Empirical Labs® EL8 Distressor
Customer Reviews
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor
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M. Reeves
Had to have !
Demoed it and knew I had to buy it ! Love it.
G. Rios
SINGER, MUSIC PRODUCER
I have used the original for a long time and are identical, good work UA.
d. rogers
CLUTCH!!
this is thing is the secret sauce for drums and vocals!
L. Maggio
Amazing
Amazing sound with drum acoustic guitar
L. Hester
Instant Bliss!
I’ve owned the hardware for 20 years and recently transitioned to a mostly itb setup. Nothing does what a distressor does so I am thrilled to hear the sound I’ve grown to love in a plugin format. Now can we please get a Brit mod!!!!
V. Kotljarow
The Best compressor!
Super powerful compressor with many possibility !
I am very pleased ! One of the best UA compressor !!!
Super starken Kompressor mit vielen möglichkeiten !
Bin sehr zufrieden ! Einer der beste UA Kompressor !!!
Супер мощный компрессор с множественными возможностями !
Я очень доволен! Один из лучших UA компрессоров !!!
Супер Класс !
P. Duffy
Everyone needs one
I'd used various emulations of this and just decided to bite the bullet and get the UA version. Very glad that I did. A must have for drum mixing!
D. Guevara
Best digital compressor i have ever used!
This digital compressor has so many options and you can do so much with it, I am very satisfied with my purchase.
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Thinned voice
Excellent for the voices and guitares.
R. Attias
legendary
...and now I know why.
M. Robinson
Damn
I waited way too long to get this comp, one of the best of the entire UA folder
s. donat
good job
sound great and nasty
C. Gutierrez
British Mode
Sounds good, I like the demo, but I'll buy it when you add a british mode
C. Gutierrez
British Mode
Sounds good, I like the demo, but I'll buy it when you add a british mode
C. Gutierrez
British Mode
Add British mode please
W. Shanks
Sounds like our golden unit!
A dedicated study by UA's algorithmic circuit model experts was held over the course of six months. Our chief scientist did a complete circuit trace and component study of Dave Derr's selected golden unit. Simultaneously, the team analyzed and measured our four specimen Distressors representing the lifetime of the product to ensure one of the tightest sonic and behavioral circuit models to date, well within our goal of analog unit to unit variation. By coincidence, the golden unit had the fastest attack among the four units.
UA reached out to many famous proponents of the EL Distressor to ensure every nuanced detail of the hardware that fans have come to know and love were faithfully captured, along with feedback on their favorite digital convenience features they wanted to see included. UA's plugin product manager and QA staff scrutinized every facet of the plugin against the analog counterpart at every step along the algorithmic development path, ensuring the emulated sonics and circuit behaviors raised the bar of the UAD platform and the Empirical Labs brand. Finally, our work was then made available to Dave Derr for his own sonic verification and ultimately blessing of authentication and release approval.
C. Rockaway
Wildly Useful
The first time I engaged the demo of this, I was actually mad, because I knew that I HAD to buy it. Indispensable for the fast-attack, sleek, modern vocal sound. Excellent for dreamy, 'verbed out, spacious electric guitar. We ALL know what this does for a drum set, obviously!
s. bosewicht
The Real thing In The Box
I can not distinguish this from my real unit. Now I can use this on all my guitar tracks and make changes without committing to audio tracks. This is the plugin I use the most by far. Even just using the 1 to 1 ratio just to get the magic of running through the device it ads a lot to the character of the source. It is relatively light on resources.
J. WOODS
Get it.
You can't go wrong with you UAD
P. Mata Rodriguez
it's a must!!!
it's a plugin we should all have, excellent sound and easy to use.