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: 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: waves.com/rvox
C6 Multiband Compressor: waves.com/c6
eMo Q4 Equalizer: waves.com/q4
Manny Marroquin Triple D: waves.com/ddd
C1 Compressor: waves.com/c1
DeEsser: waves.com/deesser
API 550: waves.com/api550
Doubler: waves.com/doubler
H-Delay Hybrid Delay:waves.com/hdelay
Renaissance Equalizer:waves.com/reneq
Tune Real-Time: waves.com/tunert
Music: “Paradise” by Tony Mike
