Sound and mixing
Production Tips
Choosing a beat that fits your voice, matching tempo and key, and mixing rap vocals recorded at home.
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3 lessons · about 20 minutes in all
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- Lesson 1 · 6 min · 2 diagrams · listening demo · quiz · Read
How to choose a beat that fits your voice
A beat decides your tempo, your key and how much room your words get. How to test all three with a scratch demo before you pay for it. - Lesson 2 · 7 min · 3 diagrams · listening demo · quiz · Read
Matching tempo and key between beats, vocals and samples
Why a vocal, a sample and a beat fit together or clash, with the maths for stretching, transposing and setting pitch correction to the right key. - Lesson 3 · 7 min · 3 diagrams · listening demo · quiz · Read
Mixing rap vocals recorded at home
A bedroom vocal sounds distant because the room is recorded with it. How mic distance sets that balance, and a chain order that keeps compressors on the voice.