Any chance at success in significant reduction of distortion requires specialized tools such as the De-clip module in iZotope RX, which can repair clipping artifacts. If the files you’re about to mix are already clipped, you can kiss your hopes of a clean mix goodbye. What is “too hot?” I generally categorize it as any level that is so high that it causes undesired distortion. It seems that in pursuit of ridiculous bragging rights for the title of “Lord of Loudness,” people routinely record and mix way too hot. If you aren’t already aware of clipping, it is distortion that occurs when signal levels are beyond the limit of a device.
The most common problem I’ve encountered in rap and hip-hop recordings and mixes is clipping.
Plus, check out our tutorial on how to mix rap vocals below! To help with your pursuit of both, I’d like to share eight tips that you can toss in your grab bag of sonic treats for mixing rap and hip-hop. What’s especially challenging is successfully tapping into your creativity to make a mix that isn’t just balanced, but also interesting. For example, pitch-dropped vocals can work great in rap, but if you did that in folk rock, the artist would rightly question your sanity. What’s liberating is the opportunity to do creative things that would be laughably inappropriate for many other genres. A cornucopia of vocals is more like it.Īside from the truth about track count, there’s a certain creative freedom that comes with mixing rap and hip-hop it’s both liberating and challenging. Anyone could do that.” What they ignore are the realities presented by the genre.Īlthough there are scenarios in which the music is just a two-track stereo mix, the music is often set up as separate multitrack files to include tons of tracks. I’ve had mildly-spirited conversations with snooty audio engineers who believe that rap is beneath them, as they claim “Pfft, it’s just a two-track and a vocal.
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