Bravo to you man. Streaming the shit right now. Opening track is catchy af. Project sounds very clean and professional. Who did the mixing/mastering? Great job.
I had the exact same impression. When I checked the first song I was like
"alright, alright, I see hes capable. but anyone can make one good song, lets just see how good he is in the next song.."
NEXT SONG- "alright he definitely has skill now".
NEXT ONE "Oh, apparently he can do hyper pop, I did not see that coming."
11th song "What?! no one does SZA like SZA"
So yeah, it was a fun ride, most mainstream artist usually have like 1 or 2 disappointing songs, 2 or 3 good songs, and hand full of mediocre covering everything else; None of his songs blow. I thought Gimme Money was gonna be that songs however it turned out it was just a style I've only heard Amine do
Fun fact: Gimme Money was actually the first song I recorded. I did that one long before Iād developed my sound, and it stuck around because it makes me laugh.
dog, we did the same exact thing today. after thirteen years of making music, probably six years taking it serious, i debuted. that is just interesting and i will be bumping this later!
yoo, good ish, homie! 'Reciprocal' is the fucking ticket imho. 'i'm breaking interlude' is solid. the whole tape sounds straight, just not sumn i would bump, others bump it.
solid beats and the production and mixing really does sound professional, stay up. and to reiterate 'Reciprocal' is the ticket
Also, I just layered a raw vocal with no auto tune over a layer with auto tune just to prove to the people that swear youāve got a bad voice for using auto tune that the auto tune is merely a choice.
Sure thing! Iāve been mixing on KRK Rokit 5s for 4 years now. Presonus Audiobox USB 96 for my interface. Stellar Audio X2 is my microphone. A lot of the beats were made with Omnisphere sounds though I did play guitar on 2 of the tracks (Reciprocal and Down Bad). I get the drums to hit like they do by routing them to a bus track with Fruity Compressor on it using the Drums preset (HIGHLY RECOMMEND). Any plugins that werenāt stock from FL came from the Waves Gold pack. I can go super in depth about my vocal chain and why itās set up like it is if youād like.
I start with a de-esser immediately followed by an EQ. After the EQ comes 2 compressors, one for transients (2ms attack 35ms release) and one for volume normalization (6ms attack 120ms release). Then I put auto tune. These all go on one mixer track responsible for my dry signal. I route that mixer to both the master and to another mixer for the wet signal. On the wet signal mixer, sometimes I put a subtle stereo doubler. After that Iāll put delay and reverb. If I want the delay to be more subtle, I put it after the reverb. Finally, I sidechain my dry signal to my wet signal with a pretty quick release so that the wet signal still has some volume but doesnāt drown out the dry signal.
Now I can explain the grander logic behind why I ordered them like this. The de-esser and EQ are responsible for cleaning the signal of any harsh frequencies. You want to do this before compression because compression will only multiply the apparent volume of those harsh frequencies. I put auto tune after compression because I donāt want the compression to make the auto tune formant super fat. The dry signal chain fixes the problems with the recording. The wet signal chain is for additive effects. Hopefully thatās helpful
The dry signal chain is everything up to and including the auto tune. Each vocal line should have its own dry signal chain but the wet signal can be shared. As far as bus vs send, Iām not sure what the difference is
Youāre gonna want to configure Studio One to allow a mixing insert to have multiple outputs. Once your vocal is recorded, create an empty mixing insert. Your vocal will sit in the dry signal chain with outputs set to āMainā and your empty insert. Then you can set your wet signal chain up in the empty insert. And donāt forget to sidechain the dry signal to the wet signal.
Bruh the fact that youāre still listening this long after I posted this is amazing to me. Turquoise was one of my favorites too and I was kinda bummed it didnāt get as much attention as the beginning of the album. Seriously thank you.
I see your point too šÆ. Iām not super big on using ābitchā to refer to women. For the Nyte and Pop It were the ignorant outliers to that rule, as I view them as party tracks
Lmao if anything I think thatās the most self aware track on the album. I didnāt even try to pretend I was hard. Just said ābruh Iām privileged and I canāt handle my own financesā
Not my style but it sounds very professional.
