question for experienced MEs: "stability" techniques

[lerone]

Originally Posted by Lagerfeldt

Parallel compression is worth mentioning here. It can add to the fullness or thickness and "stability" of the signal.

Regular broadband parallel compression (with or without eq added to the parallel signal) can work very well.

But multiband parallel compression can work wonders since it not only boosts the general volume perception of the signal without impairing transients but it also works in an automatically adaptable manner in the frequency domain, acting as an intelligent loudness or details enhancer.

As Adam says above, most good mastering jobs aren't necessarily that complicated. Just good old fashioned eq and compression.

+1

It only really gets more complex when the mix is poor. A little goes a very long way with a good mix.