[0:00] you're hitting all the points it's [0:01] smooth it's clear the base is thick your [0:05] voice is [0:07] warm that ain't nothing like the Sonic [0:10] Man Sonic gold [0:13] bro Sonic gold production first things [0:17] first is just get the level of your your [0:19] voice at a good level with the [0:21] beat so generally you could either gain [0:24] down the beat or you can um gain up the [0:27] volume on your uh lead vocals but let's [0:29] see what [0:31] so I just bring up your vocal a little [0:34] bit the to fuing [0:38] andul you just want to hear your vocal [0:41] above the be you don't want the be to be [0:43] overpowering your vocal so that's number [0:45] one [ __ ] and it's Tri and tribulation [0:47] with this life we live this a hardfill [0:50] story I still feel the pain see my Mama [0:52] Tried her best the bottoms did the rest [0:54] heard that [ __ ] said he with it put him [0:55] to the test I be focused on my paper [0:58] trying to do my best got a now can't [1:00] worry about the rest try to leave me in [1:02] the back but I be coming first all right [1:05] so now solo the vocal [ __ ] M and it's [1:09] trial and tribulation with this life we [1:11] live so the first thing I would do in in [1:13] this vocal chain is [1:15] um add a compressor and basically this [1:19] first compressor is to kind of tame the [1:23] Dynamics but also give your voice a bit [1:25] more tone so this is like a what is c [1:28] stand for ESS [1:30] damn what does it stand for it's a it's [1:32] a name of a very famous compressor I'm [1:34] sure it stands for something honestly I [1:36] don't know at the top of my mind right [1:37] now but you have the Black Version you [1:39] have the Blue version this version right [1:41] here is like it's just a very famous um [1:43] compressor company voal by it's it's the [1:47] company's universal audio okay but um so [1:51] we're going to add a compressor like [1:53] this one on your on your main vocal [1:55] first just to kind of tame the Dynamics [1:57] but also give it give your voice a [1:59] little bit more body so check this out [2:00] [ __ ] M and it's Tri and tribulation [2:03] with this life we live this a horf story [2:05] I still so the main thing to be looking [2:07] at right now is how much you're reducing [2:09] this right here is telling you how much [2:11] how much um gain you're reducing you [2:13] know what a decibel ISM no I don't a [2:15] decibel is how we measure volume so each [2:18] one of these one 2 3 5 seven all of [2:20] these are decb but they're negative so [2:22] that means you're going down to three [2:24] five seven DB of gain [ __ ] M and it's [2:28] Char and tribute so the more you go the [2:29] more more you crank this input the more [2:31] you compress [ __ ] inss and it's [2:33] trials and tribulation with this life we [2:35] live this a hard so that's fine um but [2:38] one thing that this compressor is doing [2:40] is it's not reacting with your voice as [2:42] much as I'd want [ __ ] M and it's TR [2:44] and tribulation with this life we it's [2:45] not moving with your voice as much and [2:47] that's because of the release the [2:49] release is too slow so when you speed up [2:51] the release um basically by bringing it [2:53] more to seven you're going to see that [2:54] needle move more and you're going to [2:56] feel more Vibe and movement in your [2:58] voice [ __ ] M and it's in Tribulation [3:00] with this life we live this a hor filled [3:02] story I still feel the pain see my Mama [3:05] Tried her best the bottoms did the rest [3:07] hurt that [ __ ] said he would it put him [3:08] to the test you see how much you know [3:11] you see how your your voice is breathing [3:13] more yeah you can hear the breath in [3:15] there too though like before you can [3:18] here here's before here's a slow release [3:20] [ __ ] and it's Tri and tribulation [3:22] with this life we live a heart story I [3:25] still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [3:27] her best the bottom the rest hurt that [3:29] [ __ ] said way to put them to the test [3:31] all right so then so that's setting your [3:33] release and then now let's set your [3:35] attack so a slow attack is going to [3:37] allow more of the um the punch and the [3:39] forwardness of your voice to come in so [3:41] meaning like the delivery helps it a [3:43] little bit yeah exactly so here here's a [3:45] fast attack [ __ ] and it's TR and [3:48] tribulation with this life we live this [3:50] a horf story I still feel the pain see [3:52] my Mama Tried her best the bottoms did [3:54] the rest Hur that [ __ ] said he would it [3:56] put him to the test you hear how your [3:58] voice came more forward yeah so now [4:00] let's bypass it [ __ ] end and [4:03] tribulation with this life we live this [4:05] a hardfill story I still feel the pain [4:07] see my Mama Tried her best the bottoms [4:09] did the rest so you hear how like your [4:11] voice feels more like before it was like [4:14] this but now it's more contained right [4:16] and it feels warmer too like it feels [4:19] bigger Fuller [ __ ] Ms and it's Tri [4:21] and tribulation with this life we live [4:23] this a hardfill story I still feel the [4:25] pain so that's step number [4:27] one so that sounds pretty pretty good [4:30] yeah and then I was playing it in the [4:31] car yesterday it sounds like way [4:33] different in the car like not as good so [4:35] we going to fix that all up so now after [4:39] I compress I want to add a EQ just to [4:41] kind of do some general shaping of your [4:45] voice um so this is just a basic EQ um [4:49] oh that contain the little what are [4:51] these called like the little dots [ __ ] [4:53] this is these are your regions so this [4:55] is there you go these look you see these [4:57] marks right here M so from here here [4:59] this is 100 so from 100 hzz down this is [5:02] your base from 200 to um 1,000 well [5:07] actually technically goes from 200 to [5:10] about 2k but that that's your mid-range [5:12] so the middle of this frequency is your [5:14] mid-range base mid-range your highend [5:17] your trouble is from 2K up oh wow that's [5:19] your highend so but now it's a lot of [5:21] knowledge to obtain it's a lot just [5:24] knowing how to EQ properly is a lot by [5:26] its own by itself [ __ ] M and it's [5:28] Charing tribulation you see all right [5:30] here [ __ ] and we can actually solo [5:32] that and listen to it let's listen to [5:34] it