Chief Keef
US rapper
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In this video in Chief Keef's home studio. We can catch a glimpse at 0:16 of the iconic Neumann TLM 103 microphone.
At 1:29. You can catch a shot of an example of Antares Auto-Tune version 5 on the engineer's computer. This vlog was recorded during the recording of Chief Keef's song "Haha".
At 1:00 you can see an active session of ReFX Nexus 2 open in Chief Keef's FL Studio DAW.
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In summer 2013, Chief Keef released multiple video snippets of upcoming tracks he was working on in his home studio. Throughout the video we can see active sessions of Pro Tools open on Sosa's iMac.
In this video we can clearly see Chief Keef running Pro Tools on a 27 Inch Apple iMac. We can gather this is the 27 inch model by comparing its size next to the KRK Rokit 8's also featured in the video.
At 1:47 you can hear Sosa recording his song "Winnin". He is using a pair of Apple EarPods to hear the instrumental during recording his vocals.
We can catch a glimpse of a pair of KRK Rokit 8's in this video (recorded in Chief Keef's home studio).
In late 2014, Chief Keef began experimenting with production. His choice of DAW was FL Studio 11. We can see him working with it at 0:54 on his Sorry 4 The Wait vlog.
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At 1:58 you can see an active session of Cubase open on the engineer's Apple Macbook Pro.
At 1:52 we can see a clear shot of the Neumann U87 microphone as Chief Keef records his verse for Kanye West's remix of Sosa's hit I Don't Like single.
At 0:12 we can see a Yamaha HS8 laying on it's side. This vlog is of the studio sessions where Chief Keef recorded his song "Kobe".
At 4:13 and earlier, we can shots of the Akai Max 49 in Keef's studio. He used this while making his home-made beats in 2014-2015. Featured on his BFTD 2 project and later.
At 0:54 we can see Sosa working with FL Studio 11 on an Acer Aspire all-in-one 23 inch desktop computer.
At 0:12 we can see a pair of Beats By Dre Pro's laying on the mixing board. This vlog is of the studio sessions where Chief Keef recorded his song "Kobe".
At 0:39. Chief Keef can be seen recording vocals on a Sony C-800G Microphone at Interscope Records. The microphone is also listed at Interscope Studio's official website.
A shot of Chief Keef recording vocals while wearing a pair of Sony MDR-7506 Headphones.
In this photograph of Chief Keef in the studio (published by XXL) we can see a pair of limited edition white KRK Rokit 5s sitting on top of black KRK Rokit 8s.
Keef's engineer CBMix commented on a Reddit post saying he uses the L2 limiter.
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In this photograph you can see an Apogee Duet 2 sitting on Chief Keef's desk. This is the setup Keef used to record the legendary Bang 2 mixtape in 2013.
At 1:58 you can see Sosa's temporary engineer using an Apple MacBook Pro to record Keef's vocals.
Interscope Studios list the MBox 2 as the interface they use in their studios (http://www.interscopestudios.com/miclist/). Chief Keef is recording his song "Finally Rich" and "Hate Being Sober" in Interscope Studios (Los Angeles)
At 0:23 you can see a distinguishable SSL 4000 Series mixing board Chief Keef is using to mix his song "Finally Rich".
At 0:11 you can see the SSL 6056E. Used by Chief Keef and Young Chop to mix the song "Kobe" at Interscope Studios (Los Angeles).
At 0:46 you can see a type of Augsberger monitor (listed on Interscope Studio's website). Chief Keef is in Studio 2 recording his song "Kobe". Interscope lists this speaker as the mains in Studio 2 (http://www.interscopestudios.com/studio-2-home/).
At 2:17 of Neek's video, we can see the use of the Waves Renaissance Compressor Plugin on the vocal track, followed later in the chain by a RDeEsser.
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At 7:29 of Neek's video, we can see the use of the RDeEsser to focus on the vocal track
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