I owned a Fast Track Pro and it had wimpy sad little pre amps, so not to worry about quality as it's not really there to begin with. I'd say a Behringer compressor is a perfect match up... 

I would do as Mike is saying and insert it. That is the traditional way to use a compressor on a channel strip. They are optimised to work that way. 
You will need that cable   =,1/4" TRS -   Y's to 2x TS 1/4". 

There are those who preach about not using compression on the way in,,, Myself I love it,, lt makes your lyrics understood. Don't worry about hi fidelity ,,, we lost it with the Mp3 anyways... Just make good music. 

Don't get me wrong.  I'm not preaching against compression going in because I do it myself.  I run most things thru a dbx compressor with just light compression settings before going to the soundcard for conversion to digital.

but I also use a dedicated preamp and not the one on my soundcard for that purpose.

behringer gets a bad rap - not completely undeserved, but some of their products are excellent.  I do have a couple of behringer compressors and they do the job I intend for them (one of them is on the TV to keep the volume levels tamed).

one of them is on the TV to keep the volume levels tamed).


That's brilliant! You should market that! 


And ya, my comment was not thinking of you Beag,  their are others here who think compressors are only to stop overs which can be avoided by simply turning levels down. But I find pushing my vocals through the compressor creates an instant success with a vocal track. It's a done deal, over. move on. Just my style of singing, that's all.
 I watch the compression meter and if it's just showing a little on and off then I know my voice is just right. I never even change what ever the default level on an inserted  audio track is. That way I can add extra vocal tracks without fuss. It took a while to dial it in but as I'm using a Yamaha 01v the channel strip and compressor settings are all saved. It's all zero's and ones from there into the track. I used this same system when I used the Fast Track and there's no difference as one SPDIF input is the same as an other. I can actually work this way with my Soundblaster audigy II. But Sonar and CJ won't be happy. 

oh, I know what you mean.  there are some folks who are adamant about not using compression going in citing the 24bit headroom being "all we need"

but I guarantee you that if you walk into a studio and plop down money to make a recording that there WILL be a hardware compressor on your vocals at least!

on the TV/compressor deal - I just got the idea from the old "smart sound" from motorola.  remember those TVs?  the only thing they did was add a limiter and a compressor to the volume before the volume knob.  so I just did the same thing on my stereo system coming from the TV receiver.

I originally had the compressor on the last stage before the speakers so that everything would go thru it before hitting the speakers, but that didn't work too well.  I couldn't set it to one setting for everything and was constantly adjusting it.

then Jeff here on the forum suggested I put the compressor on the output of the receiver.  we have fiber optic thru the phone company for TV and the receiver is like a satellite reciever.  when I moved the compressor between the TV receiver and the home stereo receiver/amplifier - it worked MUCH better!  we almost never have dynamic sound issues from the TV any more.