Inside my chain
Ready at 80% on any voice. The last 20% is your ear
, and a cheaper or free swap for every one of them
Hear it
Lossless · 24-bit, from my masters
Choose your chain
Both record and mix the way I do: same routing, same colors, same moves. The Ultimate has my exact plugins and their sound; the Stock gets you there with what FL Studio already has
My chain with FL Studio's own plugins and one free tuner. Nothing else to buy if you have FL Studio Producer
My exact chain: every pro plugin in it, every setting saved
Saved with Pro-Q 3, soothe2, the CL 1B Mk I and Ozone 11. Have the newer one? Load it in the same slot and copy my settings from the Deep Dive. Prices: the makers and Plugin Boutique, 30–31 October 2026, regular
The mirror
The Studio Rack: a Neumann U 87 Ai, a Neve 1073 and a Tube-Tech CL 1B, ≈ $10k together, plus of plugins behind them. $13k+ before the room. Or one template on your laptop
| The Studio Rack | The Ultimate Atlanta Vocal Chain | The Atlanta Vocal Chain – Stock | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic | Neumann U 87 Ai, ≈ $3,750 | any mic | any mic |
| Preamp | Neve 1073, ≈ $2,200–2,700 | UADx Neve 1073, $299 | your interface's preamp |
| Compressor | Tube-Tech CL 1B, €3,990 | Tube-Tech CL 1B Mk II, €199 | Fruity Compressor, in FL |
| Tuning | Auto-Tune on an aux | Auto-Tune Pro, Classic mode | a free tuner (Pitcher, if you have FL Signature) |
| Plugins | Auto-Tune, Waves & co | the list in the card | FL's own + one free tuner |
| Interface | a studio's rig | an SSL 2+ or an Apollo (Solo: €598) | an SSL 2 MkII, €214 |
| You pay | $13k+ | €39 + the plugins | €19 + FL Studio Producer |
Prices: Thomann Austria, Sweetwater, Plugin Boutique and the makers' pages, 30–31 October 2026, rounded. Plugins go on sale often, and the Deep Dive names a swap for every one
Inside the download
Both open here, on any device you sign in on. Preview the free part of each
How I use it
Red slots on. Record quiet and punch in line by line, Atlanta style
Purple slots on. Set the four returns, duck the beat when the song needs room, automate the intro and outro moments
SSL glue, two limiters, and the guide tells you how to keep the true peaks in check before you export. Loud, not squashed
Proof
Years of work, only now going public. So there's nobody else to quote yet, and I won't fake it. I record my songs through this chain. Here's my TikTok
Questions
You pay through Polar, which handles the checkout, the taxes and the receipt. Right after paying, both guides open on this page, on the device you paid from. The FL Studio template downloads right there too, and comes by email from Polar with the receipt. From then on you sign in anywhere with the email you paid with: you get a one-tap link and a 6-digit code, and you stay signed in on each device
All your own: sign in with your purchase email on your phone, your laptop, the studio PC. The template is a file: copy it to every FL Studio you own
Yes. One payment, no subscription
FL Studio 21.1 or newer, Producer Edition or higher. The Fruity Edition can't record audio
No. FL skips any plugin you don't have, and both guides name a cheaper, stock or free swap for every slot. Or start with the Stock chain: only FL Studio Producer and one free tuner
Load yours in the same slot and copy my settings from the Deep Dive. Versions don't matter; your ears do
Any mic. The interface matters more. My rule: at least an SSL 2 or SSL 2+, or an Apollo
Write to me at support@atlantavocals.com
Sources
The engineers behind the moves in this chain, in their own words
Record tonight. The why behind every knob is in the Deep Dive.
Every knob is set to about 80%: good on any voice the moment you open the template. The last 20% is your ear.
Documents\Image-Line\FL Studio\Projects\Templates\ (Mac: ~/Documents/Image-Line/FL Studio/Projects/Templates/; or FL's Options → File settings → User data folder, then Projects\Templates).| Color | What it means |
|---|---|
| Red slot | on while recording. Light on latency; the artist hears it. |
| Purple slot | off while recording, on for the mix. |
| the sends | REVERB, BIG DELAY, STEREO, SHORT DELAY: to taste; any can be off |
| the master | off until the very end |
Everything red stays on while you record: those plugins are the best for latency. If your computer can't run them, sorry, get a better PC. Everything purple gets switched on for the mix, at the end.
The map: insert 1 → 2 → 3 ("After Record") → master. Insert 3 feeds every return and the BEAT sidechain, so every punch-in lands in the same space.
What you get
Both guides open here, on any device you sign in on. The FL Studio templates come as files: by email from Polar, and the Ultimate’s right here too. The Ultimate is all of it; the Stock is its template and the Quick Stock guide