Simple Gain/Trim Plug?

Hi all,
 
Thanks to ModBod's innocent little thread about meters, I am hooked on VU meters and proper gain staging - and my mixes are WAY BETTER so thanks! :)
 
I am using the UAD Pultec to add some crack to a snare drum. I really like what it does, but it has no output control, and it's really spiking my meter. It seems logical then to follow this with a simple gain/trim plug.
 
Is this the right approach, and if so does anyone have a recommendation for a plugin to use?

I use the ProChannel for all of track effects. I put an FX Chain module in the ProChannel, sometimes more than one of those, to take advantage of combining plug-ins and ProChannel modules.

I can add an empty FX Chain in that signal flow as needed. Any FX Chain module, or even an empty one, can do what you're asking. That is, it can allow control over gain staging between plug-ins or modules.

Hornet's meter plug in has auto gain settings which is cool. The perception plugin is also cool for this, but it's pricey.

Before FX chains I used the Sonalksis Free-G freebie.

dmbaer
Bluecat Audio's freebie is a great solution for solving this problem:
 
http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_GainSuite/

 
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