The Empirical Labs Distressor EL8 allows for digitally controlled Knee analog compression. The Empirical Labs Distressor EL8 is equipped with 8 dynamic curves, ranging from 1:1 mode, which simply heats up the signal, to 'Nuke' mode, a limiting 'brick wall' curve perfect when microphoning the battery. There are also 3 different signal coloring modes: Distort normal, Distort 2 and Distort 3. There are also 2 high-pass filters
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