Gosh, thanx! The 388's a great unit in my book, but...
the nearly 25 years experience I have in recording/mixing doesn't come included in the box!
Specifically,... I spend adequate time on the "front end" (input-side) of the process, where I take care in mic placement, preamp gain and EQ to taste. When I have the sounds "optimized" I press the red button and commit it to tape. On remix, more often than not it's a straight stereo Monitor Mix output with no eq, no efx, no ups & no extras. Just "Gain" & "Pan",... and it's a wrap!
Of course I'm proud of my own "experimental" home recordings. I feel a certain sense of pride over & above that it's just a creation that speaks for itself, but more,... that this is the authentic sound I've gotten printed down to tape through use of the standard tools, my ears & mixing skill. The final mix is simply a playback of the tape, in as-is condition, with nothing done or added at mixdown,... (IMO: none necessary).
It's a main theme of my recording "philosophy" that if you get thing right on the "input-side", then it should need minimal or no "tweaking" on the "output-side" (remix). These recordings go a long way in illustrating my point about that.
PS: Thanx for listening!