Empirical Labs^® EL8 Distressor

Great Comp

Must have it!

Very Distressing!

Works as Advertised! A great addition to my other dynamics plug-ins - this one has a strong personality!

Great for Vocals

Puts vocals in place

I love it!
Just slap it on and then Work with %! I’m good

Distressor

Didn’t realize what I was missing. Great add to the arsenal.

Great Compressor

Amazing

No surprises here.

The Distressor is all it's cracked up to be and a welcome addition to the tool box. It has met all my expectations.

Distressor one of the best

This is one of the best plugin out there

Like using your pencil as hard as you can.

I barely touch it. I put it on the drum room mic and walk away. I have and love the empirical labs suite from softube and I absolutely love it. I was having a hard time justifying buying the distress or because I figured I could make the e-comp do what the distressor does. I took advantage of the sale and I’m happy I did. I am now happy using both and not becoming frustrated with my E comp for not being a distressor.

Authentic

Easy to use, flexible - multiple uses. Versatile on different instruments setups

Beautiful Classic

Go to plugin!

Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor

The real deal!

Sounds like the Hardware!

I was shocked that I could compress hard rock vocals the same way as the hardware version. Within a mix no one could tell if I had used the hardware or plugin version. Don’t hesitate to get this bad boy even if you own the hardware. It’s nice to use a couple within a mix or when recording in unison mode.

Awesome compressor

My favourite compression plugin. Great for making stuff sound super gnarly!

Distressor Compressor

So glad I added this to my set up, it really does work great and with tons of options / possibilities.

Navaja suiza de la compresión

Its so good on Drum Bus & Vocals, magic!

My fave hardware comp is now my fave software comp

This is my go-to in the analog world and now my go-to comp in the box now. It is a fantastic plugin representation of the hardware and so close that in the mix I doubt you many can really tell the difference.

This is it!

If you have used the hardware then you already know what this comp can do and what it sounds like. That is the amazing news. This plugin sounds and behaves like the real deal or close enough when in a mix to not be able to distinguish to my ears. I work with the real analog version and have tried many other plugin flavors. THis one is THE ONE to use.

Just what the Doctor ordered!

Amazing. Been waiting just a minute to get this bad boy. Sond incredible and is my go to compressor. It just adds that extra magic!

I've wanted this for s long.....

Worth the wait. I use it on a bus with snares and toms and it makes them pop. Awesome on vocals, pretty awesome on anything. Glad I spent the coin for this.