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Basslines

Obviously super important to Hip-hop production, there are heaps of ways to go about programming and mixing your Bass lines. I will try to outline all of the approaches.

Samples that already have a bass line

Firstly, your sample might have it’s own bassline and you may just want to keep that. I personally [...]

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Mixing

Where to begin?
The best place to begin mixing a track is usually the thing that drives it the most. In 70s Rock it might be the guitars, in ballads it’s the vocal. We make Hip-hop music, so 99% of the time for us, it will be the Kick and the Snare. Personally [...]

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Introduction

The purpose of this  guide is basically an outline of how I go about the mix down and mastering stages of any tune that I’ve made.  I should point out that my beats are generally electronic sounding. This means that I generally go for clean big booming kicks and snappy snares, [...]

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