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I have a love/hate relationship with my hardware L2. I love the fact that I can use other pieces of equipment for compression and limiting in the analog domain and then hit the L2 last so that I can be assured that I never digitally distort (I mix audio for film also).
Depending on the audio material, I tend to dislike the color it adds when hit harder with limiting. So I have found it useful as the last piece of gear before passing audio into the digital domain and hitting it lightly just to grab some overs.
Someone mentioned automation earlier and I agree completely with that and usually I start with automation, almost everything is automated and that is a great first step, or for me an essential first step with dialog. If you choose to use plugins and/or outboard gear for bussing audio stems after getting the automation in order, you can avoid over-compression and over-limiting, if that is what you are looking to achieve with audio post production.
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