http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHsRK0ln4VQ&list=UUAhGeuY3JW3uCPrm2nwhleQ&index=4&feature=plcp

Mark Wilder in action. Listen on decent speakers, some of the changes are subtle. He definitely ends 
up with a more sparkling, commercial sound. I think it's somewhat in-yo-face, but that's one man's 
opinion and I really don't like heavily-compressed dynamics. The low-end cleanup was a big 
improvement, very instructional. The explaination of why certain frequencies are chosen is also very 
instructional. I think if he had been given a more dynamic 2-channel mix to work with, the result 
could have been better. There wasn't much to compress since what he got was just about all one 
level. It could be the way electronic instruments work, but I think a lot of it was done by the 
recording engineer. If you give a good mastering guy something that's less compressed than a typical 
finished master, especially if you give him stems as well as your 2-track mix, he probably can do 
the dynamics better than you can because he has better tools and better monitors, plus likely better 
judgement.

-- Tom Fine