Empirical Labs - News and Rumours

Arousor v3: Distressor plug-in gets 2 Opto modes, on sale at USD 70 off

31 Mar · Empirical Labs' compressor plug-in gets 2 new Opto modes, more ratios, second harmonic distortion, and other goodies in version 3.

Softube and Empirical Labs team up for some beautiful plug-ins

23 Feb · Softube has teamed up with Empirical Labs to recreate the Mike-E Comp and Lil FrEQ hardware units as plug-ins. And if you're a Console 1 user, you can have it all in one channel strip.

Empirical Labs launches Big FrEQ – parametric EQ plug-in with analog saturation

15 Oct 2020 · The makers of the legendary Distressor have (kinda) unveiled a new workhorse analogue parametric EQ plug-in with analog saturation. The official launch is coming soon, here's what we know so far.

UAD Software 9.4 is here with Distressor sim and exclusive plug-ins by Softube & Brainworx

16 Nov 2017 · With the latest 9.4 update to its DSP-bound plug-in suite, UAD is introducing new plug-ins from Softube, Brainworx, and Townsend labs, alongside an "exact recreation" of the Empirical Labs Distressor...

Slate finally releases FG-Stress, a licensed Empirical Labs Distressor emulation

26 Sep 2017 · Steven Slate says FG-Stress took the better part of two years to complete - and as usual he ain't hiding his pride in his work. But it is priced a good amount below the competition...

Empirical Labs ‘Arousor’ – the most anticipated plugin this year?

07 May 2016 · As their first ever in-house plugin, hype around this new release has been building for a while now. Now that the demo is available to try, there's certainly mixed feedback as the story continues to unfold.