No, usually not.

 

You always slap a De-esser on your master bus?

 

I don't use a template for my master bus, but rather listen closely to figure out what the track(s) need and add stuff based on that. I think I'd be too tempted to work with every single insert on the bus if I made everything so readily available to myself. I don't like to have things in my projects that do not have a purpose. When I do add stuff, however, it's generally pretty straightforward and very subtle.

 

I usually have these.
A compressor.
Mid/side eq.
Stereo widener.
Tape emulator.
Harmonic distortion.
Limiters.

And always these two plugins last in my chain.
Metric AB.
Voxengo Span.

 

Softube DS1-MK3 are good for finished controlled sound.

 

4 x NLS Buss Stereo
Fabfilter Pro-Q
4 x NLS Buss Stereo
Fabfilter Pro-Q

"Joshua Style"

 

Recently - nothing on the mix bus except for a limiter for reference prints. Pushes me to get it right while actually mixing. Sometimes some bus compression. Usually no widening - use reverbs, delays, eq to achieve that on individual tracks. Sometimes I feel like too much stuff on the 2bus can be a crutch.

 

Definitely. IMHO everything you can do on channel/group level, don't do it on mix bus.

 

I use a deesser on some cymbals sometimes,but never on busses and even less on the master...But why not if it sounds good.

 

Lindell 80 Bus , makes stuff sound vivid like magic.

Leapwing Stage one followed by Center One for wide tone with definition.

sometimes Ik Tapes for „Analog Dimension“.

Leapwing DynOne for punch & clarity