With the three controls of Sustain, Attack & Level you can easily dial in your perfect levels of compression. Whether you just need it to keep the volumes even on clean passages and to stop any notes overpowering others or whether you want to use it after your overdrive pedals to give you near endless sustain, it's up to you. You could even use it as a solo boost at the very end of your chain by setting the Sustain & Attack controls to taste and then setting the Level control so it's louder when it's turned on