The bx_subsynth gives you a really clean, driving kick and bass tone that’s not distracting to the overall mix - and you can even focus it only on the middle channel without affecting the left and right sides of your mix - but it still adds a lot of beef.īass is tricky especially with hip-hop, you want a lot of bass in there, but at the same time you don’t want it to eat up the whole track, or the whole stereo field. For low-end, I love the bx_Subsynth Subharmonic Synthesizer by Brainworx, which is great at adding low-end to kick drums if there’s no actual 808 there or a natural sub creator. The low-end is really impressive on your records: meaty, gritty and subby, but very much part of the overall mix, and never swallowing the instruments. We caught up with Bell just as Post Malone’s second album, the 18-song epic Beerbongs & Bentleys, was owning the Billboard charts, with the instantly likeable “Psycho,” sitting right at - where else? - #1. Tasked with capturing and processing his vocals, along with production and co-writing, is 36-year-old Boston native Louis Bell, whose own string of successes - among them DJ Snake’s massive 2016 hit “Let Me Love You,” and Camila Cabello’s crossover hit “Havana”- reveal a savvy, well-informed producer, able to get feet tapping and heads nodding without sacrificing a nuanced, layered approach to sonics.

Part of Malone’s magic is that, along with an effortlessly laid-back rapping style, he can really sing and play.

Hip-hop artists tend to be big personalities, and few are bigger or more buzzed-about than 23-year-old Austin Post, aka Post Malone - the wily, smack-talkin’, weed-smokin’ young firebrand whose #1 hits “Congratulations” and “Rockstar” have turned the worlds of both pop and hip-hop on their collective heads. Producer Louis Bell on Creating #1 Hits with UAD and Apollo

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