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Slate FG-Stress Is Here (At Last!) – A Licensed Distressor Plugin For The Masses

Fab, September 25, 2017January 3, 2018


Slate and Distressor fans rejoice. Steven Slate just announced that the FG-Stress, a licensed digital replica of the Empirical Labs Distressor, is finally available (yep, this time it’s for real!)

The FG-Stress replicates every aspect of the iconic hardware including its unique capabilities to model other famous hardware compressors.

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Everything Bundle Members can download the FG-Stress right now. If you are not an Everything Bundle Member, there is a sale right now!

Buy a year up front and get two months FREE, so only $149 for over 25 plugins! Sale Ends Sunday.

If you want to buy FG-Stress, the normal price is $249 but the intro price is $199.

Alternative Options
Arousor, from Empirical Labs (the makers of the original Distressor), is a software plugin that emulates (and expands) the features of their classic hardware unit. Regular price $299 (ouch!), currently on sale for $224. Now it’s also available with a subscription plan for $5 a month, or $50 a year.

If you’re broke or you would just like to be in the ballpark, check out the Pensadia SOR8 ($29) or SKnote Disto ($39.99), a sort of Distressor meets Fatso emulation.

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