Empress Effects ECM-519 compressor - Manual (Page 2)

Introduction
We've strived to design a feedback FET compressor with
personality, that can excel where plug-ins fall short and
seamlessly integrate with your DAW to add some often needed
analog warmth. The pleasing FET harmonic distortion, and
some transformer saturation options really help to add that
analog character.
This compressor is extremely versatile. It's great on aggressive
time settings and applying a lot of gain reduction, but can also
be extremely transparent. The auto modes engage two
completely separate side-chain circuits that change the way the
compressor behaves, giving you sounds that aren't possible with
conventional attack and release settings.
True bypass switching makes meaningful comparisons against
the original signal quick and easy, and parallel compression is
only a knob twist away. Happy squishing!
- Jason Fee