How to Mix Rap Vocals | Leslie Brathwaite (Pharrell Williams)

Grammy-winning mixer Leslie Brathwaite (Beyoncé) takes you inside the session of Lil Uzi Vert & Pharrell Williams’ “Neon Guts,” sharing his processing techniques for killer hip-hop vocals. Watch Leslie’s tips on mixing hip-hop beats: https://www.waves.com/leslie-beats (1:17) Get Creative with Pitch Correction (4:10) DeEssing (5:52) EQ & Compression (7:45) Enhance & Shape (10:21) Gel Different Vocal Leads Together (13:20) In-Your-Face Classic Compression (14:09) Tone Top-End Harshness (15:55) Tame with Light Compression (17:04) Ad-Libs & Overdubs (20:13) Filtered Delay FX Plugins used by Leslie Brathwaite in this video: CLA Vocals: https://waves.com/cla-vocals DeEsser: https://www.waves.com/deesser Renaissance EQ: https://waves.com/reneq Renaissance Compressor: https://waves.com/rencomp Renaissance Reverb: https://waves.com/renreverb S1 Stereo Imager: https://waves.com/s1 CLA-76:https://waves.com/cla76 Waves Tune Real-Time: https://waves.com/tunert SSL E-Channel: https://waves.com/ssl-e H-Delay: https://waves.com/hdelay Music: “Neon Guts” by Lil Uzi Vert feat. Pharrell Williams