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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 10, 2014 8:47:53 GMT -6
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Post by swurveman on Jul 10, 2014 9:06:35 GMT -6
Yeah - I'm not totally sold on using it on vocals...Love the way it compresses, but tends to add a little mid forwardness. Maybe in small doses... I just bought my LA-2A and 1176 so this may be premature, but I am finding the 1176 more difficult than the LA-2A when it comes to vocals. The LA-2A seems magical in its ability to smoothly control the level with no pumping. The 1176 is harder to dial in- I tend to either get transient peaky vocals or pumping- but I probably need to work with it more. I love Tom Petty's vocals, which apparently are compressed by the 1176, and they are warm and controlled. So, it can be done. |
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Post by littlesicily on Jul 10, 2014 9:21:29 GMT -6
Yeah - I'm not totally sold on using it on vocals...Love the way it compresses, but tends to add a little mid forwardness. Maybe in small doses... I just bought my LA-2A and 1176 so this may be premature, but I am finding the 1176 more difficult than the LA-2A when it comes to vocals. The LA-2A seems magical in its ability to smoothly control the level with no pumping. The 1176 is harder to dial in- I tend to either get transient peaky vocals or pumping- but I probably need to work with it more. I love Tom Petty's vocals, which apparently are compressed by the 1176, and they are warm and controlled. So, it can be done. 1176 was tricky at first on a vocal… don't worry too much about the meter…it'll seem like it's doing nothing or too much…try this on a vocal 4:1 attack 1-2 release 6-7 max GR on loud section 8-10db I track half my vocals with an 1176 (now Splice). |
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Post by Ward on Jul 10, 2014 10:15:00 GMT -6
Yes, @johnkenn and jimwilliams are two of a kind... neither one of them has a single opinion on a single topic! That's @ admin to you, Plebe... Ave Ceasar |
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Post by winetree on Jul 10, 2014 11:47:12 GMT -6
If you just bought both, LA-2A and 1176,
I think the trick is to run the output of the LA2A into the 1176, or vise versa, don't remember.
That way, each one's compressing half as much, and smoothing out the other.
Couldn't really give you any settings, just something you have to play with.
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Post by kevinnyc on Jul 10, 2014 14:22:21 GMT -6
Yeah - I'm not totally sold on using it on vocals...Love the way it compresses, but tends to add a little mid forwardness. Maybe in small doses... I just bought my LA-2A and 1176 so this may be premature, but I am finding the 1176 more difficult than the LA-2A when it comes to vocals. The LA-2A seems magical in its ability to smoothly control the level with no pumping. The 1176 is harder to dial in- I tend to either get transient peaky vocals or pumping- but I probably need to work with it more. I love Tom Petty's vocals, which apparently are compressed by the 1176, and they are warm and controlled. So, it can be done. This is why I'm loving pairing a fet comp (cp5176) with an opto (elop) on vocals for the best of both worlds |
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Post by popmann on Jul 10, 2014 19:40:23 GMT -6
I don't like it on much. so, there's that.
HARD sounding compressor. Throws everything forward in the speakers in a hard way. I find it mainly useful in RAWK mixes...something you need to sound more aggressive than it does.
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Post by littlesicily on Jul 11, 2014 13:06:00 GMT -6
I think I'm in the wrong thread b/c I love 1176's on many sources. It def can be a polarizing tool.
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Post by tonycamphd on Jul 11, 2014 13:21:44 GMT -6
I think I'm in the wrong thread b/c I love 1176's on many sources. It def can be a polarizing tool. maybe JK should move this to the polarity/phase thread 8) IMO, there is no doubt 1176's are killer in the right spots, i have 8 channels under construction, i'm modeling them as close to the Serpent rigs as i can get them, as a matter of fact, i would have probably just bought the Splices if i'd of known they were coming out when i bought the DIY rigs, the most excellent side chaining and filtering parameters would take me a month of sundays to implement into these DIY's |
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Post by kevinnyc on Jul 11, 2014 14:27:03 GMT -6
Nice!
I ultimately will do the same with the Sound Skulptor comps...8 in a Radial a Workhorse would be killer for me...
I've also been bitten by the diy bug...Next up is a 24 channel API summing box...
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Post by henge on Jul 11, 2014 14:58:25 GMT -6
I don't like it on much. so, there's that. HARD sounding compressor. Throws everything forward in the speakers in a hard way. I find it mainly useful in RAWK mixes...something you need to sound more aggressive than it does. Love me some RAWWWWWK! |
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