Mixing into a bus compressor (was mixing course)

[Paul Maddox]

Paul,

 Yep, I usually mix with a little compression, just to get a feel for what
mastering will do to the track. It gets removed when I bounce stuff ready
for mastering.

 People always said I was daft, but it just made sense to me, glad to see
it's a common practice.

Paul

> So, mixing into a bus compressor kicks butt..  This was one I was actually
> already familiar with after reading the excellent SoS ‘Hitting Harder’
> article in the May 2008 mag.
> 
> Its very simple: traditionally we apply (or not) compression to a finished
> mix either as a producer or, as part of master (normally both).  However,
> lots of producers mix with the bus compressor in place.  There are a few
> reasons to do so but the main one is: applying compression after will change
> the dynamics and this is not what you want.  Mixing into the compressor
> means you don’t get any surprises at the end..
> 
> Defo looking forward to trying this one..
> 
> Paul
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