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  • Hip Hop Mastering Tips

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    1) The End User Needs to Feel the Kick Without Rattling the Trunk of the Car 2) Use a HP to Roll Off Unneeded Low End 3) Then Use a Surgical EQ to Correct Resonances in the Low End 4) Also Cut at Around 160Hz or 320Hz is Often Useful to Reduce Muddiness 5) Then…

  • Mix Rap Vocals Basics

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    General Method 1 1) Basic EQ, Cut Boomy Part with a Rather Wide Bell, Add a High Shelf and Boost Highs  2) Compress for Consistency (e.g. Brit SSL), Fast Attack  / Slow Release (0.50), 3:1 Ratio 3) Compress for Thickness (e.g. 1176), 8:1 Ratio with 5dB to 10dB GR, Fast Attack / Fast Release, Parallel…

  • Hip Hop Mixing Beginner

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    1) Set All Faders to Zero 2) Put All Drum Elements to a Group 3) Bring Kick Fader Up to Where it Peaks About -12dBFS to -10dBFS – this is the Reference Point which Should Remain as Everything Follows After will be Mixed Around the Kick 4) Bring Snare Fader Up so it Fits to…

  • Hip Hop Mastering Beginner

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    1) End User Wants to Feel the Kick Without Rattling the Trunk of the Car 2) Use a HP to Roll Off Unneeded Low End 3) Then Use a Surgical EQ to Correct Resonances in the Low End – e.g. for 808 Basses (or Other Pitched Kicks / Sub) the Dominant Frequency will be the…

  • Classic Hip Hop Recording Hardware Pipeline

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    Hip Hop Vocals Recording 1) Recorded with Sony C100 G Mic (Alternative U87 or Telefunken 251) 2) Neve 1073 Pre Amp with a Little High Shelf Boost per Vocal Track, Mic Input Knob Depends on How Loud Input Signal is (i.e. Normally Around 30 to 40, but for Females Up to 50 or so) 3)…

  • Boom Bap Drums

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    Kick 1) Add 1.5dB at 60Hz with a Pultec EQ 2) Add Transient Shaper to Increase the Attack a Tiny Bit 3) Send to Parallel NY Buss, Add a Limiter After Parallel Compressor to Chop Off Peaks Even More (Limit About 2dB) Snare 1) Compress About 3dB to Get More Out of the Snare 2)…

  • Bob Power Ideas

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    – you can Look at a Mix in 3 Ways, Top Bottom = Frequency Content, Side to Side = Stereo Field, Front to Back = Depth of a Mix (Most Difficult of the 3)