What do you get?

Essentially you get a well mixed dubplate, sounding more professional and playable in a club.

Of course I also can do drops in the riddim, cut something out or play around with the vocals, for example if you want to have the first and the second verse exchanged.

I also do revisions, if you need anything changed.

For more description on my technique scroll down a little bit.

What does it cost?

Please contact me for the price. Because every dubplate needs different treatment the rates may vary a bit. Also if you have special wishes, which take more time for me (say if you want auto-tune or something like that) the price might be higher. Normally it is about 20€ for one dubplate.

If you are a new customer I can make a short demo of one of your dubplates, so you can see what I can do.

How long does it take?

I try to mix your files as fast as I can, so normally you should have the finished files in a few days.

However, if you are in a hurry and have to get it in a few hours, I may also be able to do that

(if I can fit it in).

Tips for ordering and recording Dubplates:

• Ask for WAV files! That's the most important thing to do, since the mp3 files are compressed lossy and therefore do not contain as much information as an uncompressed file like WAV.
• Don't be satisfied with clipping! If you get a file that is severely clipped or distorted, then tell the engineer! Maybe he exported the file too loud and exporting a lower volume solves the problem.
• Get as many seperate files as possible! Ask for seperated files. If you got an artist that doubles the vocals, then they are far better to mix when they are seperated. That is also especially important if you voice a combination of two or more artists! Also the riddim version may be better and not only the lower quality mono file you get out of the split versions.
• Have a good quality riddim file available! The first thing I do when mixing a dubplate is to replace the riddim from the split version with the original verison (when available). That is a great improvement to the overall sound, because like mentioned before the split verison is only mono and not the same quality as the original.

More Information on mixing and mastering:

As most of the time when you order dubplates they come in a split verison with the voice completely unprocessed, these files need some special treatment to make them sound well, especially when played in a club.

Here is a list of the most important plug-in types I use to make dubplates sound better:

- dynamic processors (compressor, limiter, de-esser, gate etc.)

- equalizers

- delay

- reverb

I basically use the above on all vocals, but of course every recording has different characteristics, so there really is no standard procedure on how to get a good result and sometimes there are other special approaches needed to achieve the perfect sound.

That said, I have to tell you, that I am not going to work with very low quality files. For example if you get a vocal, that is clipping most of the time. If you get a clipped file, then you should contact the studio and ask for a better one. If you are lucky, the clipping occures because of exporting the file too loud, and the studio can send you a better one.

It's pointless to try to make a clipped sound better, because it will never sound good, especially when played in a club, and it will hurt peoples ears (and also mine, while mixing).

Some words on mixing in general, because it is often confused with mastering:

Mixing is essentially the things I mentioned above. For dubplates it is the treatment of the vocals, like applying dynamic compressors, equalizers and other processors to make the voice sound better and fit it in on the riddim, and the use of delay and/or reverb to put the whole thing in a room to make it sound bigger and more realistic.

Mastering is only the treatment of the sum, that means in the case of dubplates, that would be the vocals and the riddim processed together. Since the riddim is mastered already it does not need more mastering effects, because that would damage the sound. So I normally also do not really use more mastering effects then maybe one subtle dynamic compressor on the sum, to even out the volume and get the file out a bit louder.