Rcomp vs cla 2a software#

The normal RComp has four flavors made up of behavior (Electro/Opto) and character (Warm/Smooth). It's still a good compressor but I have so many compressors and I prefer 0-latency plugins (it has 64 samples of delay), so this one does not get used very often. While RChannel is a well-rounded thing, IвЂ™m missing one feature compared to RComp that IвЂ™d now like to complement as appropriately as possible with another plugin. Very nice for quickly leveling out vocals. A fast attacking 1176 before the LA-2A to control the transients is sometimes the right combo. It's my first choice on female vocals if they are not too spitty, because the slow attack of the LA-2A can make them even more spitty. As an owner and daily user of Universal Audios LA610 mic pre (610 mic pre, LA2A compressor combo) I have. The VC 2A and LA 2A stack up very well against each other. Paul Bissell puts both to the test in this video review shootout. It levels out vocals very nicely and the CLA-2A has some very nice distortion going on which the UAD lacks. Share: Both the Universal Audio LA 2A and NIs Softube VC 2A are modelled on the original LA2A hardware compressor. I love that compressor type and one day, I'll buy a hardware version. In all-button mode (CLA-76 Bluey due to it's nice distortion), I usually have it on my parallel drum bus.

Rcomp vs cla 2a software#

The fast release let's it snap very aggressively like no other software compressor I've tried. So it ended up being a different compressor that feels like part of the family but works with different material. But also wanted to retain the easy controls of the 2A. Staged Compression: Although the CLA-2A can work just fine by itself on most mid and slow-tempo material, with faster material you may want to try pairing it with a faster compressor such as the CLA-76.

But only the old UAD 1176LN had that fast of an attack. I think they wanted to improve on the compressor because it clearly wasnt suited for some material like a kick drum.

The ultra fast attack gives me control over sharp transients. I have the IK Fairchild and mainly use it for it's nice saturation when driven hard or for some M/S processing (both with very little or no gain reduction). It is also, in my opinion, the most complicated one to wrap your head around, but can also be one of the most versatile. To be honest, I never really got my head around that beast. This two-knob compressor/limiter is one of the more versatile plugins on the list.