hey dudes...
i just sent some mixes to my mastering guy for the first time, and he's tellin me they are 3-4 dB too hot. What is the best way to take em down a notch? I feel like printing with the master fader down a couple dB is "cheating" and will affect my mix in a negative way.
It's a little tricky, because of the way I mix...
I send all audio tracks to busses (Kick/Snare buss, GTRS buss, Bass buss, etc) and build my mix off the aux's. I do this to ensure that all tracks arrive at my 2bus together- helps me avoid phasing and stuff when I do Parallel compression.. its all ITB
How would you guys go about taking a dB or two off the entire mix, while still maintaining the same relative levels between tracks?