Very interesting! I think I understand the concept... and I like it. It's almost like a "floating gate," dependent on the peak before the silence. Sounds like you could run fast release times but use this to keep it from pumping and breathing.
How often does it recalculate, and is it based on the release time or something else? In other words, we go to a 30 db drop in sound, but the Relative Release Distance is only set to -10, so it only drops 10 db... when will it say, "hey, we're still not at 100%, time to drop another 10 db?"
I noticed you could only bring it to 0 db, which made the compressor stand still... it would be fun (although maybe not very useful) to able to go to the positive side with the settings... I'm not sure if the result would be like an expander or what, but I bet it would be pretty strange!
Thanks again for your quick responses!!