Thanks to the all analog freaks

laddie.music2 · 3rd July 2009, 06:01 AM

Just want to put a thanks to the analog nutcases out there.

I've always been a 'in the box, UAD' guy, believing the rave that this plug and that plug does justice to the original unit.

Anyway, I just picked up a LA2A today with pretty low expectations... ran a vocal track that was loaded with uad plugs, eq plugs, compressors...... and a guitar track, ditto..

ran it out into a warmed up LA2A, turned off allt he UAD plugs.... ran the gain, pulled the peak reduction to about 4-5 db's....
this is now with no EQ btw.... and instant satisfaction.

The vocal and guitar somehow just squeeze back into light.

Anyway, long story short, I spent a lot of time with plugs trying to get 'soemthing', and 5 minutes with a LA2A that i have no experience with and didn't have to even try to get something that sat nicely.

anyways, big thanks to Fletcher, for his inherant blasting of in the box plugins, and anybody else in the same mind set, i'm buying another LA2A soon. This will speed up work incredibly.

Thanks again.

Laddie.

mobius.media · 3rd July 2009, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laddie.music2

Anyway, I just picked up a LA2A today with pretty low expectations... ran a vocal track that was loaded with uad plugs, eq plugs, compressors...... and a guitar track, ditto..

ran it out into a warmed up LA2A, turned off allt he UAD plugs.... ran the gain, pulled the peak reduction to about 4-5 db's....
this is now with no EQ btw.... and instant satisfaction.

The vocal and guitar somehow just squeeze back into light.

Anyway, long story short, I spent a lot of time with plugs trying to get 'soemthing', and 5 minutes with a LA2A that i have no experience with and didn't have to even try to get something that sat nicely.

This is exactly why great outboard rocks. But you may want to pick up an 1176 or something similar before another la2a for diversity.

Storyville · 13th July 2009, 05:54 AM

I have a custom built mic preamp. I run kick drums out to it. Instead of using an eq/comp on my kick drum, I just adjust the gain until I like the sound. Done.

3rd July 2009, 06:01 AM	#1
laddie.music2 Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 194	Thanks to the all analog freaks Just want to put a thanks to the analog nutcases out there. I've always been a 'in the box, UAD' guy, believing the rave that this plug and that plug does justice to the original unit. Anyway, I just picked up a LA2A today with pretty low expectations... ran a vocal track that was loaded with uad plugs, eq plugs, compressors...... and a guitar track, ditto.. ran it out into a warmed up LA2A, turned off allt he UAD plugs.... ran the gain, pulled the peak reduction to about 4-5 db's.... this is now with no EQ btw.... and instant satisfaction. The vocal and guitar somehow just squeeze back into light. Anyway, long story short, I spent a lot of time with plugs trying to get 'soemthing', and 5 minutes with a LA2A that i have no experience with and didn't have to even try to get something that sat nicely. anyways, big thanks to Fletcher, for his inherant blasting of in the box plugins, and anybody else in the same mind set, i'm buying another LA2A soon. This will speed up work incredibly. Thanks again. Laddie.

13th July 2009, 05:54 AM	#3
Storyville Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Philly/New York Posts: 2,248	I have a custom built mic preamp. I run kick drums out to it. Instead of using an eq/comp on my kick drum, I just adjust the gain until I like the sound. Done. __________________ http://www.gearslutz.com/board/rap-h...ng-vocals.html "A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty" - Nadia Boulanger, brought to my attention by RyanC.

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