How to record hip hop "ayy" effect?

[dcl86]

Hey guys, im tryna record the typical hip hop sounding "ayy", which usually sounds like a crowd of people. I'm doin a few takes in different tones..somethings lacking.. any ideas?

[gullyjewelz]

1) let us hear something first
2) find the sound effect of the sound you want and chop it up in the program
3) for me, when i wanted it "real" i would track it 6 times and layer them with slightly dif. effects to bring em out . . . but 6 might be TOO many . . . not too sure . .. let us hear what you got . . . hten its easier to see where you tryin to go . . (at least for me)

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[JustAboutReal]

For real...

I've done this many times, and there's really no trick. Get a few friends togehter (3 or 4 is plenty) and record 6 to 10 tracks of you all doing the 'ayy's.

Then just pan half of them left and half of them right and send them all to a group channel (or aux in protools).

There you have it, any effects should be applied to the group channel.

[Fieva]

and then when you're done with that solo it and blend it as a solo track and then chop out the silent parts and you can throw them in as effects next time.

[BillyBo]

yeah, there's no secret. many takes, diff. panning and levels on them, throw some +/- reverb on them. easy.

[Fieva]

Or if you're that desperate, download an acapella song that has it off the internet and chop that part out if you can.

[JustAboutReal]

I posted a blog entry about your question. I hope it's ok with you