How It Was Recorded

Moneybagg Yo · A Gangsta’s Pain, 2021

Wockesha

VocalsBeat submix (mix stage)Verified19Reported1

What the sources do and do not say

Sound On Sound Secrets of the Mix Engineers piece on mixer Ari Morris, using Wockesha as the example. It covers the mix chain only; the vocal recording is mentioned just as a C800G for the album. Vocal chain rows that come from Morris’s general description of the album are album-level; Vox Sub, bus and beat-submix rows describe the Wockesha session.

Vocals

Moneybagg Yo

Microphone

Sony C800G

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Morris says Moneybagg's mix engineer recorded everything on this album with it.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.

Mix effects

FabFilter Pro-Q 3

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: In the vocal chain, takes out unwanted resonances.

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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FabFilter DeEsser

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: In the vocal chain, handles harshness at the top end.

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

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: Compresses the vocals, with a faster attack on the backing-vocal (adlib) aux than on the main group.

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 Manley Massive Passive

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: Adds midrange to the vocals without the sound turning odd.

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.

Universal Audio UAD dbx 160

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: Squashes the vocals hard, which Morris says he used to love doing on the hardware version.

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.

Universal Audio UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: Adds weight to the vocals.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Universal Audio Thermionic Culture Vulture

saturation

The plugin used on the record.

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FabFilter Pro-MB

VerifiedAlbum sessions

Album sessions, not stated for this song: On the main vocal group, dips some low end so the husky voice sits against the beat’s low end.

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-L 2

Verified

On the Vox Sub, lightly limits the combined vocal signal.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

FabFilter Pro-L 2

limiter

The plugin used on the record.

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Maag Audio EQ4

Verified

On the Vox Sub, adds air to the vocals.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Plugin Alliance Maag Audio EQ4

equaliser

Made with Maag Audio as a model of the EQ4.

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Waves 1176

Verified

Parallel-compresses the Vox Sub on the P Vox track.

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.

Rupert Neve Designs 5060

Verified

Vox Sub, P Vox and the aux effect tracks are bussed out to it and hit hard.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Covers this kind of unit

Waves NLS Non-Linear Summer

console emulation

A summing plugin that adds the bus colour of three analogue desks, one of them a Neve, which is the job this mixer does; it is not a model of this unit.

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AudioScape Bus Compressor

Verified

Compresses the bussed vocal and effect tracks again after they have been pushed hard through the 5060.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

Solid State Logic SSL Native Bus Compressor 2

compressor

SSL's own plugin of the console bus compressor that the AudioScape hardware copies.

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Burl Audio B2 Bomber

Verified

Converter whose input transformer is used to push the return to the Stereo Sub; also used for printing.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. A converter between analogue and digital. Your audio interface does this job, so no plugin is needed.

Beat submix (mix stage)

Mix effects

SPL IRON

Verified

Parallel compression on the beat submix, using the Germanium side for more weight.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Plugin Alliance SPL IRON

compressor

Made with SPL as a model of the IRON mastering compressor.

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Oeksound Soothe

Reported

Gently dips a couple of overly prominent frequencies on the beat, by roughly half a dB in Morris’s estimate. (recalled with uncertainty)

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.

Soundtheory Gulfoss

Verified

Works on the low-mid area of the beat submix.

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.

iZotope Ozone 8 Exciter

Verified

Brings some low mids into the beat submix.

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.

Maag Audio EQ4

Verified

On the beat submix, supplies a sub-bass boost and some high-end air.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Plugin Alliance Maag Audio EQ4

equaliser

Made with Maag Audio as a model of the EQ4.

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Kush Audio Clariphonic

Verified

Adds shimmer to the beat submix.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Kush Audio Clariphonic Mk3

equaliser

The maker's own plugin version of the Clariphonic, with the same Focus and Clarity shelves.

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Sources

  1. Inside Track: MoneyBagg Yo ‘Wockesha’, Sound On Sound, 2022-01. 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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