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Post by lolo on Aug 29, 2013 5:10:26 GMT -6
I live very close to Joe's workshop. I went in there once to pick up an order. I felt like the proverbial kid in the candy store! What Gear of Joe are you using mate?
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Post by paulhunt on Aug 29, 2013 16:06:39 GMT -6
I have built 4 x Baby Animal Neutral and 2 x Baby Animal. Have kits/parts for 2 channel opto compressor and 2 channels of Baby Animal Dual (the dual opamp preamp).
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Post by lolo on Aug 30, 2013 10:51:31 GMT -6
Nice. My LA500 will arrrive tuesday. Interested in his Vu meter as well
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Post by joey808 on Sept 1, 2013 17:12:46 GMT -6
Are there any vocal examples of LA500 and FC500?
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Post by wiz on Sept 1, 2013 20:53:12 GMT -6
upload a vocal somewhere for me and I will downloand and process with both the FC500 and LA500, if you like
cheers
Wiz
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Post by joey808 on Sept 1, 2013 21:44:09 GMT -6
Thanks Wiz! Send me your email via message, ill send you a link.
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Post by lolo on Sept 3, 2013 20:53:16 GMT -6
Look what arrived this morning
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Post by lolo on Sept 3, 2013 20:54:03 GMT -6
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Post by wiz on Sept 3, 2013 21:20:55 GMT -6
cool
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Post by gouge on Mar 5, 2015 0:47:15 GMT -6
next on the radar for me is the jlm comp. I was hoping someone could give me a technical opinion on the 500 versus 51x format. deep down in the recesses of my brain I thought jlm audio at some time told me that 51x provided more headroom in the LA500 and brought it inline with the mac opto. can anyone confirm that idea? joemalonealso wondering what tangible advantage more headroom will give me.
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Post by drew571 on Mar 6, 2015 15:13:08 GMT -6
I built two of these. They're amazing. Easy to build. Joe was helpful when I had questions.
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Post by drew571 on Mar 6, 2015 15:20:08 GMT -6
next on the radar for me is the jlm comp. I was hoping someone could give me a technical opinion on the 500 versus 51x format. deep down in the recesses of my brain I thought jlm audio at some time told me that 51x provided more headroom in the LA500 and brought it inline with the mac opto. can anyone confirm that idea? joemalonealso wondering what tangible advantage more headroom will give me. Hi Gouge. If I remember correctly the 51x version provides 2db extra headroom. Decide for yourself wether that's worth it. I'm running mine in 500 series.
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Post by gouge on Mar 6, 2015 18:19:52 GMT -6
thanks drew,
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Post by jcoutu1 on Mar 6, 2015 19:14:41 GMT -6
This price of $399 is in AUD? So in USD, we're about 80% of that now right?
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Post by gouge on Mar 6, 2015 19:22:07 GMT -6
yes. the exchange rate is very good for you. has been floating between 75% and 77%.
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 7, 2015 5:56:52 GMT -6
This price of $399 is in AUD? So in USD, we're about 80% of that now right? Jesse - there's a currency converter right on the site. On the iPhone it's on the left side, middle of the page. Prices are crazy good right now for the LA500. The regular LA500 is $536 completely built or $578 for the LA500A which is the new version with slow attack mod and link feature. The kits are $307 and $346 respectively for the 2 different models. I've been keeping a close eye on these because I'm grabbing one as well. I believe they're a few dollars cheaper than they were even a week ago..,....awesome deal.
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 7, 2015 6:00:59 GMT -6
lolo - you digging this comp? Favorite uses? Hard to find a bad review anywhere. drew571 - are you using your 2 on any bus material?Thinking drums, guitar groups, etc. not 2 bus.
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Post by drew571 on Mar 7, 2015 6:33:08 GMT -6
Used them on drum buss and stereo keys. Hadn't had time to try them on more. Had to pack up studio about a month after I got them as we're moving.
Sound great on bass, Vox, electric guitars as well. Have had a chance to use them on more than that but so far everything I've put through them comes out very musical. The amount of gain reduction u get before hearing anything can be ridiculous at times. And even after you start hearing the gr it doesn't sound bad.
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 7, 2015 7:09:35 GMT -6
Used them on drum buss and stereo keys. Hadn't had time to try them on more. Had to pack up studio about a month after I got them as we're moving. Sound great on bass, Vox, electric guitars as well. Have had a chance to use them on more than that but so far everything I've put through them comes out very musical. The amount of gain reduction u get before hearing anything can be ridiculous at times. And even after you start hearing the gr it doesn't sound bad. Thanks, I'm trying to decide if getting the new version with the link feature is worth the extra coin. It's not much extra so I'm gonna go for a pair of those.....
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Post by gouge on Mar 7, 2015 8:07:21 GMT -6
I think it's worth getting new version. Slower attack and link gives it better buss features.
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Post by lolo on Mar 7, 2015 8:14:09 GMT -6
Look what arrived this morning lolo - you digging this comp? Favorite uses? Hard to find a bad review anywhere. drew571 - are you using your 2 on any bus material?Thinking drums, guitar groups, etc. not 2 bus. Hi Justin, yep I really liked it. Used it on Vox, bass and guitars with great success. I ended up selling it to make space for the new Capi 526. Have no space left in my lunchbox. Will soon upgrade to a 10 space and might grab another LA500, never know. didn't sell it because I didn't like. great compressor. just keen to try something else for now.
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 7, 2015 8:28:14 GMT -6
I think it's worth getting new version. Slower attack and link gives it better buss features. Yeah, I'm interested in the link feature - if I like it I know I'll end up with a pair and would like to use it on busses at mix time.
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 7, 2015 8:31:40 GMT -6
lolo - you digging this comp? Favorite uses? Hard to find a bad review anywhere. drew571 - are you using your 2 on any bus material?Thinking drums, guitar groups, etc. not 2 bus. Hi Justin, yep I really liked it. Used it on Vox, bass and guitars with great success. I ended up selling it to make space for the new Capi 526. Have no space left in my lunchbox. Will soon upgrade to a 10 space and might grab another LA500, never know. didn't sell it because I didn't like. great compressor. just keen to try something else for now. I know so many choices......I'll have a pair of 526's at some point as well. Just bought a couple VP28's and I need to spread the business around!
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Post by miscend on Mar 7, 2015 18:38:51 GMT -6
It's a fantastic comp. I use it on synths and vocals.
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Post by joemalone on Mar 8, 2015 22:00:43 GMT -6
Thanks everyone for the kind words for the LA500 opto comp . Let me know if you have any questions.
Slow attack mod was originally requested by Joe Barresi for his LA500 pair, as with that he said he could use them on basically anything
LA500A IMPROVEMENTS
- Slow attack mod built in with leds for slow attack and stereo sidechain link.
- 3 PCB LAYOUT with no hand wiring just plug in 2 pre-made ribbon cables
- NSL opto cells made for us to tighter tolerance spec
- Stereo Balance mod now a jumper on LA500SCv2 pcb so can be changed to in seconds.
- Reg so no zero GR adjustment needed between different 51X and 500 racks.
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