4 Golden Rules to Mixing Hip Hop Vocals | Lu Diaz (Jay-Z, Beyoncé)

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Multi-platinum producer/mixing engineer Lu Diaz (Jay-Z, Beyoncé, DJ Khaled, Pitbull) shows his 4 steps for mixing professional sounding hip-hop vocal leads, ad-libs and vocal sweeteners. Download Lu's presets and learn more: https://www.waves.com/hiphop-vocals

0:45 #1: Remove harsh & problem frequencies

4:58 #2: Add color & shine

6:27 #3: Pan ad-libs & vocal sweeteners

8:25 #4: Add depth, character & vocal FX

Plugins used by Lu Diaz in this video:
Renaissance Vox: https://www.waves.com/rvox
C6 Multiband Compressor: https://www.waves.com/c6
eMo Q4 Equalizer: https://www.waves.com/q4
Manny Marroquin Triple D: https://www.waves.com/ddd
C1 Compressor: https://www.waves.com/c1
DeEsser: https://www.waves.com/deesser
API 550: https://www.waves.com/api550
Doubler: https://www.waves.com/doubler
H-Delay Hybrid Delay:https://www.waves.com/hdelay
Renaissance Equalizer:https://www.waves.com/reneq
Tune Real-Time: https://www.waves.com/tunert

Music: "Paradise" by Tony Mike

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