Download Any Of These Free LA-2A Compressor Plugins LALA Compressor Very magical on busses and pairs nicely with FET compressors, like an 1176. It sounds good on everything, you’d have to really put some effort into making this compressor sound bad. If you want fat kicks and bass, use an LA2A. Basically, anything that isn’t short with snappy transients. Where Do LA-2A Compressors Shine?Įverything, if you know what you’re doing, but more traditionally vocals, synths, basses, drones, etc. So, the louder the audio signal sent into the compressor, the more compression is applied. The input level (program) is what governs the amount of compression as well as how the unis attack and release settings react making it program dependent. The slow attack and release are what’s responsible for the smooth compression industry professionals love. Limiter: 10 to 1 or Infinity to 1 ratio, depending on the emulation.Compression: This is a 4 to 1 ratio (or close to) some are 5 to 1.The entire release time, depending on the signal could be anywhere between 60ms to 5 seconds. Release Time: The release is about 60 milliseconds for the first half of your signal.Those are all fixed parameters on the compressor. There are no knobs to adjust attack, release, threshold, or ratio. Output Gain: This is your makeup again after Peak Reduction. Peak Reduction: This allows you to determine when the signal starts to release (sort of like a threshold)Ģ. There are only two knobs you ‘need’ to understand, Gain and Peak Reduction.ġ.

The LA-2A Compressor is very easy to use. The warmth and smoothness it gives to the audio source (vocals, synths, etc) is incredible. What makes this compressor a favorite amongst audio professionals is its sonic character. The LA-2A is an Opto Compressor invented by James F Lawrence and widely used by many producers and engineers around the world. S.L.A.X (LA2A Emulation) by Sonic Anomaly.Download Any Of These Free LA-2A Compressor Plugins.

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