I'd argue that for this stage of things volume automation would provide better sounding results - the tracks are already pretty much limited and compressed to the max so you have to be mega careful what your doing with compressors n limiters. Personally I won't limit or compress my mixes If recording - only live to have comparitible levels with a Cdj or turntable running to hot on the mixer.
With the sort of volume automation I was talking about I would still do even if I was using compression and or limiting.
The thing is a mix cd doesn't really have to compete in the loudness war because they are long - the loudness war really comes into play for a listener when he or she is listening to single tracks one after the other. So I'd really steer people away from trying to push their mixes any much louder than you can do with a bit of simple volume automation to take out rogue peaks and some gain.
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