Opposite to Compression? Removing triangles and cowbells.

[Slapdash]

This is probably a really dumb question, but is there something that does the opposite of compression? I have a loop with a quiet but distracting cowbell and triangle running through it. It's distracting, and ruins a brilliant sample.

Is there a way to make the quiet bits of a loop even quieter?

I tried fiddling with multiband dynamics, but removing these trebley noises takes too much away from the rest of the sound.

[H20nly]

sounds like you might have to do a little cutting & splicing.

damn artists with their instruments and copy protection schemes.

[danabus]

gate?? depends on your source material but a gate will work if the cowbells or whatever are not playing on top of what you want to keep. or you could try some selective volume cuts or eq.

[yellow]

an expander is your friend.

[Zik Zak]

As yellow said, an expander does just that.
Check the manual under the "Multiband compressor" on how this is archived here