I have NOT EVER gotten a vocal sent to me that wasn't mixed using The CL-76 compression plugin (or the outboard gear). They are good for what they are and will always be a pretty decent and 100% worth it if you do have a Universal Audio interface but EVERY studio in the country uses Waves.
Like so many other UAD emulations, it’s utterly convincing, feeling and sounding as close as it’s surely possible to get to the real deal in software, whether used for tracking in the UAD Console or mixing in a DAW.LMAO this guy!!! I have worked with some of the biggest names in the industry and literally just a week ago got a song with a pre-mixed vocal sent to me for another artist and guess what? Out of the 12 plugins the professional studio used to mix his vocals, 10 of them were Waves plugins. Still, in every other regard, EL8 Distressor is a blinder. This apes the ‘all ratio buttons in’ mode of the Urei 1176 (one of the several vintage compressors that informed the design of the Distressor), for extra impact and aggression, and its omission here is a downer. It’s odd, then, that the “Brit” mode of the EL8X hardware model isn’t also featured. No doubt about it, Universal Audio has successfully captured every nuance and wrinkle of the hardware, right down to the mono Linked “dead patch” behaviour.
Perhaps that one should be viewed as the next generation of Distressor.Īs one would hope, given Derr’s unbridled praise of it, EL8 Distressor comprehensively nails that familiar sound and response, from the gentle lower ratios, through the versatile middle settings to the characterful Opto and crushing Nuke. It adds a few new features to the Distressor core, including the brilliant Attack Modification parameter and variable soft clipping, but feels rather less like the hardware because of it. If you’re not, you’ll need to factor in at a minimum of £590 on top of the price of the plugin.įor those who prefer to keep things native, FG-Stress runs in Slate Digital’s Virtual Mix Rack plugin and stands as a cheaper but near-indistinguishable-in-the-mix alternative.Īrousor is now a bit of a puzzler. assuming, of course, you’re packing the necessary DSP hardware: an Apollo or UAD-2 interface. With three truly excellent Distressor plugins now available, how does the hapless in-the-box producer choose between them?įirst of all, we can emphatically state that if 100% flawless emulation is your primary concern, UA’s EL8 Distressor is the one to go for.
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