The Description

i usually have some basic steps that i follow before i begin my process, however, i did not have enough time to do them so i had to bypass my steps in order to get the audio track by 4 pm. i was racing with time as i got the stems at 3:30 so i knew i had 25 mins to do the work and 5 mins to upload it. 1st i had to arrange the stems because it was not bounced within the track region
i double checked the arrangement my producer to confirm and go to the step 2
unfortunately i couldn’t use a reference track because it would have taken me more time to find a similar sound… i imagined the song to be from the Disney 70s era. so i tried to make it sound close to that

DRUMS :

since the kick, snare and hi hat are all in 1 stem i tried to be careful when i added eq and compressor to the drums to make them stand out but not take away the kicks or give more sound to the hi hats … i needed to tweak more but i knew it would have taken more time.

INSTRUMENTS :

what i did for the instruments is light compressing with EQ. i put a stereo imager on some of them because i did not want to pan as it was all in mono and everytime i panned something, the result made me feel like the track is empty. so i kept them in mono instead of changing it to stereo. Id say i only did a basic treatment for the instruments and it needed alot more work to make it sound better

Verse Vocals :

i started out with EQ and compressor. i adjusted the compressor to reach that natural level, if i had more time i would have edited the vocals with autotune because i feel it really needed that. then a small delay and reverb just to make it sit better between the instruments.

Chorus Vocals :
i followed the same formula for the chorus, since i was working with 2 stems for the chorus, i lowered the 2nd one and added a stereo imager just to make it sound bigger but at the same time i tried to make it unnoticeable. if i had three i would have worked more comfortably by panning them, but i had to work with what i have. i did not want the chorus to sound too big for the instruments the overall track has a chill vibe.

below is a screenshot of what i used on the stems