Analog and Digital have their pros and cons. For this MixCon workshop, Charles Hoffman walks us through a direct comparison of hardware and software compressors on several real world audio examples.
Big thanks to Empirical Labs for hooking us up with their Distressor analog compressor and Arousor digital compressor to Read more...
Warm Audio is now shipping the WA-CX12 tube mic.
The WA-CX12 is a faithful recreation of the most natural and balanced tube mic of all time, lauded for its organic tone and pleasing top end. The original AKG C12 was produced in Austria from 1953-1963 and is the definitive version Read more...
Empirical Labs Inc., (ELI), the New Jersey-based audio hardware manufacturer and software developer, announced that is has named Matt Ward as Strategic Advisor. Empirical Labs is the creator of such well-known music and sound production tools as the Distressor, FATSO, and Lil FrEQ hardware units, and AROUSOR and BIG FrEQ Read more...
The Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor, designed by Dave Derr (previously part of the famed Eventide team), has long been a studio staple.
Originally released in 1993, the Distressor has gone on to sell many thousands of units, and is amongst the most ubiquitous pieces of outboard gear around.
While the Read more...
A compression obsession. That’s what was building up inside a young audio engineer named Dave Derr, slowly but surely shaping a mind for dynamics until his concept was converted to reality: the Empirical Labs Distressor.
Derr’s fascination went hand in hand with the special magic that he experienced early on Read more...
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