oh yeah Rumble you don't want that in [5:37] your voice so what we do is instead of a [5:40] bell curve we're going to do a cut a low [5:43] cut so that just means we're taking all [5:44] of that Rumble all [5:46] that you said treble all the treble out [5:49] there this is the base the left side is [5:51] the always the base the low end okay [5:54] [ __ ] M and it's trial and tribulation [5:56] with this life we live this a hardfill [5:58] story I still feel the pain see my Mama [6:00] Tried her best the bottoms did the rest [6:02] hurt that [ __ ] for like a more natural [6:05] natural sound yeah natural lightweight [6:09] autotune that's what I was aiming for [6:11] got you [ __ ] M and it's ch and [6:13] tribulation with this life we live this [6:15] a hor fill story I still feel the pain [6:18] bro I need to lose [6:19] weight it's all good sometimes that's a [6:21] Vibe though like look at uh some other [6:23] big you know artist whatever F Jo [ __ ] [6:27] who else um Big Pun all they're more [6:30] like straight rappers you're you're kind [6:31] of like singing here but yeah I'm just [6:33] saying sometimes it could be a Vibe [6:34] still like but I'm saying after every [6:36] little bar I'm like yeah like no we're [6:39] not going for that no more you you don't [6:41] want to yeah you don't want to be [6:42] huffing too much bro I was on the phone [6:44] the other day so I'm like I'm chilling [6:46] I'm like all right boom I get on the [6:47] phone I sat down and then uh uh oh girl [6:51] is like what you smoking and I'm like [6:54] smoking I don't smoke I just breathe [6:55] like that I'm fat I was like God damn [6:59] no I mean yeah I feel that bro there's [7:02] that much something got to change I said [7:04] I mean there's big but there's also big [7:05] people who don't breathe heavy I feel [7:07] like you know what I'm saying mhm so it [7:09] got to be something in I don't know [7:12] being fat you can be big I know you can [7:14] be big and still be um I know you can [7:17] still be bigger and still be like quote [7:19] unquote healthy you know what I mean [7:20] like if you work out I mean I'm healthy [7:22] but I'm just fat though I'm going to [7:23] lose some weight I don't know that's a [7:25] whole another discussion [ __ ] and [7:28] here let's listen to your voice um back [7:30] with the be [ __ ] and it's Tri and [7:32] tribulation with this life we live this [7:34] a horf story I still feel the so what I [7:37] hear right now is your voice level [7:41] dynamically sounds good with the beat [7:43] but there's a lack of clarity in the [7:46] voice and in in how it sounds right now [7:47] so we need to we need to get some [7:49] topping up we need to get some more [7:51] clarity in your voice so we can know [7:53] more clearly what the words you're [7:55] saying and all that all that kind of [7:56] stuff let's try and unveil more or less [7:59] what you're saying just by boosting a [8:00] little bit Clarity here fing and andul [8:03] with this life we live a story I still [8:06] feel the pain see my Mama Tried her best [8:08] to Bottoms the rest that [ __ ] put them to [8:12] the [8:13] test [ __ ] and it's Tri and [8:16] tribulation with this life we live this [8:18] a hardfill story I [8:20] still tried her best to Bottoms did the [8:22] rest Hur that [ __ ] said he would it put [8:24] him to the test I'll be focused on my [8:26] paper trying to do my best [ __ ] m and [8:29] it's Tri and tribulation with this life [8:31] we live this a hardfill story I still [8:33] feel the pain see my Mama Tried her best [8:36] to Bottoms did the [8:37] rest so if we could bypass the EQ and [8:40] hear the before and after difference [8:44] andul live this a story I feel the pain [8:48] see my mama to yeah more a little bit [8:50] more clear yeah sound more jumpy too we [8:54] also to get more clarity you can boost [8:57] highend but you also can reduce low end [8:59] or like low mids so it's like it's a [9:02] balancing act you know what I mean you [9:04] don't always have to boost highend if [9:06] you want clearity you Al can you can [9:08] also reduce lowend and that will make [9:10] your voice more clear as well so check [9:12] this out [ __ ] and I'm still I'm [9:15] hearing like an area that of it's a [9:17] little resonant a little [9:20] boomy right there if I reduce this a [9:22] little bit [ __ ] Ms and it's trials [9:24] and tribulation with this life we live [9:26] this a hardfill story I still feel the [9:28] pain see My Mama Tried her best the [9:30] bottoms did the rest hurt that [ __ ] [9:32] said he would it put them to the test [9:34] it's a little bit better it's h out the [9:36] mix [ __ ] M and it's Tri and [9:38] tribulation with this life we live this [9:40] a horf story I still feel the pain see [9:42] my Mama Tried her best the bottoms did [9:44] the rest hurt that [ __ ] said he with [9:46] put him to the test I'll be focused on [9:48] my paper trying to do hey I hope you [9:50] guys have been finding this video [9:52] helpful and useful I have a free [9:54] resource Link in description below it's [9:57] called six mix finalizers it's a mini [10:00] course that I've designed to help [10:02] producers artists upcoming Engineers [10:05] just like yourself finish your mixes [10:07] faster and I really wish someone would [10:09] have shared this resource with me in the [10:11] beginning of my mixing Journey so if you [10:13] want to go check that out link is in the [10:15] description below let's get back to the [10:17] video so in terms of the vocal sound it [10:20] already sounds a lot better with just [10:23] just that which is just a compressor EQ [10:26] um now let's just add a little bit of [10:27] Reverb to your voice Reverb is is more [10:29] so like how can I how can you explain [10:31] Reverb like a Reverb is back Reverb is [10:35] doesn't it make it sound like a hall [10:36] like the Reverb yeah Reverb is like I [10:38] don't really like that too much it's not [10:41] you don't want it to sound like your [10:42] voice is in a hall you just want to feel [10:45] like your voice isn't recorded in that [10:48] teeny room over there like you want it [10:49] to feel like it's recorded in a more [10:52] professional space you know what I mean [10:54] like something more more of quality so [10:57] I'm going to send your vocal to this [10:59] plate Reverb although I don't even know [11:01] if it's a plate but it's a Reverb [11:03] nonetheless oh it is a plate