Adjusting analog gain in VueScan

Flatbed and Film Scanners Vuescan
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I recently got a Coolscan 8000 and I’m using VueScan and NLP with it.

I have noticed in a few images after conversion the colors are better if I‘ve manipulated the RGB exposure and analog gain in VueScan to get a nice histogram.

I’ve read several places to just lock exposure for the roll and proceed so I’m not sure if these extra steps are worthwhile. Does anyone here have a similar workflow?

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This post makes it seem like this is a bad idea. https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/nikon-scan-with-negative-lab-pro/583/6