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Customer Reviews

Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor

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E. Peterson

January 6, 2023

Killer on drums

Amazing on drums is the killer feature of this plug-in . Also good on bass and guitar but I always have it on drums since I bought it.

A. Viktorovich

January 6, 2023

The Best

Of all the emulations I've tried, Distressor UAD is the best!

R. Marquez Cruz

January 4, 2023

Lovely

Extremely useful , the HP on the audio path is surprisingly great and the distortion is awesome. Lovely overall

A. Fylling

January 4, 2023

Just nuke it!

Sounds great! Hella phatt.. mix in the dry!

c. rosario

January 2, 2023

Just like the real thing

A definite must have tool
Plug and play

V. Trendel

January 1, 2023

Great, great and great !!!

It' a really cool an amazing product to mixing !

R. Kristensen

December 31, 2022

Versatile

Great on most of my sources.
I especially enjoy it on acoustic guitar.

B. Avmedoski

December 29, 2022

Perfect tool for color compression

Amazing must-have , giving simultaneously punch and warm shine to the audio !!

K. Gajadhar

December 29, 2022

The ultimate drum comp

Love it on drums and bass.

J. Relego

December 26, 2022

One of the best!

A B comparisons to the hardware are just mind-blowing. Thanks UA! We need more stuff from Empirical Labs!

L. Spilger

December 24, 2022

Great Tool

Tried and liked it a lot on drums, bass and shouted vocals. Good to have it in my arsenal!

B. Woźniak

December 24, 2022

B. Woźniak

Top notch!

J. Peters

December 23, 2022

Classic Distressor !

With all the classic Distressor characteristics this plugin is a must have.

A. Litwinowicz

December 22, 2022

A very specific compressor, but very handy and useful for music production.

A very specific compressor, but very handy and useful for music production. Different from the others, but glues the mixes together as needed. Just love it!

W. Jackmore

December 15, 2022

Power!

Most powerful unique compressor ive heard

R. Rasiński

December 15, 2022

GLUE GURU

Distressor is better than super glue, it sticks together quickly and forever ;) and seriously, it's finally a plugin that can change a weak and simple mix into a pretty good one. I don't know how it compares to the hardware original because I've never owned it but it just does the job :)

s. arıgül

December 14, 2022

Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor

It's worth every penny of the money you pay.

B. Moyer

December 13, 2022

Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor

Admittedly I'm new to UA products, having only recently purchased my Apollo Twin X. One of the first plug-ins I purchased was the Distressor. I've used them quite a bit in various studios. The plug in sounds great! So far, I've only used it for bass guitar tracks, for which it works perfectly.

a. maceroni

December 12, 2022

TOP NOTCH

I also own the hardware version, and I must say that the difference is really subtle

V. Kozarin

December 11, 2022

Super Amazing !

I wish I have bought it sooner. It’s absolutely great for bass and drums. Polishes the vocals make them sound nice and smooth just like a real record

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