and also THANKS to
wintermute, poonti, ignatus, sbsix, LarsErik, Zfigz
for the suggestions to the different hardware compressors, the links, and the thoughts as to how to use it with presets, where to put it in the mix …
really appreciate it! … i stumbled across the FMR RNC 1773 … but it doesnt have those beautiful (to the eye) analog instruments with the needle that pump to the beat 
…
I have to start another thread regarding compression / limiter… Limiter OT MD A4 KP3 Hannibal + TheWanShow