there we go [11:04] [ __ ] M and it's Tri and tribulation [11:07] with this life we live this a horf story [11:09] I still feel the pain rever is what [11:12] gives it that like Echo sound huh [11:14] exactly but you as I said you don't want [11:17] your voice to feel like it's echoing you [11:19] just want to feel like your voice is um [11:22] I feel like [11:24] it's I feel like a everybody that messes [11:27] with my music they always kind of add a [11:28] Reverb to so it's probably just my voice [11:30] huh some people sound always bro I don't [11:33] know any V like there hasn't been a uh [11:36] person you don't use there hasn't been a [11:37] song that I haven't worked on where [11:40] there isn't reever voice there there's [11:42] always going to be some re voice cuz [11:43] listen listen listen how it cool it [11:44] sounds think about them days I got to [11:46] keep it trol never really had a dad but [11:49] my mama's there Mama worked the N A far [11:51] just to feed the F fast food didn't cut [11:54] it but she kept us fed it's cool right [11:57] like take it think about them days I got [11:59] to keep Patrol say dry there's nothing [12:01] there now with this think about them [12:03] days I got to keep Patrol never really [12:06] had a dad but my mom was there enhances [12:08] it like yeah it enhances the the vocal [12:11] sort of say mhm it makes it more [12:13] immersive it feels like you can walk [12:16] into the mix a bit more when you add [12:18] reverb versus like when it's just dry [12:20] everything is just right in your face [12:22] but when it's when you have that reever [12:24] now it's like oh you [12:25] can it's almost like you can walk into [12:27] the mix that's the best way I can [12:29] explain what we can do actually is uh I [12:31] think this thing has a delay and a [12:34] Reaver we could turn down the the delay [12:37] a little bit she steady breaking bread [12:39] granny always tripping I was on a block [12:41] with Killers steady out the H and trying [12:43] to make these [ __ ] M and it's Char [12:44] and [12:45] tri what's that right there like all of [12:48] these um I'm about to check into that [12:51] right now she steady breaking bread [12:52] granny always tripping I was on a block [12:54] with Killers steady out the H and trying [12:56] to make these [ __ ] M and it's Char [12:58] and tri [13:00] live [13:05] aanny tripping so this right here this [13:08] channel when it's open steady breaking [13:10] bread it's allowing this DeLay So this [13:13] side is a delay this side is a plate Reb [13:16] um which is cool to have both um but if [13:18] I mute this steady breaking bread Granny [13:21] it's just the Reverb now if I put [13:25] that oh like that I get that delay in [13:27] there too so what I want to do is like [13:29] blend this in so that it's not too much [13:32] yeah she steady breaking bread granny [13:34] always tripping I was on a block with [13:36] Killers steady out the try to make these [13:39] [ __ ] it's not bad so let's heit this [13:41] in the mix now steady breaking bre [13:43] granny always tripping was on a block [13:45] with Killers steady out the H and trying [13:47] to make these [ __ ] and it's Tri and [13:49] tribulation with this life we live this [13:52] and it's crazy right cuz the the Reverb [13:55] kind of gives it more power like as far [13:57] as the vocal yeah [13:59] makes it makes your voice more emotional [14:02] way yeah and it's crazy it doesn't [14:05] necessarily overpower the beat right but [14:07] it Blends it in perfectly because it [14:10] makes the the vocal a little louder it [14:12] extends it a little bit it um yeah your [14:16] Reverb is super important um so yeah [14:19] that's that's adding a little bit of [14:20] Reverb some delay to your voice but now [14:22] I just want to add even like still a bit [14:25] more clarity to your voice so we tried [14:27] that with EQ but this is um a harmonic [14:31] Exciter it's basically adding harmonics [14:34] to the top end of your voice and [14:36] harmonics are [14:39] basically adding additional frequencies [14:42] and and distorting saturating the [14:44] frequencies at the top it just it's [14:46] basically going going to make your voice [14:48] clear in a very just smooth pleasing way [14:52] that like boosting EQ wouldn't do the [14:54] same thing so check this out steady [14:56] breaking bread granny tripping I was on [14:58] a kill us steady out the hus and trying [15:00] to make these [ __ ] Ms and it's Tri [15:02] and tribulation with this life we live [15:04] this a hardfill story I still feel the [15:07] pain see my Mama Tried her best the [15:08] bottoms did the rest hurt that [ __ ] [15:10] said he would it put him to the test [15:12] I'll be focused on my paper trying to do [15:14] my best got a daughter now can't worry [15:16] about the rest try to leave me in the [15:18] back but I be coming first see I'm [15:20] coming from a place I got to show my [15:22] worth when my back against the water be [15:24] my comfort [15:26] zone yall good that sounds you know I'm [15:28] just adding that little touch of clarity [15:30] in there let's hear um with the [15:34] [Music] [15:36] beat M work just to thean fast cut it [15:41] but she us so we're almost dead with [15:44] your vocal now that we've boosted some [15:46] more clarity in your vocal now those [15:48] like s's um come out a little bit so now [15:52] what we need to add is a compressor mhm [15:55] um more specifically it's called a a [15:58] dser [15:59] mhm and this is going to compress the [16:03] the s's that jump out because as you [16:04] boost highend this sound right here all [16:08] of that when you're when you're singing [16:09] or rapping that's in the highend so if [16:11] you're boosting that your voice is [16:13] sounding better yeah but you're also [16:16] bringing out more of that it can be [16:19] harsh it can get harsh yeah like is yeah [16:22] I got you so we boosted we boosted the [16:25] high-end here for the tone right we also [16:28] boosted the even more highend using this [16:30] plugin for the tone as well but now we [16:32] need to compress some of that back so [16:35] that is basically just not you know [16:37] hurting our ears all it's it's not it's [16:40] not hurting our ears right now but like [16:41] when you go in a car especially like [16:43] with worse speakers and you just play [16:45] things loud even the slightest little [16:46] bit of harshness that