原文转自Product Expert网站的文章, 原作者是Russ Hughes, 如果你感兴趣, 这里是原文链接:

We Asked Mixers What They Have On Their Mix Bus | Production Expert (production-expert.com)

一开始, 我以为这篇文章会为我带来一些套路化的思路, 比如看看大多数混音师都普遍认可的插件, 以便进行模仿, 但阅读完全文我发现颠覆我的认知, 几乎没有人会重复同样的效果链. 原文作者Russ Hughes也这么认为. 这依然是个非常主观的话题.

We Asked Mixers What They Have On Their Mix Bus

I opened a can of worms. I asked some mixer friends what they put on their mix bus and why, I expected a couple of things. First, not a lot of answers… I got over fifty in a couple of hours. Second, I expected some conformity, such as the SSL master bus compressor. Not so, the answers were varied and the reasons for using certain equipment just as different. Read on to see if anyone has the same stuff as you… I doubt it!

我问了一些混音师朋友，他们在混音总线上放些什么以及为什么，我做好了一些预料: 比如首先，答案不多……结果我在几个小时内就得到了五十多个。其次，我以为会大体上一致，例如SSL主总线压缩器。但事实并非如此，答案各不相同，使用某些设备的原因也各不相同。请继续阅读，看看是否有人和你有同样的东西……我怀疑！

Mix Bus Processing 混合总线处理

If you’re new to the concept, mix bus processing is having either hardware or software across your final mix. Some people mix into the processing from the start of the mix, others add it later on in the process, some right at the end.

如果您不熟悉这个概念，混音总线处理是指在最终混音中使用硬件或软件。有些人从混合开始就混合到加工中，有些人在过程后期添加，有些人在最后添加。

There’s various reasons for using mix bus processing, as you’ll read from just a small selection of the responses they are varied, but all equally valid. We’ve fixed some spelling but largely left the responses as they were written.

使用混合总线处理的原因有很多，因为您将从一小部分回复中发现它们各不相同，但都同样有效。我们修复了一些拼写问题，但基本上保留了回复的原样。

Chris Shaw

Vertigo SC2 – Mainly because it had a HPF on the side chain long before many of the SSL clones did.

Vertigo SC2 – 主要是因为它早在许多SSL克隆之前就已经在侧链上有一个HPF。

Slate Virtual Tape Machine – it emulates the ATR 102. There are others that do as well but I’m very used to the way it sounds.

Slate 虚拟磁带机 – 它模拟 ATR 102。还有其他人也这样做，但我已经习惯了它的声音。

Waves Abbey Road TG mastering plugin – I really love the stereo spread control, and the limiter with the mix control sounds fantastic.

Waves Abbey Road TG 母带制作插件 – 我真的很喜欢立体声扩散控制，带有混音控制的限制器听起来很棒。

Ozone 10/11 For the peak limiter and occasional soft clipping 

臭氧 10/11 用于峰值限制器和偶尔的软削波

Melda MCompare – I love this mix A/B plugin. You can load WAV files into it but you can use other instances of it to feed the instance on your master bus. I keep a track with a playlist containing reference mixes or my previous mix and use an instance of MCompare on it to feed the instance on the master bus. The best feature is its ability to use delay compensation to line up the previous mix with the current one for seamless switching. A difference mode inverts the polarity of the reference mix and combines it with the current mix. If they null you know the session is playing back correctly.

Melda MCompare – 我喜欢这个混合 A/B 插件。您可以将 WAV 文件加载到其中，但您可以使用它的其他实例在主总线上馈送实例。我保留了一个包含参考混音或我以前混音的播放列表的曲目，并在其上使用 MCompare 实例在主总线上馈送实例。最好的功能是它能够使用延迟补偿将以前的混音与当前的混音对齐，以实现无缝切换。差分模式反转参考混频的极性，并将其与电流混频组合。如果它们为 null，则表示会话正在正确播放。

Last is the iZotope Tonal Balance Control great for seeing the general freq response of the mix and soloing any specific frequency in areas that seem out of balance.

最后是 iZotope 音调平衡控制，非常适合查看混音的一般频率响应，并在看似不平衡的区域独奏任何特定频率。

I also use an aux on the master to feed another aux track where I place a few metering plugins: TC Clarity M (feeds the hardware unit), iZotope Insight, Ian Sheppards Dynameter, and the BX Meter. They all do the same thing I just like to mix it up

我还使用主控上的辅助来馈送另一个辅助轨道，在那里我放置了一些计量插件：TC Clarity M（为硬件单元供电）、iZotope Insight、Ian Sheppards Dynameter 和 BX Meter。他们都做同样的事情，我只是喜欢把它混在一起

Darrell Thorp

Trim plug in. I hit the mix bus hard. But I need more head room in the master buss processing

做好插件的增益补偿。我的混合总线音量较大。但是在主总线处理中，我需要更多的动态余量

BX Glue. I’m really liking this new stereo bus multi and compression from BX. Tight and punchy. You don’t hear the compression pumping at all. 

