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Chapter 18: Empirical Labs EL7 FATSO
Tracking
Tracking mode (green and yellow LED) is an 1176 type compressor that is
great for tracking instruments and vocals during the recording process or dur-
ing mixdown.
Spank
Spank mode (red LED) is a radical limiter type compressor that was specifi-
cally designed to emulate the nice squeeze of the older SSL talkback compres-
sors from the 70's & 80's, but with quite a bit of higher fidelity. Note that
Spank's aggressive nature will tend to dominate when combined with any of
the other modes.
FATSO Controls
General notes about FATSO controls are below, followed by a detailed de-
scription of each channel-specific control, the global controls, and the FATSO
SR. controls.
Mono/Stereo
Operation
The FATSO is a two-channel device capable of running in stereo or
dual-mono modes. Controls for both channels can be linked for ease of stereo
operation when both channels require the same values (see
), or unlinked when dual-mono operation is desired.
Each of the channel functions has its own separate group of controls (one set
each for channels 1 and 2). Since the controls for each of the two channels
are identical, they are detailed only once.
Note:
When the FATSO is used in a mono-in/mono-out configuration, the
channel 2 controls have no effect and the LINK parameters (
) are
disabled.
Pushbuttons
All FATSO pushbuttons are momentary. The value of the parameter incre-
ments by one step each time the button is clicked (holding the button down
does not continue to increment the value). The value cycles to the beginning
when the end of the range is reached. Clicking on the control LED indicators
has no effect, with the exception of the LINK parameters (
Tip:
Shift+click any pushbutton to decrement its value by one.