Wow. I've been using the legacy LA-2A for a while now and have been debating on upgrading. Wasn't sure if the sound quality would really be worth the price tag but after hearing this, wow! The new ones sound so much better than the legacy version. Instantly makes the vocal sound more finished. Thanks for the demo!
Hi Aryo, Good catch.. I will be using some vocal recording with a singer from now on! I am offering the waves as a download on the website though. But thanks for your comment.. all noted ;)
Hi Sam, the chances that I'm going to cover live sound are 100% certain ;) I'm definitely interested in your ideas. I do try to stick to the curriculum of currently running seasons to at least have somewhat of an consistency, but live-sound is certainly one of those seasons I'll need to cover!
Hi Kid Nova, I will be doing sampling-rate and bit-depth tutorials for sure! It might be already be in this season (This topic is than very much ahead of the digital audio & sampling season, but I am definitely considering it!) Cheers
The volume level between the examples hasn't been matched, so everyone who says "it sounds amazing oh my god wow!" is being fooled by "if it's louder, it's better". You're tricking the listener, putting stuff like this out there without matching the volume levels of your samples.
This is true to an extent. However, the saturation that it adds also creates a phenomenon where it sounds louder while peak levels are actually lower because it's literally thickening the sound by adding in harmonics. For instance, you can put just a saturation plugin, an 1176 or LA2A on a snare without any compression or gain adjustment and the peak levels will drop by 3dB but it will sound louder. Klanghelm has the absolute best automatic gain compensation algorithms I've ever encountered. They seem to take all of this into consideration and account for psychoacoustics when making the adjustment, so it really sounds exactly the same as far as volume goes. BTW, I can't recommend the Klanghelm plugins enough. You can get them all for less than the price of one UAD or FabFilter plugin, and they are on par with UAD, if not better in some ways. One man shop. The guy is amazing. Plugins are like 23 euros each, and are easily worth 10x that. Those and Airwindows, which are all donationware, are some real hidden gems. Since he mentioned a de-esser, and we all have to use them when applying compression to vocals or cymbals, Airwindows DeEss is the most ingenious de-esser ever made. It isn't just a highly focused multi-band compressor like most. It recognizes the wave pattern of sibilance and smooths it out. I'd always wondered why no one else did that. Some claim to, but in practice, they harm a lot of the other stuff in that frequency. For raw voice over, I max it out, then mix back in just enough of the dry signal to make it sound natural. In REAPER, this is a feature of every plugin-no need for an FX buss. For stuff that's gonna get reverb and more EQ and compression, I'll set the DeEss up on it's own buss and only apply the plugins to the 100% DeEssed signal and mix in just enough of the dry signal to make it sound natural. It has replaced FabFilter Pro-DS as my "go to" de-esser, and I've tried them all. Waves came out with it's "organic" Sibilance plugin shortly after Chris from Airwindows released his. He's generous with his code, and I'm pretty sure that's what's under the hood of Sibilance.
I have two question about UAD plugins & hardware: Do one need hardware (plugin accelarators?) from UAD to use their software (aka plugins)? Secondly, do they work with USB for Win10 64-bit machines and Cubase 10? I'm especially interested in only one plugin by UAD, an emulator of the MXR doubler/flanger hardware from the 70's.
No female belting vocals? And you kept switching between them and the instruments you chose on them? I cannot even comprehend how different they sound from such short phrases as well....
Hey Wick, What are the chances you could do front of house audio tutorial for live sound engineering.? If you would like to consult me for info or topics, I would be happy to help. Personally I would start out with the basic live analog set up, gain structure and signal flow from microphone to console, processing, amp rack and speaker management, then live mixing, for us low budget dinosaurs. I really love how you explain things and how easy you make it for use in the real world. Clear Audio.
Hey Wick can you do a video on the importance of constant bit rate and how the rate effects the audio?..I've been trying to find a good video for a while but nothing in detail. You have the best videos around that have a lot of depth to them. Can you do a video on it?
Believe me, you'd have a lot more trouble with Dutch! There isn't a different sound for the two in Dutch. It's kind of in between. "V" "F" and "W" are all pretty much the same, kind of like "V" and "B" in Spanish. Until the age of twelve, the muscles in the mouth, face, tongue and jaw all develop to efficiently form the sounds of the language being spoken. I'm a native English speaker, but I spoke Spanish when I was three. I totally forgot it, but when I learned and started using it again in my 20s, my accent was perfect because I'd developed the musculature to make the sounds at an early age. If you learn a language later in life, it takes the equivalent of speech therapy exercises to pronounce new sounds accurately and in rapid combination. Native English speakers generally sound pretty horrible speaking other languages, but most people (other than some of the French) are generally very forgiving. My friends used to have a joke: What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks one language? American.
unfortunately u don't bounce the track so we can't see waveform difference between original track and this compressor. It will make ur video more fun. And u better use another voice than your , we can't catch difference so fast.
Wow. I've been using the legacy LA-2A for a while now and have been debating on upgrading. Wasn't sure if the sound quality would really be worth the price tag but after hearing this, wow! The new ones sound so much better than the legacy version. Instantly makes the vocal sound more finished. Thanks for the demo!
i'm still thinking
Hi Aryo, Good catch.. I will be using some vocal recording with a singer from now on! I am offering the waves as a download on the website though. But thanks for your comment.. all noted ;)
Hi Sam, the chances that I'm going to cover live sound are 100% certain ;)
I'm definitely interested in your ideas. I do try to stick to the curriculum of currently running seasons to at least have somewhat of an consistency, but live-sound is certainly one of those seasons I'll need to cover!
