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Learn to add depth to dry guitar tracks and use stereo effects for awe-inspiring mixes. In part two of our series, watch as Drew Mazurek takes you beyond reamping and into the world of time-based UAD plug-in effects. Starting with a dry rhythm guitar track, you’ll learn how to choose the right reverb for you mix — from the realistic room sounds found in Ocean Way Studios and Sound City Studios to the lush texture of the EMT 140 and EMT 250. Next, we explore modulation effects like Studio D Chorus, Brigade Chorus, and AMS-DMX Digital Delay & Pitch Shifter,…
Prosecutors are firing back at efforts by Sean “Diddy” Combs to bar an infamous 2016 surveillance video from his upcoming sex trafficking trial, calling it a “desperate” attempt to avoid “crushing” evidence. With his trial looming next month, Diddy’s attorneys argued last week that the clip — showing him assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel — has been deceptively edited and would “unfairly confuse and mislead the jury.” But in a response filing Friday, prosecutors say those arguments are “overblown” and are merely a pretext to prevent jurors from seeing “some of…
Young Thug has returned—alongside frequent collaborator Future—with their new single, “Money on Money.” The pair released the song on Friday after teasing its existence earlier this week.Lil Baby—among others—took to social media to support his fellow ATL rapper, sharing a message hyping the song’s visual. “@thuggerthugger1 dropping the video of the year tonight,” Baby wrote on his Instagram Story.The track arrives shortly after Thug, who was released from custody last October following a guilty plea in the YSL RICO case, hinted that fans could expect a new album titled UY Scuti in the near future. The title takes its name…
50 Cent didn’t hold back when he roasted Trey Songz for trying to square up with undefeated boxing champ Terence “Bud” Crawford during 2022’s Tycoon Weekend in Houston — all over a $100 basketball bet. The Hip-Hop mogul confirmed Crawford’s retelling of the bizarre moment during a recent podcast tour, jumping online early Friday morning to clown the R&B singer’s decision-making. “This is true Trey ain’t no sucker,” 50 wrote. “He will fight anybody. I just saw it was Bud and said, this [ninja] could beat up everybody here if we jumped him. you dumb mother f##### what you want…
Image Image Credit Jason Koerner / Contributor via Getty Images Image Size landscape-medium It’s officially been a year since the rap song that flipped the industry on its head dropped. On Saturday (March 22), Hip Hop took a moment to celebrate the anniversary of WE DON’T TRUST YOU, Future and Metro Boomin’s joint project that housed Kendrick Lamar’s explosive “Like That” verse — the same one in which he took aim at J. Cole and Drake. In the several diss tracks that followed, it became clear some relationships weren’t bouncing back. Drake, for one, still hasn’t made peace with either…
OneZero Samples has introduced a cutting-edge collection of deep and tech-driven Serum presets designed for the modern drum and bass producer.Brain Deep DnB Serum Presets is built for those who crave dark atmospheres, rolling basslines, and intricate sound design, capturing the essence of Brain’s signature style.From weighty basses and warped stabs to deep sub layers and haunting pads, every preset is crafted to bring depth and movement to your productions.With full macro control for instant tweakability, this pack is essential for producers looking to craft deep, rolling, and immersive drum and bass. Whether you’re pushing for a dark minimal roller…
The acoustic guitar is an expressive instrument. Trying to capture the subtle nuances of the plucking or strumming of the guitar can be very challenging, especially if you are trying to record from your untreated home studio or bedroom studio.There are many obstacles you’ll stumble upon preventing you from recording your next killer track when it comes to acoustic guitar recording. Such as; whether the room is right, or how much echo the room has, the types of microphones you should use and whether you should record in stereo or mono?Not everyone has the privilege to record in a fancy studio with…
How the UA 610 console defined a sound and why Bill Putnam Jr. is rebuilding it. In this video, Universal Audio visits the legendary town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama — a hallowed place where musical giants like Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and hundreds more cut timeless records. At the heart of those classic records was the Universal Audio 610 tube console. Whether it was at Fame Recording Studios or Muscle Shoals Sound, Bill Putnam Sr.’s groundbreaking modular console guaranteed these legendary sessions were captured with unmatched sonics. Watch Universal Audio CEO Bill Putnam…
Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug is speaking out about his journey to understand autism in a new PSA for the Autism Society of America’s Autism Is campaign during Autism Acceptance Month. “To me, autism is a journey,” he says in a new video in which he talks about his 6-year-old autistic son. “The reason I say that it is a journey is because I have a six-year-old son who has autism,” he continues about his son, Amar. “There’s nothing wrong with him. He’s a perfectly good child. My journey as far as me having to be gone, be able to make funds…
April 25th, 1995 is the anniversary of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous. An undisputed rap classic, the album is essential listening for anyone who considers themselves a fan of ’90s hip-hop. That’s why we got down with Prodigy and Havoc as well as Executive Producers Schott Free and Matt Life a.k.a. Matty C—in fact, pretty much everyone else involved in making the album to do “The Making of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous.”Although our previous piece was well received, it was a an epic undertaking that ran over 10,000 words. Needless to say, that’s a lot of reading. So just for all…