Overloud GEM Comp LA
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5958 posts since 16 Aug, 2017 from UK
Looks interesting.
https://youtu.be/trXfUf9rpkw
https://youtu.be/trXfUf9rpkw
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- KVRAF
- 4751 posts since 22 Nov, 2012
really liking the GEM collection. i'm still waiting for oversampling settings in my GEM FET, but i'll bet this is one of the better LA's you'll find if you are in the market for yet ... another LA. trying to talk myself into it, but i have so many... lol
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Funkybot's Evil Twin Funkybot's Evil Twin https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=116627
- KVRAF
- 11519 posts since 16 Aug, 2006
The oversampling in the GEM670 is nothing to write home about. It's so bad I thought it was broken and emailed them about a possible bug in the implementation. They basically said they'd forward the suggestion about improving their implementation to the developers. Haven't tried the LA yet but honestly probably won't. The LA-2A in TrackComp sounds amazing and gets very close to my hardware clone.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5958 posts since 16 Aug, 2017 from UK
That's good to hear.Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:46 pm The LA-2A in TrackComp sounds amazing and gets very close to my hardware clone.
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- KVRAF
- 2934 posts since 27 Aug, 2004
Except that this models LA-3A as well.
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- 7624 posts since 13 Nov, 2015 from Norway
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- KVRian
- 1390 posts since 16 Jan, 2018 from Portland, OR USA
I honestly wanted to love this and all other GEMs. I was really glad when the fairchild came out, and then I put a demo against some of the ones I already have and the truth is that, while sounding good, I couldn't justify paying for something that wasn't really that much better (or just simply better). In the end, I kept using the Slate one.
Last night I put this one next to the BRA LA2A and LA3A, so far my favorites along with DMG TrackComp, and couldn't once again justify getting it. Though it sounded slightly different, there wasn't any clear advantages for the habitual uses I put these guys on.
Last night I put this one next to the BRA LA2A and LA3A, so far my favorites along with DMG TrackComp, and couldn't once again justify getting it. Though it sounded slightly different, there wasn't any clear advantages for the habitual uses I put these guys on.
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- KVRian
- 1360 posts since 29 Apr, 2012 from Paris
One serious regret I have with the BRA LA series is their stubbonness in not wanting to addescalona wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:18 am I honestly wanted to love this and all other GEMs. I was really glad when the fairchild came out, and then I put a demo against some of the ones I already have and the truth is that, while sounding good, I couldn't justify paying for something that wasn't really that much better (or just simply better). In the end, I kept using the Slate one.
Last night I put this one next to the BRA LA2A and LA3A, so far my favorites along with DMG TrackComp, and couldn't once again justify getting it. Though it sounded slightly different, there wasn't any clear advantages for the habitual uses I put these guys on.
an output trim and modelling the "R37" side-chain behaviour. That's where the Overloud and the DMG are one step above, functionalities offered for the price. So if one doesn't have the BRA plugs, one should go for the DMG or the Overloud in my opinion.
Still, I don't hear the same behaviour from the BRA and Overloud LA2A as the UAD plugins. They sound fatter, more organic and rounding/breathing than the others...hard to tell but there's a real difference to me. I have no experience with a real LA2A so that's juste my impressions in the software domain.
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Scarlet Pumpernickel Scarlet Pumpernickel https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=402106
- KVRist
- 239 posts since 30 Jul, 2017
I demoed Gem Comp LA and compared it to the BRA VLA2A. I must say, Gem Comp LA can sound very close to VLA2A if you set "LF sens." to about 11 o'clock and "Harmonics" almost all the way up on the Gem. The calibration is about 3dB off between them. Not sure about oversampling; sometimes I prefer it set to "Ultra" and sometimes off.
To me it looked like Gem Comp LA had a rather cold reception compared to VLA2A, but in my recent experience they can sound close enough for government work.
To me it looked like Gem Comp LA had a rather cold reception compared to VLA2A, but in my recent experience they can sound close enough for government work.
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- KVRAF
- 3368 posts since 2 Oct, 2004
Are you using 2As to clean up intelligence gathered from espionage?Scarlet Pumpernickel wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:14 pm I demoed Gem Comp LA and compared it to the BRA VLA2A. I must say, Gem Comp LA can sound very close to VLA2A if you set "LF sens." to about 11 o'clock and "Harmonics" almost all the way up on the Gem. The calibration is about 3dB off between them. Not sure about oversampling; sometimes I prefer it set to "Ultra" and sometimes off.
To me it looked like Gem Comp LA had a rather cold reception compared to VLA2A, but in my recent experience they can sound close enough for government work.
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- KVRian
- 1390 posts since 16 Jan, 2018 from Portland, OR USA
Lol... I can't wait for the clarification...v1o wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:22 amAre you using 2As to clean up intelligence gathered from espionage?Scarlet Pumpernickel wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:14 pm I demoed Gem Comp LA and compared it to the BRA VLA2A [...] To me it looked like Gem Comp LA had a rather cold reception compared to VLA2A, but in my recent experience they can sound close enough for government work.
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