At Centraldubs Mastering Studios, we bring music to life with precision and passion. For over 20 years, we’ve worked with legendary artists like Yello, Cat Stevens, and Tricky, as well as local icons and emerging talent. From mastering your tracks for digital streaming or vinyl, to crafting unique dubplates, we ensure your music sounds its best – on any platform.
Mastering
We offer very high quality mastering and vinyl cutting services. We’ve worked for some of the bigest names in the music world, including Cat Stevens, Yello, Tricky, Altin Gün, Thomas D, Sainkho Namtchylak, DeWolff but also the Swiss music grandezza and bands like Züri West, Stiller Has, Krokus, Al Comet, Sirens of Lesbos, Tommy Vercetti, Ikah Hyu and many, many more. From classical to jazz, world music to electronica, from indie to popmusic and experimental, we handle your production to make it sound the way it should.
Our services include:
- Mastering for CD (Red Book, DDP)
- Mastering for digital streaming
- Vinyl mastercut from digital or analog source
- Transfer from vinyl / tape to digital
- Audio restoration
- Advisory work for studios and music productions
Vinyl Cut
When the “cutter on”-button lights up, the lathe is running and the lacquer smelling, then we are cutting another great sounding vinyl master. Centraldubs is known for taking particular care to all productions and for making your record shine. For best results on vinyl, we offer either a full mastering service before cutting, or direct adjustments during transfer.
Dubplate
We cut MDC Laquers or PVC Plates. Perfectly locked grooves (loops) are possible.
Direct to Disc – Fully Analog Vinyl
The Direct to Disc Recording is a recording process where the Vinyl master is cut from the direct recording signal. Back in the early days of recording, this was the only way to produce records, since there was no tape machines or computers to capture the sound. These days it is a way to express music in a very unique manner. We offer Direct to Disc Recordings in collaboration with Influx Studios The signal goes directly from the microphone(s) to the vinyl master. Everything is done in realtime. Preparation and performance is everything when it comes to direct to disc.
Recent Work
Conditions
Mastering
- Mastering: CHF 120.-/h
- Editing CHF 100.-/h
- DDP file CHF 100.-
- Mastering a track takes approx. 30 minutes. As an example: mastering 10 songs takes about 5 to 6 hours of work.
- If your budget is tight, please contact us to find a affordable solution for your project.
- Accepted file formats: WAV 64 bit 192 khz/ DSD / Audio CD / DDP / DAT / MP3 / 1/4” Analog Tape. (1/2” analog Tape on request)
Mastercuts for vinyl production
- 7” Single (A+B): CHF 220.-
- 10” Record (A+B): CHF 350.-
- 12” LP/Maxi (A+B): CHF 420.-
- 10” Reference Plate CHF 150.-
- 12” Reference Plate CHF 250.-
- Mastering on request or where technically needed is charged additionally at CHF 120/h.
Dubplate cutting
- 7” Dub (A+B): CHF 70.-
- 10” Dub (A+B): CHF 80.-
- 12” Dub (A+B): CHF 100.-
- 30.- CHF for express cutting within a maximum of 48 hours
- 120.- CHF / hour for mastering on request or where technically needed
- All prices without shipping.
Equipment List
Source
- PC Wavelab
- Studer A 812 1/4” Tapemachine
- Studer A80 1/4” Tapemachine (Vinyl Mastering Version)
- Telefunken A10 1/4” Tapemachine (Vinyl Mastering Version)
- Studer A721 Casette Tape Deck
Converters
- Merging Technologies Hapi w. Mastering Grade AD/DA (DSD capable)
- Crane Song Solaris Reference Converter
Analog Processing
- Neumann Passive Mastering Eqs PEV (MT66 Console)
- Neumann Active OEDuo 2x Modiefied to 1db Stepps
- Maselec Precision EQ MEA 2
- Buzz Audio REQ Mastering Equalizer
- Tube Tech SM2BM Mastering Multiband
- Maselec MLA2 Stereo Optical Compressor
- Fairchild 670 Vari-Mu Compressor (UTA Rebuild)
- Hand Crafted Labs HCL Varis Vari-Mu Mastering Compressor
- Dangerous Audio Bax EQ
- API 2500 Stereo Compressor
Digital processing & Plug-Ins
- Algorythmix
- Weiss
- Acustica Audio
- Izotope RX
- Maat
Disc Cutting
- Neumann VMS 70 Cutting Lathe
- Flokason Dialba Cutterhead
- Ortofon Amps GO 701
- Vinylium Pitch 98
Monitoring
- B & W 800 Nautilus
- 2 x Classé CA M400 Amps (Monoblocks)
Studio history
Centraldubs studios was founded in 2001. In the first years, the studio was a pure mastering and dubplate cutting suite popular among reggae/dancehall soundsystems, drum’n’bass DJs, and electronic music producers. With time, the customers desire to obtain digital masters increased. Centraldubs evolved from a raw mastering and dubplate suite into a sophisticated mastering studio with Adrian “Adi” Flück as main engineer, Rea Dubach and Sebastian “Sebi” Zwahlen as associate engineers. Studio founder and former owner Stefano De Marchi acts as advisor. Today, the studio accommodates industry standard equipment for mastering and monitoring, innovative features in the disk cutting system, and well-trained ears.
Contact
Don’t hesitate – ask us anything regarding your production:
Adi Flück: +41 76 596 28 13
cut@centraldubs.com
Location
Centraldubs GmbH
Wasserwerkgasse 5
3011 Bern
Switzerland