Versatile pieces of hardware are trendy these days, with microphone preamps being no exception. Following that trend is Empirical Labs Mike-E, and these units are now shipping.
We check out the DerrEsser by Empirical Labs at Summer NAMM 2008. It gets rid of so much "s" that the National Alphabet Society is thinking of removing the letter from the English language completely.
Dave Derr of Empirical Labs shows off the ELQ Lil FrEQ, a 1-U rack equalizer that packs plenty of features, including a high pass filter, high and low shelving EQs, four bands of parametric EQ, and a dynamic EQ (for de-essing...
Dave Derr of Empirical Labs gives up the goods on the EL7 Fatso, a digitally-controlled analog tone machine that, despite its name, fits comfortably into one thin rack space. The Fatso is difficult to categorize, but it offers...
Who better to demonstrate the EL8 Distressor than the guy who invented it, Dave Derr of Empirical Labs? The Distressor is a digitally-controlled compressor with an analog signal path that leans toward musicality rather than...