Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I will say that Logic's compressor plug is rather  
> excellent for a free "built in" plug.
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> Mibrilane


I might be doing sth wrong, but I do not agree with that either. It 
might be better if I stated it in the form of a question which I have 
been wondering about anyway about the native Logic compressor in 
Logic Pro 6.

Normally when one has a channel that is low the compressor can bring 
it louder. This happens because the dynamic range is reduced and 
therefore the average volume of the channel can be brought up, sth 
that is done automatically by Logic. Therefore when one has a channel 
which is just clipping at one little peak, one would expect to be 
able to put on a compressor and get louder average signal without the 
clipping. However what always happens is that when you do that it 
clips much more and you need to bring the volume of the whole channel 
down, which defeats the purpose. I was very curious about how other 
users use the compressor because I have a piece where this is causing 
me real problems with my main output which is clipping just because 
of a single channel which I cannot afford to have lower (the main 
bass line). I went to another ProTools studio and used the 
Rennaisance Waves compressor and it was wonderful, doing exactly what 
it is supposed to. What do you guys think? Any comments/ideas?