‭KXVI Producer Cheat Sheet‬

‭Alright so in this PDF I plan on wasting no time and just giving you straight sauce. Lessgo‬

‭1.‬ ‭Great Go To Sound Selection Combos‬

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‭ rake RnB Loops - Synth Pad, Piano, Electric Piano, Synth Bass, Vocal Chop, Synth‬
‭Lead‬

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‭ oul sample loops - vintage live drums, piano, electric bass, organ, electric guitar,‬
‭rhodes, strings, brass‬

‭●‬ ‭Ratchet Trap loops - piano, staccato strings, deep brass (for bass notes)‬

‭●‬ ‭Wavy Trap loops - guitar, flute, vocal, synth pad‬

‭●‬ ‭Dark ‘real instrument’ Trap loops - piano, violin, vocal‬

‭●‬ ‭Dark ‘synth’ trap loops - synth pad, bass piano, synth pluck/bell, synth lead‬

‭●‬ ‭Cubeatz style vintage melodic trap loops - bells, flutes, guitar, synths‬

‭2.‬ ‭Vocal Mixing Sauce‬

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‭ or Filtered out drake rnb kinda vocals, use this fx chain (and tweak as needed) -‬
‭1 - Decimort/Low pass EQ , valhalla vintage reverb, waves H delay‬

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‭ or soul sample vocals use this fx chain - 1. Harsh compressor / light distortion - make it‬
‭crunchy , 2. Plate reverb, 3. Subtle slap delay‬
 ‭3.‬ ‭EQ Tip‬

I‭f you’re using piano as your main instrument, or any other instrument that has a lot of mid‬
‭frequencies, try EQing out the frequencies like this, it should make it a lot cleaner‬

‭4.‬ ‭Create Space in your mix‬

‭ lot of the time when you have a lot going on in your project, certain sounds are clashing,‬
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‭there’s 2 easy and effective ways to get rid of the clashing or at least clean it up a bit. Panning,‬
‭and EQing.‬

‭When you have 2 sounds that sit in a similar frequency range, pan one left, and one right‬

‭ lso for example, if you have a lead melody that has a lot of high end, on top of synth chords‬
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‭that also have a lot of high end, find the loudest frequencies in the lead, and take your EQ and‬
‭put those frequencies down on the synth chords, to create space for the lead.‬
 ‭5.‬ ‭DISTORTION‬

‭ on’t be scared to add some life and grit to your stuff, if your stuff sounds so clean and‬
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‭cookie cutter it doesn’t stand out as much. Add some edginess , I been doing this‬
‭recently and it’s been a huge help, just don’t do too much, be tasteful.‬

‭6.‬ ‭Clean hard hitting master chain‬

‭ Q first with a slight like 1-2b lift on the high end, and then the expander - default‬
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‭setting, and adaptive limiter, default setting. - all stock logic plugins and this has been my‬
‭go to for 6 years or so now. Never misses.‬

‭7.‬ ‭Elevate your sound‬

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‭8.‬ ‭Learn One Scale / Key on the piano‬

‭c minor, a minor, it doesnt matter!‬

‭start playing the keys in your samples.‬

‭ reates a different connection with your music, you’re not limited to what you can click, when‬
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‭you are able to play its more free and you can come up with patterns you wouldn’t think to click‬
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‭9.‬ ‭Sustain pedal‬

‭ o grab you a sustain pedal and thank me later… your keys game will be way better. send me a‬
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‭DM with a pic of you and your pedal lol, trust me its sauce. And cheap.‬‭Here’s one‬
‭10.‬ ‭Arrangement‬

I‭f you want a complex loop or beat, make sure no one section has too many sounds,‬
‭instead create different sections that each are simple enough for someone to make a‬
‭beat on top of‬

‭ rrangement! - ear catching section first that gives a full preview of what the loop sounds‬
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‭like at its height, then transition into a section where it’s more empty that leaves room for‬
‭drums and an artist‬

-‭ example - unfiltered vocal hook in intro -> filtered or no vocal for the next section‬
‭where a beat would drop and vocals would come in‬

‭ e intentional with every sound, if you’re just adding it for no reason and can’t justify‬
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‭what it adds to the melody or beat, it’s taking up space and doesn’t need to be there.‬
‭Don’t add stuff just to add it, add it as needed‬
 ‭11.‬‭The 1 1 1 4 Method‬

‭ super good way to make repetitive and catchy melodies without them being toooooo repetitive‬
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‭and boring, is to use what i call the 1 1 1 4 method. Essentially, the same exact thing plays 3‬
‭times in a row, then on the 4th time around, it switches up. This relieves the tension of the same‬
‭thing playing over and over, but keeps a repetitive theme that is easy to get caught in your head.‬

‭Could look like this‬

‭12.‬ ‭GO TO CHORD PROGRESSIONS!‬

I‭’m not gonna bore you with the theory behind these, just know these progressions are some of‬
‭my GO to’s and if you mess with the midi a bit and change it up you can get soooo many loops‬
‭out of these same 5 progressions.‬

‭Here’s the link to MIDI’s -‬‭Click it boiii‬

‭13.‬ ‭Spice up your chords!‬

‭One of the EASIEST ways to spice up your progressions is to mess with inversions.‬

‭ nd if you don’t know any music theory that word might sound scary, I promise it’s not, it’s very‬
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‭easy….‬
‭ ll you need to do is try putting notes up and down octaves in your chord progressions, for‬
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‭example, like this:‬

I‭f you start with the chords in their normal position, this G Note is on the bottom, but going from‬
‭the top note of the first chord to the 3rd chord is a big jump, so if you just put that G up an‬
‭octave‬‭(option, shift, up arrow for logic‬‭) now it is closer to the other top notes, and this makes it‬
‭sound different,‬

‭ here’s no limit to this you can mess with the octaves of as many notes as you want till it‬
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‭sounds fire‬

‭14.‬ ‭FIRE ASS PLUGINS‬

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‭ 910 Harmonizer‬‭- suppper saucy plugin i got put onto by Mario Luciano (J Cole, Drake,‬
‭Kendrick producer) - this one is spendy but if you want a gritty fucked up cubeatz like‬
‭sound to your loops, this one got you‬

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‭ ecimort 2‬‭- if you ever wanted that filtered underwater drake sound, this is the plugin,‬
‭trust me. But make sure you turn on the‬‭images filter‬‭button, otherwise it sounds ass‬

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‭ ad spark subscription‬‭- super great if you looking for some mixing plugins to give you a‬
‭nice vintage sampled sound, also has a great organ VST included‬
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‭ rutria splice subscription - v collection‬‭- 10000% must cop for any rap / rnb producer.‬
‭Seriously. If you take one vst recommendation this is the one‬

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‭ hris hein solo strings‬‭(light version) - amazing string library for legato lead violins, you‬
‭don’t need the full huge expensive version‬

‭●‬ ‭Cymatics deja vu‬‭- free halftime plugin - sauceeee‬

‭●‬ ‭H delay‬‭- amazing go to delay that can really add a nice vintage / analog feeling‬

‭●‬ ‭Arturia space delay‬‭- super good for a weird analog / vintage texture delay‬

‭●‬ ‭Valhalla vintage verb‬‭- just an amazing reverb‬

‭ ope this helped! If you don’t mind send the link to this PDF to another producer you think it‬
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‭could help!‬

‭More sauce otwwww‬