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How It Was Recorded

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha · I'm Good (Blue), 2022

I'm Good (Blue)

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What the sources do and do not say

One Sound On Sound interview with mixer and mastering engineer Timofey Reznikov, read in full. It covers his in-the-box mix and master of this song from Guetta's production session; it does not describe how the original vocals or synths were recorded. The Mixonline piece on the Rhodes MK8 does not mention this song and was not used.

Vocal stems

2 items

Bebe Rexha

Mix effects

Bass group

3 items

Instrument

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    Xfer Serum

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    Source of both bass parts in the session, which Reznikov describes as aggressive and bright.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Xfer Records Serum 2

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Mix effects

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    Ableton Multiband Dynamics

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    On the bass group, used to give different frequency ranges a consistent volume so they stay audible.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Ableton Compressor

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    Sidechain compressor on the bass group, heavily sidechained.

    Settings
    Threshold about -59.6dB

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Percussion

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Mix effects

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    Ableton Saturator

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    Used on the percussion for a warming effect.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Waves Vitamin

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    Used in the percussion treatment to make the hi-hat wider in the high frequencies.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Waves L3 Ultramaximizer

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    Cut the very strong peaks almost inaudibly during mixing so that the later mastering compressor works better.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Piano melody

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Mix effects

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    Soundtheory Gullfoss Live

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    Used on the piano melody to make it brighter without being aggressive.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Mix bus and mastering

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Mix effects

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    Cytomic The Glue

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    Master-bus compressor used while mixing this session to make the elements interact; removed when printing stems.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Ableton Operator

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    Plays a square wave on a SideChain Impulse track that triggers the sidechain compressors.

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Ableton Live

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    A device built into Ableton Live.

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    iZotope Ozone 9

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    Mastering chain on the stem session: multiband dynamics, vintage compressor, EQ, imager (mono below 60Hz) and maximizer.

    Settings
    Imager: 0 to 60Hz made mono; EQ: a little added at 65Hz

    Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Sources

  1. Inside Track: David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 'I'm Good (Blue)' (Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Timofey Reznikov), Sound On Sound, 2022-11. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.

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