Master bus processing

Not to be confused with proper mastering, master bus processing is a trick that…mix engineers have been using for decades to get gelled and punchy mixes quickly,…and generally make the mixing process more fun and interesting from the get-go.…By placing effects like compression and saturation on your master fader or…master sub-mix and mixing through them, every decision you make during the…mix process is made through the lens of the master bus effects and the…results can be quite stunning.…So the history of this comes from the first SSL analog consoles that featured a…bus compressor, or a compressor that was designed not to work on individual…tracks but the entire mix bus, the entire stereo mix, as it left the console.…

And our guys used to call this the Record button because as soon as you hit…that button, it would make the mix sound like a record, and this just means that…it help gel the mix together, controlling the overall dynamics, so that nothing…popped out, but it filled the mix out, so it filled those valleys out a little…