How It Was Recorded

Lil Baby · My Turn, 2020

Sum 2 Prove

Lil Baby lead vocal (mix chain)808 and sub bassSnareSynths, strings, piano and instrument busMasterVerified20Reported2

What the sources do and do not say

Page 2 of the Sound On Sound Tillie mix interview covers the mix of this song in detail; all gear is plug-ins used in the mix, with nothing on tracking (page 1 says another engineer tracked it). The snare row rests on a journalist caption, so it is reported. Page 1 (also read) adds no song gear.

Lil Baby lead vocal (mix chain)

Lil Baby

Mix effects

Waves DeEsser

Verified

First de-esser on the vocal aux, doing most of the sibilance control because the vocal felt too bright.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Waves DeEsser

de-esser

The plugin used on the record.

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Avid EQ3 7-Band

Verified

Surgical equaliser on the vocal aux, cutting low end, notching two frequencies and adding presence.

Settings
Low cut at 69.8Hz; notches at 184.7Hz and 425.2Hz; boost at 2kHz; high-end boost at 5.37kHz

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Waves RCompressor

Verified

The compressor that does the actual compression on the vocal aux.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Waves Renaissance Compressor

compressor

The plugin named in the source.

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Universal Audio UAD J37

Verified

Tape emulation on the vocal aux adding analogue character.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

FabFilter Pro-DS

Verified

Second de-esser after the EQ, catching sibilance introduced by the EQ curve.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Softube Tube-Tech CL 1B

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Compressor on a parallel vocal aux, adding body and weight.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Avid DVerb

Verified

Reverb on the first vocal send, set to a large hall.

Settings
Large Hall preset

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Waves RVerb

Verified

Reverb on the second vocal send, followed by a Waves REQ low cut and the S1 Stereo Imager.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

808 and sub bass

Mix effects

Universal Audio UAD Pultec EQP-1A

Verified

Insert equaliser on the 808 for roundness and punch, boosting the very low end and the top.

Settings
Boost at 20Hz and at 8kHz

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Universal Audio Pultec Passive EQ Collection

equaliser

The current version of the plugin used on the record.

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Universal Audio TS Overdrive

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Distortion on a parallel aux for the 808, adding colour so it feels harder-hitting.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Waves RBass

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Follows the overdrive on the 808 parallel aux to add low end to the distortion.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Plugin Alliance Black Box

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Adds saturation and distortion to the sub bass so it can be felt more.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Snare

Mix effects

Universal Audio UAD SSL 4000 E Channel Strip

Reported

Channel-strip EQ on the snare with a high-pass filter and three boosts for snap and presence.

Settings
High-pass at 75Hz; boosts at 800Hz, 3kHz and 10kHz

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Synths, strings, piano and instrument bus

Mix effects

Softube Drawmer S73

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Light compression on the main synth hook for control.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Soundtoys Little Plate

Reported

Insert reverb on the main synth hook for feel, with boosted decay and a low cut; Mann gives the mix level as low, about 20 percent. (recalled with uncertainty)

Settings
Decay boosted slightly; mix maybe 20 percent; low cut

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Soundtoys Little Plate

reverb

The plugin named in the source.

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Waves S1 Stereo Imager

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Widens the strings and shifts them in the stereo field so they sit better.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

FabFilter Pro-Q 3

Verified

Equaliser adding mid and high end to make the strings more present.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

FabFilter Pro-Q 4

equaliser

Pro-Q 4 is the current version of the same equaliser.

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Plugin Alliance Brainworx bx_2098 EQ

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Equaliser on the piano, used mainly to roll off low end.

Settings
Roll-off at 60Hz

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Slate Digital VCC

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Used as the summing mixer at the start of the Instrument aux chain.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Waves J37

Verified

Tape saturation on the Instrument aux, after the VCC stage.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Softube Harmonics

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Final stage on the Instrument aux, making the instruments sound more analogue.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Master

Mix effects

iZotope Ozone 8 Imager

Verified

Widens the stereo mix on the master track in chosen frequency ranges before mastering.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Sources

  1. Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Tillie (Lil Baby 'Sum 2 Prove'), Sound On Sound, 2020-06. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
Verified

Stated by the engineer, producer or artist, or by the manufacturer.

Reported

Stated by a reputable secondary source.

Inferred

An educated suggestion, not a documented fact.

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