Release Year: 2016
Producer: Lynda.com
Producer’s Website: www.lynda.com/Logic-Pro-tutorials/Hip-Hop-Vocal-Production/518759-2.html
Author: Sean Divine
Duration: 01:14:00
Type of Material: Video Lesson
Language: English
- 348.6 MB
Description: Using the right techniques, you can make your hip-hop vocals sound like a million bucks, even if you don’t have expensive recording equipment. In this course, Sean Divine, a producer and mix engineer, will demonstrate vocal recording and mixing techniques that can produce impressive results. Whether the lyrics in a hip-hop track are hilarious or biting, they’re in the spotlight. So, it’s crucial that your tracks sound clean and professional. With the right techniques, you can make your hip-hop vocals sound like a million bucks, even if you don’t have pricey recording equipment at your disposal. In this course, Sean Divine—a producer and mix engineer whose instrumental catalog has received millions of plays online—demonstrates vocal recording and mixing techniques that can yield impressive results. While Sean uses Logic Pro in this video, he explains concepts in a way that are applicable to the digital audio workstations and audio plugins of your choice. To begin, he covers a few initial concepts in the tracking process, like microphone techniques and vocal editing. Next, Sean walks you through the mixing process and touches on unique plugin techniques that can help you reduce harshness and sibilance. Finally, he explains basic mastering concepts and shares tricks that can help your hip-hop song compete with other commercial tracks.
Content :
Introduction
Welcome 1m 16s
What should you know 0m 44s
Using the free exercise files 1m 10s
1. Tracking Hip-Hop Vocals
Microphone and preamp tips 2m 9s
Microphone technique for hip-hop vocals 1m 42s
Room treatment and recording setup 3m 50s
Maximizing a hip-hop vocal with layering 2m
Recording “punches” and ad-libs 2m 48s
Hip-hop vocal editing and comping 3m 3s
2. Mixing Hip-Hop Vocals
Mixing session setup 5m 41s
Preliminary vocal processing 3m 22s
Compressing a hip-hop verse vocal 5m 33s
Using parallel compression in a verse 3m 12s
Using equalization (EQ) on a verse vocal 3m 2s
Using a de-esser for a hip-hop verse 4m 9s
Using reverb on a hip-hop verse 5m 27s
Using delay on a hip-hop verse 5m 9s
Blending and processing a hip-hop chorus 3m 45s
How to make an exciting hip-hop chorus 5m 53s
3. Final Processing and Pre-Mastering
Processing a pre-mixed instrumental 5m 47s
Intro to mastering 4m 30s
Conclusion
Next steps 0m 33s
Example files: present
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 15,000 fps, ~357 kbps
Audio: AAC, 48.0 kHz, 160 kbps, 2 channels