you hear in here [16:48] is exaggerated in the real world so [16:51] that's why this type of stuff is so [16:52] important the roof over our head she [16:54] steady breaking bread granny always [16:55] tripping I was on a block with Killers [16:57] steady out the H and trying to make [16:59] these [ __ ] ends steady out the trying [17:01] to make this you know what I'm saying [17:02] all of that stuff steady out the H and [17:04] trying to make these [ __ ] ends and [17:06] it's Char and [17:07] tribul you [17:10] see all of that we're going to smooth [17:12] that out check this [17:13] out tongue piercing don't make it no [17:16] better no it's all good tongue piercing [17:18] ain't got nothing to do with it bro bro [17:19] that [ __ ] make me talk funny sometimes [17:22] hey that might be your signature bro you [17:23] never [17:25] know and it's Tri and tribulation with [17:27] this life we live this hard St look how [17:30] smooth look how much smoother it is now [17:32] and it's Tri and tribulation with this [17:34] life we live this a hardfill story I [17:36] still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [17:38] her best the bottoms did the rest hurt [17:40] that [ __ ] said he would it put him to [17:42] the test M and his Char and tribulation [17:45] with this life we live this a hardfill [17:47] story I still feel the pain yeah it's [17:49] nice and smooth now so let's hear that [17:51] in the mix granny always tripping I was [17:53] on a block with Killers steady out the H [17:55] and trying to make these [ __ ] ends [17:57] and his Tri and tribulation with his [17:58] life we live this a hardfill story I [18:01] still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [18:03] her best to Bottoms let the rest Hur [18:05] that [ __ ] said he would put him to the [18:06] test I be focus on Myer trying to do my [18:09] best all right I'm I'm going show you [18:11] another thing too [18:13] so I just made this track right here [18:15] called doubl dou you familiar with a [18:17] what a doubler [18:18] is like a double right so yeah basically [18:22] doubles Your Voice automatically um so [18:25] without doing doubles without doing [18:26] doubles yeah that's crazy so to make [18:28] your voice sound like a little bit [18:29] bigger in the mix we're just going to [18:31] send a little bit of your main vocal [18:35] track to the doubler yeah check this out [18:37] check how this sound so see oh that's [18:40] sick fed with a roof over our head she [18:43] steady breaking bread granny tripping [18:46] feel that already you feel the [18:47] difference yeah it's already there with [18:50] a roof over sheady breaking bread granny [18:53] always tripping I was on a block with [18:54] Killers sounds cool fed with a roof over [18:57] our head she steady breaking [18:59] granny always so you can really go crazy [19:01] with this with a roof over sheady that's [19:05] too much you know you wouldn't want that [19:06] but fed with a roof over our head she [19:08] steady breaking bread granny always [19:10] tripping I was on a block with Killers [19:12] steady out the H and trying to make [19:14] these [ __ ] end let's hear it with the [19:16] B you'll see what I'm talking you'll see [19:17] why it's important once you hear with in [19:19] the context with the B so I'll mute it [19:21] first cut it but she kept us fed with a [19:24] roof over our head she steady breaking [19:26] bread granny always tripping I was on a [19:28] block with Killers steady out the hus [19:30] and trying to make these [ __ ] Ms and [19:32] it's Tri and tribulation with this life [19:33] we live this a hardfill story I still [19:36] feel the pain what you say I was I was [19:38] asking you to turn it up a little bit I [19:40] want to see how it sounds yeah yeah [19:41] check it out if I [19:43] exaggerate she kept us fed with a roof [19:46] over our head she steady breaking bread [19:48] granny always tripping I was on a block [19:50] with Killers steady at the hus and [19:51] trying to make these [ __ ] end [19:54] andul so that's exaggerated if you want [19:57] that you can I wouldn't do that the [20:00] entire time but n it sounds good it [20:02] sounds cool but I feel like the way you [20:04] had it in Middle there a balance yeah [20:06] like like intermediate is fast f didn't [20:08] cut it but she kept us fast with a roof [20:10] over our head she steady breaking bread [20:12] granny always tripping I was on a block [20:14] with Killers steady out the hust and [20:16] trying to make these [ __ ] ends and [20:18] it's Tri of tribulation with this life [20:19] we live this a hard F story I still feel [20:22] the pain sounds good bro bro all right [20:24] so now what I'm going to do is I'm going [20:25] to add another compressor on your voice [20:28] mhm for this one we're going to use the [20:30] RBX what is the r boox to be it's just [20:33] another vocal compressor um this one is [20:36] nice though because it adds a little bit [20:39] of a little bit more clarity to the [20:41] voice so that's why I use this one but [20:42] it also helps you tame the Dynamics of [20:45] the voice a little bit more so we're [20:46] going to get your voice a little bit [20:47] louder right but it's not going to ever [20:50] feel like it's too loud it's not ever [20:52] going to feel like it's peeking over the [20:53] beat because if I wanted your voice [20:56] louder yeah you could just turn up the [20:57] track right but there's moments in your [21:00] voice where like for example that moment [21:03] here like there's moments in your voice [21:04] where your voice kind of Peaks and if [21:06] you just simply turn up your voice [21:08] you're going to have those peeking [21:09] moments still which aren't desirable but [21:13] this way if you had a if you had a [21:15] compressor at the end of your vocal [21:16] chain which we have here with the rbox [21:19] you can you can still turn up your vocal [21:21] but it will be more smooth throughout at [21:23] a louder level instead of just turning [21:26] up the volume does that make sense yeah [21:28] so Che this out this a hard fi story I [21:30] still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [21:32] her best the bottoms the rest H that [21:34] [ __ ] said he wouldn't put him to the [21:36] test I'll be focused on my paper trying [21:38] to do my best got a gotter now can't [21:40] worry about the rest try to leave me in [21:43] the back but I be coming first see