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Clean & Upfront Vocal Mixes — Full Breakdown & Transcript

Get Clean & Upfront Vocal Mixes Easily with These Steps [Complete Tutorial 2025] | EP 6

0h 47m video Published Jan 23, 2025 Transcribed Jul 1, 2026 Sonic Gold Productions Sonic Gold Productions
Intermediate 16 min read For: Aspiring music producers, mixing engineers, and artists who want to learn a professional vocal mixing chain step by step.
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"The title promises a complete tutorial for clean, upfront vocal mixes, and the video delivers exactly that with a step-by-step walkthrough of a full vocal chain."

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This video is a complete vocal mixing tutorial where producer and mixing engineer Princeton Brown walks through his entire vocal chain on a rap/sung track. He demonstrates step-by-step how to use compression, EQ, de-essing, reverb, delay, harmonic excitation, and saturation to achieve a clean, upfront, and professional vocal sound.

[00:17]
Level Balancing

First, set the vocal level above the beat so the vocal is clearly audible and not overpowered by the instrumental.

[01:13]
First Compressor (LA-2A style)

Add a compressor to tame dynamics and add body. Adjust release to make the compressor react more with the voice; a faster release adds movement and vibe.

[03:33]
Attack Setting on Compressor

A slow attack allows more punch and forwardness of the voice to come through, making the vocal feel more present.

[04:39]
EQ – Low Cut and Clarity

Use a low-cut filter to remove rumble (below 100 Hz). Boost high-end for clarity, but also reduce low-mids to clean up the sound without always boosting highs.

[08:00]
Boosting Clarity with EQ

Boost around 2-4 kHz to unveil the words and make the vocal more intelligible. A/B comparison shows clearer, more present sound.

[09:00]
Reducing Resonant Low-Mids

Cut a narrow band around 200-400 Hz to reduce boominess and muddiness, which further improves clarity.

[10:27]
Adding Reverb

Use a plate reverb (with some delay) to make the vocal feel more immersive and professional, not like it was recorded in a small room. Blend so it's not overpowering.

[14:22]
Harmonic Exciter for Clarity

Add a harmonic exciter to add smooth high-end harmonics, making the voice clear without the harshness that comes from EQ boosting alone.

[15:52]
De-essing

Use a de-esser to compress harsh sibilance (S and T sounds) that become prominent after high-end boosting. Adjust mix knob to taste.

[18:13]
Doubler for Width

Send a small amount of the vocal to a doubler plugin to automatically create a double, making the vocal sound bigger and wider in the mix.

[20:24]
Final Compressor (R-Bass style)

Add another compressor at the end of the chain to smooth out dynamics and allow the vocal to be louder without peaking. This adds clarity and consistency.

[23:57]
Pultec EQ for Brightness

Use a Pultec-style EQ to add brightness to the vocal without harshness. This EQ is known for its smooth high-end boost.

[25:55]
Adjusting De-esser Mix

If de-essing removes too much detail, reduce the mix knob to retain natural sibilance while still controlling harshness.

[27:37]
Processing the Hook Differently

Duplicate the vocal track for the hook and apply different effects: use a doubler with panning (auto-pan) and more reverb to make it ethereal and wide.

[29:22]
EQ for Spatial Placement

To make a vocal sit in the back of the mix (ethereal), reduce high-end frequencies. Less high-end makes the ear perceive the sound as farther away.

[31:14]
Saturating the Beat

Apply gentle saturation to the beat to smooth out harsh high-end frequencies and warm up the overall mix.

[34:18]
Limiter and Ozone Exciter

Add a limiter to prevent peaking and distortion. Use an Ozone exciter (or similar) to add analog-style smoothness and polish to the top end.

[36:33]
Boosting Low End with Saturation

Use a multiband saturator (like MaxxBass) to add beef to the low end without affecting the vocal clarity. Solo the low band and boost to taste.

[38:05]
Final EQ to Remove Harshness

Use a final EQ to gently cut any remaining harsh frequencies in the overall mix, ensuring a smooth, polished sound.

