Besides the familiar Input, Release, Threshold, Output, and Wet/Dry controls (for built-in parallel processing), Finality Advanced has the Aggro switch that changes the shape of the release time curve that is said to be "more favorable to drums and transients". The Color mode adds saturation to the signal--I noticed this effect on the low frequencies of the kick drum within the stereo overhead tracks processed by Finality Advanced.

The Mode switch is said to "changes the release envelope for either a softer or harder dynamic adjustment" and I found the default "Hard" position to release faster (with Aggro and Color off and Threshold set the same) from deeper gain reductions for a given Release time setting.

Lastly, Finality Advanced has a well-featured side-chain system with on/off, side-chain monitoring, and an adjustable (up to 12kHz) high pass filter. There is also Auto Gain for automatically adjusting make up gain. It works great--especially for comparing (bypassing) with and without limiting. If you want to manually adjust make up, a separate Gain control is provided.

Finality Advanced offers just the right amount of controls to arrive at just the right processing for any source. I liked the Mode switch choices and the Color switch's saturation sound. I found Finality Advanced great for drums--it is aggressive and very vibey sounding.