I also like to compress everything just a tiny bit.
One thing I found out that works for me is to put an Alan Smart C2 across the drum bus. It's hardly working but then I put another compressor (whatever lies around) on the snare and I get this "slapping in your face snare sound" that I searched for so long. It works everytime I tried it and the snare compressor isnt't that important (I did it with some cheapo TLA comp and I love it
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Happy compressing Jo