Mixing A Hip Hop Beat - Start To Finish

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  • @nolifey
    @nolifey Před 5 lety +53

    This is one of the most useful mixing tutorial videos I've ever seen. Changed my perspective on mixing entirely. 🙏🏼

    • @1811can
      @1811can Před 4 lety +1

      just dont put reverb in your track like Sean create an aux track and send your signals to that aux, so you can control, eq, sidechain that reverb independently rest of video is really nize

    • @ACTHEMOGUL
      @ACTHEMOGUL Před 4 lety

      Exactly

    • @neonsounds7948
      @neonsounds7948 Před 4 lety

      agree with you.

  • @gin147
    @gin147 Před 7 lety +2

    I can appreciate this as mixing from start to finish for the simple fact you showed how you bussed everything thing out and the plugins you used on the tracks and how you processed everything!!!Thanks.

  • @haikohuebner4993
    @haikohuebner4993 Před 7 lety +45

    Learned a lot from this video and I'm not even through the whole thing. That phase inversion trick on the 808 blew my mind. Earned my sub, you definitely deserve more than 20k my man.

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety +1

      Haiko Geary glad to hear it Haiko, thanks :)

  • @tydamon7316
    @tydamon7316 Před rokem +2

    I've been obsessing over gain staging. I watch this video and you're pushing it to the max while keeping levels in check. I love it. Thank you.

  • @KayPlayaMusic
    @KayPlayaMusic Před 6 lety +6

    I have really no idea what I'm doing when it comes to mixing my beats. After watching this video (twice back to back) I've learned that I've still been approaching the mixing process all wrong. Thanks for the vid, definitely subscribed and looking forward to learning more

  • @djGreenALERT
    @djGreenALERT Před 7 lety +3

    I already knew a lot (certainly not all) of what you did, but heck, that was a VERY quick 41 minutes! Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you very much for posting that! Next Hip Hop track I mix I will certainly be using what I've learned.

  • @EynouxLaStar
    @EynouxLaStar Před 7 lety +2

    Bro, I never knew you could split audio files like that! OMG, you're a life saver! Thanks!

  • @apshinn
    @apshinn Před 5 lety +16

    Stereo 808 that intentionally cancels on mono... never seen that before! Genius!!

  • @brendanks
    @brendanks Před 5 lety +4

    That phase inversion just changed everything for me

  • @GEDMuzik
    @GEDMuzik Před 5 lety

    Great video! there's definitely more to mixing than just leveling. looking forward to applying these fresh techniques. thanks again!

  • @surajranapal4601
    @surajranapal4601 Před 6 lety +2

    Thanks sean, I learned new things here esp. the flipping the phase with the 808.

  • @darianharris7707
    @darianharris7707 Před 7 lety +2

    great info. i appreciate you taking the time to do this...

  • @jordanbeckfilms
    @jordanbeckfilms Před 6 lety +37

    So sick. Love all the comments saying mix another type of beat 😂 just take what you learn and apply it to your best not that hard lmao

  • @juliosoares4880
    @juliosoares4880 Před 6 lety +5

    I just learned SO MUCH with this one video right now. Thank your for sharing the details of this session, hopefully I can reach somewhere near this level of sound quality soon.

  • @nickrobinson3450
    @nickrobinson3450 Před 7 lety

    love everyone of your video sean, always learning new tips anf tricks from u. keepem coming and stay up bruh

  • @shelemiahbenisrael8820
    @shelemiahbenisrael8820 Před 7 lety +10

    Thanks for doing this video. You giving away some of your secrets shows your love for us. I am humble. I definitely will invest in your mix/mastering course. Nuff Respect Sean.

  • @hwh2012
    @hwh2012 Před 4 lety

    love the arrangement on this one 🎹

  • @davidmorris7865
    @davidmorris7865 Před 6 lety +2

    Thank you Sean... Great info!

