I just listened to a comparison of the Comp-2a to the Comp-3a on vocals and I preferred the 2a.

My rec for vocals or anything really. Grab the Bluey and the Comp-2a. Call it a day and start recording.

I've really been liking the 3a so far. I'm mostly using it on the acoustic but it's really nice on vocals too. Still twisting knobs on the preamp and b172a to find the sweet spot for my voice, then I'll have a better idea of how I feel it compares in an a/b scenario against it. I get closer every time I mess with it and I love how it sounds.

That 2a does sound great. So tempting. Just ordered a Bluey, so I'll go from there. I'm excited to try the Bluey into the 3a to see how different it is from the b172a (76>2a).

Yeah the 3a is nice too. The 2a seemed to compress a little more and have more color in the shootout I listened to. Congrats on the Bluey!

I agree, it sounded great. I really wanted to prefer the 3a over it but I liked the 2a more at times. I'm wondering how similar it'd be to the 172's 2a side.

Thanks! I'll post my opinion on it when I've gotten to use it a bit. My opinion isn't very experienced but I've looked for everything I could find when researching these.

The sound I've gotten out of these is actually motivating me to use them to make music. It's nice!

They'll get you a more professional (punchy) sound from the beginning...but they won't make you write better music. For me, the music is always the starting point and far more important. The art per say, the expression.

EQ is important too. Learning how to take harsh frequencies out and then decorate with nice frequencies...in order to make something 'sound' good.

I'm curious the b172a had a 1176 and 2a in it why not use both of those together and maybe get a vari mu or vca for another flavor of

Great advice. Music first! I've spent almost all of my time until now writing and playing, finally getting in to making it sound better than the basic recordings I was doing.

Speaking of EQ, I was thinking about de-essers a couple days ago. I used one on a podcast mixer I have, worked great. I started reading up a little on accomplishing it with a standard EQ (if that's possible). My acoustic, for example, sounds big and bold (I run it's built-in EQ flat), so I've got a couple of good reasons already to get acquainted.



For sure, I'm open to expand my horizons. I actually thought about it when messing with the 172 earlier, that I don't have any experience with other types. After the 172, I threw on the channel compressor of the X32 mixer to see the differences it made.

Any recommendations on something solid in that style to start with?

The reason for the Bluey is mostly just that I wanted to try more stuff before settling on what I feel suits my voice best. Black Lion told me that it was great for vocals in particular. I figure I can put it to use moving forward either way.

Well black lion sells the bluey so they are not going to say "its crap on vocals," but I feel like you should explore the 1176 and 2a inside the unit first. Vari mu cheap you can look at weight tank. But if you want the best sounding in my opinion sta level by retro is the way to go but it will be twice as much money.

Any 1176 will give you that upfront vocal and shave of those peaks if the release of fast enough so investigate your unit first.

I use de-essers often to make vocals sound more pleasant. Usually in the 5-8k range.

Hi dickiefunk. Hope you're doing well.
My question to is. How you modify the KT2A. Do they sound better than Warm Audio WA2A? I want to buy it, but I'm scared when I look at the price. Have you compered with higher priced LA2A style compressors? Thx and Hope to hear from you.

Hi. So the Golden Age comp 3a. Is just as good as black lion. What about KLARK Teknik kt-2a. Any suggestions on that. Thx

Hi,

I haven’t tried the WA-2A or an original Teletronix LA-2A so can’t comment on those. I’m purely basing my opinion on my own personal experiences with the KT-2A and software compressors. I personally like the subtle extra depth and dimension I get with the KT-2A over the software compressors.
I upgraded the optocell for the Kenetek T4b and the tubes for Harma Retro.