I'm [21:45] coming from my place I got to show my [21:46] worth when my back against the be my [21:49] comfort Z so just just that little bit [21:51] just put your vocal at like the perfect [21:53] level you know what I'm saying damn that [21:56] got a now can't worry about the rest try [21:59] to leave me in the back but I be coming [22:01] first see I'm coming from my place I got [22:03] to show my worth when my back against [22:05] the wall that be my comfort [22:08] zone tell me that no sound sick that was [22:11] hard tell me that sound sick [22:15] [Music] [22:17] broady hey I hope you guys have been [22:19] finding this video helpful and useful I [22:22] have a free resource Link in description [22:24] below it's called six mix finalizers [22:27] it's a mini course that I've designed to [22:30] help producers artists upcoming [22:32] Engineers just like yourself finish your [22:35] mixes faster and I really wish someone [22:37] would have shared this resource with me [22:39] in the beginning of my mixing Journey so [22:41] if you want to go check that out link is [22:43] in the description below let's get back [22:45] to the video so I still want to add what [22:48] mic did you use in there by the way cuz [22:50] like I still want to add more clarity I [22:52] think it was a white one for some reason [22:53] like I still want to add more more [22:55] brightness to your voice I want to hear [22:57] the second part the second one is still [22:59] the second vers is still kind of and [23:01] like the hook too right cuz uh it the [23:04] the hook is more singing But the um the [23:07] second verse is more like sing rap as [23:09] well but it's more on the rap side I [23:11] feel like c mix up I have not use that I [23:15] put so much emotion into this song bro I [23:17] swear I'm trying to get more lyrical and [23:19] [ __ ] you know what I mean actually let's [23:21] add a p [23:23] meaningful and and this dude completely [23:26] knocked out behind us oh yeah he went [23:28] from recording he always like just [23:30] records and then as soon as he's done [23:32] recording he just knocks out camera H [23:34] yeah get him we over here creating [23:37] greatness this guy just finished [23:39] creating [23:41] greatness [23:43] but it's one [23:46] problem damn not the wake up wake your [23:50] game up before you [ __ ] your name up [23:53] champ damn so yeah I just want to add a [23:55] little bit more brightness to your voice [23:57] now let's see steady [23:59] this is a really great EQ this this EQ [24:01] is probably the best EQ when it turn [24:03] when it comes to adding brightness to a [24:06] voice but not making it harsh keep this [24:08] one in mind it's called a um the a ptech [24:12] style yeah [24:15] ptech so yeah we G to add a little bit [24:17] of this py CU voice just to just to [24:19] brighten it up just a teeny [24:21] bit she [24:25] aof eqp 1A yeah no it doesn't cover the [24:29] meter though it doesn't oh the the [24:32] original one yeah yeah yeah this the [24:34] waves W I can't I came different on this [24:36] one my favorite let me just say this [24:38] that's my favorite EQ to put on a kick [24:40] drum oh yeah what I do is fatten that [24:42] thing yeah I'll fatten it and then I'll [24:45] put depending on the Chain I'll put a [24:47] dbx one 160 there too yeah punch it and [24:52] then dial in 30 HZ cuz that [ __ ] go down [24:55] to 30 I know it goes crazy you just get [24:57] big talk about it but I know I know the [25:01] deal I know the deal all right all right [25:03] so here we [25:04] go cut she kept was fed with a roof over [25:07] her head she steady breaking bread [25:09] granny always tripping I was on a block [25:11] with Killers steady out the H and trying [25:13] to make bro do you hear how great that [25:15] sounds listen to listen to this EQ cut [25:18] it but she kept us f with a roof over [25:20] our head she steady breaking bread [25:22] granny always tripping I was on a block [25:24] with Killers steady out the hus and [25:25] trying to make these [ __ ] end and [25:27] it's char tribulation with this life we [25:29] live this a hardfill story I still feel [25:32] the pain see my Mama Tried her best to [25:34] Bottoms did the rest hurt that [ __ ] [25:35] said he with it put them didn't cut it [25:38] but she kept us fed with a roof over our [25:40] head she steady breaking bread granny [25:42] always tripping I was on a block with [25:44] Killers steady at the H and trying to [25:45] make these [ __ ] ends and it's trial [25:47] and tribulation with this life we live [25:49] this a heartfelt story I still feel the [25:51] pain that sounds so good so now I want [25:55] to add back just a little bit more of [25:57] the D ing like I'm dsing a little bit [26:00] too much so let me right here this this [26:03] this dser a lot of these dsers have this [26:05] but it's cool that you have the mix knob [26:07] because if I go full force with it 100% [26:09] that means I'm going clamping down on [26:11] the uh the S's and the t's a lot harder [26:14] but I can now adjust the exact amount [26:17] that I want with this mix knob right [26:19] here so if you feel like you're not [26:21] those s's and the te's and the consonant [26:23] aren't coming out as much you can just [26:24] reduce the mix slightly and boom you're [26:26] already good f [26:32] almost sounds like you could have a lisp [26:34] you know what I mean because it's taking [26:35] out so much so much of the detail and [26:37] the snts but you can reduce it now see [26:39] my tri best bot the rest that said he to [26:43] the test I'll be focused on my paper [26:45] trying to do my best got a daughter now [26:48] can't worry about see my Mama Tried her [26:50] best the bottoms let the rest hurt that [26:52] [ __ ] said he wa to put him to the test [26:54] I'll be focused on my paper trying to do [26:56] my best got to sounds good bro I may [26:58] just turn down the the Reverb just a [27:00] little bit yes tribulations in this life [27:03] we live see it ain't no other way in [27:06] this life for sin love always been in N [27:08] but it's going to come with pain little [27:10] really overdose and I ain't been as [27:11] shame suicide turn me cold way before [27:16] that D this one of my favorite ones from [27:19] you bro like for real thank you this one [27:22] of my favorite ones for me [ __ ] what [27:23] I want to do now I want to hear the hook [27:25] bro I want to hear which one's the