Frank Ernould: "Mild settings make the mpressor be a well-behaved, efficient and transparent compressor, able to control the most tormented signals without being noticed. Tickle it a bit too much […] and you will reveal the beast within, turning an acoustic snare drum into an 8-bit drum-machine-snare, a GarageBand loop into a heavy-weight-beat."
Fritz Fey: "The mpressor is […] an absolutely unique design that outranges by far the limits of conventional concepts. The complete circuitry layout is a true original. No matter if it is used for tracking or as a buss compressor or maybe even for mastering applications – the mpressor holds all the aces. Hats off!"
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Hannes Bieger: "If you are interested in a 'modern' all-round compressor that can also turn into a creative sound monster by all means, the mpressor is for you. Not only does it cover the 'standards', but it shines as a loud-maker and convinces with its spectacular sound effects that partly have never been heard before."
Simon Tillbrook: "The elysia mpressor turned out to be quite an eye opener. This is far more than just another compressor with a few clever bits, this is a high-end sonically stunning and highly creative device, and the more time you have with the elysia mpressor the more you will understand and the harder it will be to let it go."
Michael Nötges: "Analog does not necessarily mean vintage: because of its innovative features, the mpressor is as modern as it is state of the art concerning its concept and construction. It sounds excellent and leaves nothing to be desired in terms of flexible dynamics processing and fancy sound design."
Hillel Resner/Karen Dunn: "24th Annual Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards - elysia mpressor nominated for outstanding technical achievement in the category of signal processing technology/hardware. Presented by the Mix Foundation for excellence in audio in recognition of the outstanding achievement in the professional audio industry."
Joel Hamilton: "I can't recommend the mpressor highly enough. It truly is a glimpse at the future of compressors, and even fifty years from now I am not sure we will see an all-analog box that can do all the amazing things the mpressor can do… unless the geniuses at elysia figure out a way to outdo themselves."
Stephan Kirschner: "The mpressor gives studio work a creative push and invites to experiment. […] The unit takes a little bit of practice in order to understand all of its new possibilities, but all the more light bulb moments you will encounter. The mpressor opens will inspire anybody from the experimental electronic musician to the classic rock engineer."
Hagen Fin: "The sound of the mpressor is an explicit antipode to clean digital compressors. Here the correlations between amplitude modulation and THD virtually seem to jump into your face, with the bottom line that everything simply sounds much more alive than a digital emulation. Extraordinary! A must-have item…"