  • @BLNKT.
    @BLNKT. Před 7 lety +6

    This is awesome thanks for doing this. Been hoping you would post something like this for a while where you show a long session of mixing

  • @Dablessingproduction
    @Dablessingproduction Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks my guy. Very helpful and informative

  • @Awbskure3am
    @Awbskure3am Před 6 lety +6

    Love this, i was adding compression to every strip just to make things stand out 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @ACTHEMOGUL
    @ACTHEMOGUL Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for making this I’m a beginner in producing and mixing very helpful ❤️

  • @scottfaircloff9530
    @scottfaircloff9530 Před 4 lety +2

    very helpful and informative! thank you!

  • @bestsplash89
    @bestsplash89 Před 4 lety

    That kick!! Scary good.

  • @phillydashmusic
    @phillydashmusic Před 6 lety +2

    Been Watching All Your How To Videos And It Definitely Upped My Sound And Progress. Thank You

  • @graykeyzmusic
    @graykeyzmusic Před 5 lety

    This was so good!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ynotbutcher1891
    @ynotbutcher1891 Před 6 lety +5

    dope beat sounds fam

  • @mr.abstracthimself7240
    @mr.abstracthimself7240 Před 6 lety +3

    You are amazing!!! Because of you I learned so much and progressed as an artist engineer and producer !!! Thank you and keep up the good work

  • @mpatifamadi3663
    @mpatifamadi3663 Před 7 lety

    The approach was very golden there mate. Thank you

  • @whoo5555
    @whoo5555 Před 4 lety +6

    i’m a producer and you engineers really make the magic work 💯 salute i’m watching this to see your step process and i actually learned dope stuff

  • @user-nc9sx9jk6e
    @user-nc9sx9jk6e Před 6 lety +2

    Thanks Sean. Respect.

  • @BryceKleinhanz21493
    @BryceKleinhanz21493 Před 5 lety

    Solid GOLD brother. Good looks

  • @steven4217
    @steven4217 Před 7 měsíci

    In my opinion, this is one of your best tutorials 💪

  • @Psalmistjamel246
    @Psalmistjamel246 Před 4 lety +1

    REAL NICE VIDEO BRO GREAT JOB

  • @coastlifelive9992
    @coastlifelive9992 Před 7 lety +3

    you're the man, Sean. learning so much from your channel

  • @henryfamurewa4213
    @henryfamurewa4213 Před 6 lety +2

    This is great

  • @whnzmmr
    @whnzmmr Před 5 lety

    Very very helpful. And very well trained ears!

  • @juanpintor60
    @juanpintor60 Před 6 lety +2

    thank you again again !

  • @jessicaauermusic
    @jessicaauermusic Před 4 lety +2

    Priceless. Thank You!

  • @TheNCipher
    @TheNCipher Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome!

  • @thomas-vk4vc
    @thomas-vk4vc Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks Bro!! Good stuff

  • @EMADKHAN479
    @EMADKHAN479 Před 2 lety +1

    thanks for this valuable mixing tutorial I learned a few tricks I'm looking forward to using in my own process. Salute

  • @RiskyDub
    @RiskyDub Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you for this full in depth content.

  •  Před 6 lety +1

    Might be one of the best videos I've ever watched on CZcams

  • @TristanMillerMusic
    @TristanMillerMusic Před 3 lety +1

    So much better than every tutorial person. Makes this grueling process feel more relaxing. Thank you!

  • @blakbone_
    @blakbone_ Před 7 lety

    Good job man!

  • @bigfreak58
    @bigfreak58 Před 7 lety +1

    Great video very basic explanation helps a lot I'm coming from doing a lot of EDM mixing and now dealing with Rap and HH so this helps keep it up.

  • @thidasmusic1511
    @thidasmusic1511 Před 6 lety +2

    Thank you bro!

