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

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 Get the latest updates from Lu Diaz: Website: http://thebestmixengineer.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LuDiazMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamludiaz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamludiaz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamludiaz