Empirical Labs EL-7x - Manual (Page 9)

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COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISTRESSOR
“Every once in a while a product comes along with ‘classic’ written all over it. And in a certain sense of the word, this
product actually is a classic already.”
Mix Magazine
“Dear Empirical, I’m an LA based producer and an owner of a Distressor. The unit is really awesome! I’ve used it on
guitars, bass, room mics, vocals it works great on everything. I’ve used it on records I’ve made with Beck, U2, Etta James,
Hole and lots of others.”
Joe Chicarelli
“One piece of gear I definitely recommend is a compressor called the Distressor. It’s really great for just about everything
and if you had to use just one compressor you could probably get away with just using that.”
Mitchell Froom
“I sold a couple of 1176’s and have replaced them with the Distressors, which do a great job of emulating the 1176’s.
Michael Wagener “(Ozzy Osbourne, Extreme, Metallica)
“In general, I really like where Dave Derr’s ear leads him; one of pro audios truly independent thinkers, I’m a huge fan
of the box (the Distressor): I use it for bringing up the “goosh” on ambient sources, and for saturating snares, toms, and
kicks.”
George Massenburg
COMMENTS ABOUT THE FATSO
“In a word, the FATSO is a very good answer to what a lot of people loathe about digital recording. It smoothes out the
sharp, brittle edges to exactly the extent you choose, and fills in the hairline cracks just right. I use one on almost every
mix I do. I could easily use one and possibly two more.”
George Massenburg
“People used to have to hunt for old, expensive gear to get the kind of sounds that the FATSO gives me.”
Ed Cherney
(The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Susan Tedeschi, Etta James,…et al)
Best new Signal Processor-EQ AES Awards - “Empirical Labs FATSO took this category, despite the introduction of a
variety of cool new processors. Who can resist the best aspects of analog tape combined with great compression”
EQ Magazine
“The winner of the highly coveted, ‘I’m going to write you a check right after the show award’ was picked up by Empirical
Labs for its FATSO processor.’
Craig Anderton
COMMENTS ABOUT THE LIL FREQ
“Hey Dave… so I got the box, plugged it in on an Etta James vocal that I was having problems with… and it $#$%^&*
rocks. This is a great box, my friend. I can see anybody with a DAW wanting to use this thing. I am using the shelving,
DS’ing and transformer out, and I am just thrilled. Congratulations. It absolutely complements the digital crap that I am
forced to use…wooo hooo.”
Ed Cherney
“I finally got to hear Empirical Labs’ Lil FrEQ, a monster that will destroy the way you think about EQ. This single-channel
unit has two shelving bands, tunable low cut, four parametric bands, dynamic EQ for de-essing and direct box input—all
noiseless and distortion free. Best of all, its smooth processing is absolutely addictive. Sweet! “
George Peterson (Mix Magazine)
COMMENTS ABOUT THE MIKE-E
WOW. It just dawned on me I never sent the email in my head telling you HOW FRICKIN AWESOME the Mike-E is.
Its freakishly awesome and beautiful.
Steve Berlin (Los Lobos)
If you’re looking for a WOW moment with a preamp, you should look into the EL9 Mike-E. I have some pretty nice gear
here, and when I got one, I put in an order for another the next day (my girlfriend wasn’t pleased, but...). Seriously. True story.
George Peterson (Mix Magazine)
“We have used the Distressor pretty much since its inception and now use the Mike-E like we use our lungs!!!! Thanks
Dave and everyone at Empirical Labs. You are amazing !!!”
Charles Roberts & Frank Cavanagh (SEIVE, FILTER)