  • @wbialy2695
    @wbialy2695 Před 3 lety +1

    Dope thank u

  • @SwapneelGhosh95
    @SwapneelGhosh95 Před 6 lety +2

    What a fantastic tutorial. Gives many paid tutorials a run for their money. Definitely interested in buying courses from your website. :)

  • @GrizzlyBeatzMusic
    @GrizzlyBeatzMusic Před 6 lety +1

    Dope!

  • @Jwittit
    @Jwittit Před rokem

    The BEST mixing tutorial I have seen !!!!!! Thanks Sean!!

  • @dc-df1rw
    @dc-df1rw Před 5 lety

    Brilliant mate! Really clear and for me really intuitive

  • @williamtettehfio8723
    @williamtettehfio8723 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you

  • @younessbonn
    @younessbonn Před 6 lety +1

    dope!

  • @SmokeeWhine
    @SmokeeWhine Před 5 lety +1

    Great video bro very helpful!

  • @seigemonstracity
    @seigemonstracity Před 4 lety +2

    Great tutorial. Definitely gives me a better idea of what I need to try. I do personally think the hi hats are a bit too loud for my taste.. BUT overall it sounds good for it to be the instrumental. Great video!!!! You helped me ALOT!!

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 4 lety

      much of mixing (and art) comes down to taste. glad it helped :)

  • @ItsJonnoo
    @ItsJonnoo Před 7 lety +1

    This is dope!!

  • @neonsounds7948
    @neonsounds7948 Před 4 lety

    Great!

  • @thenickhill81
    @thenickhill81 Před 7 lety

    Another great video!

  • @VellaBeatz
    @VellaBeatz Před 7 lety +1

    thank you sir, i appreciate you taking the time to make these very useful tutorials. #100

  • @studioonewrld
    @studioonewrld Před 6 lety +1

    Really helpful video, thank you very much.

  • @andreapotter9443
    @andreapotter9443 Před 3 lety

    🔥💪 Damn bro this is fire!

  • @billmvchine5981
    @billmvchine5981 Před 2 lety

    Thnx bro

  • @danejahofficialbeats
    @danejahofficialbeats Před 2 lety

    Hey Sean big fan jus wanna let you know that your channel and edtalente’s channel are the greatest help a young producer like myself could ever ask for huge love and respect for blessing use with your videos keep up the great work

  • @stealthsounds
    @stealthsounds Před 6 lety +3

    Quality video Sean. Very well explained. I am currently on logic 9. The rms is different as unable add the arrow. I noticed your levels were very high and you managed to rms at -9.7. In order for my drums to level at -10 I have to reduce the strip levels to -8.6. Do you know why this is? Do you happen to have templates for logic 9? Thanks for this info bro. Sick tutorials and awesome productions also.

  • @EighteenYearAccount
    @EighteenYearAccount Před 7 lety +7

    Thanks for the video! Can you do a video on how to mix Metro Boomin/Southside type beats?

  • @djclovisa5463
    @djclovisa5463 Před 7 lety

    great help watching your vids big thanks from South Africa

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety +1

      you're very welcome, all the way from North Carolina :)

  • @kingcamofficial
    @kingcamofficial Před 2 lety

    your plug in catalog is more then impressive holy shit

  • @GrizzlyBeatzMusic
    @GrizzlyBeatzMusic Před 5 lety +1

    Dope ass beat

  • @malkogotmelodies
    @malkogotmelodies Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks for video mate 4 real. Learned alot from this really.

  • @thejacksontwinz
    @thejacksontwinz Před 6 lety +1

    You kill it on this video Sean, very good one.Your style of mixing is number one bro. JTz-Jackson Twinz

  • @Fog0st
    @Fog0st Před 7 lety +29

    Good one about rms of the kick. Never thought you have to mind rms at mixing stage. Could you show us mixing some kind of Travis Scott type beat?

  • @SselemaN
    @SselemaN Před 2 lety +1

    Preciate’ Ya! ⚔️🔥🖤🔥⚔️

  • @medass1n143
    @medass1n143 Před 3 lety +2

    earned a new student subscriber and fan and thank you soo much now i can sell my beats without fear 🙏

  • @jey-b7400
    @jey-b7400 Před 7 lety +2

    Sir sean, can you make a tutorial on how to used a spectrum analyzer in mixing and mastering, thanks sir..

