FabFilter

Hi everyone! I'm trying to use Pro-MB as an upward compressor and finding the Range knob acts kind of like a ratio.

I would expect the Range to work as a "maximum compression allowed" selector, but the bigger it is, the more the plugin compresses.

The issue is that, if you have a loud signal (like a full mix), and want to do 3dB of compression, you have to set the threshold close to zero and might not hit the desired gain reduction.

Now, I know I could set the Range higher and dial in the threshold to hit that amount but, with upward compression in particular, a quiet section will occur and the signal will be compressed too much.

Is this the expected behaviour for the range knob? It always acted weird when I used it as a downward compressor but wasn't really an issue until now.

Thanks!
Dani