"Workout" - Hard Hip Hop Rap Instrumental Beat

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Greetings,

Get rid of the compression and study some shit on EQing your tracks independently. It's all mushed together so tight that you could not have a vocalist rapping over this beat without losing most of his articulations. You can imbed the YouTube clip by clicking the film button on right side of the text toolbar.
 
Do you know where I can find great tips on compression and limiting, I do tend to add to much compressors in Reason. Any tips you want to share?
 
Instead of studying compression, you can study where certain instruments would usually "sit" in the mix. This is what is meant by EQing the tracks. This means what vibrational frequencies make them sound the way they do. For example, the snare would be within a certain range of Hz. The bass kick will sit lower in the mix by vibrating in lower frequencies. The key is to have the elements clash as little as possible so that they each sound "loud" without having to just sound over-top of the other instruments, so to speak. When you then go to use the compression, you will need less, because things are peaking at the right times already.
 
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