Omnipressor

Your Omnipressor Loves You…
Introduced in the early 1970s, the Omnipressor was the first dynamics effects processor of any kind. Originally invented by Eventide’s founder, Richard Factor (and later redesigned for production by Jon Paul), the Omnipressor made a host of effects possible. It featured variable control of all aspects of dynamic modification. It also introduced the notion of the ‘side chain’ and foretold techniques that today we take for granted like ‘look ahead’ processing. One of our first customers was a young Brian May, lead guitarist of Queen. With the Omnipressor in his rig, his sound was never the same again.

Features
Dynamics Processing — capable of creating otherworldly sounds
Dynamic Reversal — the first of its kind, soft signals come out loud and loud signals come out quiet, simulating tape reversal, a near unique attribute of this versatile compressor
Function Control — sets a ratio over a continuous range allowing extreme expansion, to infinite compression, and is even able to push further into dynamic reversal
Variable Control of attack and release time
Variable Control of maximum gain and maximum attenuation
Side Chain allows the level detect of the Omnipressor to be driven by another audio source
Gating — amplitudes of signals that fall below a set threshold are ‘squooshed’
Expansion — widen a signal’s dynamic range, louder gets louder, softer gets softer
Compression offers variable control of compression ratio
Infinite Compression — if you want everything to come out at the same level, this is the feature for you
Limiting — a fast, versatile limiter, useful for maintaining a loud sound
Intuitive Interface — clean and easy to operate
Dozens of presets to help you explore and learn the unique workings of the Omnipressor