Editing Acetate disc (section)

=== Black and dance music ===

In the [[Electronic dance music|dance music]] world, [[Disc jockey|DJ]]s cut new or otherwise special tracks on acetates, in order to test crowd response and find potential hits. This practice started as early as in the 1960s in Jamaica, between [[Sound system (Jamaican)|soundsystems]], as a way of competing and drawing bigger crowds. These discs are known as [[dubplates]]. Dubplates were used by reggae soundsystems worldwide, and later adopted by producers of various dance music genres, most notably [[drum and bass]] and [[dubstep]]. Trading dubplates between different DJs is an important part of DJ culture. Actual acetate dubplates are declining in popularity, and being increasingly replaced by CDs and [[vinyl emulation software]] for reasons of weight, durability and overall cost.