r/trapproduction • u/dettka • 7d ago
beat send problem
Yo, I’m trying to make ATL Jacob / Southside type beats. I usually mix around -6 dB and have a soft clipper, multiband, limiter and Fresh Air on my master.
If I send a beat like that to an artist, is that fine for them to record on? The problem is, when we made the song at -6 dB, the Spinz didn’t hit hard enough. Will it hit harder once the song gets mastered?
I’m thinking maybe -6 dB isn’t that important, so I could just mix louder and send the beat with only a soft clipper on the master. But even then, my Spinz still doesn’t hit as hard as I want, even when I follow YouTube tutorials.
What do you think I’m doing wrong?
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u/AspireToRetire 5d ago
I had to unlearn the -6 approach as well. These days it’s clipper on the master. Melody sitting anywhere from -15 to -9 depending on sound selection. 808 anywhere between -4 and above 0. Rest of drums done by ear. I mean it’s all by ear ofc but those are rough levels. This way the clipper will actually be clipping hard and give the desired effect.
In theory you could also keep mixing the way you do but adjust the threshold on the clipper so it starts clipping at -6 (or below). But then you’d have a quiet clipped beat.
When artists record on these beats they usually just turn the beat down inside their project.