Also, if someone decides they want another copy down the line, the master is there ready to go. When I am old and grey, I will be able to look back through and see the body of my work, perhaps some famous names before they were famous. It’s about convenience, and also, it’s a great way to archive.
I like to cut from a CD rather than straight from the computer, as when doing multiple tracks to vinyl, it saves a lot of time not having to load different files etc. Once I’m happy with a master file, I then burn it to CD and then move to the cutting lathe. At home I have a treated room with the customised ATC SCM50 based speakers I built so can fine tune there. If something needs more detailed work though, I can always take things away to do this in a more suitable environment. I have a pair of ATC SCM11 in the shop, which are a very competent set of monitors, and combined with the knowledge of the characteristics of the cutterhead, we can create a very good file to be cut. Most of the time, this can be done in store. As well as this, every cutter-head (the piece of equipment that converts the audio signal to the vibration that, via the diamond tip, cuts the groove into the dubplate) has its own unique characteristic sound, so before a file can be cut it also has to be sent through an equaliser to be adjusted for this. Essentially there can be no stereo in the bass, and the phase differences/stereo in the mids and tops have to be carefully controlled. It’s very different preparing a piece of music to be cut to vinyl rather than copied to a digital medium, and entire books have been written on this topic. One is for preparing the file to be cut, the other is actually cutting the prepared file onto the dubplate. The set-up is, in its simplest form, split into two parts. I did a pop-up in the backroom at Holdrons (a space they reserve for exhibitions and temporary stores) as part of the Peckham Rye Music Festival, and the response was overwhelmingly positive.Ĭould you talk us through your set up and equipment, and what it takes to cut a dub? When I was thinking of moving out of home to a proper location I knew it had to be right, and one place we thought about was Holdrons Arcade. You’re situated in a pretty exciting location. More information can be found on our website and Facebook.
We will be taking orders online as usual so always welcome to email or phone for a chat. Our opening times are Monday to Saturday, 10am till 8pm.
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People can walk in with files on memory stick (must be PC compatible) or a download link, or book an appointment to reserve a specific time slot. We’re located in Holdrons Arcade, Unit 21, 135a Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST. I still offer the same online service, where people can email and send music to be cut on to a dubplate, but there was also a quiet voice in the back of the mind that felt it would be great to one day move things out of the home, and into a place where people can walk in and have their record cut while they wait in more of a shop environment. Could you talk us through what you offer in terms of the service? Now you’ve just opened up your first walk in Dubplate service. So last time we featured you, you were running an underground dub-cutting operation out of your bedroom and serving the likes of Bradley Zero, Medlar, Chaos in the CBD, Andy Blake and Henry Wu. We caught up with Dominic to find out more about the whole operation. From Bradley Zero’s Rhythm Section to Henry Wu and Andy Blake, some of the vinyl you’ve found yourself grooving to on any given night out in London may well lead back to this guy.Īlmost a year on and Dominic Jones’ uncouth DIY bedroom foundry has become an institution in its own right within Peckham’s flourishing music scene, and earlier this month he made an executive decision to step out of the shadows and onto Rye Lane high street to offer Peckham’s first ever walk-in dubplate cutting service.
At the beginning of this year we caught wind of a mysterious man cutting dubplates out of his bedroom for some of south London’s finest DJs and producers.
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