[Dead River Studio]

I see quite a lot of people bounce to 24 bit stereo and then bring the mix back in to master. When you do your first 24 bit st mix, do you use the +L1 Ultramaximizer on the master? I've been reading my Waves manual and it says to only use the +L1 function if it is the very last time the mix will be edited (something to do with the dithering and the noise shaping technology employed).
Thanks for the pointers in mixing, that was all helpfull.
I'm still confused about Normalizing, like when and where? Is it most usefull on low level signal tracks? But I will avoid it for now.
Any other mixing techniques out there?

Thanks,
Steve