The product that started it all for Empirical Labs. Born of founder Dave Derr’s 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 28,000 units in the field, it’s safe to say that the Distressor is one of the best selling high end compressors of all time… 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’t have at least one Distressor on it.

The product that started it all for Empirical Labs. Born of founder Dave Derr’s 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 28,000 units in the field, it’s safe to say that the Distressor is one of the best selling high end compressors of all time… 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’t have at least one Distressor on it.

Arguably the coolest and most unique device in the Empirical Labs arsenal, the FATSO (Full Analog Tape Simulator and Optimizer) is a digitally controlled analog device that gives musicians and engineers easy access to many of the desirable characteristics exhibited by older tube and Class A electronics and magnetic tape mediums. This two channel audio processor musically integrates frequencies and transients, increasing the apparent volume while keeping tight control over peak levels.

As with ELI’s other signal processors, the Lil FrEQ Equalizer takes a somewhat unique approach to its job. Instead of daisy chaining several equalizers and frequency processors, we combined most of the sound sculpting tools an engineer needs into a compact single rack space box, while still offering the highest performance of any design in its class.

Der Warm Audio BUS-COMP ist ein rein analoger, 2-kanaliger Stereo-VCA-Kompressor, der auf einer klassischen Schaltung basiert, die seit Jahrzehnten für einen seidig weichen Klang sorgt. Stereo-VCA-Kompressoren sind meisterhaft in der Steuerung der Dynamik vieler Quellen, aber sie sind weithin bekannt für ihren „Magic Touch“ auf Stereo-Mixen.

Mit dem EQP-WA präsentiert Warm Audio einen liebevollen Nachbau des wohl berühmtesten und begehrtesten Röhren-Equalizers der Studio-Geschichte, dem Pultec-EQP-1A.

Legendärer Röhrenkompressor mit Optokoppler

Der Warm Audio WA76 ist ein moderner Nachbau des wahrscheinlich bekanntesten Kompressors der Welt, dem Urei 1176. Seit der Markteinführung Ende der 60er Jahre ist das Gerät auf hunderten bekannter Aufnahmen zu Hören da es ultraschnelle Attack-Zeiten bietet (All-Buttons-Mode).