视频回顾:UA LA 2A与NI Softube VC 2A大战

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和LA 2A栈很好的互相反对。


作为通用音响LA610话筒前置放大器 (610麦克风前置压缩机组合LA2A),雇主和日常用户我有LA2A的声音在我脑海中根深蒂固。我也有UAD的LA2A的插件作为一个第一次调用在许多声乐链。随着Native Instruments公司Softube的释放原生(非硬件加速)版本,我渴望看到它是如何与硬件和通用音频的数字仿真比较。

而UA保持其LA2A仿真,完全忠实于原单位,Softube增加了一些额外的功能。 VC 2A(VC =老式压缩机),包括允许并行压缩,侧链电路为回避或影响,探测器电路和高通滤波器的组合/混合控制。这使压缩机低频不利反应。


堆叠 - LA2A和VC2A

所以怎么的Softube仿真叠起来吗?真的,真的很好。他们都将让你的声音。你可以看和听下面的两个音频之间的枪战中,使自己的判断。但也有一对夫妇的事情,你需要牢记。原来没有两个硬件LA2As的中曾经将是完全相同的。因此,如果硬件的单位是不同的,那么模拟或建模插件的将是不同的,以及,那正是这里的情况。


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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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