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Originally Posted by Paul Gold  The distortion you hear on playback can't be heard when you are cutting and will vary with the playback cartridge. The only way to be sure that you like the cut is to get a reference cut.
If the mix is well prepared getting it right on the first take is easy. If it isn't then it's near impossible. It could be remastered but it won't be a great cut of the audio that walked in the door. |
I know that. there is the cutter and the pressing plant. 2 different companies most of the times..
but there is what I call quality control: cutting a dubplate as a reference cut (by the cutter)...and then listening to the dubplate on standard systems which are used in the club.
one of my former cutter whose name I dont want to drop cause they have been very nice with me after all and finally managed to get me a good cut (after I tweaked the mastering again and again) wasnt able to reproduce the distortion that I was haveing on their turntable at first (with the reference cut). none of the pressing plant nor the cutter wanted to accept the mistake at first. I had to send in the artefacts that I was hearing as WAV-files.
if you use the best pickup available on the market you dont hear all the distortion that 90% of the clients will get (in worse case) cause they use ortofon crap pickups, which unfortunately is the standard in clubs...
plus my pickups where SHURE white labels which I like.. (they had the distortion too) ..
after I placed a LOWCUT (butterworth 6) on 19KHz + they reduced the level about 1dB and we agreed to change from 33 to 45 RPM everything was super shiny. the cut is VERY good now...
vinyl is so demanding...
robert