Okay, so to pre-empt this, I'm not a n00b to digital recording; just to the forums. I've had experience with studio recording a little bit, but most of my experience is in mixing and engineering, creating digital audio test CDs with pink noise and test tones, speaker frequency response analysis...
I'm new, but it seems to me that what is trying to be said here is that if you want to use the compressor for its technical, signal-related peak-hindering value, you cannot use a digital compressor. Digital compressors are only used to achieve the sound of compression, not the actual act of...