I know this is an older Post, and you may already have figured it out, but if not, here are some suggestions;
Density is your enemy when coding low bitrate audio, the denser the audio is, the harder the codec has to work, the more open you can keep your audio the better it will sound at the other end of HD or low bitrate web streams.
To help this in Stereo Tool, see below;
Turn OFF MB2
Dial the Density down on MB1
Check drive level to MB1, make sure you're not driving it with more than -6db of average gain reduction on all bands
Check ratios on all MB bands, the lower the better, I have found that 4:1 works well
Don't drive the clipper very hard
Note that when doing this, you may start to hear the Wideband AGC, if so, just slow it down
_________________ -Matt Levin
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