Empirical Labs® EL8 Distressor
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Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor
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A. Vax
best emulation of classic hardware
I've compared real deal with Slate FG-Stress, ELI Arousor, SOR8, Sknote and UAD Distressor. Slate and UAD are really close but release is better on UAD. So I've get the Distressor.
A. Vax
best emulation of classic hardware
I've compared real deal with Slate FG-Stress, ELI Arousor, SOR8, Sknote and UAD Distressor. Slate and UAD are really close but release is better on UAD. So I've get the Distressor.
J. Bryant
Replaced my hardware
REALLY close to my hardware piece that I was selling off IF it worked on the Unison side. It does!! I can also run 10 instances with additional my satellite quo and quad interfaces!
C. Bevins
Perfect emulation!
I use the real thing all the time for vocals. But not anymore, this plugin nails the sound.
o. duran
Great sound
Great on drums, vocals & bass guitar
B. Schumacher
Not close enough to the hardware
Attack phase sounds so much better on the actual hardware unit. Especially obvious on drums
R. Costa
My Favorite compressor!
Thank you, I love it!
L. Santini
Amazing
Sounds so similar to the real deal that I can’t hear any difference! And it’s easier to use as well...
A. Tomashenko
Perfect for drums and vocals
The best emulation you can get. Sounds fantastic on drums and vocals, use it in every project.
L. Adler
Big, fat and awesome...
Truly makes my mixes sound larger than life.
J. Roecker
Smashing!
Great tones and dirt come out of this plugin with ease!
r. passuti
master of compression!!!!
if you know the original hardware, you can understanding what I mean!
T. Qumok
Swiss army knife of comps
After demo'ing it and reading many reviews I finally bought it. It's a great investment.
I produce my own music, which is metal, and the distressor is used everywhere. It's the only compressor I like on my vocals.
P. Daly
Mmmm.... butter
Butter those bass lines into submission
P. Pendlebury
Immediate Goto
Drums / Bass buss glue on every project from now on. Fantastic.
P. Uszyński
My new go-to comp
For quite some time I had a feeling that I'm missing a really good comp in my mixing chain. Previously I was using Waves H-comp ("character" compression) and C1 ("transparent" compression), then I started demoing some comps from UA. Distressor is the one that made my things (mainly vocals) really shine. You can make it characterful, you can make it transparent and gentle, in case anything is missing, you can always go to something else, like 1176 or LA-2A.
And yes, I'm a UAD acolyte, the only non-UAD things in my mixing chain for now are FabFilter Q-3 and iZotope RX tools, because UAD simply beats everything I tried.
E. Stokes
My Favorite Plugin
I love this plugin on kicks! It's Like Magic to me! But I use it for other stuff as well! Amazing!!!
C. Piper
To be honest I was looking to get a hardware unit of the distressor but then a friend of mine invited me to his Studio to try out this uad plug-in. So we did that a b comparison and I honestly can say it was so close this comparison right here actually had me go and get the Apollo twin quad core. Enough said I have beat around the bush for years on uad not anymore.
R. Gun
Yes, VCA at it´s best
The better 1176.
Very wide usablility. Nuke is not All-button-mode of 1176.
R. McKean
Outstanding is an overused word
... but if you want a compressor that will make your drums pop and pump, this is the one.