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.

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.

Expressive E, in collaboration with Haken Audio, releases Osmose, the new standard for musical expressivity. This standalone polyphonic synthesizer unlocks new ways to control sound with familiar gestures (press, bend, shake, & more). It features a deep sound-design engine and hundreds of ready-to-use, innovative presets. It also functions as a powerful controller for hardware & software synthesizers.

Touché ist ein neuartiges Instrument, das Ihnen eine ganz neue, innovativ-taktile Herangehensweise an das Spielen mit Ihren Hard- und Softwaresynthesizern eröffnet. Durch einfache oder komplexe Berührungen und Gesten auf der Echtholz-Oberfläche von Touché gestalten Sie Ihren Sound mit einer unmittelbar-körperlichen Qualität, wie man sie sonst nur vom Spielen an akustischen Instrumenten kennt. Touché kontrolliert Ihre Synthesizer dabei über vier Bewegungsdimensionen, die wir Shiftings nennen.

Touché SE shares the same build quality, patented mechanism and sound library as the classic Touché, refined with USB-only connectivity for software applications, and a new polycarbonate touch-plate. Expressive-E have expanded the sound library to include more than 200 factory sounds, pre-mapped to take full advantage of Touché SE's extensive control capabilities, as well as including more than 200 presets for third-party VST instruments.