4 Beginner Tips for Producing Rap Vocals

Feb 13, 2020 | 186,916 Views

In this mini-workshop, hip hop artist and engineer RENEGADE EL REY (Big Boi, T.I.) walks you through his go-to techniques for producing and mixing rap vocals, using plugins from the Waves Horizon and Platinum bundles.

1:10 Creating the Hook: Stacking Vocals
4:29 Mixing Lead Vocals
10:21 Mixing Ad-libs and Background Vocals
11:56 Using Reverb & Delay

Music: “See Me” by RENEGADE EL REY.

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