Mobb Deeps - The Infamous LP

GL Respect Due · 21st July 2006

Does anyone on here know for a fact what console they mixed a majority of that LP down on.

**TonyBelmont** · 21st July 2006

What studio was it?

I would take a wild guess that it was an SSL 4000 for that era...

upscaps · 21st July 2006

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Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

What studio was it?

I would take a wild guess that it was an SSL 4000 for that era...

wasnt mobb always chung king and neve console?

sasha222 · 21st July 2006

platinum island- SSL 4000 series
unique studios- not sure what kind of console they had in there

rickrock305 · 21st July 2006

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Originally Posted by sasha222

platinum island- SSL 4000 series
unique studios- not sure what kind of console they had in there

pretty sure unique probably had the 4000 as well.

GL Respect Due · 21st July 2006

So everyone pretty much agrees SSL 4k/Neve VRs?

**TonyBelmont** · 21st July 2006

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Originally Posted by GL Respect Due

So everyone pretty much agrees SSL 4k/Neve VRs?

Yes.

chester · 21st July 2006

hi!

SSL4000 - E or G Series ?

ciao

chester

thethrillfactor · 21st July 2006

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Originally Posted by chester

hi!

SSL4000 - E or G Series ?

ciao

chester

Platinum Island had a beat up G series.

Unique has had everything from E's to G's to J's up until the end.

chester · 21st July 2006

thanks for the fast answer!

atma · 22nd July 2006

one of the best rap albums ever made.. i dunno how they fell off so hard after that album, though.

pw8888 · 23rd July 2006

SSL 4000 --- 100% sure.
My friend mixed it. But I don' t remember if that was a G or E.He used a lot The AMS-DMX 1580 to replace drum sound (trigger)

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GL Respect Due · 23rd July 2006

pw8888:

Whos your friend? I'd like to speak to him if thats possible. I'm not suprised that he used the AMS. That LP is really wet sounding, thiers a great deal of ambience and dimension to it all.

drollz · 21st July 2011

Easier question: What machine(s) did Havoc use to make the album's beats? MPC 3000? 60? Throw in the S950?

Brian! · 21st July 2011

I don't remember this getting into console choice but definitely a good read:

The Making of Mobb Deep's "The Infamous" | Complex

drollz · 21st July 2011

^ Thanks!

ncoak · 21st July 2011

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Originally Posted by Brian!

I don't remember this getting into console choice but definitely a good read:

The Making of Mobb Deep's "The Infamous" | Complex

nice one

didn't know of q-tip's involvement, that's one of my favorite-sounding records.

the fxs · 21st July 2011

great read, thanks!

Thomas Ivory · 21st July 2011

Classic

That album is 1995.

The drums on that album.

Q-Tip is extremely underrated.

Studio507 · 21st July 2011

Q-Tip is the drum-god if you really stop and think about it...

Hobbs_Won · 21st July 2011

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Originally Posted by atma

one of the best rap albums ever made.. i dunno how they fell off so hard after that album, though.

I didn't know they did...lol

Hell On Earth was great..

Murda Muzik was a great album...

kaydigi · 21st July 2011

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I didn't know they did...lol

Hell On Earth was great..

Murda Muzik was a great album...

Hell On Earth (with One In Long Run bonus track) was magnificent, one of the best follow ups.

Murda Muzik (Advance) = Fantastic

Prodigy/Mobb Deep features between HEO and MM were all touching classic categories.

Murda Muzik (Retail) was hard beyond belief.

HNIC (outside of We Going Diamond) was vintage MOBB.

Throw in Free Agents, Return of the Mac and America's Nightmare and they have a great catalog.

Infamy was ehh.... Prodigy was obsessed with dissing Sean.

Thomas Ivory · 22nd July 2011

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Originally Posted by Studio507

Q-Tip is the drum-god if you really stop and think about it...

^^^^^^^^^

Thank you

Hobbs_Won · 22nd July 2011

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Originally Posted by Studio507

Q-Tip is the drum-god if you really stop and think about it...

ehhhhh......

drollz · 22nd July 2011

In the articles, they talk about making beats, but not in any detail. I assume they made most of The Infamous in '94, and the 3000 came out in '93. Anyone know if Havoc was rocking the 3000 or the 60? Using the S950 at all? I just find it interesting to know the tools.

Thomas Ivory · 22nd July 2011

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Originally Posted by drollz

In the articles, they talk about making beats, but not in any detail. I assume they made most of The Infamous in '94, and the 3000 came out in '93. Anyone know if Havoc was rocking the 3000 or the 60? Using the S950 at all? I just find it interesting to know the tools.

From everything I have read about the making of the album:

Havoc - EPS 16+

Q-Tip - SP1200 w/ s950

It sounds like SP1200 with reverb on a few of the tracks (drums) that Q-Tip touched up for havoc though.

I have also heard that Q-Tip was using a lexicon pcm-70 "Tiled Room" effect for reverb on snares (?)

drollz · 22nd July 2011

Thanks for the info! In the articles linked, though, they talk about Havoc chopping up a sample and playing it back "on pads." That would seem to indicate an MPC of some sort; either 60 or 3000. Maybe not, though. They might be remembering it wrong or using the wrong word.

Man, in the age of tape, how the hell did Q-Tip get in there and change drums using an SP? Crazy!!

Thomas Ivory · 22nd July 2011

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Originally Posted by drollz

they talk about Havoc chopping up a sample and playing it back "on pads." That would seem to indicate an MPC of some sort; either 60 or 3000. Maybe not, though. They might be remembering it wrong or using the wrong word.

True. Doesnt sound like a 3000 to my ears but maybe so. I have read he was using an EPS 16+ for the album before though.

Q-Tip for certain is the SP1200 and 950 because that was his set-up at the time. You can also tell because of the Low pass 950 filtering on Give Up the Goods, Temp Rising, and Drink away the Pain.

Thomas Ivory · 22nd July 2011

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Originally Posted by drollz

Man, in the age of tape, how the hell did Q-Tip get in there and change drums using an SP? Crazy!!

Take drums out of Havoc's original beat, make new drums on SP1200 and sync to Havoc's sampler (instead of 950) with MIDI.

beyondat · 22nd July 2011

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Originally Posted by Thomas Ivory

True. Doesnt sound like a 3000 to my ears but maybe so. I have read he was using an EPS 16+ for the album before though.

Q-Tip for certain is the SP1200 and 950 because that was his set-up at the time. You can also tell because of the Low pass 950 filtering on Give Up the Goods, Temp Rising, and Drink away the Pain.

Are you sure about this? I used to filter like that on my eps and asr.

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drollz Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 263	In the articles, they talk about making beats, but not in any detail. I assume they made most of The Infamous in '94, and the 3000 came out in '93. Anyone know if Havoc was rocking the 3000 or the 60? Using the S950 at all? I just find it interesting to know the tools.