[HandCrafted Lab]

Originally Posted by filltrate

Oh boy! i just got my HCL Solution stereo compressor earlier today and this thing sounds GREAT !!!!as soon as i got it i rushed to the studio and pluged it in just to make sure the thing would work. I put up a beat we had tracked yesterday and ran the compressor across the stereo buss just to hear what it would do. at first i had it so it wouldnt compress at all (peak Reduction and ratio all the way down) i brought up the input gain meters begin moving and... SIGNAL!!! .....

stike

... and HOLY S*HIT the mix get's this really nice harmonic tone on both lo and hi ends i look over at my assistant and his jaw is on the floor .....

....im more about the sound and i have no complains about that. Also if you really smash it with all knobs all the way up it just craps out, not a plesant sound. but then again most gear doesn't sound good when completely overloaded....

...I changed the insert to my new S2 compressor without the producer knowing. He came into the studio at 6pm as always and begins making a beat... his Mpc is bangin drumz hard, he get a nice little piano riff going, he grabs his bass and begins to play... He looks over to me stops the beat and ask's.. "What did you do to the bass ?" i respond "Why whats wrong ?". He says "nothings wrong it just sonds big & PHATT " i smile and show him "the handbuilt compressor from the Ukraine" ive been telling him about this whole month. He smiles back gives me a thumbs up and proceeds to trun the beat as loud as possible.

He-he....I would recommend such experiment before final tracking directly and with photo or video camera :-))

So overall im very pleased with my purchase its got a great sound with its own characteristics. I also compared it to an LA2a and it sounds some what similar. ...

... It seems the S2 is just cleaner sounding but if you want you can get some real grit and tone out of it. I think im falling in love. can't wait to hear their mic ....

Well, Oscar, we glad that device impress you and I sure that it will
stimulate you for new creative ideas in tracking,mixing and at all

Originally Posted by azzzy

Oh man! I can't wait for mine! It's being made as we speak.

Ha-ha, device has been sent today! With 1 May from Maidan, dear Azzzy

Considering the HCL Solution is just over a grand for 2(!) channels and LA2A is close to $3K for 1 channel, that's a hell of a deal. For the price of 1 channel of LA2A you can get 4 channels of HCL S2!

You want one more Leveller?

I also ordered the mic - it's actually already been shipped. Any day now. It would be interesting to hear your feedback on the mic. Your credentials are very impressive. It would be super cool to find out that an HCL leveller or mic (or both) were used on the next Janet Jackson or Christina Aguillera hit. Please do tell if that happens!

Hmm... btw... hey guys... may be, you will able to collaborate?Really... Azzzy is not bad compouser,guitar/bass player and singer. (we shall be in a share (small)he-he....
So... meanwhile, you can inform all public and each other just now here - Oscar about leveller, Azzzy about mic........ ;-)

Well, Azzzy gear before and after -