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I have a track that's low-energy at the start, breaks for most of the song, then it comes in with a lot of energy at the end. I'm wondering if I should bounce the individual clips, with their own volume at the optimal level (around -12dB), normalize each individually (again, around -12dB), then...

When mixing multi-mic orchestra library instruments, are the room and ambient mics supposed to be the best approach to adding reverb, or do reverb plugins come into the mix? Is it common to only use the close mics then use reverb plugins to better match the rest of the mix?