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[00:00] you're hitting all the points it's

[00:01] smooth it's clear the base is thick your

[00:05] voice is

[00:07] warm that ain't nothing like the Sonic

[00:10] Man Sonic gold

[00:13] bro Sonic gold production first things

[00:17] first is just get the level of your your

[00:19] voice at a good level with the

[00:21] beat so generally you could either gain

[00:24] down the beat or you can um gain up the

[00:27] volume on your uh lead vocals but let's

[00:29] see what

[00:31] so I just bring up your vocal a little

[00:34] bit the to fuing

[00:38] andul you just want to hear your vocal

[00:41] above the be you don't want the be to be

[00:43] overpowering your vocal so that's number

[00:45] one [ __ ] and it's Tri and tribulation

[00:47] with this life we live this a hardfill

[00:50] story I still feel the pain see my Mama

[00:52] Tried her best the bottoms did the rest

[00:54] heard that [ __ ] said he with it put him

[00:55] to the test I be focused on my paper

[00:58] trying to do my best got a now can't

[01:00] worry about the rest try to leave me in

[01:02] the back but I be coming first all right

[01:05] so now solo the vocal [ __ ] M and it's

[01:09] trial and tribulation with this life we

[01:11] live so the first thing I would do in in

[01:13] this vocal chain is

[01:15] um add a compressor and basically this

[01:19] first compressor is to kind of tame the

[01:23] Dynamics but also give your voice a bit

[01:25] more tone so this is like a what is c

[01:28] stand for ESS

[01:30] damn what does it stand for it's a it's

[01:32] a name of a very famous compressor I'm

[01:34] sure it stands for something honestly I

[01:36] don't know at the top of my mind right

[01:37] now but you have the Black Version you

[01:39] have the Blue version this version right

[01:41] here is like it's just a very famous um

[01:43] compressor company voal by it's it's the

[01:47] company's universal audio okay but um so

[01:51] we're going to add a compressor like

[01:53] this one on your on your main vocal

[01:55] first just to kind of tame the Dynamics

[01:57] but also give it give your voice a

[01:59] little bit more body so check this out

[02:00] [ __ ] M and it's Tri and tribulation

[02:03] with this life we live this a horf story

[02:05] I still so the main thing to be looking

[02:07] at right now is how much you're reducing

[02:09] this right here is telling you how much

[02:11] how much um gain you're reducing you

[02:13] know what a decibel ISM no I don't a

[02:15] decibel is how we measure volume so each

[02:18] one of these one 2 3 5 seven all of

[02:20] these are decb but they're negative so

[02:22] that means you're going down to three

[02:24] five seven DB of gain [ __ ] M and it's

[02:28] Char and tribute so the more you go the

[02:29] more more you crank this input the more

[02:31] you compress [ __ ] inss and it's

[02:33] trials and tribulation with this life we

[02:35] live this a hard so that's fine um but

[02:38] one thing that this compressor is doing

[02:40] is it's not reacting with your voice as

[02:42] much as I'd want [ __ ] M and it's TR

[02:44] and tribulation with this life we it's

[02:45] not moving with your voice as much and

[02:47] that's because of the release the

[02:49] release is too slow so when you speed up

[02:51] the release um basically by bringing it

[02:53] more to seven you're going to see that

[02:54] needle move more and you're going to

[02:56] feel more Vibe and movement in your

[02:58] voice [ __ ] M and it's in Tribulation

[03:00] with this life we live this a hor filled

[03:07] hurt that [ __ ] said he would it put him

