Mixing

Ni**as In Paris

JAY-Z, Kanye West

Song : Ni**as In Paris

Duration:09 min / 48 min Subtitles: English, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese

Description

Recorded and mixed in various hotel rooms between New York and Paris, ‘N****s In Paris’ went on to become one of the defining records of the 2010s. Watch Anthony Kilhoffer revisit the original production session in Logic Pro and learn how he mixes hit records on the go from his mobile studio.

Anthony revives the original session in Logic Pro and recounts his experiences working alongside long-time Kanye collaborators like Hit-Boy and Mike Dean. You will learn how they customized the original beat with new layers and textures and how they chopped and screwed various elements to reinforce the song’s iconic vocal hooks. The producer also deconstructs the song’s highly memorable outro, which was produced remotely on an iPad by Mike Dean.

Anthony then shifts focus into his engineering process, sharing the tools and techniques he used to record and mix the track. He reveals the plugin chains for Jay and Kanye’s vocals, and shares insight into how they established a signature aesthetic for the artists’ 5x platinum album, ‘Watch The Throne’.

About Anthony Kilhoffer

4x Grammy Winning Producer, songwriter and Mixer/ Engineer Anthony Kilhoffer is a key developer of music's current landscape. Born and raised in Chicago, Kilhoffer's career took off when he linked up with Kanye West to work on "The College Dropout," a Grammy Award-winning album and staple within hip-hop history. This collaboration was the first of many between Kilhoffer and West, as Anthony went on to aid in the creation of "Late Registration," "Graduation," "808s & Heartbreak," "My Beautiful Dark...

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