BydoEmpire

Yep!  But I find a certain quality satisfaction comes with it, too...Is it another one of yours?

I'm using Logic, but it's not the tool. It's hearing, understanding and balancing EQ across a dozen tracks and different instruments, using compression well, etc. Listening, tweaking, listening again, tweaking again... and so it goes.  I get pretty close to a broad-brush mix quickly, but getting something final that sounds good across a bunch of mediums (CD, mp3, car stereo, iphone, home stereo, etc) that's the trick. FWIW It's one of my songs.

Truth be told, the real issue is that I do final mixing and master so rarely I'm just not that experienced.  I have a lot to learn. The last album I did this for was 3 years ago.