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Originally Posted by audiovisceral  It's something that I find peculiar - the way mixes are compressed at mix and then re-compressed at master. It would seem more logical to me to only use one compressor once and leave it at that. Otherwise, I guess I could see using a faster attack and release compressor to catch transients missed by the ssl ... |
It's a myth that mixes are automatically compressed in mastering. Sometimes a lttle, sometimes a lot and sometimes not at all. I recently mastered a CLA mix (single for radio) and used a little Weiss compression before my analog chain (and maybe a tiny bit of analog compression here but mostly for the sound and gain) and my usual end of line limiting techniques and no problem matching it up to the album which was done by a well-know LA ME.
I also think you will find that most experienced mastering engineers use don't use multi-band compressors on a regular basis. Here it is almost never. Sometimes I'll use two devices to compress different areas of the mix but usually far enough away from each so that cross-over points are not a consideration.