[mixedCase]

Huh, I've consciously thought in the past of this as an outsider and concluded that by now it's a common enough task so of course they must've had an algorithm for doing it automatically.

Is there really nothing coming close to that?

[andrewzah]

As someone who worked as an audio engineer, solving problems before they can occur saves so much time and headache. There's no reason to faff about with software or complexity-inducing algorithms when the whole problem can be fixed by toggling one switch.

Technically you could accomplish the same thing by applying a parametric eq to the master buss, but then you're no longer software agnostic.

It's like photography; sure one can post-process photos in photoshop. But getting everything right before taking the picture, at a hardware level, simplifies things for everyone involved.

[InitialLastName]

There are plugins for different scenarios, but it turns into one of those problems where hearing and correcting issues is much easier for humans than computers. The tools available make it easier to fix problems, but it still takes a recording engineer to spot-check.