Mike-E from Empirical Labs

[Aearth]

Just got it yesterday to try out, I'll let you all know what it's like. First impression........ very big on headroom.

nIC

[heathen]

Yeah but how does it sound? Headroom is a good start.

[Aearth]

I have had a bit more time on Mike-E and can say it is a great piece of kit . The pre can be clean with a heap of gain but not sterile sounding. With the saturation drive you can add colour to the sound without sounding like a plugin.
The compressor, well it's a Distressor with a bit less control over the attack, release and ratio but basically all the usable setting. Then you have the added feature of the mix knob to give wet/dry of your selection..... very useful.
This is a winner if you want a pre/comp combination. I'll be saving up for one of these.
I only tried it on my vocals so far.

nIC

[geareyes]

Thanks for the heads up Nick! :)

[heathen]

The mix knob is a good idea, cool.