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i was wondering the following: I usually mix down with a limiter on my master, because in the mastering chain, i tend to really squeeze the dynamics out of my track and squash it to all hell. The problem is, i use Ozone for mastering but that would take up too much CPU to have that on my master channel while producing so i just use a basic limiter at -4 treshold and mix into that. The reason i do so is because if i don't, i end up with a thrown off balance when i finally master it. But i usually end up with surprises anyway... Does anyone else do this? Is there a way to mix down while keeping your mastering process in mind?

Thanks
Rmo

Personally, I do keep a limiter on the master while working, but it will only catch anything over -0dB. Just to protect my ears/monitors/headphones. And I usually mix with Slate VCC and VTM so I end up with their console bus and a tape machine on the master--these are absent during arranging/sound design though.

I don't consider any of that "mastering" though...so I guess that, no, I don't.

I have a limiter on the master bus during recording/producing. But that's just to protect the monitors and my ears
In mixing I have nothing on the master.

I've never had anything on the master, but I'm thinking about trying it out, since I had to go back to the mix alot when I tried some self mastering with the tune in my sig. Could save some time, but up til now I'v kinda been against it

very light compression and a limiter

Limiter for protection as above, actually came in handy today - for some reason I got a mad feedback chain between a reverb and a disto VST, nearly shredded my fucking ears.

I also load up a little "mastering" chain occasionally to listen to how the track would sound "mastered" at various stages throughout production, but I don't produce with it on.

Sometimes I'll keep a buss compressor on the master while producing so I can hear the vibe it's gonna have. I usually use The Glue or Vintage Warmer 2. So some rough mixing gets done in the composition stage just so things sound alright. But when it comes time to commit and do a proper mix, the master gets stripped.

i mix with master bus dry, and then just slap a limiter on it when i bounce

I mix into a master bus compressor maybe 60% of the time. the other 40, its gets tried, but just doesn't work for the track.

Quite often try some master bus EQ when a mix is feeling about 1/2 done-- go back, listen to reference stuff, and see how my overall spectrum is doing.

Never really enjoyed mixing into a limiter... as the mix comes together, the dynamics get shaped and the RMS goes up.... the limiter isn't really doing me any favors.