I haven't cut a ton of records -- well, I've cut two to be exact. I don't want to diss Ron, but I liked the results I got from Prairie Cat mastering much, much better, and when all was said and done, the cost was about the same as NSC.
Two things that distinguish Prairie Cat from other cutters: 1) Equipment -- Prairie Cat has a variable pitch lathe, which cuts narrower grooves during quieter passages and fatter grooves for loud passages. This gives you as much as 2 minutes longer per side for a loud DJ cut. Prairie Cat also has some very fine analog signal processing gear. 2) Brains and Ears -- I was able to describe how I wanted the cut record to sound, and he delivered. The Prairie Cat record was well balanced and had neither needle-bouncing bass or spitting high end distortion. Sean Deason's remix of my track may be the deepest, warmest track I have ever heard on vinly. http://www.prairiecatmastering.com/ This is the guy who used to be at Metropolis back when 430 West was using them for cutting. On 7/24/07, jwan allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We use Scratch-free out of Toronto and we haven't any issues regarding sound quality to date. *fingers-crossed*
