Worth noting that the mix is also typically not the final stage of production, or at least of the signal flow. At minimum, there’s almost always some sort of dy

Worth noting that the mix is also typically not the final stage of production, or at least of the signal flow. At minimum, there’s almost always some sort of dynamic processing, such as a multiband compressor and/or limiter, applied to the full mix, which makes recreating the final product from the stems much less straightforward.