl production and playback process to use on your mix. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ABBEY ROAD VINYL PLUGIN. LINK IN BIO. #VinylCutting #NeumannVMS80 #CuttingLathes