You'll find in time they all have a certain vibe and color.
I typically experiment with any of the above and sometimes a combination. Other snares you might want to really add or lessen punch, increase or decrease sustain, making the 1176 more ideal in that scenario. For example I love the LA3A on snare - but it kind of has one sound, which I appreciate on certain snares. Again it depends what sound and effect you're going for. This does not mean the LA2A or 3A are bad on drums, though. But the 1176 will give you a little more control over transients (so drums for example) because you can really dial in the attack and release times. This has pros and cons and depends what you're going for. The LA2A and LA3A are both "program dependent" so it basically guesses these things for you. It's a lot easier when you can understand their history and how they were designed, and then hearing how they sound on different types of instruments as well as busses.Īs a general note it's helpful to know that the 1176 is the only one with manual settings for attack and release times. Specifically there are videos on the 1176, LA2A, and LA3A. Plus your ears can hear what the plug is doing as it start to work, and then moves into a full working state.It's a bit tedious but he explains the history of almost every major compressor and uses their common plugin emulations on various sources to show you the differences of how they react, including all the Waves CLA stuff. If you start out with a compressor "off", and work from there, it's not too likely your gonna clip the inputs or outputs, unless you were tracking too hot. The long and short of all that is the beginning. When I feel my audio is in control, I will adjust the output gain till the volume is fitting in the mix. As I do this, I adjust the gain knob to keep the volume close to where it started.
As you do this, the volume should go down as the audio gets compressed. If everything sounds good from there, I start to lower the threshold. When set like this, you can hear how the plugin is effecting the sound while it's not working. Then I adjust the gain knob till the signal is equally loud when I bypass the plugin. What I like to do when I first open the plugin is turn the threshold all the way up, so it's not compressing AT ALL. With the CLA-2A and 3A, the gain knob is OUTPUT GAIN. They often will clip on the output when I first load them up. With specific regard to the CLA compressors, I find that when you first open them the output gain is always a bit much. That being said, ALWAYS make sure you are gain staging properly.All of this gets a +1 with a double thumbsup thumbsup. Sometimes a signal can be hot and not clip, that's one thing I learned while in school in 09. Just toggle the In, Out and GR and you can figure out which one it is. Generally if you're seeing a clip indicator that means your signal is clipping the compressor which means your input may be a bit hot.
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