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the disadvantage i found is that sometimes introducing new tracks with sounds can make other tracks lower in volume at a certain point...but i think thats about it as disadvantage
do you use use this method?
thanks!
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I often enough make rough mixes of multitracked live events. As in sometimes the show isn't going to get properly fussed over and that first mix might end up standing. I'll mix into a limiter just for a safety net for any unfinished mix elements that might go wild. Ideally the limiter will never be active.
Recording certain kind of clients where they need to hear things roughly dialed into place as they go. Bring on the compressors and limiters. Deal with it in long form in the mix.
But mixing into compression or limiting as a way to avoid actually mixing and just mash everything together with a "Hulk smash" approach?! Well, you'd have all this mayhem with louder elements pushing other mix elements back and all kinds of pumping and breathing artifacts when things go too wild.
There might be a workflow that takes advantage of consistently recorded tracks with the same band and... blammo! Mixed and mastered and ready to go all in one pass! Good way to miss stuff and get into a rut too. Maybe also a way to crank out a lot of work quickly. That's basically what I'm doing with the rough mix example. Avoiding finishing a mix properly and avoiding having to redo something because it actually distorted because that shit just doesn't fly.