Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1998 album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star.
Music from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Gear Used On Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Hi-Tek
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Studio Equipment used by Hi-Tek on Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Avg price: $329.00
Mentioned in this June 1, 2001 Remix article.
Hi-Tek agrees that you can fashion bass lines from just about any type of sound. For example, he says, “Sometimes I use guitars that sound like bass. When recording his own samples, he prefers warm sounds like those of vintage Moog keyboards and old electric pianos. On the Black Star song “(KOS) Determination,” he sampled himself playing Rhodes piano riffs, and rapper Mos Def played Rhodes on the outro. In that type of situation, Hi-Tek will run the Rhodes through an amp, and mic it dry so that he can put effects on it later. He also likes the warm sound of his SSL mixing board and his “old school” Harrison MR3 mixer. Although he tries to avoid the digital sound of a computer and steers clear of plug-in effects, Hi-Tek will use Pro Tools for certain functions, such as making a mono track stereo by duplicating it and panning the two mono tracks left and right.