hook [27:27] like the middle right here no right here [27:29] yeah [27:31] [Music] [27:37] andul all right check this out what I [27:39] would do for this section I'mma [27:41] duplicate this [27:42] track and uh I'm AFF the hook a little [27:45] different so I'm going to grab this boom [27:48] I feel like I could have came off better [27:51] and it's Tri and [27:52] tribul and it's Tri and tribulations [27:57] [Music] [27:58] and it's trials and [28:03] tribulations yeah and it's trials and [28:10] tribulations and it's trials and [28:14] tribulations I'm I'm going to show you [28:16] how bless you bless you I'm going to [28:17] show you how we can affect this voice to [28:19] make it sound cool still though so when [28:21] you're listening to this on headphones [28:22] I'm going to make that vocal swim back [28:24] and forth all like it's going to be like [28:26] left right left right yeah you ever hear [28:28] hear that listen music so check this out [28:30] you can you can go to here to Mono mod [28:32] so this plugin is really dope to do that [28:34] kind of stuff check this [28:38] [Music] [28:42] out and then what we can do now is add a [28:44] little bit more Reverb make it like a [28:46] little bit more [28:48] [Music] [28:52] ethereal and it's tribulations [28:58] [Music] [29:06] yeah yes it's Tri and tribulations in [29:08] this life we [29:11] live and it's Tri and [29:15] [Music] [29:19] tribul so a cool thing about [29:22] um EQ that a lot of people get wrong is [29:25] I just reduce some of the highend all [29:27] right the reason why I did that is [29:29] because I want your voice to feel more [29:31] in the in the space in the back ethereal [29:36] right when things are super close to [29:37] your ear you hear more highend so if you [29:41] want something to sit in the back of the [29:42] mix and be a little bit more ethereal [29:44] back there you got to reduce some of the [29:46] high you got to reduce some of the [29:47] clarity if you have a lot of that [29:49] Clarity and highing it the ear's still [29:51] going to perceive it like it's it's [29:52] pretty close to you but we want it to [29:54] feel like it's just swimming in the back [29:57] there so check this out [29:59] coming first see I'm coming from a place [30:01] I got to show my worth with my back [30:03] against the wall that be my comfort [30:06] zone and his Tri and [30:09] [Music] [30:11] tribulations and his trials and [30:14] [Music] [30:18] tri I sound like an [30:22] angel I want to add like a little bit [30:24] more Reverb to your voice and it'll be [30:26] good first see I'm coming from a place I [30:29] got to show my worth with my back [30:31] against the wall that be my comfort [30:34] zone and it's trials and [30:39] tribulations and it's trials and [30:45] tribulations yeah tribulations in this [30:49] lifestyle in this [30:51] [Music] [30:53] lify his [30:55] own and his Tri and [31:00] tribulations and it's TR and [31:03] [Music] [31:06] tribulations yeah trul lifestyle am in [31:11] this [31:12] [Music] [31:14] lify yes it's Tri and tribulations in [31:17] this life we live see it ain't no other [31:19] way in this life of sin so the beat is [31:22] you know there's not too too much you [31:24] can do to the beat because we only have [31:25] a stereo track usually like if you're [31:28] properly going to mix a song like [31:29] whoever the producers would send you all [31:31] the stems to the individual elements but [31:33] because we only got a two track we just [31:35] got to work what we got and um what I'm [31:37] hearing right now is like your voice [31:39] sounds great basically what I want to do [31:41] is make the beat not harsh M like just [31:45] it's kind of harsh um listen to it when [31:47] it [31:49] comes yes [31:52] [Music] [31:53] tribulations like the highend and you [31:56] know there's certain elements in this [31:57] beat that [31:58] mix wise is a little [31:59] [Music] [32:01] harsh yesul in live basically all of [32:05] that so I'm going to try and warm this [32:07] up um when I say warm up I'm going to [32:09] use some saturation to kind of smooth [32:12] out those frequency areas yeah I got you [32:15] let's see if we can do something with [32:17] that usually I'm going [32:18] try let's try gentle [32:23] saturation yes it's Tri and tribulations [32:25] in this life we live see it ain't no [32:27] other way in [32:29] [Music] [32:30] this so if you do it a lot as you see [32:33] that completely changes the whole yeah [32:35] it changes a lot it Smooths it out but [32:37] it also kind of like destroys it in a [32:38] way that's what we call an audio so we [32:40] we don't want to destroy it but we do [32:42] want to smooth it out so you just got to [32:43] find the right [32:44] [Music] [32:46] amount yes it's Char and tribulations in [32:48] this life we live see it ain't no other [32:51] way in this life is sin love always been [32:53] enough but it's going to come with pain [32:55] little really overdose and I ain't been [32:57] as shame suicide turn me cold way before [32:59] that pain 2019 came I had to see you [33:02] hang now I lost you it's forever long [33:04] little gang I just pray you at peace and [33:06] in a better place see we lost boo to the [33:09] [ __ ] lames now they talking [33:11] peace treaties win with that M with [33:13] merican [ __ ] ain't going to be the same [33:16] long here's with it off and tribulations [33:19] in this life we live see it ain't no [33:21] other [33:22] way [33:24] always so it's a little I'm doing a [33:26] little bit too much still so I need to [33:27] reduce a little bit and tribulations in [33:29] this life we live see it ain't no other [33:31] way in this life of sin love always been [33:34] enough but it's going to come with [33:35] [Music] [33:37] pain it's a little bit better yeah a [33:39] little bit more smoother this song kind [33:41] of gives me the chills bro I really rock [33:43] with this one bro I ain't going to lie [33:45] very emotional huh I really rock with [33:48] this one hey I hope you guys have been [33:49] finding this video helpful and useful I [33:52] have a free resource Link in description [33:54] below it's called six mix finalizers [33:58] it's a mini course that I've designed to [34:00] help producers artists upcoming [34:02] Engineers just like yourself finish your [34:05] mixes faster and I really wish someone [34:07] would have shared this resource with me [34:09] in the beginning of