Empirical Labs Distressor Overview and History

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The Empirical Labs Distressor is One of those tools that is absolutely essential for the professional mixing arsenal! Distortion and compression go hand-in-hand when it comes to musical sonics, just like the old school days of tape, which is what spawned the idea for the Distressor in the first place.
In this detailerd overview, Kevin Walker from Unity Audio talks us through the hgistory and operation of this mightyu compressor.
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@donnythompson8029 6 жыл бұрын

I think it's important to know how processors work; there are plenty of other vids on KZfaq that have audio examples of the Distressor, ( if you're convinced that YT audio resolution is good enough for critical listening) ... I thought this video to be very well done in terms of explaining the various controls and functions of the unit. You'll get far more out of your gear if you understand how it works.

@this_is_jmdub 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you are basicly flicking us off for ten minutes.. :D thanks for the tour!

@NICUofficial 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't think I could be even more excited about just setting a used Distressor up in my newly-built vocal booth - but somehow your video made me even more giddy. So exciting to have a "true classic" in my hands, and my qualms about the investment were pretty much smashed as soon as I felt my confidence level LEAP upwards in the vocal booth. I mean, the sound quality matters a ton - but so does the confidence boost to your singers. Very, very excited to have such a powerful & versatile YET SIMPLE piece of outboard gear in my vocal chain!

@adamcasey3365 3 жыл бұрын

He definitely needs a glass of water.

@nundale7273 2 жыл бұрын

more like a truck load of it

@ernestbuckley8671 2 жыл бұрын

Seems to be an British trait...

@siriusfun 5 жыл бұрын

The LA 2A was designed and manufactured by Teletronix, not Urei. Urei made the 1176. Also, Dist2 is 2nd order harmonics which are generated by tubes, not transformers. Dist3 is designed to emulate tape.

@juntin810 3 жыл бұрын

Urei is Bill Putnam’s United Recording Electronics Incorporation. Putnam bought the rights of Teletronix. Hence why we see different generations of LA2A.

@shaft9000 Жыл бұрын

And "all buttons in" on the 1176 does not increase the ratio setting to 'crazy' it goes back down to 12:1 and shifts the attack/release response.

@fantaztikbeatz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very informative breakdown!!

@veerchasm1 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanations

@Embowafa2004 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative. I was wrestling with if I should get the British mode one or the original but I want that all buttons in feature.

@DarrenLeBlancx 5 жыл бұрын

Dist 2 is like harmonics from tube saturation and Dist 3 is similar to the tape machine.

@siriusfun 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. 2nd order -= even (tube); 3rd = uneven (transformer)

@turtlefeet7722 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful!

@daftdj123 8 жыл бұрын

fail @ 3:40 :)

@zurypanda 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha Spotted!

@vicneve1169 2 жыл бұрын

I am waiting for my 2 units since september. Hoping they will arive soon.🙂

@michaelbennett8981 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if there are issues when pairing a EL8 and EL8X (British mod)?

@bluename4 4 жыл бұрын

is it correct, that the distressor does not have a sidechain feature?

@bluename4 4 жыл бұрын

is the only reason to have two distressors to differentiate left from right sound, or would there be other reasons? if you want symmetrical room sound (lef & right equally), then one distressor for bus-compression is just fine, right?

@conorm2524 4 жыл бұрын

If it's a mono bus then yeah.

@gusdee4844 4 жыл бұрын

You would need 2 unfortunately. If its stereo which the master bus is, then 2. If its used on vocals or drums which are mono then 1.

@bluename4 5 жыл бұрын

Its advisable to use it as bus-compressor in mastering?

@pettaxico Жыл бұрын

You’d need 2 of them since it’s a mono unit

@FamousTVvoice 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Breitling

@ManCalledMif Ай бұрын

11:30 Why would you only use one mono unit? Stereo pair is a minimum

@andym7333 3 жыл бұрын

why is opto mode 10.1 if 2a is actually 3.1

@bluename4 5 жыл бұрын

How would it compare to the "drawmer 1978"?

@merochingon Жыл бұрын

why does no body start showing how to connect a distressor? - what the hell a "floating pin" is or whatever. All I know is, there's a cord and it plugs in. When my Distressor manual says "if you use a single-ended XLR ouput, leave unused pin floating," that might as well be written in the language of Martians. How does one leave an unused pin floating? - Please help.