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Post by tonycamphd on Jun 23, 2014 9:29:24 GMT -6
Can anyone speak to this? i hear it's a good candidate for mod's? don't know anything about it beyond that....  thanx T |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jun 23, 2014 9:32:39 GMT -6
Lot of people like them, I didn't. I had a VLA and a VLA II. I thought they had a cloudy vibe to them and I didn't jive with them. I imagine that some mods could clean it up a little, and someone just posted a thread about modding one here...
'http://realgearonline.com/thread/1545/art-pro-vla-destruction-time
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Post by Ward on Jun 23, 2014 9:36:17 GMT -6
Doesn't Jim Williams do a mod to these that essentially turns them into an LA2a-sih sound alike?
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Post by tonycamphd on Jun 23, 2014 9:56:02 GMT -6
Lot of people like them, I didn't. I had a VLA and a VLA II. I thought they had a cloudy vibe to them and I didn't jive with them. I imagine that some mods could clean it up a little, and someone just posted a thread about modding one here... 'http://realgearonline.com/thread/1545/art-pro-vla-destruction-time thanx Jes, i saw/forgot about that thread(not too much at all on it though), Ward didn't see anything on JW's site, i know generally he likes to stay away from most cheap tube gear. |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jun 23, 2014 10:12:11 GMT -6
I guess when I say that I didn't like it, that's a bit harsh. For me, space is at a premium. If I had a wealth of space, I would have kept one around for when I wanted to give something a bit of a haze. @$200 or so used, it's a good enough inexpensive option to have available, but I don't see them as very flexible or an only comp. type of option. If it would be your only piece of outboard (obviously not for you, but others possible reading), I would opt for a nice plug in over the VLA.
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Post by deehope on Jun 23, 2014 12:19:09 GMT -6
Stock it's really not that bad. I agree that it's a bit cloudy. JJ audio does some serious mods. Broken into the different levels. They even mod the compression circuit so it becomes a lot faster. No longer starved plate. After mods it hangs with anything out there. I'm sure you can do some serious damage Tony.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jun 23, 2014 13:10:34 GMT -6
I've got a stock unit that I still use. I like the way it sounds. Mine sounds pretty clean actually.
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Post by bluesprocket on Jun 24, 2014 5:23:53 GMT -6
It's one of my go to, beat the piss out of something parallel buss compressors stock. I've also found uses for it on bass a number of times.
I've considered modding it a bunch of times, just have never gotten around to it.
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Post by henge on Jun 24, 2014 5:40:02 GMT -6
Stock it's really not that bad. I agree that it's a bit cloudy. JJ audio does some serious mods. Broken into the different levels. They even mod the compression circuit so it becomes a lot faster. No longer starved plate. After mods it hangs with anything out there. I'm sure you can do some serious damage Tony. could probably make a VLA sound like a Fairchild...I'll take six please. |
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Post by gouge on Jun 24, 2014 6:08:00 GMT -6
I've got the vla and like it very much.
the 2 areas where it falls down a little for me is it makes things sound a little bit smaller and it doesn't cope with fast transients real well. put a limiter in front of it or chain ch1 into ch2 and it can sound really smooth.
I have it parked on a parallel vocal buss and think it is brilliant there.
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