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    This document discusses beat making theory for rap and hip hop music. It explains that beats are musical arrangements without vocals that can vary in quality. It describes how equalization adjusts the balance of frequency components in a signal and identifies the frequency ranges of different instruments. The document emphasizes the importance of knowing how to separate instruments by frequency for equalization, and how to use panning, reverb, and compression to properly mix a track and make space for vocals. Proper use of these mixing techniques is important for achieving a high quality finished song.

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    This document discusses beat making theory for rap and hip hop music. It explains that beats are musical arrangements without vocals that can vary in quality. It describes how equalization adjusts the balance of frequency components in a signal and identifies the frequency ranges of different instruments. The document emphasizes the importance of knowing how to separate instruments by frequency for equalization, and how to use panning, reverb, and compression to properly mix a track and make space for vocals. Proper use of these mixing techniques is important for achieving a high quality finished song.

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    This document discusses beat making theory for rap and hip hop music. It explains that beats are musical arrangements without vocals that can vary in quality. It describes how equalization adjusts the balance of frequency components in a signal and identifies the frequency ranges of different instruments. The document emphasizes the importance of knowing how to separate instruments by frequency for equalization, and how to use panning, reverb, and compression to properly mix a track and make space for vocals. Proper use of these mixing techniques is important for achieving a high quality finished song.

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    This document discusses beat making theory for rap and hip hop music. It explains that beats are musical arrangements without vocals that can vary in quality. It describes how equalization adjusts the balance of frequency components in a signal and identifies the frequency ranges of different instruments. The document emphasizes the importance of knowing how to separate instruments by frequency for equalization, and how to use panning, reverb, and compression to properly mix a track and make space for vocals. Proper use of these mixing techniques is important for achieving a high quality finished song.

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    Letang, Shaun. "Rap and Hip Hop Beat Making Theory." Independent Music Advice.
    Independent Music Advice, 23 June 2014. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.
    <http://www.independentmusicadvice.com/2012/05/rap-and-hip-hop-beat-makingtheory/>.

    Hip hop, rap and R&B beats are easy to find on the internet
    Beats are musical arrangements without the vocals which large ranges in qualities
    Equalization is the process of adjusting the balance between frequency components
    within an electronic signal
    Humans can hear frequencies between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz
    Timbre is the different characteristic and frequencies that result from an instruments
    Low frequency instruments: kick, sub bass syth, bass synth, bass guitar, lower piano
    keys, bass strings
    Mid-low Frequency Instruments: snare, cello, organ, piano, guitar, electric piano,
    synthesizer
    Mid-High Frequency Instruments : violin, viola, trumpet, upper piano keys, flute,
    synthesizer
    High Frequency Instruments: hi-hats, cymbals, chimes, synthesizer effects
    Knowledge of different frequencies are helpful in separating each other for equalization
    Instruments can be further separated by panning them and adding reverb
    Panning music is when sounds interchange from speaker to speaker
    Panning with surround sound can make a beat sound as far to the left or as far to the right
    as the producer desires
    Lows such as kick and base need to be in the middle of the mix
    Clasps and snares need to be out of the mix so that there is sound for the singer
    Not too many instruments can be placed in the middle that have the same frequency as
    the vocals
    Reverb is used to make instruments sound farther away from the listener
    A compressor takes the peaks out of the mix by selecting a threshold and then leveling
    out sounds that exceed that threshold
    The way a track is mixed is very important to the way a finished song sounds, so it is
    very important that sound engineers are fluent in the way frequencies, panners, reverbs
    and compressions can alter the music.

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