Yeah I can believe that. Ive always said that specifically the UAD LA-2A collection has the most character when it comes to compressors. They did a really good job. The tube-tech you have to really dig into to get it to do its thing which is true for the hardware as well in my opinion!
The Tube Tech hardware might be my all-time favorite vocal compressor. I tried really hard not to love it so much since I am an all in the box producer the past 20 years. In my work with the Grammys organization, I had a number of opportunities to do live singing shootouts, choosing my fave mic U87 and the Tube Tech just stood out on its own. Amazing piece.
It's too bad that we will never (ever) have a comparison of how many more sales/streams you would have gotten with each compressor. What percentage of the final finished production does the vocal compressor make up? 2%, 3%? A compressor is just not going to make that much difference to a great performance or a bad performance. Sure, we've been using compressors to help mastering for 80 years or so. How many people can say "Thank god for that compressor or I never would have had such a big hit"?
@@leadfoot64 Hey buddy, I've been a prize winning engineer for over 40 years. My point was there is very little difference from one compressor to another and one brand of compressor is not going to make or break a great performance. And, by the way, the compressor is NOT everything in a vocal track, the vocalist is.
@@iamtheimagedoctor Oops I’m stupid, didn’t catch you were talking about compressor comparison.. that’s true. As far as the vocals, I figured it was given that the ‘vocals/vocalist’ was top notch, and the next important thing would be compression. Compression is on all recorded music (with some exceptions) in one form or another so I would say its role is very important.
@@leadfoot64 Did you even watch this? It starts with the statement "Why ALL engineers use these compressors for vocals." That is obviously a statement that can be contradicted. There over 100 sub genres of music and this UA-cam is by someone who stated they record a lot of HipHop. Essentially saying that the compressors are "too clean." Then you have to add a tube pre-amp in the chain to burn in some harmonics to "warm up" the sound. All I'm saying is that there are dozens, if not hundreds, of compressors on the market. Sure some are cheap and you don't want to run your vocal through a guitar pedal compressor. But they all have a threshold, a ratio, a gain, and if you're lucky a hard and soft knee control. I could go into any professional studio in the world and do fine with whatever compressors were present. If the final product is a big hit is anyone going to say "Thank God we had that particular compressor or we wouldn't have had a hit." Or likewise if it's a flop/disaster is anyone going blame it on the vocal compressor? Of course the role of the compressor is important but to state that ALL engineers use these compressors is, quite frankly, BS. End of story.
Tube tech sounds great!
I agree they did a really good job with modeling it!
Nonsense.
Thanks Jeremy Johnson 7676!
The Tube tech has a warmer saturation...i love it .... The LA 2 for me would be best for rap vocals to attenuate the pronunciations
I agree!!!
honestly, I can't hear any difference the 1176 or cl 1b makes, I could only notice a difference with the la-2a while wearing headphones 😅
Yeah I can believe that. Ive always said that specifically the UAD LA-2A collection has the most character when it comes to compressors. They did a really good job. The tube-tech you have to really dig into to get it to do its thing which is true for the hardware as well in my opinion!
The Tube Tech hardware might be my all-time favorite vocal compressor. I tried really hard not to love it so much since I am an all in the box producer the past 20 years. In my work with the Grammys organization, I had a number of opportunities to do live singing shootouts, choosing my fave mic U87 and the Tube Tech just stood out on its own. Amazing piece.
Couldn't agree more!
It's too bad that we will never (ever) have a comparison of how many more sales/streams you would have gotten with each compressor. What percentage of the final finished production does the vocal compressor make up? 2%, 3%? A compressor is just not going to make that much difference to a great performance or a bad performance. Sure, we've been using compressors to help mastering for 80 years or so. How many people can say "Thank god for that compressor or I never would have had such a big hit"?
The compressor is everything in a vocal track you’re st ooo pid.
Most music would suck without great engineering.
@@leadfoot64 Hey buddy, I've been a prize winning engineer for over 40 years. My point was there is very little difference from one compressor to another and one brand of compressor is not going to make or break a great performance. And, by the way, the compressor is NOT everything in a vocal track, the vocalist is.
@@iamtheimagedoctor Oops I’m stupid, didn’t catch you were talking about compressor comparison.. that’s true. As far as the vocals, I figured it was given that the ‘vocals/vocalist’ was top notch, and the next important thing would be compression. Compression is on all recorded music (with some exceptions) in one form or another so I would say its role is very important.
@@leadfoot64 Did you even watch this? It starts with the statement "Why ALL engineers use these compressors for vocals." That is obviously a statement that can be contradicted. There over 100 sub genres of music and this UA-cam is by someone who stated they record a lot of HipHop. Essentially saying that the compressors are "too clean." Then you have to add a tube pre-amp in the chain to burn in some harmonics to "warm up" the sound. All I'm saying is that there are dozens, if not hundreds, of compressors on the market. Sure some are cheap and you don't want to run your vocal through a guitar pedal compressor. But they all have a threshold, a ratio, a gain, and if you're lucky a hard and soft knee control. I could go into any professional studio in the world and do fine with whatever compressors were present. If the final product is a big hit is anyone going to say "Thank God we had that particular compressor or we wouldn't have had a hit." Or likewise if it's a flop/disaster is anyone going blame it on the vocal compressor? Of course the role of the compressor is important but to state that ALL engineers use these compressors is, quite frankly, BS. End of story.