Category: Mixing and Production Tips
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Add Reverb to Rap Vocals
1) Send to a 100% Wet Reverb / Delay 2) Increase Send so you can Really Hear the Effect 3) Engage LP (5080Hz) and HP (680Hz) 4) Set Timing (Reverb Length), 60´000 : BPM = Decay i.e. Be Sure Snare Reverb that Does Not Interfere with Next Snare Reverb and Avoid Vocals Transients Punching Each…
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Boom Bap Snare Reverb
1) Create a Duplicate of the Original the Snare 2) Insert Add a Reverb with 100% Wet 3) Dampen the Low Frequencies 4) Now you can Easily Mix the Reverb Only Snare with the Original Snare Since it is a Separate Track
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Classic Hip Hop Pipeline Beat to Mix Desk
1) Prefer Vinyl Samples, or Add Vinyl FX Plugin – i.e. Add Crackling to Too Clean Material and / or Use Vinyl as a Tone Shaper to Thicken Up the Low End and Some Midrange Wallop 2) Record Vinyl Samples Into Hardware Sampler MPC-60 or MPC-60 mkII – or Add AKAI 12Bit Converter Plugin 3)…
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Classic Hip Hop Production Tips
General Handle Low End 1) Listen to the Single Elements that Make Up the Low End, i.e. Kick 1 and 2, Low Bass, Sub etc. 2) Determine which of the Low End Element Lives Where in the Frequency 3) Compression will Tighten Up the Low End while Maintain and Focus the Fundamental Frequency Low End…
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80ies General Vocal Tips
Main Vocals – Chain to Thicken Voice Might Look 150ms Delay —> 1/4 Tape Delay (Stereo) —> Room Reverb Background Vocals
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Low End Mix Tips
Low End RTA Trick – a Spectrum Analyser Shows the “Exact” Amplitude of all Frequencies of a Signal – the Amplitude of Low Frequency Content in a RTA Spectrum Analyser Shows More Information by Nature than in the High Frequency Content, thus to Match the Perceived Loudness (because Low Frequencies Need More dB to Meet…