LA AUDIO "classic" black face compressor

castle · 17th December 2005

Does anyone have any experience of the original LA Audio CLASSIC compressor (black faced). It says "a Guy Martin design", and I think it is FET based. I've been getting some really agressive sounds from it - with fast release, the distortion is amazing! Any opinions...?

dave-G · 17th December 2005

My opinion is : it sucks rat doody balls. sell it to me for cheap ...

... It's been probably 17 years since I've even seen one of them, but on that memory -- it's a cool box. Nothing terribly fancy or schmancy, but a good utility compressor that can do a variety of things.

-dave

Bob Ross · 17th December 2005

I haven't used or even seen one since 1996, when I used it as the mix buss comp on an avant-garde/jazz/rock disc I mixed. I remember it being pretty darn okay; not remarkable, nor terrible. I wound up using it because of all the stereo comps I had available that week it struck the best balance between too subtle and not subtle enough.

thethrillfactor · 17th December 2005

One word...boring.

Steffmo · 18th December 2005

I have had one since they came out. Very handy tool, though I have to admit it doesn't get nearly as much use today as it used to. They were about 1200.00 new I think.

Quite a few guys that have come through here who were unfamiliar with it ended up using it quite a bit.

17th December 2005	#1
castle Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 284 Thread Starter	LA AUDIO "classic" black face compressor Does anyone have any experience of the original LA Audio CLASSIC compressor (black faced). It says "a Guy Martin design", and I think it is FET based. I've been getting some really agressive sounds from it - with fast release, the distortion is amazing! Any opinions...?

17th December 2005	#2
dave-G Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,481	My opinion is : it sucks rat doody balls. sell it to me for cheap ... ... It's been probably 17 years since I've even seen one of them, but on that memory -- it's a cool box. Nothing terribly fancy or schmancy, but a good utility compressor that can do a variety of things. -dave __________________ DAVE GREENBERG SONOPOD MASTERING

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Bob Ross Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 2,560	I haven't used or even seen one since 1996, when I used it as the mix buss comp on an avant-garde/jazz/rock disc I mixed. I remember it being pretty darn okay; not remarkable, nor terrible. I wound up using it because of all the stereo comps I had available that week it struck the best balance between too subtle and not subtle enough.

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thethrillfactor Gear Guru Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 14,176	One word...boring.

18th December 2005	#5
Steffmo Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 3,012	I have had one since they came out. Very handy tool, though I have to admit it doesn't get nearly as much use today as it used to. They were about 1200.00 new I think. Quite a few guys that have come through here who were unfamiliar with it ended up using it quite a bit.