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Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
Modern Plugins Updated to 3.35! (up from 3.27) http://antress.webng.com/ I quickly tried the Distressor and so far I like it. So I'm sharing. I tried it on some Hip-Hop drums (East Coast style) and Rnb/Pop drums I was able to dial in something I liked on the HipHop kit. It sounded gritty and well controlled. Nice vibe I thought. But for me I really like to be above 30ms on the attack (10ms is the highest it goes) when compressing most drums in the style that I produce. I bet parallel compression on drums with this will sound good. I haven't tried vocals and bass yet. Be curious to hear what ya'll are hearing with this one . He's also updated his DBX160. Peace.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/11 15:51:55
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hey they look good so i guess Ill give them a try
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/11 19:25:07
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I wonder why they didn't use the controls that are actually on a real Distressor. Drive knob? wtf. I guess you can't knock it since it's free. Just seems kind of silly to call it an emu when it only has 1/4 of the functions that the original has.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/11 19:30:02
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Great, I have been waiting to see this in a plugin.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 06:44:32
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 06:51:28
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The link isn't working this morning...I use alot of the antress Modern plugs...Great value for the price! 
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 08:32:27
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Hey Papa. If the site goes down again and you want these plugs let me know. I downloaded v3.35 yesterday and saved the zip.files just in case.
I'll put them up on Rapidshare if needed.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 09:21:50
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Mike,
It would great of you to upload them for me! Thanks!!
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 11:02:34
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Yeah, thanks for the heads up on this one Chrisma! Link is still down though :(
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 11:18:51
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I just got in and downloaded so it's up again.
Jon
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/12 21:57:42
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The distressor is such a popular compressor I've always wondered why Waves and/or UAD hadn't come up with an emulation of some type. I'll mess with this one when I have time - but my experience with these is that they aren't really all that close to what they are emulating (their Neve stuff is wayyyy off...). Not that it really matters - if it sounds good to you, then so be it. But IMHO, I haven't heard anything of theirs that compares in quality to what I already have with Waves or UAD. As others have said though - can't beat them for the price.  As for the ~50MB file - that's how big the zip is that is inside the .rar, uncompressed. Grab the .rar file - it's the same thing.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/13 00:19:10
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I bought this after trying the demo and it's definitely my goto plug for drums and/or parallel drums. Just a great punch. Probably the best plugin I've heard for this and I've almost heard 'em all. Almost hardware-ish. JMHO, but I love this plug! ORIGINAL: fr4ncesco
from a few comments I've read, the otiumFX Compadre should have some Distressor character
http://www.otiumfx.com/compadre.php
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/13 07:39:28
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Thanks, Mike!
I was eventually able to get the antress site to load but you're a champ for helping out!
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/13 09:00:37
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ORIGINAL: KenJr
The distressor is such a popular compressor I've always wondered why Waves and/or UAD hadn't come up with an emulation of some type. I'll mess with this one when I have time - but my experience with these is that they aren't really all that close to what they are emulating (their Neve stuff is wayyyy off...). Not that it really matters - if it sounds good to you, then so be it. But IMHO, I haven't heard anything of theirs that compares in quality to what I already have with Waves or UAD. As others have said though - can't beat them for the price.
As for the ~50MB file - that's how big the zip is that is inside the .rar, uncompressed. Grab the .rar file - it's the same thing.
Agree. Great for the price... but they don't measure up. I'll stick with UAD, Waves, and the hardware they emulate. I've removed them from my DAW.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/13 12:14:16
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I am addicted to the distressor model on the focusrite liquidmix
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/14 02:57:44
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as the owner of a pair of distressors I'll be curious to see.
I think that if it sounds good it is good - which is different than pitching something as an emulation. Dave Derr is considered an audio hardware/software genius being the founder of empirical labs, and having been on of the designers of the famed eventide H3000.
speaking of the H3000, other the TDM only software and SoundToys (from another set of Eventide defectors), anybody got a heads up on where else to get those sounds/effects? I used to use the classic GRM tools - using the delay and mod effects could get you close - but there's just some stuff you can't seem to get close to without those boxes.
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RE: Distressor® Emulator VST From Modern Plugins
2008/07/14 10:51:37
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A lil hint about this compressor: The attack and release work as indicated so set them where you like first. Then crank the output up to about 7 or so. Next adjust the input to taste. The more input you give it the more compression you'll hear. T.
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