BX Glue。我真的很喜欢 BX 的这款新的立体声总线多重和压缩。 紧致而有力。您根本听不到压缩泵的声音。

MB Mix Head -adds tape emulation but mostly I like the harmonics that adds excitement to the mix. 

MB Mix Head – 添加了磁带仿真，但大多数情况下，我喜欢为混音增添兴奋感的谐波。

Puig Tech- I learned this one from Andrew Schepps. Adding usually 3-5 db @10k really opens up the mix. Plus the plug-in has some top end distortion that’s very musical. 

Puig Tech- 我从 Andrew Schepps 那里学到了这一点。通常添加 3-5 分贝@10k确实打开了混音。此外，该插件具有一些非常具有音乐性的高端失真。

BX millennial EQ. Only to remove mud and or add a bit of air. If I am not using as a EQ I do like the FET circuit engaged. 

BX millennial EQ。只是为了去除泥土和/或添加一点空气。如果我不用作均衡器，我确实喜欢接合的 FET 电路。

BX MasterDesk. The magic going on this plug-in. The paralleled compression and also the mid side compression that’s happening. Really it’s the detail of the sides. All my guitars that are panned hard left and right leap out of the mix. 

BX MasterDesk。这个插件的魔力。并联压缩以及正在发生的中间侧压缩。真的是侧面的细节。我所有左右用力摇动的吉他都跳出了混音。

Master Plan – I discovered this limiter from a new client. IT GETS the mix LOUD ! And still maintaining the open air of the mix.

Master Plan – 我从一个新客户那里发现了这个限制器。它让混音变得响亮！并且仍然保持了混音的通透感。

Robert L. Smith

Empirical Labs Fatso, Avalon 747 and Manley Massive Passive. Why? Because it speeds up my mixing process exponentially. I get to my destination in minutes.

Empirical Labs Fatso、Avalon 747 和 Manley Massive Passive。为什么？因为它成倍地加快了我的混音过程。我在几分钟内到达目的地。

It helps that in most cases I don’t have to eq or compress things as much individually. I can get to just balancing straight away, very much like we think of what a rough mix is at the end of a tracking session, which, in many cases, is the best representation of the song.

在大多数情况下，我不必单独对事物进行均衡或压缩，这很有帮助。我可以马上达到平衡，就像我们在录音结束时想到的快速混音一样，在许多情况下，这是歌曲的最佳代表。

George Shilling

1. bx Townhouse buss comp, makes it sound like a record,
2. Waves API2500 likewise,
3. UAD Massive Passive Mastering version rolling off super lows and occasional EQ tickles as needed,
4. bx EQ3 for a bit of widening and bass mono-ing if needed,
5. AnaMod ATS-1 subtle analogue tape magic, and finally
6. a limiter to make it louder.

1. bx Townhouse buss comp，让它听起来像一张唱片，
2.Waves API2500同上，
3.UAD Massive Passive Mastering 根据需要将超低音进行滚降, 及偶尔的 EQ 微调，
4.bx EQ3 用于在需要时进行一些加宽和低音单声道，
5.AnaMod ATS-1 微妙的模拟磁带魔术，
最后是 6.一个限制器，让它更响亮。

Steve DeMott

My Pro Tools 2-bus is:

我的 Pro Tools 2 总线是：

SSL Native Bus compressor – because it gels things together in a way that just sounds likes a record. 

SSL Native Bus 压缩器 – 因为它以一种听起来像唱片的方式将事物凝聚在一起。

Sontec EQ – this things can open up a mix is such a musical way. Plus it seems to add a little character to the mix just having it engaged & flat. 

Sontec EQ – 这东西可以打开混音就是这样一种音乐方式。另外，它似乎为混音增添了一点特色，只是让它参与和扁平化。

MB MixHead – because it can be beautifully subtle in the way it adds saturation to a mix. You almost don’t notice it, until you bypass it & the mix just feels a little smaller & less open.