  • @CUREMIXSTEEVO
    @CUREMIXSTEEVO Před 7 lety +3

    Hi Sean, i wanna thank you again for all your great videos i have watched different mix videos but none of them are like yours, for me you are just the best.
    Please give us the secret of using the spectrum analyzer for mixing and mastering
    Thanks in advance

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety +1

      thanks man! will see what I can do :)

    • @CUREMIXSTEEVO
      @CUREMIXSTEEVO Před 7 lety

      you are welcome bro ... will be great !!!

  • @Pr.Legassov
    @Pr.Legassov Před 4 lety

    Great video Sean thank you . Thank to you, my mix sound amazing !

  • @grahamwilson2164
    @grahamwilson2164 Před 7 lety +1

    great vids bro

  • @treztracks
    @treztracks Před 7 lety +1

    Cool

  • @TheClassyAmerican
    @TheClassyAmerican Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks man

  • @djsilent01
    @djsilent01 Před 3 lety

    I really hate that I’m seeing this 3 years late. Some really good steps Sean. Thank you if you see this.

  • @beatzhero6028
    @beatzhero6028 Před 6 lety +1

    thanks Sean you da man

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 6 lety

      🤜

    • @beatzhero6028
      @beatzhero6028 Před 6 lety

      been bingeing on your videos 🤓knowledge overload lol Appreciate the Logic Pro X love!

  • @PetixAnthony
    @PetixAnthony Před 7 lety +5

    What are your guideline principles for RMS monitoring? It seems like you mentioned you want your kick to peak at -9. I'm just wondering as a whole what your guidelines are for each instrument, or where you want your vocals to be sitting at etc..... Please do a video strictly focusing/explaining your RMS monitoring principles. I think that is a great topic for you to cover. I love all of the videos and have learned a lot from them.

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety +6

      Glad to hear it Anthony! While it is a good idea to monitor levels, I'm not really paying close attention to RMS levels for individual tracks other than kick / bass / snare. Since I'm not relying on limiters and compression in the mastering stage for level, I want the loudest elements to be competitive level wise. That's why I"m referencing those closely.

  • @tariqjeffrey3477
    @tariqjeffrey3477 Před 6 lety +3

    Awesome vid! If I may ask where do you get your plug-ins from? I do have Logic Pro x but with about half as many as you ran throughout this video

    • @Rio-uv1gs
      @Rio-uv1gs Před 3 lety

      That's what I was wondering

  • @slievebeats646
    @slievebeats646 Před 4 lety +1

    Hey, how come you don't put your plugins on a output track? And then send the instruments to appropriate output? Just watched your previous vid of how to prepare a mix for mastering, and you did that there. Peace < 3

  • @warpold
    @warpold Před 5 lety

    Thank you! Everything from sausage fattening to side chain compressing.

  • @ntesangmotsikwa5217
    @ntesangmotsikwa5217 Před 6 lety +2

    Man ..how Iwish I met ure channel earlier ..but its never too late they say.

  • @whnever7723
    @whnever7723 Před rokem

    Loved the video thank you! I learned a lot. I do have one question tho, Im confused about gain staging, so..
    1. How does the Master limiter keep you in check when balancing things in the mix and not messing things up?

    • @whnever7723
      @whnever7723 Před rokem

      2. How does one know which level of RMS each instrument should be reaching (on their own) (just like you did with for example the kick 8:00)? In the end of my mixing the RMS is too low and my bass gets f’d anyway when exporting and nothing sounds like in my DAW

  • @half7255
    @half7255 Před 3 lety +2

    Thx u from Russia. bro!

