Am I misunderstanding how my compressor is supposed to work?

[Mike_NL]

@akos I think this is the thread @Paul is referring to:

MXR M87 Bass Compressor Problems

I decided I wanted to change away from from my TC Spectracomp compressor, to one that had the usual selection of control knobs physically on the pedal. I also liked the idea of knowing a bit more about what was going on with the compression, so I wanted a pedal with a row of LEDs showing how much compression is being applied. That really narrowed things down to the Boss BC-1X and the MXR M87 compressors. Having watched A/B tests individually and against each other, to me they seemed pretty ev…