Get Low by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins: studio, gear and credits

Get Low by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins: produced by Lil Jon (Jonathan Smith), engineered by Ray Seay. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Get Low
Artist: Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins
Genre / Style: Crunk / Southern Hip-Hop / Bass Music
Date(s) Recorded: May – August 2002
Original Record Company & Catalog #: TVT Records – TVT 2350-2
Release Date: October 29, 2002 (Album *Kings of Crunk*), February 18, 2003 (Commercial Single)
YouTube Search: Listen on YouTube

Personnel and session credits

Producer(s): Lil Jon (Jonathan Smith)
Chief Recording Engineer(s): Ray Seay
Mixing Engineer(s): Ray Seay
Musicians & Session Performers:

Lil Jon (Jonathan Smith) – Lead Vocals, Backing/Hype Vocals, Beatmaker, Drum Programming, Synthesizer Performance & MPC Sequencing
Big Sam (Sam Norris) – Backing / Gang Hype Vocals
Kaine (Eric Jackson / Ying Yang Twins) – Featured Lead Rap Vocals

Studio and recording technology

Studio details for this recording are still being verified.

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Sound Lab Studios, Atlanta, GA & Doppler Studios, Atlanta, GA (Studio A) (Documented studio per MusicBrainz: Audio Vision Studios)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: Sound Lab Studios, Atlanta, GA
Mixing Console / Desk: Solid State Logic (SSL) 4000 G+ (48-Channel with Ultimation)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Digidesign Pro Tools HD Accel System (24-bit / 44.1kHz digital tracking) driven by Akai MPC3000 Hardware Sequencer
Studio Monitors: Genelec 1038A Main Monitors, Yamaha NS-10M Studio (driven by Bryston 4B Pro amplifier), supplemented with custom Dual 18-inch Subwoofers for low-end check
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Avalon VT-737sp Vacuum Tube Channel Strip
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor
DBX 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer / Waves MaxxBass Processing
Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer
Lexicon PCM 70 / 480L Digital Reverb

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Roland TR-808 Sub-Bass & Kick Drum, TR-808 Snare & Acoustic Clap Stacks, Hi-Hats & Percussion, Lead Synth Brass Riff ("Crunk Brass"), Lead Vocals (Lil Jon, D-Roc, Kaine), Gang Backing & Hype Vocals (The East Side Boyz).

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