[03:08] to the test you see how much you know

[03:11] you see how your your voice is breathing

[03:13] more yeah you can hear the breath in

[03:15] there too though like before you can

[03:18] here here's before here's a slow release

[03:20] [ __ ] and it's Tri and tribulation

[03:22] with this life we live a heart story I

[03:25] still feel the pain see my Mama Tried

[03:27] her best the bottom the rest hurt that

[03:29] [ __ ] said way to put them to the test

[03:31] all right so then so that's setting your

[03:33] release and then now let's set your

[03:35] attack so a slow attack is going to

[03:37] allow more of the um the punch and the

[03:39] forwardness of your voice to come in so

[03:41] meaning like the delivery helps it a

[03:43] little bit yeah exactly so here here's a

[03:45] fast attack [ __ ] and it's TR and

[03:48] tribulation with this life we live this

[03:50] a horf story I still feel the pain see

[03:52] my Mama Tried her best the bottoms did

[03:54] the rest Hur that [ __ ] said he would it

[03:56] put him to the test you hear how your

[03:58] voice came more forward yeah so now

[04:00] let's bypass it [ __ ] end and

[04:05] a hardfill story I still feel the pain

[04:07] see my Mama Tried her best the bottoms

[04:09] did the rest so you hear how like your

[04:11] voice feels more like before it was like

[04:14] this but now it's more contained right

[04:16] and it feels warmer too like it feels

[04:19] bigger Fuller [ __ ] Ms and it's Tri

[04:21] and tribulation with this life we live

[04:23] this a hardfill story I still feel the

[04:25] pain so that's step number

[04:27] one so that sounds pretty pretty good

[04:30] yeah and then I was playing it in the

[04:31] car yesterday it sounds like way

[04:33] different in the car like not as good so

[04:35] we going to fix that all up so now after

[04:39] I compress I want to add a EQ just to

[04:41] kind of do some general shaping of your

[04:45] voice um so this is just a basic EQ um

[04:49] oh that contain the little what are

[04:51] these called like the little dots [ __ ]

[04:53] this is these are your regions so this

[04:55] is there you go these look you see these

[04:57] marks right here M so from here here

[04:59] this is 100 so from 100 hzz down this is

[05:02] your base from 200 to um 1,000 well

[05:07] actually technically goes from 200 to

[05:10] about 2k but that that's your mid-range

[05:12] so the middle of this frequency is your

[05:14] mid-range base mid-range your highend

[05:17] your trouble is from 2K up oh wow that's

[05:19] your highend so but now it's a lot of

[05:21] knowledge to obtain it's a lot just

[05:24] knowing how to EQ properly is a lot by

[05:26] its own by itself [ __ ] M and it's

[05:28] Charing tribulation you see all right

[05:30] here [ __ ] and we can actually solo

[05:32] that and listen to it let's listen to

[05:34] it oh yeah Rumble you don't want that in

[05:37] your voice so what we do is instead of a

[05:40] bell curve we're going to do a cut a low

[05:43] cut so that just means we're taking all

[05:44] of that Rumble all

[05:46] that you said treble all the treble out

[05:49] there this is the base the left side is

[05:51] the always the base the low end okay

[05:54] [ __ ] M and it's trial and tribulation

[06:02] hurt that [ __ ] for like a more natural

[06:05] natural sound yeah natural lightweight

[06:09] autotune that's what I was aiming for

[06:11] got you [ __ ] M and it's ch and

[06:15] a hor fill story I still feel the pain

[06:18] bro I need to lose

[06:19] weight it's all good sometimes that's a

[06:21] Vibe though like look at uh some other

[06:23] big you know artist whatever F Jo [ __ ]

