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U have to change the stereo width before hook make it skinny 2 bars before and then back wide when hook starts

oh whew, I thought you were gonna say "top down mixing" as you called it was a bad idea! I love mixing into my bus comp, it's just become the sounds I enjoy the most, slightly crushed XD

good video - well produced

mixbus volume automation is a largely used process by gigants like CLA, Andy Wallace (It's documented in their tutorials at Mix with The Masters) as well as Serban Ghenea (his assistant explained their process on a forum Q&A). They all ride automation for particular sections of the songs (mostly choruses) even as much as +1.50 dB. Andy Wallace has also shown the kind of automation you talked about of raising the Overhead or Kick hits on the first downbeat of the chorus.

This is good!