he product that started it all for Empirical Labs. Born of founder Dave Derr\u2019s love of classic compressors like the 1176, LA-2A and Gain Brain (among others), the Distressor incorporates his favorite sonic characteristics of these, along with other unique and interesting features that have made it a staple for audio engineers all over the world. With over 38,000 units in the field, it\u2019s safe to say that the Distressor is one of the best selling high end compressors of all time\u2026 if not THE best selling. A prominent recording engineer recently wagered that there probably was not a top 40 record made in the last five years that didn\u2019t have at least one Distressor on it.<\/p>\n
Besides providing a wide range of control and a unique feature set, the Distressor offers a warm, vintage sound by using a custom designed gain control circuit. This \u201cwarmth\u201d or \u201cvintage sound\u201d has become a major issue in the last few decades, as the super clear and linear digital technology does next to nothing to soften \u201charsh\u201d sounds, nor emphasize the bass frequencies in music sources. Conversely, older analog tape, vinyl records and tube equipment could not be prevented from coloring the sound, often to the frustration of recording engineers. However, many people now realize that this coloring can be extremely pleasant and musical. Digital technology is often referred to as \u201ccold\u201d and \u201cbrittle\u201d among other terms (although we prefer \u201cunforgiving\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
he product that started it all for Empirical Labs. Born of founder Dave Derr\u2019s love of classic compressors like the 1176, LA-2A and Gain Brain (among others), the Distressor incorporates his favorite sonic characteristics of these, along with other unique and interesting features that have made it a staple for audio engineers all over the world. With over 38,000 units in the field, it\u2019s safe to say that the Distressor is one of the best selling high end compressors of all time\u2026 if not THE best selling. A prominent recording engineer recently wagered that there probably was not a top 40 record made in the last five years that didn\u2019t have at least one Distressor on it.<\/p>\n
Besides providing a wide range of control and a unique feature set, the Distressor offers a warm, vintage sound by using a custom designed gain control circuit. This \u201cwarmth\u201d or \u201cvintage sound\u201d has become a major issue in the last few decades, as the super clear and linear digital technology does next to nothing to soften \u201charsh\u201d sounds, nor emphasize the bass frequencies in music sources. Conversely, older analog tape, vinyl records and tube equipment could not be prevented from coloring the sound, often to the frustration of recording engineers. However, many people now realize that this coloring can be extremely pleasant and musical. Digital technology is often referred to as \u201ccold\u201d and \u201cbrittle\u201d among other terms (although we prefer \u201cunforgiving\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[23],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1056","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-fx","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subsonic.ae\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}