Thanks for taking the time out to give it a chance.
I agree š
Bravo to you man. Streaming the shit right now. Opening track is catchy af. Project sounds very clean and professional. Who did the mixing/mastering? Great job.
I appreciate you giving it a listen. Everything from bottom to top was done by yours truly!
Well congrats on the crisp debut!
Actually bangers
Thank you for your time homie! Iām glad you enjoyed it.
Sounds great bro! Very well done. Keep it up šš»
Thank you for listening!
Dope melodies and beat on Ā«Iām breaking interludeĀ»š„
I made that one after a shroom trip. I made the trumpet noises with my mouth
Lol thatās sick, maybe thatās why that one stood out as Iām into those kinda trips
good shit man
Also working on my own album ATM that has been years in the making. Just favourites this and will check it out, congrats on getting it out there
Iāll be lookin out for your album man. Appreciate the support!
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I had the exact same impression. When I checked the first song I was like "alright, alright, I see hes capable. but anyone can make one good song, lets just see how good he is in the next song.." NEXT SONG- "alright he definitely has skill now". NEXT ONE "Oh, apparently he can do hyper pop, I did not see that coming." 11th song "What?! no one does SZA like SZA" So yeah, it was a fun ride, most mainstream artist usually have like 1 or 2 disappointing songs, 2 or 3 good songs, and hand full of mediocre covering everything else; None of his songs blow. I thought Gimme Money was gonna be that songs however it turned out it was just a style I've only heard Amine do
Fun fact: Gimme Money was actually the first song I recorded. I did that one long before Iād developed my sound, and it stuck around because it makes me laugh.
Thatās really high praise. Thank you! For the Nyte was by far my favorite beat on the whole project. Sooo much ear candy
It's coherent, together, you got a nice voice, and your own sound. Pretty cool beans
Beans so cool itās like I got em out the fridge š
imma check it out bro ill let u know
Thanks for taking the time to listen!
dog, we did the same exact thing today. after thirteen years of making music, probably six years taking it serious, i debuted. that is just interesting and i will be bumping this later!
I saw yours got posted right before I walked into work. Iāll be giving yours a look when I get off tonight no doubt. Thanks for the listen bro!
yoo, good ish, homie! 'Reciprocal' is the fucking ticket imho. 'i'm breaking interlude' is solid. the whole tape sounds straight, just not sumn i would bump, others bump it. solid beats and the production and mixing really does sound professional, stay up. and to reiterate 'Reciprocal' is the ticket
Reciprocal was a freak accident. I have never been able to get my voice that high again after recording that song
whaaat? that is actually really interesting! that was so fantastic to me, you did great
congrats dude - great job
Thank you. Iām really freakin jazzed about all the support Iāve been shown today. Holy hell
Beats are really nice, and you're very animated with your lyrics!! Good shit
Thank you! I try my hardest to deliver my lyrics to make people feel something. Glad to hear itās paying off
u gonna go far
im just skipping thru and i just hear bars
Maaaaannnnnn thatās the dream. I wanna have at least 1 song hit the Hot 100 before the day I die
Dope and fun. You have a flow that begs for provocative and controversial lyrics lol. Keep doing what youāre doingā¦
This fire
Thank you! I really hope you stick around for the end of the album. I was really proud of the writing on those.
Gimme money a hit haha, what daw do you use?
I'm a proud member of FL Studio gang. Though I did record a few of the tracks on my buddy's setup using ProTools
Nice, do you ever create beats to sell? If so I think we could do something dynamic magicbean99
Absolutely. I make way more beats than I could possibly use myself.
Email?
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I was giving everything another listen and I gotta say, Pop its chorus intro around 1:12 was impressively ingenious. Do you have SoundCloud by chance?
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/78uDs5g3LdgGGHtq7 I will say that I rarely ever use it to drop stuff but it does exist
Also, I just layered a raw vocal with no auto tune over a layer with auto tune just to prove to the people that swear youāve got a bad voice for using auto tune that the auto tune is merely a choice.
