We never consider mastering until a fork is stuck in the mix as per the vast majority of mastering engineers. And no fx are on the master bus during mixing.

FWIW our typical mastering chain is as follows:

Ozone 9 EQ module > O9 Dynamics module or Waves multiband compressor > O9 Imager module > O9 maximizer module or Waves L2 Limiter > Ozone Tonal Balance 2 > Logic Pro X Loudness Meter (12-14 LUFS for streaming). if much louder or quieter the streaming platforms will adjust it)

We’ve established our own user created presets but vary them based on the specific tune.

Bud

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