
“The Arousor is a compressor plugin without equal! Instantly exciting and instantly musical. There’s no turning back!” – Greg Wells
The Arousor is the only classic knee compressor plugin made by the creators of the Distressor, Empirical Labs. It’s been well over 20 years since Empirical Labs released its first compressor, the Distressor. From those early days on, Empirical Labs has been bombarded with requests for a great compressor plugin for those working in the box… and it had to be one with the creamy sound and ease-of-use of our own award winning hardware compressors. We are sure you will find the 20+ year wait worth it!
Features

Advanced Detector Sidechain
Dial in exactly where you want the compression to trigger with 2 bands of sidechain EQ. This advanced detector sidechain EQ expands both of the preset detection filter circuits on the Distressor into a controllable hi-pass and parametric sidechain. Control the exact point on the frequency spectrum where you want compression to be triggered without losing any low-end.

Rivet Mode
Get maximum gain reduction with the Rivet mode along with all of the ratios you know and love from the Distressor. Modeled after the Distressor’s Nuke Ratio, Rivet provides the steepest compression ratio a compressor plugin can provide to slam room mics and more.

Attack Modification
Fine tune the attack curve of the compression envelope with AtMod. The attack modification knob slows down the initial slope of the attack envelope to add just a little bit more of the transient back into the track. Whether it’s to get a little bit more snap on the snare track or more thump on the electric bass, the AtMod will let the transients through without losing your desired amount of compression.

Colorful Saturation
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Own It
Buy the Arousor on our store.
• When you purchase the Arousor from our online store you get 1 license with 2 activations when you redeem your activation code.
• Get free upgrades and support.
• An iLok USB Generation 2 or higher is required to use the Arousor.
$199.00
Subscribe
Pay Monthly or Annually.
• Subscription services are provided by Gobbler.
• When you subscribe, Gobbler will provide you one Subscription license.
• An iLok USB Generation 2 or higher is required to use the Arousor.
$4.99/month or $49.99/year
Hear the Difference
↳ Drums - Dry
↳ Drums - Default Preset (5-8 dB Gain Reduction)
↳ Drums - PUMMELED KIK SN Preset (10-15 dB Gain Reduction)
↳ Drums - RIVET EXTREME Preset (20 dB Gain Reduction)
↳ Drums - RIVET EXTREME Preset (Blend set to 2)
↳ Drums - Only Saturation (Soft Clipper set to 8)
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FAQs
Yes and no. The Arousor is more of an evolution of the Distressor than it is an emulation because it has much more advanced features like the AttMod and the Soft Clipper.
Upgrades are free! All you have to download the newest version from the downloads page and install it.