Sending to mastering with Pultec MEQ5 on?

[kitkonis]

long story short:

So, I really like what this plugin (Pultec Meq5) does to the 200hz section where could "things" can go problematic because the frequenciess here take a lot of dynamic range in the frequency field? correct me if I am wrong. I dont know how exactly to explain this but

with Meq5 that *muffy* sound becomes fresh and I really like it so I would like keep it that way. You can feel it instantly. Sometimes you dont notice it but you can feel it for sure. Things are just more sexy. I know engineers can do this also but mostly they dont know what exactly you want. I heard a few mastering jobs from great engineers who did not do this little trick although it would be a nice move.

So what I should do?

send my mixdown with an example what I want

or

send my mixdown with pultec turned ON? That would be a better option for me, but would the engineer have problems with mastering if I leave it on?

[Tarekith]

Hard to say without hearing it for sure, but if you're really happy with it on, just leave it on. Or send them a version with it on, and one with it off and let them know what you like about the one with it on. A lot of time we can take that and improve on it even more if we know what you're looking for.

Good luck!

[BertKoor]

In general, if you have effects on the master bus:
* if they are there for artistical reasons, leave them on
* if they are there for thechnical reasons (loudness) then turn them off