I'm still nowhere near in a position to go for a UAD card both financially AND logistically, I've just realised I dont have the spare slot in the PC
I've been experimenting with Voxengo Elephant on the latest project i'm working on and it really is quite splendid. I just set the output to a little below 0db and push the input up as far as it can go without clipping, then pull it back a bit for safe measure. Technical huh?
It really does the job though, the volume and power is definately hugely improved and it's very transparent too, unlike the other limiters i've tried.