Processing a summing stack rather than individual tracks

I've been mixing and producing my own music for a while now but as is the same with all of us I wish to continually refine my approach.

As a time saver I have been processing the summing stacks (vocal bus) for backing vocals rather than each individual track within that stack. I imagine this isn't the healthiest approach but I'm taking into account CPU and the fact that each of the vocals sound very similar. No one told me I should process every backing vocal on one bus, I just assumed that made the most sense. Obviously I will do edits on particular tracks if something stands out. I tend to split the vocals into different summing stacks based on whether they are high or low harmonies etc, but as I said all of the processing is on the bus.

Is this a standard approach? Would I stand to benefit from processing all the tracks individually or is this just a matter of taste?

Cheers all

Ric

(Echo Town)

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