dubplates/prices/affordability

[xor]

This is great stuff.
Was wondering, if you get a dub cut at say Transition, is a lacquer made which you can use for pressing up with, or is it cut straight into vinyl and you have to get it re-mastered to create a lacquer?

no. As J from Transition said earlier in the thread, the mastering process is completely different i.e. much more in depth than the quick 'tidy up' you'll get when you're cutting a dub.

If you go to master a tune, it is mastered for optimal sound & volume on all formats. This takes as long as it takes (which depends on the quality of the mixdown) and will finish up sounding as good as the engineer and his equipment can possibly get it. You can then take away the master CD, and/or master lacquers, which you use in the manufacturing processes. Incidentally, master lacquers are often (always?) 1-sided discs and are slightly wider than 12"s - the ones I've cut were anyways.

if you're cutting a dub, the engineer will give it a quick going over to make sure it sounds okay, then cut you the dub. It won't be fully 'mastered' i.e. not the best it might be with more attention, but there will be a degree of overall gentle EQ & compression before the cut.

Thanks for such a quick reply ThinKing, that's spot on. I didn't grasp what JTransition was saying, but now I do...ta.

[somejerk]

i just burn cd's.

[taal mala]

i play dubplates.
i play vinyl
i also play 48KHz 24-bit straight out of my laptop.

when I compare the sound of my track coming out of the laptop at 48KHz/24bit Vs. the SAME track on a dubplate, the dubplate sounds WAY fucking better. It feels way better to play a dubplate than to stare at the computer screen. If I can cut all my tracks to dubs for a few bucks more than I would pay for a 12" of a track that I would buy anyways, why the hell wouldn't I do it. I just cut 14 dubplates last week. that's 28!!! yeah 28 tracks on dub for less than $400, If that's not affordable, then I shouldn't be able to afford anyone' s tracks, on vinyl, and hence should not be trying to dj professionally in the first place.

[taal mala]

What if you record (thru analog means) your dubplates and vinyls back into wavs on your computer and then play those with Serato.

Would the warmth of the vinyl be recorded digitally onto the new wavs?

That's how we roll and it definitely saves wear and tear on your keepers.

I've done this as well.. the newly recorded wav definately sounds fatter with the compression of being cut to dub

[nubian minds]

14 plates for less than 400 dollars???

canadian or us?

in the uk,when I was cutting at Music House,14 plates would set you back around 500 pounds (1050 us dollars)

[human?]

14 plates for less than 400 dollars???

canadian or us?

in the uk,when I was cutting at Music House,14 plates would set you back around 500 pounds (1050 us dollars)

1 USD = 0.994340 CAD


but word, manmade in Brooklyn is 45$ per 10"...







dubs are awesome. and ill admit that serato can def sound lower than plates, & cds even...


BUT.... serato is backwards compatible... meaning, sure! get some dubs cut, rock em.... flick a switch, rock some more stuff off serato.... or whatever!!

i see them as complimenting one another..