For the Yaar mix that I mastered I used the following in sequence and I worked all ITB:
- Nebula ATR-102 30ips tape sim
- Brainworx BX_Digital EQ in M/S: +0.2 db @ 82 Hz mid; -0.3 db @ 117 Hz mid; -0.2 @ 5.13 kHz mid; +0.3 @ 345 Hz side
- Softube Passive EQ in M/S: -1 db @ 1.5 kHz mid
- SPL PassEQ: +0.3 @ 26 Hz; +0.68 @ 20 kHz
- Magix Ammunition compressor: about 1 db of GR in the mids, 750 Hz to 4 KHz
- Brainworx Eysia Alpha compressor: about 1.5 db of GR with sidechain at 125 Hz
- Softtube Vari compressor: about 0.5 GR over the mix
- Mid Gain of -0.4 db
- Sonnox Limiter: enhance at 80%
- Fabfilter Pro-L: Output at -0.30 db, Gain = 1.88, Oversampling = 2x
My overall goal was to smooth out and push down the vocals a bit. Also I wanted to give the track a bit more low end since it had that reggae feel