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Originally Posted by Rascal  This is prolly a really dumb questions but what is the easiest way of droppin the beat for a couple seconds during a significant part of a rapper performance. For example the last 3 words of a bar. During the mixing stage.
Another question is say I don't make beats so what the people usually do is just bring their own beats on a cd. Say during a couple bars I just want to drop the kicks in the beat, what would be the easist way of doing that in pro tools? |
Thats hard to do if they are not bringing you the beat split up into different tracks for each instrument. There is nothing you can really do about it except for just dropping the whole beat for the last 3 words.
If these ppl are rapping on beats originally made for them, tell them to ask their producers to give them versions of the beat that have each instrument tracked out seperately. That will also give you even more flexibilty when mixing tracks.
Just a thought... If you are comfortable enough with your mixing skills, you should try collaborating with some local up and coming producers, and have them work with you in your studio.
You will then be able to offer your clients in house production, so those who dont have access to original beats can pay you extra to make beats for them, and then you just give the producer his cut.
It will really help to expand your skills and knowledge on mixing even further, than trying to layer record vocals over already mixed beats would.