Mixing Hip Hop

You’ll learn how to:

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  Fix poorly recorded vocals

  Can’t afford a professional acoustically-treated studio? Need to turn a closet vocal into ear candy? We’ll show you how to get the best results out of any situation.

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  Make a rap vocal sound larger than life

  Do your vocals sound flat and buried? Learn to evaluate, balance and enhance with EQ, compression and time-based effects so your vocals sound great and cut through the mix.

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  Identify and enhance key frequencies

  Not sure which frequencies to boost or cut? Learn how to clean up a vocal by eliminating buildup, removing noise, and identifying the most valuable harmonic content to enhance with equalization.

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  Compress for better tone and dynamics

  Does compression, limiting and multiband dynamics confuse you? We’ll teach you how it all works and show you processing techniques particularly effective for mixing hip-hop.

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  Automate for more exciting mixes

  Static mixes are boring. We’ll show you automation tricks you can use to bring life and excitement to the special moments hiding in your song.

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  Construct mind-bending ambiences

  Learn how to use reverb, delay, chorus, distortion, exciters and various other effects to make your mixes sound larger than life.