A Question About Loefah..

jolly wailer · Post by **jolly wailer** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:44 pm

seriously.

Mad_EP · Post by **Mad_EP** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:51 pm

jjbutler88 wrote: Yeah I was more referring to the actual techniques he is using, production as well, not just mixdown and mastering.

That's all fine and good... (and especially cos I promised myself I wouldn't post drunk anymore)....

...but the fact remains, the same good studio practices that have been preached here have been preached in studios far & wide. When something works, there is a reason people keep doing it over & over.

So - to be honest - the techniques are basic... it is the dedication that separates the men from the mice. If you want a "talent" button to push, sorry... it doesn't exist. If you really read and ingest all the production stickies in this forum... you will actually be better off than Loefah when he first started (and I bet he would even agree to the same). The main difference is he dedicated himself to 1) learning from any one that he could and 2) never let himself rest - instead he flexed harder and always tried to do more today than he did yesterday. Simple concept - but actually very tough to live day in and day out.

the question is - what are YOU gonna do?

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:55 pm

mad ep wrote:
jjbutler88 wrote: Yeah I was more referring to the actual techniques he is using, production as well, not just mixdown and mastering.
That's all fine and good... (and especially cos I promised myself I wouldn't post drunk anymore)....

...but the fact remains, the same good studio practices that have been preached here have been preached in studios far & wide. When something works, there is a reason people keep doing it over & over.

So - to be honest - the techniques are basic... it is the dedication that separates the men from the mice. If you want a "talent" button to push, sorry... it doesn't exist. If you really read and ingest all the production stickies in this forum... you will actually be better off than Loefah when he first started (and I bet he would even agree to the same). The main difference is he dedicated himself to 1) learning from any one that he could and 2) never let himself rest - instead he flexed harder and always tried to do more today than he did yesterday. Simple concept - but actually very tough to live day in and day out.

the question is - what are YOU gonna do?

yup, all comes down to effort.

however, the op was just asking about his setup out of interest, not trying to get the same stuff in the vain hope he'll suddenly be as good as Loefah.

jolly wailer · Post by **jolly wailer** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:05 am

I'm guessing some/(most?) of his biggest riddims were made on logic and a macbook

you can just hear that. ser

MidnightMassDubstep · Post by **MidnightMassDubstep** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:37 am

Jolly Wailer wrote:I'm guessing some/(most?) of his biggest riddims were made on logic and a macbook

you can just hear that. ser

quiet, you

Mad_EP · Post by **Mad_EP** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:26 am

bandshell wrote: however, the op was just asking about his setup out of interest, not trying to get the same stuff in the vain hope he'll suddenly be as good as Loefah.

Fair enough - and it was already answered by a few people... Started off with Reason, now with Logic. Whatever program it is - it is almost (if not all) laptop based.

serox · Post by **serox** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:24 am

The biggest advantage a lot of those guys have is that they all live close and work together a lot! they pick up so many tips its unreal.

psylent · Post by **psylent** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:04 am

Thanks for all the info lads, its definetly cured my curiosity

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:27 pm

Loefah kills me.

I reckon I'm more likely to bang the Pope than achieve a bass sound as awesome as the one on 'System'.

jolly wailer · Post by **jolly wailer** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:43 pm

DJPavillion wrote:
Jolly Wailer wrote:I'm guessing some/(most?) of his biggest riddims were made on logic and a macbook

you can just hear that. ser
quiet, you

serox · Post by **serox** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:45 pm

if you want to copy his drums I think he uses this. You can pretty much copy any of his drum patterns exactly the same withing a few mins using this machine. I think most of his new tracks are made using the below drums.

ianfm · Post by **ianfm** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:48 pm

I'm pretty sure that the fact that leofah uses an 808 is the more obvious thing about his productions

-dubson- · Post by **-dubson-** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:56 pm

as said in interveiws ect. he was obsessed with engineering tunes PERFECT, and pretty much acheived it lol. In that last interview with Kryptic Minds he was saying about when he couldnt make any tunes for months and he had bare loops which were mixed down perfect. But he couldnt finish the tunes cos the ideas werent right. Thank the lord he seems to be making and finishing things again now.

Shows to be fair ideas are the name of the game, amazing mixdowns are just the icing on the top of the cake..

jolly wailer · Post by **jolly wailer** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:02 pm

IanFM wrote:I'm pretty sure that the fact that leofah uses an 808 is the more obvious thing about his productions

not sure he uses an actual 808

chronicrecords · Post by **chronicrecords** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:00 am

anyone have any idea where to start as far as mixing down perfectly. what vst's/ eq'ing/ compress/ing techniques do you use for that perfect mix. how do you know what frequencies to take out etc.. all that. please some1 tell me where i can start plz thx

Mad_EP · Post by **Mad_EP** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:34 am

ChronicRecords wrote:anyone have any idea where to start as far as mixing down perfectly. what vst's/ eq'ing/ compress/ing techniques do you use for that perfect mix. how do you know what frequencies to take out etc.. all that. please some1 tell me where i can start plz thx

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=14797

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=74832

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=102770

Lurka · Post by **Lurka** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:36 pm

i swear when tim and barrys www.dontwatchthat.tv website started up, they gave a list of features that would be appearing on their site, which included studio interviews with skream, cotti and LOEFAH!!! but i have not heard anything about it since i saw that post. might have been on here that they posted it as well

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