Mixing Compression in a Rap Song by Expert Village

Now we're going to talk about overall compression of a song. Now what I suggest to do is when you're recording your song, put the compression on the overall mix. That should be one of the first things you do. Why? Because you want to add a compression... Read More »

Mixing the Snare a Rap Song by Expert Village

Now we are going to talk about mixing the snare. After you have your kick mixed, you have your kick in there. Grooving to the kick, the kick is as loud as it is going to go. You mix the snare. You just listen, all you do is just listen, you get it to a... Read More »

Mixing the Vocals in a Rap Song by Expert Village

Alright, now we're going to talk about mixing the vocals. After you semi-mix the beat a little bit, what you want to do is mute all of that. Mute it, just don't have anything. I'm going to show you something like that. You have the beat in there. Take it... Read More »

Mixing Reverb in a Rap Song by Expert Village

Alright now we're going to talk about reverb. Reverb is good to add to certain sounds and not good to add to other sounds. But, once again, there's no science to adding reverb. You just got to pick and choose some things that you want- to add reverb. Now... Read More »

Mixing the Bass Line in a Rap Song by Expert Village

Now let's talk about the baseline. You don't want it too loud, but you don't want it too low either. A lot of times in a rap song, people like to feel the baseline of the song. What you want to do is listen the kick; if you have a kick that's really long... Read More »