MB MixHead – 因为它可以非常微妙地为混音增加饱和度。你几乎不会注意到它，直到你绕过它，混音感觉有点小，不那么开放。

In hardware:

在硬件方面：

WesAudio ngBusComp or the Alan Smart C2 > OramSonics Mastering EQ. The ngComp is new & I really like that the hardware settings are stored in the plugin for easy recall. It’s very close in sound to the Smart c2, the difference is really subtle, but the ngComp is a little more “airy” while the c2 is a little more “gut punch”.

WesAudio ngBusComp 或 Alan Smart C2 > OramSonics Mastering EQ。ngComp是新的，我真的很喜欢硬件设置存储在插件中以便于调用。它在声音上与 Smart c2 非常接近，差异非常微妙，但 ngComp 更“轻盈”，而 c2 更“直觉”。

Toby Lloyd

SSL fusion into a pair of 1073s into a pair of BAE 10DCs. I find that the SSL provides a sheen and a width that just sounds like an SSL console in a single box. The 1073s saturate the low mids in a really nice colourful way and I use the EQ for a bit of a smile curve. The BAEs I’m mainly using with very little compression but mostly driving the output stage for extra colour. I find these 3 pieces of hardware work on every mix I do. Then I’ll use extra plugins for taste.

SSL fusion连接到一对1073，再连入一对BAE 10DC。我发现SSL提供了光泽和宽度，听起来就像一个盒子里的SSL控制台。1073s 以一种非常漂亮的彩色方式使中低频饱和，我使用 EQ 来制作一点微笑曲线。我主要使用的BAE压缩很少，但主要是驱动输出级以获得额外的色彩。我发现这 3 个硬件在我所做的每个混音中都有效。然后我会使用额外的插件来提味。

Ian Dowling

SSL Buss comp, Bettermaker EQ, The Oven, Soothe2, Inflator and Fabfilter L2 for listening mixes. I’ve also occasionally used the Fabfilter R2 verb on a small setting at 1% for sheen, and sometimes the Slate tape machine if it makes it good. I’ve tried Gullfoss a few times, but it always seems to make the mix a bit 2D to my ears

SSL Buss comp、Bettermaker EQ、The Oven、Soothe2、Inflator 和 Fabfilter L2 用于聆听混音。我偶尔也会在 1% 的小设置中使用 Fabfilter R2 动词以获得光泽，有时还会使用 Slate 磁带机，如果它做得好的话。我尝试过几次Gullfoss，但它似乎总是让混音在我的耳朵里有点 2D

Andrew Hunt

Waves SSL compressor, UAD Pultec EQ (usually not touching the EQ), UAD Ampex ATR 102. I feel each gives me a better front to back 3D image. All three together is my favourite. I usually play with the order towards the end to find my best combination. I feel they add that slightly indescribable ’magic’ that makes the mix into a ‘record’.

Waves SSL 压缩器、UAD Pultec EQ（通常不改动 EQ）、UAD Ampex ATR 102。我觉得每个都给了我更好的从前到后的 3D 图像。这三者加在一起是我的最爱。我通常会不断更改顺序，以找到我的最佳组合。我觉得他们添加了一种有点难以形容的“魔力”，使混音变成了一张“唱片”。

Julian Kindred

Software: Either Waves API 2500, Lindell SBC or BX Townhouse compressors, then Black Box HG 2MS into DMG Limitless. 

软件：Waves API 2500、Lindell SBC 或 BX Townhouse 压缩，然后连入 Black Box HG 2MS 再进入 DMG Limitless。

Hardware: Vintech X81 into Distressors.

硬件：Vintech X81 连接Distressor。

All three software compressors offer broad flexibility in the character & colourisation stakes, which is right down my alley. Transparent compressors are very uninspiring to me, and the former 3 give lots of life back in the process. 

这三款软件压缩器在角色和着色方面都提供了广泛的灵活性，这正好符合我的要求。透明压缩机对我来说非常平淡无奇，而前 3 台压缩机在此过程中赋予了很多生命。

HG2MS is used for glue & width, no so much saturation. I love how it brings the transients and rms detail together. Limitless for metering plus light transparent kissing of peaks, but also for ref mixes when required. Ref mixes still breathe really well with it. 

HG2MS用于黏合和宽度，没有那么多饱和度。我喜欢它如何将瞬态和 rms 细节结合在一起。Limitless用来控制电平和偶尔轻度的接触峰值，也适用于需要时的参考混音。Ref 混音仍然抱有呼吸感。

The hardware for their character and depth.

而硬件则带来独特的个性和深度。

Guy Massey

Hardware: Overstayer Modular and Dangerous Music Compressor and Thermionic Culture Swift.. love the tonal control that these 3 offer when mixing stuff that requires that sort of finessing.

