On 06/08/2005, at 10:15 AM, Tony Perretta wrote: >> Thanks for saying this Nick... I was starting to think I was the only >> guy who still did this. >> >> Ah, being an old timer ;-) >> >> George > > Not al all. SSL eventually brought out their mixer compressor as > standalone > unit so that guys could strap it across non-SSL desks. Many UK mix > engineers > use the SSL compressor as a rule. > > I would say it's a Mix engineer's (professional or otherwise) choice > as to > whether to deploy mix compression or not. > > For the most part I don't compress mixes as I mix but this might be as > a > result of possible overuse of compression within the mix! I agree Tony that it's the engineers choice. I've had discussions with engineers who do use it as a rule, others who prescribe to individual track compression & no mix bus comp and yet others who -sometimes- do individual, subgroup & mix bus to varying degrees. Being pragmatic myself I have used all these approaches at different times but the one strategy I most often use is individual track compression without sub group or mix bus compression. Regards ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Paul Najar Jaminajar Music Production www.jaminajar.com