We are excited to release our long-awaited debut with Grammy Award-winning DJ, Producer and Sound Engineer Young Guru! In this series of in-depth videos, key aspects of the production process and mixing technique of Jay-Z’s right-hand man, whom the WSJ has called “the most successful engineer in the history of hip-hop”, are revealed. The young Guru explains how he searches for sounds, samples them from records and matches them with drum machines and controllers. He shares the details of how he created the loop that started the process of creating an entire track for artist Voli Contra. Using Akai MPC and Ableton Push integrated with Live, he demonstrates a number of approaches and features that are essential to his beat-making process. After a deep dive into an Ableton Live production session, Young Guru opens up a Pro Tools mixing session,
2. Ableton rack system, selectors, mapping samples, altering parameters, filtering, resonance
3. Creating swing, hi-hat patterns, humanizing beats, velocity, types of groove, dynamics
4. Pro Tools import, phase, time alignment, vocal chain, arrangement, guitar tones, layering
5. Other instrumentation, section transitions, edits, subtractive EQ, publishing copyright
6. Gain structure, mix buss, tape character , EQ, multi-band limiting, client mixes, mastering
There are subtitles in Russian, English and Spanish.
Video format : MP4
Video : AVC, 1920×1080, 16:9, 23.976 fps, 1000 kb/s
Audio : AAC, 48 kHz, 128 kb/s, 2 channels