How is Dr. Dre's mixing so much better than everybody else's?

[SchrodingersStrapped!]

I have this weird thing where my brain associates every specific note or sound with the spectrum of colors, to the point where I can identify a bunch of albums' overall sound just by identifying a color. Like the Infamous to me is a mostly indigo/purple album, The Chronic is yellow/sepia tones, etc.

Your a synsethete breh....

I'm not, but when I mix, I assign colour to tone ...

 

[1-8-7-Skillz]

Damn this only Reminds me to get into producing more myself

Im a fukkin Rookie atm

 

[Abstract83]

Who's the guy credited for showing him his way around an SSL board?


Chris "The Glove" Taylor

I still cant get over the fact that Chris and others produced most of Dre's shyt. All respect to Dre and all but he's just a great composer/mixer with a incredible ear for other peoples beats.

 

[GzUp]

this probably deserves its own thread.

but i had a system in my car, 2 18's if i believe and some 6 by 9s... well whenever i played anything and i turned it up really loud it sounded like shyt but when i would put on the chronic 2001 it sounded AMAZING when i played it loud, thats when i knew dr dre was on another level.

 

[C-Styles]

I actually kinda like that approach... there's so much ambience in the background that it just hypnotizes you.

But the best trap produces keep the melody at a pretty low volume and just let the drums & 808s shine

really breh??

 

[ThaRealness]

really breh??

I like a busy mix

Doesnt mean I like the genre

 

[SwagKingKong]

2001 is too loud though. It has some clipping

 

[DaveyDave]

I remember reading something Em said about Dre every track and sound he has is already EQd when he puts it in the MP and puts it through the board to mix so when he's mixing he's refining even more and getting the maximum out of each sound that he can. Plus I remember hearing that Dre wanted to mix that space album in 5.1 which is rare for a music project that I know of. Too bad that never happened.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Aside from the beats, the vocals are crisp too

The only album I think Dre didn't do a good job mixing was that Jay Z album

Everybody dropped the ball on that turd.

 

[Sound (∀√a) Maths]

Low master buss compression that preserves transients
A 1.5 to 2 db shelf bump on the high end starting around 1k
Treating each sound like a lady, then making sure everything is panned well and finding its fundamental frequency
Eliminate mud around 300k

Wah la

 

[McSpacey]

Dope ass thread

 

[I love Latina women]

Dope ass thread

Thanks bruh

 

[Whogivesafuck]

I remember reading something Em said about Dre every track and sound he has is already EQd when he puts it in the MP and puts it through the board to mix so when he's mixing he's refining even more and getting the maximum out of each sound that he can. Plus I remember hearing that Dre wanted to mix that space album in 5.1 which is rare for a music project that I know of. Too bad that never happened.

I think Dre said that when he was getting interviewed by scratch magazine.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

who sound engineered jay z's American gangster album?

Puffy / Hitmen

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

this probably deserves its own thread.

but i had a system in my car, 2 18's if i believe and some 6 by 9s... well whenever i played anything and i turned it up really loud it sounded like shyt but when i would put on the chronic 2001 it sounded AMAZING when i played it loud, thats when i knew dr dre was on another level.

Dre's sounds broke A LOT of speakers