硬件：Overstayer Modular 和 Dangerous Music Compressor 和 Thermionic Culture Swift..喜欢这 3 种在混合需要这种微调的东西时提供的音调控制。

Plug in world: PSP Vintage Warmer.. love the saturation from this beast. BX True Peak Limiter– pretty see through, but love to automate the Saturation levels and foundation on this in different parts of the song, so it does become part of the overall sound….and of course blistering daft levels for labels.. EQ wise on mix buss the SONTEC for MH– just really sweet sounding to my ears.

插件世界：PSP Vintage Warmer..喜欢这只野兽的饱和度。BX True Peak Limiter — 非常透视，但喜欢在歌曲的不同部分自动设置饱和度水平和基础，因此它确实成为整体声音的一部分。当然还有它优秀的发行级别响度……混音总线的 EQ 部分, MH 的 SONTEC – 听起来真的很甜美。

Jake Murray

Bx hybrid mainly for the low end monoizer, but also for any subtle subtractive EQ that may be required.

Bx hybrid主要用于低频单声道器，但也适用于可能需要的任何微妙的减法均衡器。

Oxford inflator to bring it all forward.

Oxford inflator则将一切声音向前台推进。

Always have a bus comp for glue, usually the SSL official one, sometimes I use Acustica or Shadow Hills. Depends on the vibe of the song.

总是有一个用于胶水的总线补偿，通常是 SSL 的那个，有时我使用 Acustica 或 Shadow Hills。取决于歌曲的氛围。

Almost always have the UAD Ampex ATR102 which makes it all feel “finished” in a word.

几乎总是有 UAD Ampex ATR102，一个词 “收尾”。

Almost always have Gullfoss on 15/20% which is amazing for clarity!

几乎总是有 15/20% 的Gullfoss，会带来惊人的清晰度！

Then in the final stage I have Fabfilter Pro L2 just for the listen copy maximising but I take it off when sending to mastering.

然后在最后阶段，我有 Fabfilter Pro L2 只是为了最大限度地提高收听副本，但在发送到母带制作时我把它取下了。

Dom Morley

For software I normally have a UAD 670 and iZotope Insight for metering. Hardware is an SSL compressor, DW Fearn VT-7 and a Millennia NSEQ-2.

对于软件，我通常有 UAD 670 和 iZotope Insight 进行计量。硬件是 SSL 压缩器、DW Fearn VT-7 和 Millennia NSEQ-2。

670 – nice bottom end hold. Insight, metering. SSL – mix bus compression SSL style, VT-7 – beautiful glue& makes everything sound like a record, Millenia – tube EQ top and bottom.

670 – 不错的底端保持。Insight，计量。SSL – 混合总线压缩SSL风格，VT-7 – 美丽的黏合&使一切听起来都像唱片，Millenia – 顶部和底部加入点电子管均衡器。

Stevan Krakovic

Softube Chandler Curvebender for slight overall tonal balance, if necessary, Rupert Neve Masterbus Processor, even when not compressing, as it adds something (maybe Transformers?), Sonnox Limiter for protection really or to push the level slightly for listening copies

Softube Chandler Curvebender 用于轻微的整体音调平衡，如有必要，Rupert Neve Masterbus 处理器，即使不使用压缩，因为它添加了一些东西（也许是变压器？），Sonnox Limiter 用于避免失真或稍微提高音量以收听副本

Scott Michael Smith

PSP VintageWarmer has been on my mix buss as long as I can remember. It just gives a warmth and a punch I have to work harder to achieve with other plugins.

从我记事起，PSP VintageWarmer 就一直在我的混音总线上。它只是给人一种温暖和冲击力，这点我必须更加努力地使用其他插件才能实现。

What’s On Your Mix Bus?

We’re sure you will agree, it’s wonderful to see so much variety being used in the workflows of audio professionals.

Thank you so much to all the hugely talented people who contributed to this article, sorry we couldn’t include every response, there were so many. One person joked that they now had a shopping list having read the response and finding out about new audio gear.

What do you have on your mix bus? Is there stuff that has been missed? Let us know in the comments.

我们相信您会同意，很高兴看到音频专业人士的工作流程中使用了如此多的多样性。

非常感谢所有为本文做出贡献的才华横溢的人，很抱歉我们无法包括所有回复，太多了。有人开玩笑说，在阅读了回复并发现了好多新设备后，他们现在有一份购物清单。

你的混音总线上有什么？有没有遗漏的东西？请在评论中告诉我们。