By following this vocal chain—level balancing, compression, EQ, de-essing, reverb, harmonic excitation, doubling, and final limiting/saturation—you can achieve a clean, upfront, and professional vocal mix. The key is to use each tool purposefully and always A/B compare to ensure improvements.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 00:17 Set vocal level above the beat so it's clearly audible.
2 01:13 Add a compressor (LA-2A style) to tame dynamics and add body. Adjust release to make it react with the voice.
3 03:33 Set attack to slow to allow punch and forwardness of the voice.
4 04:39 Apply EQ: low-cut filter below 100 Hz to remove rumble. Boost high-end for clarity.
5 09:00 Cut resonant low-mids (around 200-400 Hz) to reduce boominess.
6 10:27 Add plate reverb with a little delay to make vocal feel immersive. Blend to taste.
7 14:22 Add harmonic exciter to add smooth high-end clarity without harshness.
8 15:52 Use a de-esser to compress harsh sibilance. Adjust mix knob to retain natural detail.
9 18:13 Send a small amount of vocal to a doubler plugin for width and size.
10 20:24 Add a final compressor (R-Bass style) to smooth dynamics and allow louder vocal without peaking.
11 23:57 Use Pultec EQ to add brightness without harshness.
12 27:37 For the hook, duplicate vocal track and apply doubler with auto-pan and more reverb for ethereal effect.
13 31:14 Apply gentle saturation to the beat to smooth harsh high-end frequencies.
14 34:18 Add a limiter to prevent peaking. Use Ozone exciter for analog-style polish.
15 36:33 Use multiband saturator (e.g., MaxxBass) to boost low end without affecting vocal clarity.
16 38:05 Apply final EQ to gently cut any remaining harsh frequencies in the mix.

Study Flashcards (10)

What is the first step in vocal mixing according to the video?

easy Click to reveal answer

Set the vocal level above the beat so it's clearly audible.

00:17

What does a slow attack on a compressor do to the vocal?

medium Click to reveal answer

Allows more punch and forwardness of the voice to come through.

03:33

Why use a low-cut filter on vocals?

easy Click to reveal answer

To remove rumble (frequencies below 100 Hz) that can muddy the sound.

04:39

What is the purpose of a harmonic exciter?

medium Click to reveal answer

To add smooth high-end harmonics for clarity without the harshness of EQ boosting.

14:22

What does a de-esser do?

easy Click to reveal answer

Compresses harsh sibilance (S and T sounds) that become prominent after high-end boosting.

15:52

How can you make a vocal sound wider in the mix?

medium Click to reveal answer

By sending a small amount to a doubler plugin, which automatically creates a double.

18:13

What is the effect of reducing high-end frequencies on a vocal?

medium Click to reveal answer

It makes the vocal sound farther away and more ethereal, sitting in the back of the mix.

29:22

Why add a limiter at the end of the vocal chain?

easy Click to reveal answer

To prevent peaking and distortion, ensuring the track doesn't clip.

34:18

What tool is recommended for boosting low end without affecting vocal clarity?

hard Click to reveal answer

A multiband saturator like MaxxBass.

36:33

What is the 'ozone layer' mentioned in the video?

hard Click to reveal answer

An Ozone exciter plugin used to add analog-style smoothness and polish to the top end.

34:18

💡 Key Takeaways

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First Compressor for Body and Dynamics

Demonstrates how to use a compressor not just for level control but to add tonal body and movement to the voice.

01:13
🔧

EQ Low Cut and Clarity Boost

Shows the fundamental EQ steps to clean up vocals and make them intelligible.

04:39
💡

Harmonic Exciter vs EQ for Clarity

Explains the difference between boosting with EQ and using harmonic excitation for smoother clarity.

14:22
🔧

Doubler for Width Without Manual Doubling

Introduces a time-saving plugin technique to automatically create width.

18:13
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EQ for Spatial Placement

Reveals a counterintuitive trick: reducing high-end makes a vocal sit farther back in the mix.

29:22

[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

[03:02] story I still feel the pain see my Mama

[03:05] Tried her best the bottoms did the rest

[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

[04:03] tribulation with this life we live this

[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

[05:56] with this life we live this a hardfill

[05:58] story I still feel the pain see my Mama

[06:00] Tried her best the bottoms did the rest

[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

[06:13] tribulation with this life we live this

[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

[07:32] tribulation with this life we live this

[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

[08:16] tribulation with this life we live this

[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

[08:33] feel the pain see my Mama Tried her best

[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

[09:24] and tribulation with this life we live

[09:26] this a hardfill story I still feel the

[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

[09:38] tribulation with this life we live this

[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

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[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] 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

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[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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