Cool thanks everyone.
Yeah I know what you mean about compressor not being a "louderizer" but I normally put one on the track and increase the make up gain only as a temperary soilution for when browsing patches so I can hear them.
Then when I have one I want to work with, I remove the compressor and adjust the rest of my tracks etc.
Seems I have the solution now. I was ignoring the individual track levels inside the virus plugin (The ones on the left of the display that run all the way down) until it was mentioned here. Sorry, cant remember who said it first as I am in the reply section and cant see.
Guess it was kinda obvious really now I think about it
Thanks for the help.