[06:27] who else um Big Pun all they're more

[06:30] like straight rappers you're you're kind

[06:31] of like singing here but yeah I'm just

[06:33] saying sometimes it could be a Vibe

[06:34] still like but I'm saying after every

[06:36] little bar I'm like yeah like no we're

[06:39] not going for that no more you you don't

[06:41] want to yeah you don't want to be

[06:42] huffing too much bro I was on the phone

[06:44] the other day so I'm like I'm chilling

[06:46] I'm like all right boom I get on the

[06:47] phone I sat down and then uh uh oh girl

[06:51] is like what you smoking and I'm like

[06:54] smoking I don't smoke I just breathe

[06:55] like that I'm fat I was like God damn

[06:59] no I mean yeah I feel that bro there's

[07:02] that much something got to change I said

[07:04] I mean there's big but there's also big

[07:05] people who don't breathe heavy I feel

[07:07] like you know what I'm saying mhm so it

[07:09] got to be something in I don't know

[07:12] being fat you can be big I know you can

[07:14] be big and still be um I know you can

[07:17] still be bigger and still be like quote

[07:19] unquote healthy you know what I mean

[07:20] like if you work out I mean I'm healthy

[07:22] but I'm just fat though I'm going to

[07:23] lose some weight I don't know that's a

[07:25] whole another discussion [ __ ] and

[07:28] here let's listen to your voice um back

[07:30] with the be [ __ ] and it's Tri and

[07:34] a horf story I still feel the so what I

[07:37] hear right now is your voice level

[07:41] dynamically sounds good with the beat

[07:43] but there's a lack of clarity in the

[07:46] voice and in in how it sounds right now

[07:47] so we need to we need to get some

[07:49] topping up we need to get some more

[07:51] clarity in your voice so we can know

[07:53] more clearly what the words you're

[07:55] saying and all that all that kind of

[07:56] stuff let's try and unveil more or less

[07:59] what you're saying just by boosting a

[08:00] little bit Clarity here fing and andul

[08:03] with this life we live a story I still

[08:06] feel the pain see my Mama Tried her best

[08:08] to Bottoms the rest that [ __ ] put them to

[08:12] the

[08:13] test [ __ ] and it's Tri and

[08:18] a hardfill story I

[08:20] still tried her best to Bottoms did the

[08:22] rest Hur that [ __ ] said he would it put

[08:24] him to the test I'll be focused on my

[08:26] paper trying to do my best [ __ ] m and

[08:29] it's Tri and tribulation with this life

[08:31] we live this a hardfill story I still

[08:36] to Bottoms did the

[08:37] rest so if we could bypass the EQ and

[08:40] hear the before and after difference

[08:44] andul live this a story I feel the pain

[08:48] see my mama to yeah more a little bit

[08:50] more clear yeah sound more jumpy too we

[08:54] also to get more clarity you can boost

[08:57] highend but you also can reduce low end

[08:59] or like low mids so it's like it's a

[09:02] balancing act you know what I mean you

[09:04] don't always have to boost highend if

[09:06] you want clearity you Al can you can

[09:08] also reduce lowend and that will make

[09:10] your voice more clear as well so check

[09:12] this out [ __ ] and I'm still I'm

[09:15] hearing like an area that of it's a

[09:17] little resonant a little

[09:20] boomy right there if I reduce this a

[09:22] little bit [ __ ] Ms and it's trials

[09:28] pain see My Mama Tried her best the

[09:30] bottoms did the rest hurt that [ __ ]

[09:32] said he would it put them to the test

[09:34] it's a little bit better it's h out the

[09:36] mix [ __ ] M and it's Tri and

[09:40] a horf story I still feel the pain see

[09:42] my Mama Tried her best the bottoms did

[09:44] the rest hurt that [ __ ] said he with

[09:46] put him to the test I'll be focused on

[09:48] my paper trying to do hey I hope you

[09:50] guys have been finding this video

[09:52] helpful and useful I have a free

[09:54] resource Link in description below it's

[09:57] 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

[12:56] 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

[13:47] to make these [ __ ] and it's Tri and

[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

[15:07] pain see my Mama Tried her best the

[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

[17:38] 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

[17:47] 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

[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

[18:54] 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

[19:36] 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

[19:50] 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

[20:14] with Killers steady out the hust 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

[21:32] 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

[25:13] 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

[25:24] 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

[25:44] Killers steady at the H and trying to

[25:45] make these [ __ ] ends and it's trial

[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

[32:51] 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

[33:31] 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

[34:58] 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

[35:46] 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

[36:11] block with Killers steady at the hus and

[36:15] it's Char and tribulation with this life

[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

[37:15] 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

[37:37] to make these [ __ ] ends and it's Tri

[37:43] pain see my Mama Tried her best the

[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

[38:18] the hus and trying to make these [ __ ]

[38:20] M and it's Tri and tribulation with this

[38:26] her best the bottoms with the rest Hur

[38:28] that [ __ ] said he with it put him to

[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

[38:51] 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

[39:05] 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] those out don't forget to like And

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[47:03] future videos coming up my name is

[47:04] Princeton Brown I'm a producer and

[47:07] mixing engineer based in Los Angeles and

[47:09] I would love to hear from you if you

[47:11] have a brand new song that you're

[47:12] working on and would love a mix on by me

[47:15] send it my way I would also love to give

[47:17] you feedback on the mixes that you're

[47:18] working on so please send those my way

[47:21] last but not least I have a free mini

[47:23] course called six mix finalizers all of

[47:26] this information is in the description

[47:29] below thank you guys again for tuning in

[47:31] and watching I'll see you on the next

[47:32] video

[47:35] peace Sonic gold Productions

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