How To Use Delay Throws In a Mix
Using delays (or echo) in a mixing situation is not an overly complicated thing but I just think there tends to be confusion around the subject of delay throws. If you are already using delays in your mixes then you’re probably already using a delay throw but you just may not know it. Do you […]
Continue readingDeEssing Those Harsh Hi Hats
The balance sounds right, the vibe is feeling good and the mix seems to be coming together. Now you’re ready to start making some mixing decisions on the Drums. But before you start treating the Drum Group you feel like you need to tweak the hi hats. So without even thinking about it you put […]
Continue readingMixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental [7 of 7]
This is the last article in the series How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental. This article is going to discuss what went into mixing the master bus and all the automation that was used. If you are visiting for the first time or haven’t seen the other 6 articles, it might be best […]
Continue readingHow to Mix a Hip Hop Vocal & Instrumental (Track Effects) [6 of 7]
Moving right along. In this article we’ll be talking about the general track effects that we used in the series How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental. Here is a breakdown of what we have already discussed in this series: Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Mixing the instrumental Part 3 – Mixing the lead […]
Continue readingMixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Specified Delays) [5 of 7]
At this point we are passed the half way point in this series and closing in on the finish line. To summarize, we talked about mixing the instrumental in Part 2, mixing the lead vocals in Part 3 and mixing the chorus vocals in Part 4. Now in Part 5 of the series How to Mix […]
Continue readingMixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Chorus Vocals) [4 of 7]
We’ve already talked about how we mixed the Instrumental in Part 2 and how we mixed the Verse Vocals in Part 3. Now in Part 4 of the series How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental we are going to be discussing the processing of the Chorus Vocals. What are we trying to achieve? For the […]
Continue readingMixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Verse Vocals) [3 of 7]
We are now moving into part 3 of How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental. So now that we’ve covered the treatment of the Instrumental in this article here, we are going to move onto mixing the lead vocal. What are we trying to achieve? For the verse vocals we have a few […]
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