ビデオレビュー:UA LA 2A対NI Softube VC 2Aとの銃撃戦

Both the Universal Audio LA 2A and NI's Softube VC 2A are modelled on the original LA2A hardware compressor. Paul Bissell puts both to the test in this video review shootout.  
The VC 2A and LA 2A stack up very well against each other.

VC 2AとLA 2Aは、お互いに非常によく積み重ねる。


の所有者は、毎日のユーザーとしてユニバーサルオーディオLA610マイクプリ (610マイクプリ、LA2Aコンプレッサーコンボ)私は私の頭の中でうまく根付いLA2A音を持っている。私はまた、最初の呼び出し行くには多くのボーカルチェーンのようなプラグインはUAD LA2Aを持っている。ネイティブ(非ハードウェアアクセラレーション)バージョンをリリースNative Instruments社とSoftubeと、私はそれは、ハードウェア、及びユニバーサルオーディオ独自のデジタルエミュレーションの両方で比較する方法を見て熱望していた。

UAがオリジナルのユニットへのLA2Aエミュレーションが完全に忠実に保つのに対し、Softubeは、いくつかの追加機能を追加しました。 VC 2A(VC =ヴィンテージコンプレッサー)、パラレル·コンプレッション、ダッキングやエフェクトのためのサイドチェイン回路、および検出回路でハイパスフィルタを可能にミックス/ブレンドコントロールが含まれています。これは、低周波数に悪影響反応からコンプレッサーを保持します。


積み重ね - LA2AとVC2Aを

それでは、どのようSoftubeエミュレーションが積み重ねたのですか?本当に、本当によく。どちらもあなたにそのサウンドを取得します。あなたが見て、以下の二つの間でオーディオ撃ち合いに耳を傾け、あなた自身が判断することができます。しかし、あなたが心に留めておくために必要なものがいくつかあります。いいえ、元の2つのハードウェアLA2Asはこれまでとまったく同じになるだろうされていません。ハードウェアユニットが異なる場合したがって、その後エミュやプラグインモデル化も同様に異なるものとしている、と正確にケースここに厥。


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Discussion

shiftjam
Hi paul,

What about the waves plugin? I think is waves cal 2a?

I know the topic is little sensitive and depending on such factors as taste, sound... And asking which one is the best might sound a little bit strange, but which one you would pick?

How does the waves compare with the others?

Best regards,
Leonard
Paul Bissell
Hi Leonard,
The simple answer is that I don't have the Waves version :)
I just did a quite Google search for "UAD Waves LA2A" and I see many. many posts about this already. Softube and NI are pretty much new comers, and so to be honest, I thought it would 'sound like a compressor' and that would be that. I was surprised how it captured the vibe - which is what you want in the end - well, what I want at least. The polarity invert / sum to cancel thing was just to give some kind of objective measure to my subjective opinion.
There are quite a few LA2A emulations - or at least plug-ins that compress and put a "two knobbed, simple silver interface" on the front. Therefore, the comparisons and shootouts could go on and on.

I don't mean to push back on your question, but honestly, the term "best" is one that is completely contextual, and since the context is so different in every song it is pretty much impossible to quantify.
The LA2A does 'that thing' which could be characterized as a smooth, silky, and warm - BUT it also exacerbates sibilance in vocals and leads to a front end bump that can be so "wrong" in many situations. A fast attack 1176 wouldn't have those same issues - but would have its own.

My article was written to say that these plug-ins by Softube/NI that come as a part of the larger Komplete 9 Ultimate package (which is mostly about sample instruments - not plug-ins!) are of similar quality to those of UAD - who in this case also make the hardware units of this model. Waves is native as well so that would be another kind of shootout I guess, and then there are the CLA versions which have their own thing...Bombfactory.....etc

Paul Bissell

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