Empirical Labs Fatso EL7x User Manual

Empirical Labs Fatso EL7x User Manual

Full analog tape simulator & optimizer with knee compressor

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FATSO
USERS MANUAL
F
ULL
A
NALOG
T
APE
S
IMULATOR &
O
PTIMIZER
WITH KNEE COMPRESSOR
EL7x
Technology for the Artist
empiricallabs.com
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  • Page 1 FATSO EL7x USERS MANUAL NALOG IMULATOR & PTIMIZER WITH KNEE COMPRESSOR Technology for the Artist empiricallabs.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WARRANTY AND FACTORY SERVICE This Empirical Labs Inc. product is covered by a limited warranty covering full parts and labor for 3 years TABLE OF CONTENTS from the purchase date. The warranty is only effective if the owner has returned his or her warranty card.
  • Page 3: What Is The Fatso

    SWITCHABLE 115/230 VOLT OPERATION - Extra fuse provided inside unit. �� just about every modern instrument and vocal track, as well as on the overall buss. And it’s Empirical Labs Compression - smooth, warm and in your face. See the compression guide on page 11 for description of the 4 compressor types.
  • Page 4: Example Settings

    (Using the first time on Vocals, Continued) VOCALS - There are so many ways to use FATSO here. During tracking, the initial recording of a source, try the Tracking Try the Warmth control for less subtle high end softening. This circuit is a unique dynamic filter not too far removed Compressor which lights the Red LED in the compressor area.
  • Page 5 FATSO EL7X R ECALL SHEET FATSO Recall Sheet Warmth INPUT Warmth OUTPUT POWER BUSS BUSS ELEVEN SPANK ELEVEN SPANK TRACK TRACK COMP COMP Track/Inst ____________________________________ Session/Song _______________________________________ Date _____________ Notes: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Warmth INPUT Warmth OUTPUT POWER BUSS BUSS ELEVEN SPANK...
  • Page 6: Section Details

    SECTION DETAILS the way of vocals because the upper, spiky, harmonics are flattened a bit. When you are dealing with an occasional peaky guitar where certain chords or notes take your head off, the dynamic action of the WARMTH control can be very useful. Don’t overdue this though, especially while tracking.
  • Page 7: The Tranny

    EXAMPLE SETTINGS (part 3) The TRANNY SATURATION AND DISTORTION GENERATOR THE TRANNY way of vocals because the upper, spiky, harmonics are flattened a bit. When you are dealing with an The old, sought after vintage gear is not anywhere near as accurate (or linear) as devices made today, but certain “faults” or The TRANNY is short for transformer.
  • Page 8: Pet Tricks

    BASIC WIRING TROUBLESHOOTING Wiring is straightforward. Connect AC line cord to 3 prong jack, plug in XLR or phone plug ins and outs, and you’re wired. UNIT FORGETS WHERE IT WAS WHEN POWER WAS SHUT OFF – Older units used a Non-Volatile memory cap that The phone and XLR Input jacks are differential.
  • Page 9 Ed Cherney “I finally got to hear Empirical Labs’ Lil FrEQ, a monster that will destroy the way you think about EQ. This single-channel unit has two shelving bands, tunable low cut, four parametric bands, dynamic EQ for de-essing and direct box input—all noiseless and distortion free.

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