I personally moved away from fls compressors within the last months (except Maximus). I stacked up on waves plugins recently and I believe these plugins increased the quality of my music a lot (especially the compressors). Probably just a personal preference...I'm just curious. I use the standard FL Limiter but I'm wondering if anyone has found any that they really like? If so, why do you prefer it to the defaults?
Pros use what they use because they are paid to do so. It's called sponsorship. That's one way they make money. So when you hear Skrillex saying "WOW2 is the best vowel distortion", "Ohmicide provides the best distortion for my basses" or "Ozone 6 gives me more clarity in my mixes", believe me, he's being paid to say so.I don't think that Fl compressors are the best except maybe maximus. You should try some external, because they usually do the better job. I recommend to visit a site called equipboard.com. In this site you can check your favourite producer or maybe some other pros too and see what kind of gear they use, and what plugins and compressors and stuff. Hope I helped. Good luck