Could anyone explain to me what a dub mix is? I've seen a bunch of tracks labeled dub mixes but I've never understood the term.

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[QUOTE=Rawrmune;1043882]Could anyone explain to me what a dub mix is? I've seen a bunch of tracks labeled dub mixes but I've never understood the term.[/QUOTE]

It usually means some or all of the vocal has been removed. You can get a better explanation [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubbing_%28music%29"]here[/URL]

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A good example is Science Dept - Breathe ([URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=264"]Danny Howells[/URL]' Drifting Dub) it still has some of the vocal but very little over the main mix.

[video=youtube;xdke2eDV-TA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdke2eDV-TA[/video]

[video=youtube;plmRPtGnnPU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmRPtGnnPU[/video]

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basically Is that, a track without the vocals or not so influenced as the original. but sometimes can be another effect or sample removed from the original.

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[video=youtube;RkFKbd0LraY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkFKbd0LraY&feature=related[/video]

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Many punters and DJs think vocals belong to house, hence to minorities (gay, blacks, Latinos, women, a-drugs-users, etc.). So producers create tracks but provide "dj-friendly" dubs, different from Instrumentals because they retain hooks and fragments of the dreaded gay original. Seriously, both can be great, reaching different audiences.

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:lol: jeebus

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House music >>>

[video=youtube;MkYgfrf95c8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYgfrf95c8[/video]

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Hell Yeah ^^^^^^^^ As for the definition of dub mix, look up Sly and Robbie.

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That's was all helpful . It is question I have thought about for ages :D

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I think would be nice bobssjuice share some concepts here

but I belive Dub the real real Dub [even the term] was born in Jamaica in the gold era of Reggae Music with the Upsetters + Wailers

• others super Far Jamaican Artists

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I think would be nice bobssjuice share some concepts here

but I belive Dub the real real Dub [even the term] was born in Jamaica in the gold era of Reggae Music with the Upsetters + Wailers

• others super Far Jamaican Artists

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:lol: not ^that kind of "dub mix:"

[QUOTE=Rawrmune;1043882] tracks labeled dub mixes [/QUOTE]

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[IMG]http://www.dubwisefestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dubshop.jpg[/IMG]

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1044084]:lol: not ^that kind of "dub mix:"[/QUOTE]

its still related, real dub also in reggae music is the same way, it lacks the main vocals and more repetitive

sooo what again did u think is dub?

:lol: :lol:

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always is good to know where it all begins not just a little bit of info

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Dub is a style, a dub mix may retain the name (not sure) but the music styles have nothing in common.

This instead has an obvious link:

[video=youtube;IPOw-VeHZgQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOw-VeHZgQ[/video]

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The Brit version, thanks to Youth and Jimmy Cauty

[video=youtube;qexS5hBB1C0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexS5hBB1C0[/video]

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Detroit:

[video=youtube;rQ4gMzTujpk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ4gMzTujpk[/video]

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Taking away the vocal creates an instrumental, not a dub. The dub is the use of the vocal or elements of it or elements derived from it (or it's processed version) to create something in place of the vocal and fill out the "space"

Teh style of "dub" comes from dub reggae of course and harks back to the times when studios were pretty simple affairs, a mixer and an echo box being most of what was avaiable so became most of what those original lions of the style used to experiment and create and often make something pretty far out (for it's time) in comparison to what the original material sounded like. (over - dubbing)

Edit ; just read previous comments.

Of course the genre of dub and the process of creating a dub version are related, massively so. One is derived directly from the other. Studio fx and pro tools may have replaced the old school tape echo but what you are doing in principle is exactly the same.

[video=youtube;rRPjS46jNEw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRPjS46jNEw&feature=related[/video]

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[video=youtube;KIkUO9OgYQg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIkUO9OgYQg[/video]

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Thank you for clearing that up, Bob :).

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[video=youtube;br64hUilfNE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br64hUilfNE&feature=related[/video]

:RockOn:

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Thanks for the answers guys! Yeah I got dub mix confused with dub style music. I guess they're a little bit different but still related.

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also not to be confused with "dubs" although perhaps also related?

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Valid point.

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Some Bill Laswell dub I bought years ago which is bueno:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/M3unI.jpg[/IMG]

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valid points through out!.. when I used to purchase tracks everyday I would always look for the "dub" versions.. I looked at it (from the original) as a [U]"muffled"[/U] version. Some original tracks were a bit cheesy, too poppy for my liking.. the dub mix (if one was available) would usually make it better. Muffled darker version I would say.. some dub mixes tho, were almost an entirely different track!