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Technology for the Artist
Page 1: ...1 USERS MANUAL FULL ANALOG TAPE SIMULATOR OPTIMIZER WITH KNEE COMPRESSOR FATSO EL7x empiricallabs com Technology for the Artist ...
Page 2: ...atable EQ Compressor Saturator Instrument Preamp UA FATSO Plugin Acclaimed emulation of our FATSO from Universal Audio UPGRADES There are several elements inside the FATSO which were designed to be modifiable Empirical Labs may release information and hardware options that will allow owners to alter the curves and other important performance parameters of their FATSO Most of these modifiable eleme...
Page 3: ...nsive and often flaky analog tape recorders to get the warmth and sweet high end they ve come to rely on for so many decades Owners of modern digital recorders can finally put a stop to complaints about the coldness and brittle edge of their mixes and instruments with the rounded and musically non linear elements of vintage analog Audiophiles can bring back the warmth and cuddly sound of LP s and ...
Page 4: ...he Red LED in the compressor area This is a pretty safe LN1176 type knee compressor with a pretty quick attack and release That might be all you need Using up to 10 dB of compression should be fine with really dynamic vocs during tracking The BUSS is almost invisible on vocals unless you get over 5dB on peaks It starts to saturate over 5 7 dB of compression Alternately you can try ELEVEN which is ...
Page 5: ..._________________________________________________________ Write in the Input and Output levels inside the Knobs and color in any LED s that are lit to indicate section status SPANK TRACK SPANK COMP Warmth POWER T U P T U O T U P N I TRACK ELEVEN BUSS 20 15 10 7 5 3 2 1 15 12 10 5 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 5 1 3 5 10 12 COMP 20 15 10 7 5 ELEVEN BUSS 7 1 2 3 6 5 4 3 2 1 Warmth OUTPUT INPUT 1 Ch1 Ch2 2...
Page 6: ...d what the tracks will allow But for over the top treatment try SPANK The SPANK is not the NUKE of the Distressor yet it can add some of the same sustain and intense size to it The bargraph can be run right offscale withthe SPANK type compressor and still be a very useful sound Fifteen to twenty dB of compression is starting to have that John Bonham thing that the Distressor can do Watch over heat...
Page 7: ...wn In Out Comp Lim External Link Amp Dif EXAMPLE SETTINGS part 3 way of vocals because the upper spiky harmonics are flattened a bit When you are dealing with an occasional peaky guitar where certain chords or notes take your head off the dynamic action of the WARMTH control can be very useful Don t overdue this though especially while tracking To smooth out solos try the Tracking compressor with ...
Page 8: ...lect the desired voltage by sliding the switch until it indicates that voltage and you re done Replace cover and screws BASIC WIRING Wiring is straightforward Connect AC line cord to 3 prong jack plug in XLR or phone plug ins and outs and you re wired The phone and XLR Input jacks are differential At the output only the XLR is differential balanced The output phone jack tip is wired to pin 2 of th...
Page 9: ...n Jackson Browne Susan Tedeschi Etta James et al Best new Signal Processor EQ AES Awards Empirical Labs FATSO took this category despite the introduction of a variety of cool new processors Who can resist the best aspects of analog tape combined with great compression EQ Magazine The winner of the highly coveted I m going to write you a check right after the show award was picked up by Empirical L...
