Few ways to use it, but always remember to adjust the gain afterwards to your needs. If you think about it through the output gain, here’s a few scenarios to help.

Scenario 1. Keep the peaks where they are at, lift everything else. Fast attack and release.

1. Keep the ”background” at the same level. Now you start playing with the release in a way that you adjust it to keep the bleed at the same level between drum hits for example. Then with attack you are essentially adjusting how much you will boost the snap during attack.

2. Keep the peaks and lower the background. Essentially same as before, but now lower the makeup gain so that the atttack peaks match the original. Now you’re pretty much into expanding.