Arousor™ is the only Distressor plugin created by the very creators of Distressor, Empirical Labs Inc. It’s been over 20 years since Empirical Labs released their first compressor, The Distressor. Since then, Empirical Labs has been inundated with requests for a great compressor plugin for those who work with the box… and it had to be with the creamy sound and ease of use of our own award-winning hardware compressors. We are sure that 20+ years of waiting is worth it!