Native Instruments Introduces GOLDEN KINGDOM Expansion for MASCHINE
GOLDEN KINGDOM is the latest MASCHINE Expansion from Native Instruments. The contemporary hip-hop driven bundle is loaded with genre-specific elements from southern hip-hop, EDM, trap, and more. GOLDEN...
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Every mix I do starts with a conversation with the artist. My goal is to deliver something great. The best way for me to do that is to get a clear understanding of what each artist considers good....
View ArticleNative Instruments Introduces GOLDEN KINGDOM Expansion for MASCHINE
GOLDEN KINGDOM is the latest MASCHINE Expansion from Native Instruments. The contemporary hip-hop driven bundle is loaded with genre-specific elements from southern hip-hop, EDM, trap, and more....
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RIP Reggie “Combat Jack” Ossé – Top Hip Hop Podcaster
SonicScoop was saddened to learn of the passing of Reggie Ossé, founder of the leading podcast on hip hop “The Combat Jack Show”. The cause was colon cancer. Ossé was a former entertainment lawyer who...
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NJ Event Alert: Hip Hop/R&B Production Seminar Led by Bink! — June 30th
From the studio comes the wisdom. That appears to be the philosophy of Sound on Sound Studios, which returned to the New York City area recording scene in 2017 with a beautiful new facility in...
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Sampling Will Never Be the Same: Tracklib Has Arrived
What did you discover were the biggest challenges in designing and executing the Tracklib platform? It’s all Mark Twain: “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” Anything new challenges...
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Hip Hop, History and the Studio: Fresh Revelations Unveiled in “Contact High”
I was so young, that I guess now, all these years later in writing the book, I got to thinking, “I wish that he could see the book.” It just made me go back. Also, I just wanted to re-listen to a lot...
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Outside Scoop: How to Use a Mastering EQ Effectively, Destructive Audio...
It’s the weekend, and you know what that means… it’s time to catch up on all the music production articles and videos published within the past week! There was a substantial amount of content that...
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The Realities of Hip Hop & Music Production with Paul Willie Green Womack...
Justin Colletti talks with Paul “Willie Green” Womack about wearing the many different hats a modern producer/engineer must don in the studio. How do you keep it all together, shifting between the...
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Hip Hop Mixing Masterclass with Paul “Willie Green” Womack
Paul Womack, aka “Willie Green” has worked with artists including Wiz Khalifa, Donnie McClurkin, The Roots, Open Mike Eagle, Billy Woods, Milo and many more, specializing in alternative forms of hip...
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New Gear Alert: PreSonus Supercharges StudioLive, Jade Suite from Acustica,...
PreSonus introduces key updates to the Studio Magic plugin suite. PreSonus’ 2020 Studio Magic Suite software bundle now includes popular standalone applications including Ableton Live Lite, plugin...
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Masterclass: Producing Hip Hop Beats from Scratch, with Willie Green Womack...
Paul “Willie Green” Womack is a producer who has worked with the The Roots, Wiz Kalifa and more. In this hip hop production workshop, he walks us through beat making step by step, starting with...
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Masterclass: Rap Vocal Production with Willie Green Womack [Wiz Kalifa, The...
Hip hop producer Paul “Willie Green” Womack is back with a masterclass on producing rap vocals and backgrounds, tweaking the arrangement in real time to give you a look at the process. Hear the...
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Hip Hop and R&B Mixing Masterclass with Multi-Platinum Engineer Koen Heldens...
MixCon 2021’s 3rd major masterclass is coming right up. TODAY at 3pm ET, we’ve got a new mix walkthrough from multi-platinum hip hop and R&B mixer Koen Heldens. Koen has worked with absolute...
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Mixing Masterclass: Hip Hop Mixing with Platinum-Selling Mixer Tillie, ft....
Platinum selling mixer Thomas “Tillie” Mann gives our final MixCon Masterclass for 2021 today, walking us through his mix of the huge hip hop/trap hit “Errbody” by Lil Baby. This pioneering mixer...
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Rap Vocal Delays: Mixing Hip Hop w/ Willie Green and FabFiIter
FabFilter’s new Timeless 3 plugin is one of the most flexible and powerful delays out there. Paul “Willie Green” Womack takes it for a spin, showing off his approach to delay in hip hop and on rap...
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Top 5 Hip Hop Mixing Mistakes (…This is why your beats don’t bang.)
There are unwritten and secret norms to making rap records that knock like rap records should. If you want big, powerful, impressive, inspiring hip hop sounds, Justin Colletti has the answers, and the...
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