Hi Kid Nova, I will be doing sampling-rate and bit-depth tutorials for sure! It might be already be in this season (This topic is than very much ahead of the digital audio & sampling season, but I am definitely considering it!)
Cheers
Why cant I find the Legacy Version on the uad Website?
The volume level between the examples hasn't been matched, so everyone who says "it sounds amazing oh my god wow!" is being fooled by "if it's louder, it's better". You're tricking the listener, putting stuff like this out there without matching the volume levels of your samples.
not fully true but yeah u have a point. regardless they all do have different tones
This is true to an extent. However, the saturation that it adds also creates a phenomenon where it sounds louder while peak levels are actually lower because it's literally thickening the sound by adding in harmonics. For instance, you can put just a saturation plugin, an 1176 or LA2A on a snare without any compression or gain adjustment and the peak levels will drop by 3dB but it will sound louder. Klanghelm has the absolute best automatic gain compensation algorithms I've ever encountered. They seem to take all of this into consideration and account for psychoacoustics when making the adjustment, so it really sounds exactly the same as far as volume goes. BTW, I can't recommend the Klanghelm plugins enough. You can get them all for less than the price of one UAD or FabFilter plugin, and they are on par with UAD, if not better in some ways. One man shop. The guy is amazing. Plugins are like 23 euros each, and are easily worth 10x that. Those and Airwindows, which are all donationware, are some real hidden gems. Since he mentioned a de-esser, and we all have to use them when applying compression to vocals or cymbals, Airwindows DeEss is the most ingenious de-esser ever made. It isn't just a highly focused multi-band compressor like most. It recognizes the wave pattern of sibilance and smooths it out. I'd always wondered why no one else did that. Some claim to, but in practice, they harm a lot of the other stuff in that frequency. For raw voice over, I max it out, then mix back in just enough of the dry signal to make it sound natural. In REAPER, this is a feature of every plugin-no need for an FX buss. For stuff that's gonna get reverb and more EQ and compression, I'll set the DeEss up on it's own buss and only apply the plugins to the 100% DeEssed signal and mix in just enough of the dry signal to make it sound natural. It has replaced FabFilter Pro-DS as my "go to" de-esser, and I've tried them all. Waves came out with it's "organic" Sibilance plugin shortly after Chris from Airwindows released his. He's generous with his code, and I'm pretty sure that's what's under the hood of Sibilance.
@@xaosnox Chris is the nicest person in the world for giving away for free one of the best deesers ever (and lots of other VSTs)
Very helpful, WVDB. Well thought out and clearly delivered tutorial. Thank you.
Thx for the comparison but the compressors at 3:38 are not level matched... this makes it really tough to compare the sound
Thanks for the great demo!
I have two question about UAD plugins & hardware: Do one need hardware (plugin accelarators?) from UAD to use their software (aka plugins)? Secondly, do they work with USB for Win10 64-bit machines and Cubase 10? I'm especially interested in only one plugin by UAD, an emulator of the MXR doubler/flanger hardware from the 70's.
Great walkthrough! Any plans to do one on the new UAD 1176 collection?
Bill Swerski presents the LA-2 plugins.
you got a typo bro.
"1167" just sayin'
No female belting vocals? And you kept switching between them and the instruments you chose on them? I cannot even comprehend how different they sound from such short phrases as well....
this video is great! thank you very much
Hey Wick, What are the chances you could do front of house audio tutorial for live sound engineering.? If you would like to consult me for info or topics, I would be happy to help. Personally I would start out with the basic live analog set up, gain structure and signal flow from microphone to console, processing, amp rack and speaker management, then live mixing, for us low budget dinosaurs. I really love how you explain things and how easy you make it for use in the real world.
Clear Audio.
Thank you what a mic and pramp you used
Hey Wick can you do a video on the importance of constant bit rate and how the rate effects the audio?..I've been trying to find a good video for a while but nothing in detail. You have the best videos around that have a lot of depth to them. Can you do a video on it?
Can you make a tutorial about the 1176? and thanks for the all effort youre putting in to these
where´s the video with the hardware comparison?
Hej.Time atack silver??? Time atack grey????
you kinda sound like the simpsons comic book guy haha
Hank Azaria!!!!
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!!
Its so funny. 00.28, why do Dutch people have such a problem with the English "v"? Fersions.. haha.
Believe me, you'd have a lot more trouble with Dutch! There isn't a different sound for the two in Dutch. It's kind of in between. "V" "F" and "W" are all pretty much the same, kind of like "V" and "B" in Spanish. Until the age of twelve, the muscles in the mouth, face, tongue and jaw all develop to efficiently form the sounds of the language being spoken. I'm a native English speaker, but I spoke Spanish when I was three. I totally forgot it, but when I learned and started using it again in my 20s, my accent was perfect because I'd developed the musculature to make the sounds at an early age. If you learn a language later in life, it takes the equivalent of speech therapy exercises to pronounce new sounds accurately and in rapid combination. Native English speakers generally sound pretty horrible speaking other languages, but most people (other than some of the French) are generally very forgiving. My friends used to have a joke: What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks one language? American.
tip: don't process your own voice to demo software. it's confusing and annoying while you are also talking over it. Also wiki is not wickie.
👍 thanks, i used it wrong all the time
unfortunately u don't bounce the track so we can't see waveform difference between original track and this compressor. It will make ur video more fun. And u better use another voice than your , we can't catch difference so fast.
Talk about info overload, not the best edited. Slow down and take more time with visual text.
+1 Grey version
to them all at the same rate just copy one an paste it to the other ones