The other two Detector buttons tailor the sidechain with a high-pass filter (86Hz) to reduce low-frequency triggering, and a bell-shaped boost at 6kHz for catching high-mid peaks such as harshness in vocals and cymbals. The sidechain signal is stereo by default (with a stereo source, obviously), but activating the Link Detector mode sums left and right to mono, for equal gain reduction on both sides. The adjacent HP button activates an 18dB/octave high-pass filter on the output, rolling off everything below 80Hz for low-end control. Raising the Input level overdrives the compressor, and two flavours of distortion are on hand via the Dist 2 and Dist 3 buttons, introducing 2nd or 3rd harmonics for smooth valve- or crunchy tape-style distortion. Shift+Clicking the 10:1 button sets the Attack and Release to 10 and 0 respectively - the recommended settings on the Distressor for emulating classic opto-VCA compressors of old, such as the LA-2A and LA-3A. The 20:1 Ratio is similar to Nuke but with a different knee and linear release.įinally, 10:1 switches to an entirely different circuit, for Opto-style compression. In between those two extremes, the 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 and 6:1 Ratios work to an increasingly steep knee, with 6:1 proving the most ‘general purpose’ of the lot, and 2:1’s exceptionally long knee making it ideal for gentle treatments. FG-Stress can mimic the tone of some of the industry’s most famous compressors like punchy VCAs, fat tube compressors, and vintage opto units. Of these, 2 customers have written no texts or given their feedback in another language. Even 1:1 has an audible effect, introducing beautifully warming distortion while at the other end of the scale, the famous Nuke setting applies energetic brick wall limiting with a logarithmic release. The Slate FG-Stress Compressor plugin is a digital replication of one of the most highly coveted analog compressors, the Empirical Labs Distressor. 2 customers have given this product a 5-star rating.

The Distressor’s exceptionally versatile list of Ratio settings, each with their own threshold and knee shapes, are central to its sound and ‘action’. The FG-Stress is a digital replication of one of the industrys most highly coveted analog compressors, the Empirical Labs Distressor.

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