Our friends at PureMix have released a new Hip Hop mixing series from the famous hip hop engineer Ryan West as he mixes the song Break Bread from Dujeous featuring John Legend.  Ryan West has worked with the biggest hip hop names in the industry (Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Rihanna, Eminem…).

Watch him go from acoustic and electronic beats, to synths, horns and strings, to layers of vocals (featuring John Legend). Ryan shows you how achieve this hip hop mix all in the box and make a mix sound bigger than life. he goes through each step of the mixing process and even takes the time to experiment and have fun with the tools he has. That includes:

UAD Neve 1081, Neve 33609, 1176AE, Pultec Pro, Fairchild, SSL E Channel Strip, Roland Dimension D, Lexicon 224, Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, Ampex ATR 102, Soundtoys Echoboy, Crystallizer, PanMan, Radiator, Deacapitator, Wave DeEsser….