Here is the full version of the dub section with Bunny Lee, Prince Jammy & Scientist doing the “Jailhouse Rock” track. It has a small introduction about King Tubby, and his importance to dub.
High Pass Filter
Some tips about dub mixing using a High Pass Filter
YEAR 8 – REGGAE MUSIC – KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER
Excellent one page summery taken from King Edward VI School
Yr-8-Summer-Term-Reggae-MusicThree Little Birds – Walkthrough
12 pages that takes you through Bob Marleys “3 Little Birds.” Very well put together from Monk’s Walk School Music Department
Three-Little-Birds-Reggae-Sheets-AllHow To Play Reggae Guitar with TUFF LION
A brief instructional video about many of the subtleties of playing reggae guitar with Tuff Lion (accompanied by Matt Jenson.)
Reggae Beats
What Dub Mixing Is & How To Do It
Great article from Sound On Sound By Andrea Terrano. Click here
There are lots of reasons to teach yourself the art of dub mixing. It’s fun, it’s creative, it puts your engineering skills centre stage – and it might even make you some money.
Dub started in Jamaica in the late ’60s with engineer Osbourne Ruddock, aka King Tubby. Either way, Jamaica has always been a sanctuary for this type of music, and hundreds of great dub records have been produced and mixed there. Jamaican producers have been pioneers in sound engineering, with an exceptional and daring capacity to innovate in sonic terms. They all shared a fresh approach towards the use of tape machines, mixers, effects and experimentation, never scared to pick up a screwdriver and open up the equipment to fix it or alter its sound.
Some of the most important producers in the history of dub mixing include the aforementioned Osbourne Ruddock, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor, Jah Shaka, Augusto Pablo and Dennis Bovell. Next month, we’ll be talking in depth to Mad Professor, who is perhaps the leading dub mixer working today, but before that, let’s look at what dub mixing is and how you can do it in your studio.
Lee Scratch Perry – Studio Black Ark
A short look at the man himself in his studio.
Drum Drops – Dub Tips
Nice article on mixer layout, EFX tips and ethos from Drum Drops – Credits: Style Scott, Mike Pelanconi and Nick Coplowe. Click here for article.
Extract
A great many classic dubs were made on very basic tape machines, so to emulate this you can sub mix or group the individual channels so you can dub the whole drum kit simultaneously etc. Basically it means you need fewer fingers and less brain power, which helps…
Typical Layout:
1. Drums
2. Percussion
3. Bass
4. Guitar and piano chops
5. Organ shuffle or keyboard melodies
6. Vocals and harmonies or lead instrument melodies
7. FX or samples
Simplifying your mixer layout enables you to control all the elements of the mix really quickly and easily, giving you one hand on the arrangement and the other for the FX. It also allows you to EQ whole sections of your mix together (and sweep them). Your mixer layout is important, how you arrange your channels can help or hinder the spontaneity of your dub.
Learn the track; make a mental note of the time of any significant melody or vocal hooks and remember all good dubs have to have a great intro, a memorable bass line, a hypnotizing beat, a signature sound or melody hook and some well timed FX and arrangement drop-downs. Never forget – SPACE IS KING!!!
A trip into the Reggae Zone
Here’s is a 2 page tutorial of programming reggae using a drum machine.
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