[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.