Ugh. Exploded water pipes. Been there a couple of times. No, not fun, not at all. You have my sympathy.
 
 

Day Three: today I feel like quite the Pro-MB expert, having come a long way since Saturday's initial plunge. Yeh, it's probably a false confidence based on what I think I know versus the vast don't-know-I-don't-know universe.
 
But the plugin is at least doing my bidding - and very well - in at least one scenario: vocal busses. It's like finishing sandpaper: smooths out all the little anomalies that would otherwise say "recorded in some guy's garage on a cheap mike". Truly a turd-polisher, and I mean that in a good way.
 
OTOH, I tried it on a honky saxophone with somewhat less-impressive results. Turned it into a kazoo. I'm still workin' on that one...
 
I'm finding that you can use pretty extreme settings without obvious pumping or other weirdness. My usual instinct is to be conservative with compressors and equalizers, but Pro-MB can be given plenty of latitude and its internal smarts will reign everything in. You have to work at it to do something really dumb (but trust me, it ain't impossible).
 
It's actually fairly easy to tell when I've gone too far with the Range control, which is the primary tweak. Like when I used it for de-essing and the "S"s completely disappeared. Clearly, too far. Knocked a few decibels off the Range and the "S"s came back in just the right amount. Tip: stay away from 48dB/octave slopes except for surgical limiting. 24 works quite well, while 6 or 12 will give you great transparency.
 
Next up: I'm gonna try it on the master bus and see what trouble I can get into.
 

Thanks for the updates bit, the tips are very helpful. Looking forward to your ventures with it on the master bus.

Everything's on hold now {sob!}, as my 9-year-old audio interface has suddenly given up the ghost.
 
My DAW is now just a DW, no A.
 
So today's project is taking the interface apart and hopefully implementing a repair. "Hopefully", because I have no schematics or service manual, just a flashlight, a magnifying glass and a soldering iron. 

Oh Man, Sorry to hear the bad news. Hopefully it's something simple that is a thru-hole component vs. smt. Do you have a multimeter to check any voltages? 
 
 

bitflipper
 just a flashlight, a magnifying glass and a soldering iron. 

Heck that's more than MacGyver ever had...bet you knock it out in no time.

That sucks!

I'd had some heat-related issues last summer, when the interface would get weird after running for 8+ hours on very hot days. I just started shutting it off when it wasn't in use and all was well. Since then, hot days have become a distant memory.
 
That's why I thought it might be a power-supply issue, perhaps a voltage regulator. Alas, all regulators, reference voltages and main +-10V rails check out. The lights are on, but nobody's home.

Just throwing stuff out but, you have probably already checked for any electrolytics, with that MacGyver magnifying glass, to see if any of them have bulging tops.

Bit, hope you'll fix the interface soon!