Derrick,
I use external compression, but you can compress with the progran, just not in real time and still meet your 5 min deadline … Do you have any VST filters? The multiband compressor would do the job and it would only take a couple of minutes to apply … If you don’t have that just go to EFFECTS > AMPLITUDE > DYNAMIC PROCESSING … I could E-mail you the multiband VST if you would like ….. WILLIE