Toolhouse Recordings (2)

24-track recording, mixing, mastering and lacquer cutting studio in Linsengericht-Lützelhausen, Germany. Operating under this name between 1987 or 1988 and 2017. Founded and operated by Wolfgang Jost alias W. J. Wolfmann. Previous names: Rudi's Record Company and Tonstudio Wolfgang Jost. Toolhouse Recordings was set up for a one off vinyl release by Roey Marquis II. Not to be confused with recording studio Toolhouse Studios in Rotenburg. In 1996, cutting engineer Djamil Mehtieff relocated his Neumann VMS-70 with SX-74 cutter head to the Toolhouse studios, where he then was cutting lacquers until 2002. Lacquer cuts can be identified by the following runout etchings: T I:I (the premaster was transferred without any further mastering -1:1- onto the lacquer) TOOL HOUSE TOOLHOUSE TOOLHOUSE-DC (DC stands for Direct Cut, i.e. the lathe was fed directly from the master recorder, incl. the advance control) Engineer Djamil Mehtieff T I:I et TOOLHOUSE et TOOLHOUSE-DC et TOOLHOUSE-DC Djamil Engineer s/w/d s/w/d at toolhouse Also referred to as: - Toolhouse Superdub - Toolhouse Recordings, SSL-Suite - Toolhouse Recordings, M-Suite - Toolhouse Recordings, L-Suite - Toolhouse, L-Suite - Toolhouse Mastering