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On an EQ stepped gains are pretty essential, but on some passive EQs that run a parallel design (such as the Massive Passive) the increments would never be accurate anyway.
For the hardware compressors I just run a 1kHz tone, flip the phase, and check it cancels. Takes 10 seconds before a session. The OP gain is generally left at 0, and all that is adjusted is the threshold, attack and release. Many outboard compressors have switched attack/release as well making this even simpler.
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