Are There any broadcast mix engineers in here

[Chadlington]

I've been in music studios for most of my career, but I recently got a gig in broadcast mixing. It's pretty cool, except the mentality is different. You know how fixing it in the mix is a quality most music engineers try to avoid......well braodcast companies RELY on fixing it the mix. Instead of making good tracks sound great, I now have to make aweful audio sound acceptable. It's a new kind of challenge, but I learned a lot already. Anyone have any thoughts or tips on making crap sound good.

1. manual riding
2. gating, expansion
3. noise reduction plug ins
4. eq
5. downward compression, upward expansion
6. NOT recording near a highway

did I miss anything

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