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This compressor offers automatic time constants to help to keep things sounding natural, even with plenty of gain reduction. Is it a weapon worth adding to your arsenal of mix tools?


Empirical Labs, purveyors of some of the most versatile compressors around, apply their dynamics expertise to a mic preamp.

Getting precisely the results you want from compressors can often be the key to a tight, modern-sounding mix. We explain what the controls are designed to achieve and how they relate to what you hear.

New from Empirical Labs is the Mike E. It’s a mic preamplifier (not the latest member of the Beastie Boys!) with...

All the smoothness and class youd expect from a vintage Neve compressor — but with the benefit of software recall. Whats not to like?

This may look like a standard compressor, but there's plenty beneath the surface to get excited about.

It's fair to say that Joemeek's optical compressor circuitry has been well tested, having been fitted into many of...

Alongside Drawmer's new digital offerings at the Frankfurt show was the S2: a product that sits firmly in the analogue...

The classy Phoenix rises again — but this time it has been tweaked for the mastering fraternity.

Safe Sound Audio, the independent UK hardware manufacturer whose P1 recording channel we reviewed back in SOS October...

Summit Audio's high-end designs are known for their quality and longevity — so is their new compressor a classic in the making?

This unusual compressor was specifically designed to process complex material, with dedicated bus-compression applications in mind.



This high-end stereo compressor boasts three different flavours of optical compression.


A compressor and front end combining pedigree Drawmer performance with ease of use.