Softube is continuing its 15 year relationship with Empirical Labs Inc. (ELI) in the form of four new products.
The new launches comprise Mike-E Comp, Lil FrEQ, Trak Pak for Console 1, and the Empirical Labs Complete Collection.
Mike-E Comp, a compressor/saturator with a punchy preamp, is based in part on the ELI Distressor.
Available as an individual native plug-in or as a module in Amp Room, Softube’s guitar and bass platform, Mike-E is designed to make it fun for music-makers to push the limits without harshness.
Mike-E Comp delivers analogue warmth in an uncomplicated, modern interface, with the well known NUKE mode included.
Meanwhile, the manufacturers say that Lil FrEQ is “unique in the world of equalizers for its warm yet extremely punchy retro sound”.
A classic EQ sound in a modern parameter set that features eight processing sections with independent bypass, punchiness galore, and de-essing with a soft knee high-frequency limiter, it's hard to think of a more potent analogue EQ.
There’s no need for a chain of plugins when using an EQ as proficient as Lil FrEQ.
“Trak Pak for Console 1 features a combination of the toasty, fat-sounding Mike-E saturator/compressor and the punchy Lil FrEQ analogue equalizer/de-esser,” say the manufacturers. “It’s an unprecedented product for the Console 1 ecosystem, and the pro audio world in large.”
The resulting channel strip offers the well-regarded Console 1 workflow and the ELI sound in one place.
Empirical Labs Complete Collection offers all the new Empirical Labs + Softube products in one bundle.
The collection of native plugins is modeled and fine-tuned for mixing professionals and recording engineers. It offers the bold compression and saturation of Mike-E Comp, the complex power of the Lil FrEQ equalizer and de-esser, and the punchiest channel strip available for Console 1 in Trak Pak.
Complete Collection brings ELI’s analogue sound into the modern, DAW-based studio.