u/thecamtalks

https://vocaroo.com/1kwQszOm3ARu

I took everyones advice on my last song and threw in some saturation to the vocals. I also added more delay and reverb though im not sure if it is enough? I wanted to add more but whenever i did it would muddy up the mix. I feel as a whole this mix needs a few changes and i am unsure on what. It sounds like there is a frequency in my vocals that is too prominent but i am still new to mixing and cant figure out which frequency it is. I also feel the 808 could hit harder than it is right now.

Would love any feedback! And also i cant believe i even have to mention this lol. Last time i posted a track i had someone come at me so let me explain - the city i am from (I dont want to dox myself) is known for street rap and nobody listens to any music outside of that out here. That is why my lyrics lean more street. I am trying to make music that i love sonically that still appeals to people local to me. Is it wrong to try to gain the approval from those around me? Maybe but at the end of the day i dont want to make music that nobody around me listens to. So while i appreciate any feedback coming to my mix an entire essay not related to my mix is very unnecessary.

I have been posting since last year and i rarely ever crack 1000 views. People who do see my posts like the music and i have built a little over 1000 followers but i feel my content could be more effective. I know posting your own social media isnt allowed on this sub so if anyone is willing to help me look at my content i can dm you guys.

I made this song inspired by the soundcloud era of rap music, mainly playboi carti and lil uzi vert. I am trying to get my mixes to sound like theirs where the vocals are upfront but still blended in with the instrumental. Also i want my drums to cut through stronger in the mix like their music. I find that with my track despite there only being 2 melodies that are both EQ’d and panned to leave room, they take up too much space burying the drums. 

I also find the vocals are still not perfect. I took everyone's advice with my last track and played with the compressor more and I also added saturation as a lot of people suggested that. I still feel it's not all the way there. I feel they are too upfront still and I also find certain sections just do not sound pleasant mixing wise. For instance, at the line ‘I be geeking’ at 0:47, I find that the ‘I’ sounds super harsh probably because I hit it with a fast attack in my performance, but I have seen raw sessions of other artists doing the same thing with it sounding more clean after processing. Also in the same line, when I say the word ‘my’ it sounds a bit out of place. Like it’s in key but the way it hits the mic makes it sound out of place compared to the rest of the line and I am unsure on how to tame it. Then, at 0:54 the ‘all of this ice’ line - the start of the line sounds very harsh again because of the way I hit it in my performance but again, I have seen raw recordings sounding worse and getting tamed.

Any feedback would be appreciated!

https://vocaroo.com/16lDo2B1mOHH

So i mainly make melodic rap music (lil uzi vert playboi carti type music) and one issue i have with vocal mixing is whenever my vocal starts with a vowel (example: I), it will sound really abrasive. Now I know this is a technique thing but i also know it can be alleviated through mixing. The artists i mentioned oftentimes have their raw studio sessions leaked where you can hear the vocal recordings with no processing, and they have the exact same issue. Yet when i listen to the final track, it is not present. 

Heres an example of what i mean: https://vocaroo.com/1lStyRRNySX9

On  both the lines, you can hear the start are a bit abrasive. How would i tame that?

I made this song inspired by melodic trap artists like lil uzi vert and young thug and i have always found vocal mixing hard. I didnt really use anything too special in terms of vocal chain. Just autotune, EQ, a lot of compression, saturation, de-essing and fresh air. Then I had separate sends for my reverb and delay. I just feel that the vocal sounds really rough and unpolished from a mixing side of things and i dont really know what to do to make it sound clean while also being upfront. Also i have this issue with a lot of songs where there is distortion at some parts of the songs but when i solo the vocals everything sounds fine. For this song in the chorus on the last ‘no my choppa sing like’ i hear some distortion at the very start of the word ‘no’. I dont know if i am overanalyzing because people i played it for didnt hear it but i would definitely like some input from people who also make music and mix and master.

Oh also i am the first vocalist. I mainly want critiques on my part as i didnt mix the other vocalist. Also, i know a lot of people do not like the melodic trap style of music so please direct more attention towards the mix and not the song itself lol

https://vocaroo.com/1oCSks8BLbfd