Compressors are regularly used to tame errant dynamics or to increase the perceived volume of a track. As well as squashing the audio, the compressor can be used to bring out some elements more than others.
Letting the attack through
To get myself to the initial stage of creating a Space Opera, I'm putting my own words into practice and using Blender for the first time ever. And I like it. It's actually way more advanced that most of the video editors I've tried using recently even though that's not its speciality. The interface is a bit awkward especially as my wireless mouse has a scroll feature for the 3rd button, but doesn't have a 3rd button itself. I could emulate the press and may look further into that.