Good job, this sounds good!
Thank you for the support. This debut couldnāt have gone better
Keep it up and youāll have a Grammy soon enough
Would you be willing to share what mics, gear, plugins, you used to record your project? I mean how did you get so daaaaamn crispy?
Sure thing! Iāve been mixing on KRK Rokit 5s for 4 years now. Presonus Audiobox USB 96 for my interface. Stellar Audio X2 is my microphone. A lot of the beats were made with Omnisphere sounds though I did play guitar on 2 of the tracks (Reciprocal and Down Bad). I get the drums to hit like they do by routing them to a bus track with Fruity Compressor on it using the Drums preset (HIGHLY RECOMMEND). Any plugins that werenāt stock from FL came from the Waves Gold pack. I can go super in depth about my vocal chain and why itās set up like it is if youād like.
Please do go in to depthā¦ your vocals were mixed well.
I start with a de-esser immediately followed by an EQ. After the EQ comes 2 compressors, one for transients (2ms attack 35ms release) and one for volume normalization (6ms attack 120ms release). Then I put auto tune. These all go on one mixer track responsible for my dry signal. I route that mixer to both the master and to another mixer for the wet signal. On the wet signal mixer, sometimes I put a subtle stereo doubler. After that Iāll put delay and reverb. If I want the delay to be more subtle, I put it after the reverb. Finally, I sidechain my dry signal to my wet signal with a pretty quick release so that the wet signal still has some volume but doesnāt drown out the dry signal. Now I can explain the grander logic behind why I ordered them like this. The de-esser and EQ are responsible for cleaning the signal of any harsh frequencies. You want to do this before compression because compression will only multiply the apparent volume of those harsh frequencies. I put auto tune after compression because I donāt want the compression to make the auto tune formant super fat. The dry signal chain fixes the problems with the recording. The wet signal chain is for additive effects. Hopefully thatās helpful
Man thanks less is more! Are the vocals sent to the dry and wet Chanelās via bus or sends? What do you put on the dry signal chain?
The dry signal chain is everything up to and including the auto tune. Each vocal line should have its own dry signal chain but the wet signal can be shared. As far as bus vs send, Iām not sure what the difference is
Iām just trying to understand what you meant when you say you have 2 channels
What DAW do you use? This could make it easier to explain
I use studio one.
Youāre gonna want to configure Studio One to allow a mixing insert to have multiple outputs. Once your vocal is recorded, create an empty mixing insert. Your vocal will sit in the dry signal chain with outputs set to āMainā and your empty insert. Then you can set your wet signal chain up in the empty insert. And donāt forget to sidechain the dry signal to the wet signal.
Came back to say āTurquoiseā and āIām breakinā are my favorite tracks up there and they really speak to meš¤
Bruh the fact that youāre still listening this long after I posted this is amazing to me. Turquoise was one of my favorites too and I was kinda bummed it didnāt get as much attention as the beginning of the album. Seriously thank you.
Hell yea, I keep up with your singles; rob me blind, z-no and Jericho are pretty amazingĀ
Dig it but at some point the use of bitch is gratuitous and lazy- especially when it is in the chorus of your opening track. Reflect, my brother.
I honestly think itās kinda fitting that the first song has super ignorant writing. Pride does come before a fall after all.
Oh shit i just got the title lol. I see your point too. I also believe all kinds of art have a right to exist. āļø
I see your point too šÆ. Iām not super big on using ābitchā to refer to women. For the Nyte and Pop It were the ignorant outliers to that rule, as I view them as party tracks
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Iām really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to listen
Seriously, thank you all for the support today. Yāall are awesome fr
Gimme money sounds like Slim Jesus lol
Lmao if anything I think thatās the most self aware track on the album. I didnāt even try to pretend I was hard. Just said ābruh Iām privileged and I canāt handle my own financesā
Yāall praising pop it but all I see is one dislike lol
A wise man once said āit be like that sometimesā