YNOTT on SoundBetter

Talented young blood in European Rap Scene, US Rap Scene Bound, TOP 5 in the Biggest Rap talented show in Czech Republic (1 series) Studio Owner, Sound Engineer- Mixing and Mastering all his music, founder of UDG SOUNDS & VISUALS, Mixing and Mastering Services provider, Director, Editor, Content Creator.

In the hip hop world, YNOTT, hailing from the the heart of Europe, is a force to be reckoned with. Shaping contemporary hip hop with his primary genres - Drill, Dark Trap, and Aggressive Rap - he builds a deep connection with listeners through evocative lyrics and emotional performances. What sets him apart is his infectious energy, commanding presence, and distinct delivery, combined with a natural talent for memorable melodies and hooks.

Currently, YNOTT is breaking into the US scene. Writing entirely in English, he showcases a unique storytelling style and lyrical penmanship blended with a raw Chicago drill sound. This makes him stand out as a highly unique artist, bringing a fresh sound to his domestic scene that has never been heard there before, while already capturing attention in the United States.

A true auteur, YNOTT crafts his signature sound by mixing and mastering all of his own tracks. As a studio owner with years of experience mixing rap vocals, he also offers professional vocal mixing and mastering services to other artists across all genres. These services are provided under his audio and video production banner, UDG SOUNDS and VISUALS, available at udgbyynott.com.

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by Eric K
Great studio, Amazing sound, he made my songs sound much better than other more expensive studios. Also hes great rapper, this guy knows what hes doing!

Interview with YNOTT

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I would tell that whole my own music creation, where my role is in everything there
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Right now I’m deep into my debut English-language album, The Dark Prophet — inspired by real events from my life over the last few years, so this one’s personal.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: No specific name comes to mind right now — and honestly, if you’re here looking for someone to trust with your sound, that’s exactly why I’ve put the work into building my own reputation instead of pointing you somewhere else.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital — full ITB workflow. Faster, more flexible for the volume and turnaround I work with, and modern plugins get you 95% of the way to analog character anyway.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: You’re not just getting a technical service — you’re getting someone who treats your project like an artist would, not just an engineer. Professional, release-ready results, honest communication, and a final product that actually feels like something, not just sounds correct.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Taking my own life and turning it into frequencies that hit people right through. That’s the whole reason I do this — it’s about making something real enough that it actually reaches someone.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Usually it’s about turnaround time, or whether I only do audio. That second one always surprises people — no, it’s not just mixing and mastering. I’m an artist myself, and I do video and photo production too. A lot of people come in for one service and end up using me for the whole project.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I’m “just” a mixing engineer. What I acutally do goes way beyond a fader — I’m an artist myself - that’s what I am mainly. I write and create my own music, Thats why I can help direct songs and flows, and I’m just as hands-on with video and photo as I am with audio. People box me into one lane when the whole point of what I built is that it’s all connected.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Honestly, not many. I don’t need a long back-and-forth to get it right — the client sends over the material, and I work off instinct built from years of doing this. That’s usually all it takes. And that instinct hasn’t let me down yet: every reaction I’ve gotten back over the years has been genuine excitement and full satisfaction, no exceptions.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Look for someone who treats your project like it’s their own, not just another job to knock out. I’m not just an engineer — I’m an artist myself, and I bring video and photo into the mix too, so you’re not just hiring a mix, you’re hiring someone invested in the whole picture.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Basically my exact studio setup — I wouldn’t change a thing.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: My path started on both sides at once — making my own music as an artist while learning to engineer it myself, because I wanted full control over how my sound actually came out instead of depending on someone else to get it right. That turned into 7+ years of audio engineering, and along the way other artists started coming to me for that same sound, which grew into UDG Sounds & Visuals — now a full studio covering mixing, mastering, and video/photo too. On the artist side, that same journey led to my breakout project, the album Mama Raised A Soldier, and right now I’m deep into my debut English-language album, The Dark Prophet, built around real events from the last few years of my life. Two sides of the same story — the artist and the engineer built each other.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: it’s not just one lane — it’s raw, real, and built around authenticity over polish, in everything I touch. As an artist, I make my own music rooted in Chicago drill sound , now pushing into new territory with my English-language work. As an engineer, that same philosophy carries straight over — clean where it needs to be, but never sterile, always keeping the rawness that makes a track feel real instead of manufactured. And it doesn’t stop at audio — I’m hands-on with video and photo too, so the whole visual identity around a project comes from the same place as the sound. If I had to sum it up in one line: unapologetically authentic, all-in-one, no shortcuts.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Honestly, the artists who shaped my sound the most in this genre — Bloodhound Lil Jeff and King Von — aren’t with us anymore, so I’ll answer this one differently: the artists I’d most want to work with are the ones carrying that same raw, real energy forward right now.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Write and create your own stuff. Don’t lean on AI to write your lyrics — it might come out clean, but it’ll never actually sound like you. The artists who last are the ones who stay authentic to themselves, even when it’s rougher around the edges. That’s what people actually connect with, way more than anything polished but generic.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: My own music - mainly Agressive Rap, Dark Rap/ Chicago drill sound, Other music: Rap, Pop, RnB, Hip Hop, etc…
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Honestly, it’s hard to pick just one thing — I’m not just a mixing engineer, I touch every part of a song. I make original music myself, so I understand a track from the inside out, not just from behind a fader. When an artist sends me something, I don’t just mix it — I help direct it: I’ll point out where the arrangement loses momentum, suggest a lyric change when something isn’t landing, coach flows so a verse actually hits, even guide how to record something properly in the first place so we’re not fighting a bad take later trying to fix it in the mix. Sonically, I don’t play it safe either — I like pulling in creative, unexpected elements that make a track stand out instead of blending into everything else out right now. And on top of all that, there’s still the vocal signature — the sound people skip actual professional studios to come to me for specifically. Put it all together and what I really bring isn’t one skill, it’s full creative direction for the song, start to finish.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: A vocal sound that’s become kind of my signature — it’s the reason a lot of clients come to me specifically instead of a random studio. Beyond that: clean, professional mixing you could put next to any commercial release.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: start by getting the beat and vocal stems in order — checking levels, cleaning up anything messy in the recording. Then rough mix for balance, EQ and compression per track, vocal chain last since that’s usually the focus in hip-hop/drill, then it all comes together in mastering for loudness and final polish.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Neumann TLM 49 microphone, UAD Apollo Twin X interface, KaliAudio In-8 V2 monitors, Neumann NDH 20 headphones, MacBook Pro 16” (2023, M3 Max), running Logic Pro X as my main DAW. Clean, focused setup built around getting an honest, accurate mix — not chasing gear for the sake of it.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: myself — I’m chasing my own sound, something that’s recognizably mine and nobody else’s. But if we’re talking who I look up to, it’s Bloodhound Lil Jeff and King Von. Both gone way too soon.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mostly mixing and mastering for hip-hop and drill artists. Clients usually send me a beat they got from a producer and vocal stems, and I take it from raw recording to a release-ready track — level balancing, EQ, compression, vocal chain, and final master.