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.

In today’s modern age of digital recorders, DAWs and software plug-ins, Mike-E is the ultimate solution for getting a clean and strong, yet warm and musical signal into the box…and it couldn’t be easier to work – its front panel layout is so straight ahead that even inexperienced engineers will have no problem moving around on it right away.

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 E-4 Voice Tweaker ist eine außergewöhnlich kreative Jam-Box und fungiert als Harmonizer, Auto-Pitcher, Vocoder, Looper und Glitcher für deine Stimme sowie alle anderen Signale, mit denen du den E-4 fütterst.

Der J-6 Chord Synthesizer ist eine nahezu endlose Quelle musikalischer Inspiration und kombiniert einen leistungsfähigen Akkord-Sequencer mit den opulenten Sounds des berühmten JUNO-60 Synthesizers.

Erschaffe neue Soundwelten – mit dem S-1 Tweak Synth, einem leistungsfähigen polyphonen Micro-Synthesizer, inspiriert vom legendären Roland SH-101. Jamme mit knackigen Bässen und ausdrucksstarken Leads, die du kennst und liebst. Danach entführst du deine Musik in unbekanntes Klangterrain. Hier warten futuristische Wave-Manipulationen, integriertes Sequencing und einzigartige Performance-Funktionen, die speziell für moderne Klangkünstler entwickelt wurden. Mit seiner inspirierenden Hands-On-Steuerung und dem intuitiven Workflow bietet der leistungsfähige S-1 ein gleichermaßen spielerisches wie beeindruckendes Synthesizer-Erlebnis für Einsteiger und erfahrene Klangabenteurer.

Mit der T-8 Beat Machine hast du eine komplette Rhythmus-Fabrik im Miniaturformat, mit der du mitreißende Tracks in Sekundenschnelle erstellst – ausgestattet mit den legendären TR-Drums und dem unverwechselbaren Bass der TB-303.