Mick Guzauski enhances his mix bus with a combination of EQ, parallel compression, and limiting to add excitement and punch to pop and funk tracks.
He starts with the UAD Millennia NSEQ-2 and Sonnox Oxford EQ to open up the top end and add presence, creating a more exciting and airy mix.
Next, Guzauski employs the Elysia Alpha Compressor for parallel compression, blending the compressed signal at a 50% mix to add punch without losing the dynamics of the original track.
Finally, he uses the FabFilter Pro-L 2 limiter to take off peaks and increase loudness, ensuring the mix is competitive and matches the client's reference levels.