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You're confusing mixing and mastering. I assure you I am not confusing mixing and mastering... What i described are perfectly legitimate mixing techniques... Maybe they aren't for you... But they are definately very worthy techniques... And the people tellig some of the new guys that mix bus comp in eq are mastering things, are telling a half truth. The goal for most mix engineers is to make the best out of the mix..while still leaving room for the mastering engineer to do his job. there are alot of mastering engineers out there that have totally f'd my mixes royally. I only use one mastering engineer now... But it isn't my choice where my clients go for mastering... If my mixes need a little more sweetening at the end, can i count on some deadbeat ME to hear this? Can i expect the ME to hear everything I do? Of course not. Once the final mix leaves my studio, it is usually the last time i hear the tracks until it is printed to cd/vinyl. Thus i make the most of it while i still have the ball in my court. There is absolutely nothing wrong with compression and eq on the mix bus. Just my opinion though, and it has never shown itself as a problem in the slightest

there's a big difference though between needing to fix something and using comp/eq for sweetening.` Say I got mix going and it sounds great...But it needs something... Do I want to mess with individual tracks? No the mix sounds great, but i strap the ltd2 across and wow it gives it a bit extra edge... Then the mix is sounding really good...But the ltd2 is set and chomping a hair of my lowend...So i pack on the germanium tc... Has the sweetest bottom ever... I give it a little low end boost... Then i give it a little shelving boost at 10k and the top really starts to sparkle... Now i have made my mix even sweeter and added the nice chandler sound to the mix. Doesn't work for every track, and you shouldn't do it if you dont hear the need.

I almost always use an eq and compressor on the mixbus... But they are not necessarily compressing or eq'ing... Sometimes they are just there for color. I always use eq on individual instruments. But a few of my favorite combinations are: Drawmer 1968--->Lil Freq Chandler LTD=2--> Chandler germanium tone control Smart C2---------> Lil Freq or Summit MPE-200 For bus comps, usually no more than 3db of reduction. My use of eq is mostly for high/low shelve... +1-2db at 60-100hz to make up for mixbuss eq... or just to make the bottom sit a little better. Then a bump at 10k or a little higher

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The ipod should theoretically be able to play 24-bit files. According to the specs I read the ipod has some 24-bit german hardware in it. I know that doesn't make alot of sense. But i read somewhere that it has a 24-bit german hardware something in it, I can't remember. So it probably can maybe the firmware or something won't allow it. Hopefully apple can address this sometime

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