Mixing Tips for 2-Track Beats [18 Mixing Tips to Keep Listeners Engaged]

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This mix tutorial is for singers, producers and rappers who download 2 track instrumentals to record vocals to. We're counting down 18 mix tips and tricks to make your 2-track beats sound more exciting, musical and polished, before you record pop, or rap vocals to the beat. Plus a special Bonus mix tip for advanced music producers. Each mixing tip is about 1 minute long, so take notes, and bookmark this video tutorial for future reference.
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Many of the Beats and Samples used in the video were created by SkyeLab Music and are available in our POP/HOUSE SAMPLE PACK, VOL. 1.
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And I also included a mixing technique we used to sell over 1,000,000 copies of the single "Anything" by SWV feat. Wu Tang Clan. (Tip #9)
Come with us on a Zen journey (19 levels) through the forest, the water, the mountains and finally the Sky. Meant to be viewed on a big screen and played LOUDR!
Presented using Logic Pro X, but will work in any DAW, like Protools, FL Studio, Cubase, Ableton, etc. Bring your music production and mix engineering up a level by using these 19 mixing tips. And
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[@GgWifi-ot2sh]

Thought i was a legendary genius for. filtering out 2 track beats to create stems... brought me back to earth real quick... i pretty much do everything here already. Although the double time and half time stuff i will be incorporatimg more i usually do tjat with this tape.delay plugin. It creates a cool double time chop. Some great plugins for hip.hop.beat.proccesing . Waves Linear band eq roll low range off to 33 - 39 . Scoop out some mid range to make space for vocal. Waves center is great for keeping 2 atrack in control a lot of times hip hop 2 tracks have limiters on them and the bass gets wonky and all over the place . Waves center will help you keep bass mono and instruments on the side. Last a vinyl or tape plugin on the beat. It does WONDERSSS TRUST ME. just mix it in to taste. Adding that noise or crackle is what you want it also pumps up and rounds the lows

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Wow, Good tips Gg! Thanks 👍

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Hey Stam. Thanks for that comment! Share it if you can. 👍

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Great tips. Thanks. I don't understand the last one. Trying to get it.

[@SkyeLabMusicGroup]

It's frequency based compression. But its using the sidechain to determine the frequency. Kind of involved, but can be useful in broadcast as well, like ducking, so the vocal pops through a bit more.

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It's from a beat I created for Hit Central Music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npi9dqqLotmVmLs Feel free to use it. :) We started selling beats, but didn't stay up on it, but we're getting back into it. Thanks for the comment. 👍

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