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Looking more for critique on the mix but also the bars and delivery too :scumbag:

I have like 20 freestyles ready.... just want to get em out sounding crisp




PETER PARKER THE TRACK.

I think your mix could be improved by having a better recording (it may be my ears, but it sounds at some points, you may drift away from the mic but for the most part its fine) I do think you could be clipping cus it sounds a bit saturated. Maybe some slight reverb would get it to sound a little more... in the mix, right now it's bars on top of beat. Sometimes it helps to EQ the track where your vocals are dominant, but cutting gently (like -3db where your vocals are dominating, sometimes in the 1-3k area or something, i dunno it depends your ears will knwo the sweet spot) just in general doing that can allow the beats overall volume to rise and let the vocals sink into the beat so it's more of one. the idea is that you don't notice that the EQ was cut like that so do it gently but that might help it get in a little bit. that beat is so crisp and your vocals are distorted/saturated... if that's an effect i would personally take it off or tone it down. if its not, then you may be in the red w your vocals. turn the input down on your interface if you're gonna be that close. Then, go listen to my beats and come back and spit bars on some of my beats and we both profit
 

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Track i did yesterday


i like the sounds in this... it's a little too high energy for me. the Gross Beat or whatever/the gating is a little much too. I think if you played around with chopping up in to fragments the singing melody around 1:05-1:13 that you could get a banger. Also... the snare is great, but it sounds like a rocker garage snare... like some live drums played to a chopped highpassed smaple... it's harder to mix those 2 sounds imo because its kinda genre bending. it can be done... but i'd say turn down the verb on the snare, or use a more dusty ass snare like you want the snare to somewhat sound related like it came from the same place as the sample. the rhythm is great i think you'll take it to the next level with more of a dusty snare
 

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PETER PARKER THE TRACK.

I think your mix could be improved by having a better recording (it may be my ears, but it sounds at some points, you may drift away from the mic but for the most part its fine) I do think you could be clipping cus it sounds a bit saturated. Maybe some slight reverb would get it to sound a little more... in the mix, right now it's bars on top of beat. Sometimes it helps to EQ the track where your vocals are dominant, but cutting gently (like -3db where your vocals are dominating, sometimes in the 1-3k area or something, i dunno it depends your ears will knwo the sweet spot) just in general doing that can allow the beats overall volume to rise and let the vocals sink into the beat so it's more of one. the idea is that you don't notice that the EQ was cut like that so do it gently but that might help it get in a little bit. that beat is so crisp and your vocals are distorted/saturated... if that's an effect i would personally take it off or tone it down. if its not, then you may be in the red w your vocals. turn the input down on your interface if you're gonna be that close. Then, go listen to my beats and come back and spit bars on some of my beats and we both profit

I was def clipping. It was just me in a closet :russ: First time recording in about 2 years so I def need to tighten my shyt up. Couldn't find a reverb plugin for the program I'm using.... just a lot of problems lol. On top of the beat is def how I would describe the vocals. I will give this all another go and see how it pans out.
 

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went for something different and sampled an old indian soul song from the 70s I used to listen to alot

I dont know if I layered too many samples together or if I blended them well enough though
 
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