WORKING CONDITION: Excellent. This EL7 sounds great, and each channel's compression ballistics are evenly matched. The meters and LED's all work at lightning speed due to the digital monitoring of the analog signal path. This is a must for modern 2-Buss Limiting. 

PHYSICAL CONDITION: Very Good. There are some blemishes on the top rim from being racked, but the face of the unit looks great. The knobs, buttons, meters, and iO jacks are all in excellent condition. 

INVENTORY #59885

BRAND: Empirical Labs 

MODEL: EL7 Fatso Jr. 

FUNCTION: Pro Audio Compressor

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This listing is for an Empirical Labs EL7 Fatso Jr. Rackmount 2ch Analog Tape Simulator Saturator Compressor. The Empirical Labs EL7 Fatso Jr. is a celebrated, digitally controlled two-channel analog tape simulator, saturator, and compressor designed to bring the warmth, thickness, and soft-clipping characteristics of vintage analog tape and class-A electronics to modern digital recordings. The name FATSO stands for Full Analog Tape Simulator and Optimizer. It processes audio through four distinct, non-linear stages to tame harsh digital transients and add pleasing harmonic density.

SPECS:

• Serial # 1780
• Attack Range: 1 ms to 200 ms (determined dynamically by the selected compressor preset)
• Release Range: 0.05 seconds to 3.5 seconds
• Note: Attack and release curves are fixed and optimized automatically based on the compression type selected (Buss, General Purpose, Tracking, or Spank)
• Harmonic Generation & Soft Clipping: Emulates the sweet distortion of saturated magnetic tape and vacuum tubes, smoothing out peak levels and increasing the perceived loudness of a track without clipping.
• High-Frequency Saturation ("Warmth"): A dynamic high-frequency limiter that softens the aggressive "brittleness" or "glassiness" often found in digital audio. It simulates how tape loses high-frequency response as it saturates.
• Transformer Emulation ("Tranny"): Emulates the low-frequency saturation behavior of classic audio transformers and tape heads. It adds low-end harmonics that help bass frequencies remain audible even on smaller speakers like laptop monitors or earbuds.
• Classic Knee Compression: Includes four fixed compression curves designed for flexibility, ranging from subtle mix bus leveling (BUSS) to a highly aggressive, punchy limiter (SPANK) modeled after vintage hardware.

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED:  Includes a power cord only. 

UNPACKAGED WEIGHT: 10 lbs.

UNPACKAGED DIMENSIONS: 19" x 2" x 12"