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MP3 Dubplates,
If we (Transition)were to offer this service how many peolpe would use it assuming that it was afforable,Somthing that someone posted on this forum got me thinking so lets see a show of hands.
Thanks for your time
Jason

Hello

What is an mp3 dubplate?

I assume it means cutting a dubplate from an mp3?

Nope,Its just a quick term for a service i am thinking about where we will process your audio in the some way as we would a dubplate but encode it as an mp3 or aac for the digi DJ's to play out.

Jason

Id use this this service

Aah!

So essentially, artists could send you music in non lossy formats, you pass it through your outboard gear etc, then redigitalise/encode it sounding hotter!

Sounds good

Yes,
We are already supplying some of our clients with MP3'S for download so with a little tweek of the logistics maybe we could do something.
Jason

Yes definitley if it was fairly priced. perhaps you could also consider doing package deals or something, where people can send you 3 or 6 mp3's at once and have them all done.

also i imagine that the waiting time would be an issue too. if the demand was high for this service would transition have enough staff to meet demand?

either way, i'd be very interested in something like this.

i think its a good idea

what would the rough pricing be do you think? or is it too early to say?

Great idea!

I've been meaning to ask about online mastering services for a while! Don't think it would need to be mp3 though, surely if we sent you the wav files you could master them and send them back? Heard a few companies doing it like this.

xal54x wrote:Great idea!

I've been meaning to ask about online mastering services for a while! Don't think it would need to be mp3 though, surely if we sent you the wav files you could master them and send them back? Heard a few companies doing it like this.

This is CD mastering isn't it?

Loving this idea!
It would be great to have my own tunes mastered in the same place where the biggest tunes in dubstep were cut.

I'd definately try it once at least out of curiousity. Maybe not the answer you'd want but i'm being honest. I think I'd end up regreting not having you master the wav (which could lead to me becoming a regular customer, hmm). Would it be a format sensitive master? i.e. some sort of special attention paid to the high frequencies?

yee i like this idea!

Jtransition wrote:how many peolpe would use it assuming that it was afforable

great idea.
you'd probably get more mp3s a week than you could handle once word spreads though.

could we get a .wav back?

id think about it for future digital releases but youd need a wav for that.

if the price is right of course.

I'd be more than happy to test this service, lol.

I´d try it if there is a way to get WAV or FLAC back.

Jtransition wrote:Somthing that someone posted on this forum got me thinking so lets see a show of hands.

May as well address this directly eh - most likely to have been that thread about my service (exactly this sort of thing). I didnt mean to tread on your toes or anything like that man, I hope that's clear! Nothing but respect from over here

Just don't do it too cheap... I've been working so bloody hard trying to get things moving!

My question is, are the dubplates just straight to mp3 encoded? or is some looseless type (FLAC) involved first?

....and does this have an impact on quality if converted from one to the other?

As I understand it, we're talking about running stuff through the nice analogue signal chain to get some of the 'dubplate sound' on it, aren't we?

Rather than a full on 'spend ages tweaking EQs and limiters' type mastering service - wasn't the original discussion about the fact that mp3 mastering seems to be more expensive than dubplate cutting at Transition, because mp3 mastering is the full mastering experience whereas dub cutting isn't?

Or am I confused?