Empirical Labs® EL8 Distressor
Customer Reviews
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor
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R. Vosbury
Wow
I own WAY too many compressor plugins, but this one is at the top of the list now. All my UAD plugins are excellent tools.
R. Putnam
Happiness is a warm Distressor.
So glad to have this in the arsenal!
From punch and crunch to smooth and transparent the Distressor is versatile and never fails to hit the mark.
Love it!
J. Jr.
Great!
Amazing compressor on drums!
F. Hasan
finally had this plugin!
just love it!
E. Fitzgerald
Thought I didn't need another compressor.
I was wrong.
P. Norfleet
Jack of all trades
Super versatile and sounds great. Use on everything for whatever type of compression I need. If I could only choose one compressor to mix with for the rest of my days it would be the distressor.
M. Marks
First UA Plug-in
I must say I have been waiting for a single Distressor plugin for a while. Great Work UA I am very pleased with the simulation of the plugin. Having run it next to the hardware unit there is a small difference but not enough to say I won't be patching external hardware for the future. Bravo on a truly well-designed plug in that works well.
j. uittenbosch
Just the right tweak, like the hardware.
It’s amazing to see, that software gives you the sparkle like the hardware. Easy to use..
g. linden
Fantastic
Great emulation of a great hardware
J. Davies
Don't Distress with this Compressor
Most used compressor in my arsenal of effects. Great on everything from drums to vocals and guitars in between.
K. L
Awesome Distressor
Punchy and aggressive, the definition. Awesome reproduction of the original!
C. Shalala
An amazing recreation of an amazing compressor
UAD did it again! They absolutely nailed it out of the park when they modeled this plugin. There's a reason this compressor can be found in most major studios and now UAD has made it so that you can have it at an affordable price in your personal studio.
N. Martens
Interesting understanding of customer orientation
UAD waits until you have bought a plugin for full price and sends you exactly one day later a loyality price offer for same plugin. I like their sense of humour :-D
L. White
Fantastic plugin all around.
So glad this is native. This sounds great on everything, is incredibly flexible, and has multiple functions. Aside from the compression itself (which can be extremely subtle or strong), the saturation from the different distortion modes is often something I’ll reach for. Speaking of which, it should be noted that this isn’t a transparent compressor: there’s a lot of color. Highly recommend trying the demo to see if you like it.
K. Palmer
Great
Love it and guitar and bass, sometime I used it an vocal
J. Scott
I didn't know that it wasn't Native
Didn't know it wasn't native to all interfaces and now I'm stuck with it with no refund or any way to use it, b/c I no longer have an apollo...wish I would've known beforehand but whatever...
B. Flacher
Good replication of my HW
Waiting for the native version!
J. Aguilar
This is just a must
Thanks for existing Distressor!
J. Kriske
Just wading back in
I don't currently own a hardware version of the distressed to A/B this with, but I do have fond memories of working in a studio that had one. This is an equally fun and useful tool. As others have said, it's fantastic on percussive sounds. I'm looking forward to trying it on other things!
J. Kriske
Just wading back in
I don't currently own a hardware version of the distressed to A/B this with, but I do have fond memories of working in a studio that had one. This is an equally fun and useful tool. As others have said, it's fantastic on percussive sounds. I'm looking forward to trying it on other things!