my mixing Journey so [34:12] if you want to go check that out link is [34:13] in the description below let's get back [34:15] to the video so now we're going to add a [34:18] limiter um [ __ ] we haven't even mixed in [34:22] whatever this is but to be hon that's [34:24] the that's the end [34:25] not so now we're going to add a limiter [34:28] this is just going to make sure your [34:29] track is not peeking cuz we don't want [34:32] it distorting at all you know it's my [34:34] first time really opening up in a song [34:36] like that you got to do it more often [34:38] bro that's what people relate to to the [34:40] test I be focus on Myer try to do my [34:42] best got a da [34:44] now didn't cut it but she kept us fed [34:47] with a roof over our head she steady [34:49] breaking bread granny always tripping I [34:51] was on a block with Killers steady out [34:53] the hust and trying to make these [34:54] [ __ ] ends and it's Char and [34:55] tribulation with this life we live this [34:58] a hardfill story I still feel the pain [35:00] see my Mama Tried her best the bottoms [35:02] did the rest hurt that [ __ ] said he [35:04] would it put them to the test I be focus [35:06] on Myer try to do my best so this sounds [35:09] pretty good another thing we can add to [35:11] to smooth out the overall Sonics is a [35:14] little bit of ozone excited oh add the [35:17] ozone layer that's what I call it that's [35:19] what I call it the ozone layer ozone ler [35:22] I love this because I love adding adding [35:24] just a little bit of this analog flavor [35:26] on the top smooth about the top [35:31] in you can hear how a lot of this can [35:34] get um harsh if you you know if you're [35:38] not careful cut it but she kept us f [35:41] with a roof over our head she steady [35:42] breaking bread granny always tripping I [35:45] was on a block with Killers steady out [35:46] the H and trying to make these [ __ ] [35:48] Ms and it's Char and tribulation with [35:50] this life we live this a hardfill story [35:52] I still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [35:55] her best the bottoms that the rest hurt [35:57] that [ __ ] say he with it put him to the [35:58] test I'll be focused on my paper trying [36:00] to do my best got a daughter now can't [36:03] worry about the rest that's not bad [36:05] didn't cut it but she kept us fed with a [36:07] roof over our head she steady breaking [36:09] bread granny always tripping I was on a [36:11] block with Killers steady at the hus and [36:13] trying to make these [ __ ] ends and [36:15] it's Char and tribulation with this life [36:17] we live this a hardfill story I still [36:19] feel the pain see my Mama Tried her best [36:21] the bottoms that the rest Hur that [ __ ] [36:23] said he wa to put him to the test I'll [36:25] be focused on my paper trying to do my [36:27] best got a now can't worry about the [36:30] resty and we can make the lowend we can [36:33] make the lowend just stump a little bit [36:35] more let's [36:36] [Music] [36:39] see so you hear how you hear a lot of [36:42] your voice there so we want to go where [36:43] we basically only hear the low [36:48] [Music] [36:52] end right about there you you don't [36:54] really hear too much of your voice you [36:56] hear a lot of the lowend you know what [36:57] I'm saying yeah so right there we're [36:58] going to just boost um a little bit of [37:01] that using a trial which is just another [37:03] form of saturation but it's just going [37:05] to make that loan even more [37:08] beefy cut it but she kept us f with a [37:11] roof over our head she steady breaking [37:12] bread granny always tripping I was on a [37:15] block with Killers steady out the H and [37:17] trying to make these [ __ ] M and it's [37:18] Tri and tribulation with this life we [37:20] live this a look at the before and after [37:23] this is crazy about days I got to keep [37:27] never listen to this fast f didn't cut [37:29] it but she kept us fed with a roof over [37:31] our head she steady breaking bread [37:33] granny always tripping I was on a block [37:35] with Killers steady out the H and trying [37:37] to make these [ __ ] ends and it's Tri [37:39] and tribulation with this life we live [37:41] this a hardfill story I still feel the [37:43] pain see my Mama Tried her best the [37:45] bottoms did the rest hurt that [ __ ] [37:47] said he wa to put him to the test I'll [37:49] be focused on my paper trying to do my [37:51] best got a da now can't worry about the [37:53] rest sound that [ __ ] go crazy I'm not [37:56] going to lie to you bro that ain't [37:58] nothing like the Sonic Man Sonic gold [38:03] bro and then let's add a little bit of [38:05] EQ I just want to duck out some of the [38:08] harshness in the [38:09] [Music] [38:12] umut a roof over our head she steady [38:14] breaking bread granny always tripping I [38:16] was on a block with Killers steady out [38:18] the hus and trying to make these [ __ ] [38:20] M and it's Tri and tribulation with this [38:22] life we live this a hardfill story I [38:24] still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [38:26] her best the bottoms with the rest Hur [38:28] that [ __ ] said he with it put him to [38:30] the test I'll be focused on my paper [38:32] trying to do my best got a daughter now [38:34] can't worry about the rest try to leave [38:36] me in the back but I be coming first see [38:38] I'm coming from a place I got to show my [38:40] worth with my back against the fast [38:43] phone didn't cut it but she kept us fed [38:45] with a roof over our head she steady [38:47] breaking bread granny always tripping I [38:49] was on a block with Killers steady out [38:51] the H and trying to make these [ __ ] [38:52] Ms and it's Tri and tribulation with [38:54] this life we live this a hardfill story [38:57] I still feel the pain see my Mama Tried [38:59] her best the bottoms that the rest heard [39:01] that [ __ ] said he would it put them to [39:03] the test I'll be focused on my paper [39:05] trying to do my best got a now wor about [39:09] smoth it like you're hitting all the [39:11] points it's smooth is clear the base is [39:15] thick your voice is [39:18] warm bro that's like literally that's [39:20] damn near almost everything right there [39:23] the same thing here these vocals which [39:24] is like a chorus all you got to do can [39:27] you put that can you can instead of [39:29] doing that right can you just put the uh [39:31] the