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