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HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:38 pm

I've been looking to see if there have been any recent compressors based on the LA-3A created as a plugin.

I've seen the Waves LA-3A along with the one by UAD, and if I have to I will consider the Waves version. But I wanted to know if anyone here is aware of any recent LA-3A plugins on the market.

There were some older ones that are no longer updated or don't exist anymore, (like the one from URS) but I'm surprised I haven't found any new ones yet.

transverb · Post by **transverb** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:45 pm

These cats are trying to get another one off the ground:

http://blackroosteraudio.com/index.html#products

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:14 pm

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HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:51 pm

transverb wrote:These cats are trying to get another one off the ground:

http://blackroosteraudio.com/index.html#products

Very curious to see how this plugin turns out! It would be awesome to see a small developer making a splash with a high quality LA-3A plugin!

Thanks for the link.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:01 pm

Not sure why IK Multimedia doesn't... they do the 2A.

BasariStudios · Post by **BasariStudios** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:59 am

And of course this baby by Tim Petherick, nothing beats it yet:

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:15 am

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HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:11 am

BasariStudios wrote:And of course this baby by Tim Petherick, nothing beats it yet:

I did here good things about that Nebula library, and I do own the Nebula 3 Server. Nebula can act wonky at times though. For example, I noticed the "bypass" button didn't actually do anything for me.

But it is an LA-3A emulation I'm considering.

Edit: Also, where did you get that Nebula skin? It looks really cool for Nebula.

cprompt · Post by **cprompt** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:53 am

transverb wrote:These cats are trying to get another one off the ground:

http://blackroosteraudio.com/index.html#products

Looks interesting for sure, I wonder what price point it will come in at.

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:36 pm

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Masr · Post by **Masr** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:14 pm

Nebula is being improved literally every month. And TimP creates better compressors than anyone else in the Nebula world. Personally, I just cannot imagine coming back to the algo comps anymore. I just prefer the sound of the newer Nebula comps so much more. Nebula is not fully there - that's true - probably about 90%. But algo comps, IMHO, do not get higher than 80%.

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HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:47 am

TheoM wrote:Hmm i read from bmanic that nebula compression just doesn't sound right, and to be honest, although we have our differences, he knows compression and i would tend to believe him pretty much above most others when it comes to that.

I really like the compression *action* of the uad one, even though it has a tiny gui, the most basic features, and no non linearities modelled. However i will wait for the mk2 as i am sure it must be coming.

Waves is not bad, i almost bought it at the recent $49 sale, out of their cla bundle i think the 3A is probably the most usable one (to me, the 1176 especially is just so off the mark it's crazy to even call it one).
I doubt the 3A will go for such a cheap sale any time again soon though.

Right now the CLA bundle can be bought for about $144 from Audiodeluxe. It's very tempting, but I wasn't sure if the CLA-3A is a good emulation.

transverb · Post by **transverb** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:07 am

TheoM wrote:
transverb wrote:These cats are trying to get another one off the ground:

http://blackroosteraudio.com/index.html#products
yeah March 2015 isn't too far away

Looks lovely, but i can't see the high frequency dial. Hope they haven't missed that important bit.

IKR... they should have left the year out! They would have been close to target now...

Perhaps it will be worth the wait... I might drop another email their way and ask for an update.

cprompt wrote:
transverb wrote:These cats are trying to get another one off the ground:

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://blackroosteraudio.com/index.html#products</span>
Looks interesting for sure, I wonder what price point it will come in at.

So difficult to predict these days: My hope is that it would be sub $100 and perhaps with an intro deal. Maybe we should start a poll for the pricing and delivery date!

BasariStudios · Post by **BasariStudios** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 2:54 pm

HydrogenHuman wrote:
BasariStudios wrote:And of course this baby by Tim Petherick, nothing beats it yet:
I did here good things about that Nebula library, and I do own the Nebula 3 Server. Nebula can act wonky at times though. For example, I noticed the "bypass" button didn't actually do anything for me.

But it is an LA-3A emulation I'm considering.

Edit: Also, where did you get that Nebula skin? It looks really cool for Nebula.

Evey Bypass button works for me, i don't know why you would be having an issue with that.
Nebula is different today then what it was few years ago. I do not use Algos anymore at all.
And yes, it is a LA3A Emulation, from Tim Petherick The skin i did my self and then in Agent.

Any other LA-3A compressor plugins besides Waves, UAD?