Best Filter or Preset for Music Performance

Hey guys,
I'm not the best (read here, nearly the worst) audio guy out there, so I was hoping someone could give me some quick advice. I have a video recording of a live band. They gave me an audio recording to match up with it (.wav), and I notice that some parts are fairly quiet, but when I raise the gain in FCP, I'm hitting the 0dB for louder beats or notes. I'm looking for a decent preset and what I should tweak on it if anything to dial in my sound. I was thinking of just a limiter, but I know a lot of you guys could have much more educated advice for me on this.
Thanks,
Lawrence

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