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Steve Smith · 11th November 2002

Maxim is actually pretty cool on individual tracks.. I use it alot on spoken parts, or wisperd parts to make them "pop" out.

I will generally drop an eq and comp on the mix buss to hear what can happen at mastering ( ie: how will the top of the vocal sound post mastering?) but only to ref.. I dont really have anything in the rack here that I would want to commit to on the 2 buss..

11th November 2002	#16
Steve Smith Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,384	Maxim is actually pretty cool on individual tracks.. I use it alot on spoken parts, or wisperd parts to make them "pop" out. I will generally drop an eq and comp on the mix buss to hear what can happen at mastering ( ie: how will the top of the vocal sound post mastering?) but only to ref.. I dont really have anything in the rack here that I would want to commit to on the 2 buss.. __________________ Steve Smith - Unorignal, yet commonplace.