Ben F wrote on Thu, 15 April 2010 23:09 |
Thanks Steve.
It's a tough one as you know some tracks only really sound good with a bit of clipping over any other method, and there is always the super quiet (or loud)one on an EP that I have to deal with.
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I'd say your absolute best bet if there are any questions regarding the pre-master is to have the client get a reference acetate (aka "dub plate") made first for there approval prior to taking on the expense of lacquers, stampers and tests being made. That way if there's any issues they can be addressed first without having to spend more money and time than otherwise necessary.
Main thing is not to over think things too much - make the pre-master sound good to you, keep it on the "warm" side if you can, and it will likely translate well to vinyl.
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Is there any difference cutting do DMM over the traditional lacquer? Or do the standard headroom and not too much out of phase bass technical aspects apply?
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The same issues apply. DMM in general has less pre-echo, greater high frequency definition - but tighter depth tolerances than lacquer - and there's definitely some folks who prefer lacquer over DMM - but when I was cutting (can't believe this was 5 years ago already) I never found a program that I couldn't get sounding to the client's satisfaction with it.
fwiw - the Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings latest LP that just got released was cut to DMM at Abbey Road from 24bit/88.2kHz premasters that I made - and I think it sounds pretty darn nice!
Best regards,
Steve Berson