Our dubplates are made from either a tough PVC compound or classic acetate lacquers. Both
enables us to produce, dubs designed so producers and DJs can get short runs or one-off copies
of their work.We cut a varietyof weights and plates sizes to fit our customer’s needs.

Over the last four years we have cut many thousands of records in a variety of music styles; from
dubstep & jungle to opera and spoken word. We will always cut our records as loud as is physically
and sonically possible and offer an automatic re-cut for anyone not 100% satisfied with the results.

To download our current dubplate price list, please click here.

For more information about cutting vinyl dubs and advice about to get the best from your cut please
read our FAQs

History of the Dubpate

A dubplate is an acetate disc — usually 12 inches, 10 inches or 7 inches in diameter — used in mastering
studios for quality control and test recordings before proceeding with the final master, and subsequent
pressing of the record to be mass-produced on vinyl. The "dub" in dubplate is an allusion to the plate's use
in "dubbing" or "doubling" the original version of a track. The name dubplate also refers to an exclusive,
'one-off' acetate disc recording pioneered by reggae sound systems but also used by drum and bass and other
dance music artists, DJs and sound systems.

These dubplates will often be either unreleased recordings (which may or may not end up being made available
to the general public) or exclusive versions or remixes of existing recordings. They are often used as a market
research tool to assess the probable sales of a tune once it's released, as they are far cheaper to produce than
a pressed vinyl record. However, because dubplates have a limited life-span they can only be used about fifty times.
Vinyl dubplates are a recently-developed format which allow extremely durable recordings to be made (lasting
90% as long as pressed vinyl) and are more suited to cases where no release is imminent, or the release date
is a long time away.