"Even their file organisation is just top notch"- Bob Horn shares insights on the voice recording process behind BTS songs

Bob Horn, a Grammy Award-winning mix engineer, appeared on Help Me Devvon's show on YouTube on February 20 and shared insights on how to mix multiple vocals with BTS as an example. Bob Horn has worked with many popular artists, including Usher, Nelly, Akon, Ne-Yo, and more. To explain his mixing process, he chose the K-pop boy group BTS..

The engineer explained that he mixes one member's part first, using him as a "benchmark," and then adjusts his settings on the part of the other members. He later mixes their parts as per their vocal range. He said:

“BTS has seven guys, and five are singers. Two are rappers for the most part, so I can find like my favorite guy that you know matched the mic the most and he maybe he's the best singer sure and I'll use him as the Benchmark. So I'll go ahead and engineer him. It's I'll get that million dollar sound [...] And then I'll copy all that to the next guy but bypass it all and one by one adjust it to fit him right."

Furthermore, Bob Horn shared that in K-pop music productions like BTS, their file organisation is "top notch", making them efficient to work on. He said:

"It's fun man like they have their stuff together on a very professional interactive with other professional level like it’s different than America and even their file organization is just top notch. Their mix notes are the best mixed notes ever.”

He further explained that each file is labeled correctly with specifics like lead vocals, drums, percussion, group vocals, etc. He stated that BTS songs have over 200-300 tracks mixing together, but as the tracks are categorized and timestamped well, it becomes much easier to mix them. He said:

“They'll give you the phonetic Korean, you know the spelling for it so you can find it really easy as someone that doesn't speak Korean. It's just great working with them because it's efficient and it's professional as hell.”

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BTS members' solo activities: j-hope's song release & world tour, Jungkook's exhibition in New York, and more

BTS members Jin and j-hope are the only ones to have concluded their military service in 2024. Notably, RM, Suga, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are currently serving their tenure at their respective bases.

j-hope is now set to release his second solo song after his military service titled Sweet Dreams, featuring American singer and songwriter Miguel. The Sweet Dreams music video is scheduled to be officially released on March 7, 2025.

Previously, j-hope joined forces with Pharrell Williams and Don Toliver for their song LV Bag, released on February 21, 2025. Besides the Sweet Dreams release, the BTS rapper is set to hold a special event named Sweet Dreamland in front of the Seom Gavit Conventional Hall at 1 pm KST on March 7, 2025.

Furthermore, he will kickstart his solo world tour, HOPE ON THE STAGE, with the first show in Seoul on February 28, 2025, at the KSPO Dome.

Meanwhile, BIGHIT MUSIC is set to hold the GOLDEN: THE MOMENTS exhibition in New York, highlighting the youngest member Jungkook's solo music journey, following the release of his debut solo album, GOLDEN, on November 3, 2023.

After Seoul, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, the exhibition will be held in New York City at 30 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, United States. This event will be held between Friday, April 11, 2025, and Sunday, May 11, 2025.

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In other news, BTS’ Jin's solo variety show Run Jin has now released over 23 episodes featuring several celebrities as of February 25, 2025. Episode 24 of Run Jin, starring Son Dong-pyo, Shin Seung-ho, and Nam Chang-hee, is scheduled to air on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, on the official YouTube channel of the group.