  • @m.k.9058
    @m.k.9058 Před 7 lety +2

    Good stuff as always Sean, I really enjoyed this one. I was wondering, at what point do you compress things, other than side chaining kick and bass? I assume that with a smaller session lots of eq and compression aren't needed as much?

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety

      Thanks Markus! I'm not a huge fan of compression on the instrumentation for urban / electronic tracks. For me It's more about selecting the right sounds, layering and EQ. If I do compress anything in the beat I usually wait until I have the vocals (which I do a lot more compression to) and blend accordingly.

    • @m.k.9058
      @m.k.9058 Před 7 lety +2

      Awesome, thanks for sharing your approach. I'm still kinda new to working on these kinds of genres and am always looking for good insight on how to go about mixing these styles of music.
      I actually listen to rock and metal but I do rap music with my brother. I have a bit more understanding of how to approach those kinds of music and am still trying to iron out my approach towards rap.
      I gotta say, I really like your approach, it seems to be simplistic but still in-depth with excellent sounding results. I've learned some good stuff from watching your videos, especially on how to process hip hop vocals.
      Keep up the awesome work!

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety

      glad to hear it Markus! Thanks :)

  • @NorfWolf
    @NorfWolf Před 7 lety

    great stuff bro
    I have few questions and I think answering them might help a lot of people
    what should I do if logic doesn't allow me to click on the strip silence?
    a also don't have the "Gain" option that you used in the very beginning ?
    and what other in stock plugging or other waves pluggins that I can use for the kick instead of smack attack?
    Thank you

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 7 lety

      Hey A.K go to preferences, advanced and make sure all options including "advanced tools" are checked

  • @rms42012
    @rms42012 Před rokem +1

    Great tips thanks for the video! Your kick drum channel is in stereo shouldn’t it be mono?

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před rokem

      Not necessarily! Your kick sample may have some higher frequency content in stereo - I would usually mono out the low end of the entire mix below ~120hz, so it won't cause any issues.

  • @mazenhamdon9649
    @mazenhamdon9649 Před rokem

    I know you didn't use a drum bus compressor but should I use one if I'm mixing the final version of the song?

  • @llitt4724
    @llitt4724 Před 3 lety

    hey sean maybe you can help me.
    Since ive startet watching your videos my mixes and masters are getting better and better.
    my questions is. should i do my own beats to mix my vocals in? will it give me a more professional sound.
    or should i use beats from youtube as i done this for 6 years now.
    i have a good sound but its not the pro level and i think its about the beats which are mastered .
    i also watched your video but i dont get the pro sound but a really nice sound

  • @damienjoumah114
    @damienjoumah114 Před 7 lety

    Hello Divine. Must you always mix beats in stems ??

  • @Elonmuskchanneltv
    @Elonmuskchanneltv Před 3 lety

    I have always heard that a mix should be gained staged at the beginning of the mixing process. Some say that plugins have a sweet spot around 18 db in a VU meter. How does this type of mixing style translate to kick EQ for example when you are bringing the gain at a very high volume?

  • @blaklight8836
    @blaklight8836 Před 6 lety +2

    Put an indicator signal for the mouse so we see where or what your doing specifically on screen

  • @ari.2406
    @ari.2406 Před 4 lety

    Great video, I just have a question: on snare, why did you put the reverb first and on the same track as the main signal? And just after that you EQ it? I thought the corrective EQ should be first and the verbs are placed on the AUX/snare send? Or this is just the way you do things? Once again, great tut and thanks!

    • @SeanDivine
      @SeanDivine  Před 4 lety +1

      for complete mixing sessions (finished production, with vocals) I'm a strong advocate for aux tracks / bussing as you'll see in most of my videos... placing the reverbs as an insert here is more about committing to the sound, knowing the reverbs will be a specific "production" choice to many of the instrument tracks. As for the EQ, this was simply for the sake of time, although maybe not best practice for all situations ☺️

  • @alexandercodeluppi242

    you are a fucking dope boy man. thank you very much. YOU ARE VALUE!