An Introduction to Mastering Hip-Hop and Pop Music
While most artists send their tracks out to a pro for mastering, you can achieve a decent result yourself with some focused experimenting.
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Why Singers Need to Learn to “Self-EQ” With Their Vocals
What does that mean? It means not having to rely on engineers for clarity in your vocals, and taking control of the way your voice is mixed.
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How to EQ an Acoustic vs. Electric Guitar
If you find yourself dealing with different guitar signals, here’s a primer on how to EQ acoustics versus electrics in your mix.
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How to Create a Vocal Chain From Start to Finish
Using processing tools like EQ, delay, reverb, and compression, here’s how to get a solid mix on your lead vocal takes in just a few steps.
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Basic Vocal Processing in Hip-Hop Production
Taken from Soundfly’s Hip-Hop Production course, this lesson goes over basic processing and production tips for your lead vocals.
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How to Make Your Mixes Louder (the Right Way)
Is everything sounding louder these days? It’s not just you, it’s a growing trend in all genres of music. Here’s how you can get your mix sounding loud too.
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The 3 Most Important Concerns When Mixing Hip-Hop Vocals
Find out how to create strong yet airy and not harsh-sounding vocals for your hip-hop mix. Why? Because hip-hop is ALL ABOUT the vocals!
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EQing Vocals: What’s Happening in Each Frequency Range in the Human Voice
Producing your own vocal tracks at home? Learn more about how human vocal frequencies work in order to manipulate how they sound in your tracks.
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The Abbey Road Trick: How to EQ Reverb Sends to Free Up Space in a Mix
Learn why this simple reverb trick can provide new space in the context of an entire mix, and how you can apply it to your own productions.
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8 Tips for Mixing an Entire Album So It Sounds Consistent
Just finished recording a collection of songs and you want to combine them in a full-length album? Make sure they sound consistent with these 8 tips.
