So who actually cuts dubplates?

[charliefoy]

Have had dubs cut with dubstudio in the past they sound great, but some are fuckin tricky to cue. Does anyone know if there is any way to solve this/make em slightly easier to cue?

maybe a dumb question, but why are they hard to cue? im planning to get a couple of dubs cut in the next weeks, they will be my first, so i have no experience with them.

they get crackly very quickly at the start because of cueing, can also be prone to jumping here as the record wears out more

ah alright, thanks

Just try and refrain from moving the needle over the first beat like you would with a vinyl

[iirrriiieee]

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Just try and refrain from moving the needle over the first beat like you would with a vinyl[/quote]

That could work, but then how would you mix them? Cueing from few bars further into the start of the tune?
It's just annoying that its not even old plates, have had the problem with brand new fresh plates,try to mix the dub on the first beat and the needle jumps everywhere.

[baddis98]

i guess he meant you shouldn't move the plate back and forth on the cue all the time like some djs tend to do while waiting to let the record go.
+ often the skipping is caused by loose center holes, so maybe that's worth checking out. that would also explain why it happens with brand new plates, too.

[charliefoy]

yeah sorry i meant just dont cue it over and over before actually releasing the record

[wfg1]

why dont yous just get dubs cut instead of acetate? they last loads longer and cos your talking about it in a forum none of you are gonna be playing them on soundsystems anytime soon
nat assed if they smell potent

[wfg1]

yeah sorry i meant just dont cue it over and over before actually releasing the record

as for you, fight me

[charliefoy]

yeah sorry i meant just dont cue it over and over before actually releasing the record

as for you, fight me

listen ere m8 just cuase u get mp3's pressed to vinyl

[wfg1]

yeah sorry i meant just dont cue it over and over before actually releasing the record

as for you, fight me

listen ere m8 just cuase u get mp3's pressed to vinyl

lad i just puts 7" dubplates in my cd drive and burn them from itunes big up sounds fat on rc1s

[Praya]

Just wondering how many of you have your tracks properly mastered before you send them to get them cut? Or are you paying extra for them to be mastered properly at the same time?

Hoping to get a couple of tracks cut at dubstudio in a couple of weeks and wonderin whether the standard basic mastering done before the cut will be sufficient or if i should fork out more to get a more thorough job done? Your experiences??

[Marcus]

Just wondering how many of you have your tracks properly mastered before you send them to get them cut? Or are you paying extra for them to be mastered properly at the same time?

Hoping to get a couple of tracks cut at dubstudio in a couple of weeks and wonderin whether the standard basic mastering done before the cut will be sufficient or if i should fork out more to get a more thorough job done? Your experiences??

Depends how good you are at mastering since dubstudio will master the track before cutting it to dub.

[Praya]

What i mean is, does their mastering involve getting the tracks sounding their best, or is it just fixing anything (freqs, stereo width...etc) that'll fuck up the cut and then getting it loud?

[Marcus]

http://www.dubstudio.co.uk/dubstudio/faq
If you have any other questions fire him over a email.

[Friendly Editing]

I've got nothing but love for Dubstudio. Henry is a very nice guy and you can tell him about the overall sound you'e aiming for in advance. Before the actual cutting you usually get a sample of the mastered file so some changes might be done (which was never necessary in my case). When cutting dubs there I usually order some digital masters as well.

Never got acetates cut though but all the vinyl dubs still sound great and I've never experienced any troubles while cueing them up or crackles at the start or anything.

[benjam]

Can anyone explain why the blackbox xxx series are cut closer to the centre? If higher frequencies deteriorate closer to the centre surely you would want to start from the outside? Cheers

[baddis98]

Can anyone explain why the blackbox xxx series are cut closer to the centre? If higher frequencies deteriorate closer to the centre surely you would want to start from the outside? Cheers

it's basically just a 10" cut to a 12" plate. i guess there's probably no technical reason for that, just a gimmick to seperate that series from the other black box and box clever releases. i think you often get the tps on 12" (even if the release is planned to be on 10") so maybe they thought 'why not just go with that?'.

[benjam]

Can anyone explain why the blackbox xxx series are cut closer to the centre? If higher frequencies deteriorate closer to the centre surely you would want to start from the outside? Cheers

it's basically just a 10" cut to a 12" plate. i guess there's probably no technical reason for that, just a gimmick to seperate that series from the other black box and box clever releases. i think you often get the tps on 12" (even if the release is planned to be on 10") so maybe they thought 'why not just go with that?'.

Cheers Ive been wondering about that for ages

[antipode]

stem mastering

waste of money

[ehbes]

stem mastering

waste of money

Why's that? iirc was hydraulics a stem master

[wolf89]

stem mastering

waste of money

Surely depends on the track? Probably more a case of a dodgy mix down being fixed if anything. So you could argue that being a waste maybe but I dunno

[antipode]

stem mastering

waste of money

Why's that? iirc was hydraulics a stem master

yeah...

lol.

its just excessive I think. if the premaster is mixed properly you shouldnt need stem mastering tbh