Thank you all for the feedback. I think I'll try a new mix session for the song I'm working on. The cons I'm not looking forward to, though, are things like if I get an idea to change a midi note or two or change synth settings I would have to go back to the production session to do so, or for example sidechaining the bass and kick... I guess I'd have to either not do it at all in production or make sure it's right before bouncing - layering sidechain settings would have weird effects I imagine if I realized the bounced settings weren't right. But maybe the added simplicity, organization, and CPU usage in the mixing session may outweigh the potential drawbacks. Worth a try. Thanks! :)

Okay so that's not working at all (mixing bounced audio) It's somehow actually using more CPU and I'm having audio drop outs left and right I can barely listen to it. Do you guys bounce the audio as AIF? I'm using Reason by Propellerhead btw