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From: HKC on 6 Jul 2008 13:07
I am looking for a really great vocal compressor and after some researching
there seem to be a lot of people who like the LA2A a lot. My problem is that
I occasionally record more than one vocal at the time so I will have to get
two which is quite expensive. That's why I wonder if anybody has any
experience with the 2-LA-2, not an exact copy but not far from it (according
to Universal who call it a Classic reborn much like the Drawmer 1969).
I will mainly use it after my Grace m201.


From: Ian Thompson-Bell on 7 Jul 2008 04:48
HKC wrote:
> I am looking for a really great vocal compressor and after some researching
> there seem to be a lot of people who like the LA2A a lot. My problem is that
> I occasionally record more than one vocal at the time so I will have to get
> two which is quite expensive. That's why I wonder if anybody has any
> experience with the 2-LA-2, not an exact copy but not far from it (according
> to Universal who call it a Classic reborn much like the Drawmer 1969).
> I will mainly use it after my Grace m201.
>
>

You can still use a single LA2A. Just record the vocals dry then bounce
each one via the LA2A.

Cheers

Ian
From: DavidDSlevin on 7 Jul 2008 05:05

I like the Summit TLA 100 for vocals. They say it's similar to the
LA2A but a little smoother. It's only a single channel too.
The Distressor is pretty useful aswell.
It depends on what you are recording to. I sometimes use a DBX 902 as
a "technical" compressor when recording. It works well and doesn't
have too much of a sound to it. Then I'll use something a afterwards
as an effect compressor, like the LA2A etc.

The Urei 1178 might be something worth looking at for a 2 channel job.

From: Laurence Payne on 7 Jul 2008 05:52
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:07:45 +0200, "HKC" <henrikkrogh(a)mail.dk> wrote:

>I am looking for a really great vocal compressor and after some researching
>there seem to be a lot of people who like the LA2A a lot. My problem is that
>I occasionally record more than one vocal at the time so I will have to get
>two which is quite expensive.

Assuming you're recording to a digital system, you don't have to apply
compression while tracking.
From: HKC on 7 Jul 2008 09:08
Assuming you're recording to a digital system, you don't have to apply
compression while tracking.


Very true but I do think that the compressor adds something very positive to
the sound that I find plugins are lacking. I have most of the high end
plugins so I don't think it's a matter of using different plugins.
Also, I like to record, if possible, with a sound that sits well with the
rest so I only need to touch up the tracks with slight use of digital eq,
compression etc.
I record many bands where my work mainly is to capture the band and it's
just so much easier if everything sounds great at the stage of recording.
If I do pre-production I almost always record without anything but a preamp
to have maximum control while trying to figure out how the particular song
is going to sound.
Anyway, there seem to be no response to the 2-LA-2. Is it because noone has
tried it or because noone likes it. Reviews on it are very (very, very,
very) positive and desciptions of the sound is "silky smooth" which is what
I'm after but I would like to hear some first hand impressions if there are
any.
I have quite a few compressors already but not that kind of thing. I have a
TLA Indigo Channel strip, a Drawmer 1969, an Art, a Joe Meek VC1 and a few
more but the first three are very rock'n'roll which is fine for some stuff
but not always. Joe Meek is also nice but is in mono and like I wrote in the
original mail I am looking for a stereo unit that can be used as two mono
units.
From what I have the read the Urei 1178 or the Universal 1176 have more grit
than the 2-LA-2 which is why I lean towards the later (I have plenty of grit
already having started out in th 90s where everything was distorted). On top
of that it's my understanding that the 1178 is more of a stereo unit than
two monos having shared attack and ratio.
The Summit TLA 100, is that the same as the one called TLA 100A. It's a lot
cheaper than the Universal, almost half price. If it's just as good then
it's very interesting.


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