Introduced in the early 1970s, the Eventide Omnipressor was the first dynamics effects processor of any kind. In an authentic emulation of the ‘black-face’ unit from 1974, Eventide’s Omnipressor algorithm features the original gating, expansion, limiting, infinite compression and dynamic reversal, and adds a Mix control and Input/Output Gain.
The Omnipressor plug-in is a faithful emulation of the black-face unit and is popular among leading producers and engineers as a dynamics-modifier with variable expressive controls of all aspects of a signal’s dynamics. The Function control allows setting of compression and expansion ratios over a wide, continuous range from extreme expansion to infinite compression and beyond – dynamic reversal, which reverses a sound’s envelope, making loud sounds quiet and quiet sounds loud.
Invented by Eventide founder, Richard Factor (and later redesigned for production by John Paul), the Omnipresssor made a host of effects possible. It featured variable control of all aspects of dynamic modification. It also introduced the notion of the ‘side chain’ and foretold techniques that today we take for granted like ‘look ahead’ processing.
Key features:
- Variable control of attack and release time.
- Variable control of maximum gain and maximum attenuation.
- Function control sets ratio from extreme expansion to infinite compression and dynamic reversal.
- Gating, Expansion, Infinite compression, Limiting, Dynamic Reversal.
- Intuitive interface with the use of a function dial.
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