Dr Dres Mixing Secrets 

that ration means nothing because the effect it will have depends on the source, recommend learning compression cause that kind of mentality dosent help in the long run imo

@@filipeventura2729 You are right. But I think the ratio was mentioned to highlight the extremity of how Dre used the compressor, almost like a limiter.

The clipping has more of an effect the just "shine", what it does is basically inaudibly cut of the transient of the drum, increasing its peak to average ratio, means more loudness without the squashed weakness a limiter introduces. You'd be surprised how much you can push into a softclipper without even noticing that you're distorting the signal, literally just sounds louder and better in a lot of cases.

He had the bank behind him. He used a lot of studio musicians so the sound was prestine to begin with too.

You don't really need hardware to make decent sounding music anymore, tho ofc analog will always sound better. The industry standard has been (for a while) to mix and master your music in pro tools in any case, but thats not really necessary either. Also you are kind of correct about the compression part, modern music is usually compressed a lot, which make the track overall sound louder and thus tricking your brain into thinking it sounds better, however this may or may not destroy transients depending on the amount etc.

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Maybe controversial opinion in terms of today's loudness standards, but this album is one of my favorite reference points ever.

100%. Sonically years ahead of its time. Very few albums sound as clean

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agree that´s why chronic 2001 songs (that were sampled) were played from scratch ,and he could mix them better .and one more benefit he doesn´t have to pay so much for sample cleerance .

He’s the goat.

The DJ named Glove, has reigned supreme, as the turntable wizard of the Hip-Hop scene…

Interesting. I was watching some interviews you did and was trying to find some info to put into this video. I unfortunately ran out of time. If you ever want to do an interview that I could turn into a video just dm me on Instagram @georget_music

Damn metro boomin was talking about that too must be nice 😳

Stylus RMX ? SAUCEEEE ? what special about it ? never really liked it...but i might have a second look at it...

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Yes Steve B one of Dre’s engineers mentioned his use of space

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Dre listening to music at 110-115db over decades doesn’t help either 😂

What speakers? Don’t you mean Beats by Dre headphones. I doubt it. Even though it’s not mentioned in the video Dre uses more than one speaker for reference when mixing. Most likely from small cube Aurotones to large loud and expensive Augspurger speakers.

Yeah that Contract album was super harsh. Idk how he is not hearing that.

​@Vigilante StylezVEVO That "Compton" album was super harsh also. It sounds horrible. Some vocals were destroying my ears 👂🏽

@@DaMixWizard oh yeah! That one too! Forgot about that one. Harshness is usually around 5 to 7khz, which means Dre might not be able to hear that high up, he's got serious hearing damage then.

Anything wrong with that 😏

@@georgetmusic I mean it doesn't really help anyone, I guess this falls under clickbait. I have been baited, congrats ^^

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Correct that was the early Kontakt the green & blue vst back then was called Kompakt, I remember seen my cousin used this vst I've been trying to find this vintage Kontakt is really hard to find.

Mixcubes by Avantone? I got a Roland Cube Monitor which I use for mixing. From Tape to Protools Hip Hop can be now mixed on android how I get down. I recommend making Layers of drums & crank at least one up to get the bass & make the kick dominant & everything. & then experiment with the drum-layers.

which mixcubes?

Having a good subwoofer and room treatment also really helps.

@@siin875 Auratone have powered ones these days - they have a smoother mid hump and less low end than Avantones. I used an old pair of 80’s Auratones for years that were super sensitive to amp choice. I sold them when the new active ones came out. The old ones had an incredibly dry, midrange knock to them (with the right amp). The new active ones don’t have the same dryness but they at least sound the same as each other 😂 and they give you the magnifying glass on the mids thing. It’s unreal how quickly your mixes start to translate when using them, there’s literally no learning curve. Bass and top end have a way of finding the right balance if you can’t hear it and just get the mids right 👍🏼

Yes with an 8:1 ratio compression

Yeah, they apparently use either the DBX or the Avalon. Don't recall where I heard that.

Could be very possible he uses it. I didn’t see it being mentioned by Dre in any articles tho

@@georgetmusic This article originally appeared in the September 2003 issue of EQ 50 CENT "In Da Club" Producer: Dr. Dre Engineer: Vito (Mauricio Iragorri)

Probably saving it for a documentary or something

he's basically hidden

He does, you can hear it quite often on 2001. Most, if not all of the drums are very saturated on that album.

Analog clips differently to digital. Analog clipping produces distortion/saturation which can sound really good, while digital clipping is just noise

Also on cheaper systema you always hear the fuller sound of Dre with clear voices coming out

If you need all that then. It can’t be

@@SDSOverfiend it wasn’t the MOST expensive but it was better than a stock system. U can’t really tell on some skullcandy earbuds

@@THEINFAMOUS1011 I got some wireless Onedio headphones I copped for 59$ they blow all the at shit out the water he selling. I listen to a lot of dr Dre songs and other than being good records. He wasn’t doing nothing post productions nobody else was doing. His live instrumentation from Scott Storch we the differentiator.🔥🔥

I remember back in 2000, I had a E-MU sampler and sampled off that Chronic 2001 CD, it sounded better than every other CD I sampled.