At the bookshop of the train station the title on the front of the new Sound On Sound triggered me: mixing on headphones. I LOVE headphones.

At the bookshop of the train station the title on the front of the new Sound On Sound triggered me: mixing on headphones. I LOVE headphones.
Today I listened to the interview with mastering engineer Glenn Schick on The Mastering Show podcast. Nowadays he’s only using headphones for mastering.
Loudness is nowadays standardised so that almost all music sounds equally loud. Thanks to the Dutchman Eelco Grimm.
Mid/Side processing is a technique many mastering engineers are using because it is so easy and effective. Here’s how to use it in Reason.
To make a long story short: War is over!
Why limit, compress and EQ the 2-track stereobus while you can fix the whole mix more precisely?