Compression has been a vastly discussed subject in the last posts, for it is one of the main and most used tools in audio engineering.
The main goal of the compressor is controlling dynamics, adding “glue” to a certain group of instruments, as well as sometimes adding color and tone, depending on the type of compression being used.
And today, we’ll be having an overview for another of one of the most famous compressors in the industry, and if you attend to a lot of studios, you’ll certainly recognize this one: the Distressor.
Many studios will use two of them at the same time, or at least have two of it sitting there, for it is great sounding when used in stereo buses and masters such as drums and vocal buses.
The Distressor also has a unique behavior when it comes to its use of parameters and choice for dynamics. Going from soft knee settings to optical compression emulation through ratio settings making a squashed sound.
The Distressor also has its unique sound with its addition of saturation and harmonics to the sounds that go through it.
If you’ve already advanced a bit more on the types of compression and its uses in different circumstances, the Distressor is a plug-in that is worth having on your collection whether it is your effects rack or in your DAW as a plug-in.
This video by Creative Sauce does an overview of the Distressor using a plug-in created by Universal Audio which is very similar to the real hardware.
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