Empirical Labs Pump 500 Series

The Spirit of a Revered Compressor in a 500 Series Package

Need an excellent compressor but you’re short on rack space? You can “de-stress” by purchasing the Empirical Labs Pump 500 Series Compressor! Channeling the spirit of the company's beloved compressor (you know the one), the Pump packs a mighty punch for such a compact size. It’s got an easy-to-read front plate, with knobs for attack, release, input trim, and output make-up gain, plus a continuously variable attack modification (AtMod) knob for shaping transients. There are also buttons for ratio, bypass, and turning on Saturation Mode - which is where Sweetwater really thinks the Pump shines. Colorful LED indicators also clearly relay information about current ratio and gain reduction, and there’s also a 70Hz HPF plus soft clipper functionality that sounds very musical.

Empirical Labs Pump 500 Series Compressor Features:

• 500 Series compressor that packs a ton of value and sound quality
• Attack settings: 200 microseconds — 50 milliseconds
• Release settings: 50 – 600 milliseconds, plus Opto-style auto release
• Ratios: 2:1. 3:1, 4:1, 6:1, 8:1, 10:1, 12:1, and 20:1
• 5Hz – 175kHz frequency response
• Dynamic range of 125dB max output (0.5% THD germanium diode soft clipping)
• Noise floor of -101dBu with Output set to 0
• Detector HP of 70Hz
• Voltage: +/- 16.5V 100mA