one we had in the middle right there [39:33] the one that you just did Hey listen [39:35] this maybe this this may do it if not [39:38] then we can slide that one [39:43] [Music] [39:52] over I should have kept saying [39:55] it yeah I should have kept singing that [39:57] about I'll take that out what the H you [40:01] got search for better days when it [40:03] [ __ ] [40:06] rain that [40:08] little uh we [40:18] can actually you don't like that last [40:20] note all right so we can [40:23] just like that [ __ ] rain [40:37] [Music] [40:39] I'mma do I'mma add a Reverb to this [40:42] thing um so that we have like a little [40:44] tail yeah that's kind of how I felt [40:46] about the last bar before the uh the [40:49] middle hook this may work it may not [40:52] work so let's [40:53] see a nothing wrong you feel me when [40:59] rain [ __ ] [41:03] [Music] [41:04] rain it [ __ ] [41:09] rain better for better days when it [41:12] [ __ ] [41:15] rain when it [ __ ] [41:19] [Music] [41:22] rain for better days when it [ __ ] [41:24] rain [41:27] for better days when it [ __ ] [41:34] rain days when it [ __ ] [41:39] [Music] [41:42] rainold you just got to get the fade [41:44] right sometimes the fade isn't [41:46] completely right but that that fade [41:50] was it [ __ ] [41:53] rain andul [41:57] [Music] [42:04] like I think we need to that one right [42:06] there too all right we can try and this [42:08] one I feel like it'll be hard over here [42:11] so nothing's on grid here so I got to [42:13] manually line this [42:14] [Music] [42:22] up and in Tribulation [42:27] that sound way [42:29] [Music] [42:40] better you do is fade this [42:42] [Music] [42:47] too I think that that right there this [42:50] TR and tribulations in this lifestyle I [42:52] think it would have been hard on the [42:54] drop so what you think no I don't [42:57] nothing else I think it's good [42:59] huh I think it's really yeah bro that's [43:02] what I'm trying to tell people kind [43:04] especially when you singing huh I [43:07] said make song yeah bro what I was [43:11] thinking certain songs called for that [43:13] other songs you just need to be simple [43:16] like just one vocal like just give it [43:19] your best performance the proper mix [43:21] you're good to go you thought this was a [43:24] good song like genuinely you just made [43:26] it 10 times better but I definitely [43:28] thought it was a good song bro yeah I'm [43:30] trying to get more lyrical bro I'm [43:32] trying to open my mind back to uh [43:34] metaphors yeah bro it's hard I think I [43:38] think the more um vulnerable that you [43:40] can get with uh telling your story is [43:42] the more probably better the song I [43:45] don't know what it is bro I don't be I [43:47] don't like to open up bro to me opening [43:50] up is like a form of weakness look what [43:52] you just made bro I know that's what I'm [43:54] saying it's actually a form of strength [43:57] it's it's all about how you look at it [43:58] bro I know people people who from my [44:02] background opening up and and showing [44:04] your internal feelings and and how you [44:06] feeling [ __ ] up and all that it's a [44:08] form of [44:09] weakness that's just my background [44:11] though you know what I mean and just [44:13] being in prison and all that [ __ ] like [44:15] it made it harder for me to want to open [44:17] up you know cuz it's been get that I get [44:20] that I get that but the thing is human [44:22] beings cannot deny that we hurt they're [44:24] emotional creatures as well you can't [44:26] bro we're not we're not we're not rocks [44:29] no hell no you know what I'm saying like [44:30] we got emotions so like for you to be [44:33] able to be strong enough to be [44:36] vulnerable on a track and really speak [44:37] your mind that's strength bro what you [44:40] mean I mean yeah I'm say and I know some [44:42] people probably feel that [ __ ] and it's [44:44] like you know it's good to open up cuz [44:46] it's like it's not healthy for you to [44:47] you know keep [ __ ] trapped in right but [44:49] at the same token like I'm just not [44:52] raised in that you know form yeah you [44:55] don't got to be raised in it but hey bro [44:56] you always can you always can change you [44:58] always can grow you always can learn [44:59] adapt always bro never never allow [45:02] yourself to just like be one track [45:04] minded or one mindset or for sure that's [45:06] why I'm trying you always can develop [45:09] bro you always can develop know yeah [45:11] like like the last [ __ ] I recorded with [45:13] you it was like some hood [ __ ] you know [45:15] and I'm like man I need to start [45:17] changing it up a little bit so you know [45:20] I just I wrote this yeah bro it's just [45:23] hard this is probably my favorite thing [45:25] I've heard you on man I'm over here I'm [45:28] over here like [ __ ] like just listening [45:30] to the lyrics I'm over here getting the [45:32] Goosebumps and whatnot I'm like bro [45:35] like yeah man this is that's how you [45:37] know but bro some my life story right [45:40] there man is that not what everyone said [45:41] is the reason why they like a song Oh [45:44] that [ __ ] gave me goosebumps you see [45:46] what I'm saying so bro my story might [45:49] get somebody Goosebumps type [ __ ] really [45:51] had a dad my M there Mama worked on a [45:54] far just to feed the fan fans told cut [45:57] it but she a roof [46:02] over sounds [46:08] [Laughter] [46:14] good better pull up man you think this [46:17] should have go big if I drop it for the [46:20] right video I think I think it could do [46:21] numbers you said with the right video [46:23] yeah with the right video and um just [46:26] you know the package with the right [46:29] package I think it could do numbers when [46:30] I say package I'm not necessarily just [46:31] talking about video I'm talking about [46:33] the roll out package when you roll out a [46:35] song you you know you shoot some social [46:37] media content some clips with the right [46:40] promotion marketing yeah I think you [46:43] could go somewhere I'm content thank you [46:45] bro I truly appreciate you you're truly [46:48] an inspiration and motivation bro I [46:51] appreciate you yeah 100% bro hey I hope [46:53] you guys have learned something from [46:54] today's video I would love to hear [46:57] thoughts so comment below and I'll check [46:59] 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