I liked the eq and did the same thing

I actually couldn’t believe the difference when the compressor was bypassed, the snare sounded great

:-)

Once more at 12:50 :)

thanks mate! Yes, the EQP looks also very interesting!

Selling mine EQPT to buy a KT 76, or KT-2A. Anyone interested.. www.thomann.de/gb/klark_teknik_kt_2a.htm

Christian I can tell you that the vla 2 will take away low end on bass to the point I’m thinking of getting a kt 76 to go along with my art just for this reason. Seem to be two different sounds

Dunno, sounds like a setup for a very special stereo-image.

Did you end up trying the two diff brands in stereo??

I’ve generally found Klark/Midas/Behringer to be going for “transparent”, probably due to the transformers, so 1:1 may appear to bypass, but you’d barely tell. Great review though. After so many people bash on this thing, i think I may be able to use it, but I might sooner grab a Drawmer 421 which does the same thing in stereo and dual-mono in a single rack space. Just food for thought! 🍲 🧠

Thank you mate!

I have always wondered this myself

@@thomastwemlow1758 I thought there was something wrong with my ear *sad

same here!!!!v I can only find one and it just compares to VST's so its bound to sound better imo

Same

To my fellow producers you guys are forgetting about Sweet water reviews. ;) Hope this helps you guys. The review are almost 5 out of 5 stars. Happy Holidays And Merry Christmas guys.

I don't have any videos demos of the KT-2A but I have been using one for a while and am blown away by the thing. I bought it as a stop gap for some sessions and planned to replace it with an LA-2A, but the KT is still here, stock valves and all. I run a Daking Mic Pre EQ into it, which is a gorgeous sounding pre in its own right, and the 2A is the icing on the cake. A remarkable product for silly cheap money.

Is it not a Edp Wasp inside your ears ?

I have a RNC too and yes it will work nicely. Try it in limiting (25:1) with fast release for peak limiting. I actually do that quite often with the KT-2A as this is a slower comp. 1176 as a Limiter going into the 2A.

I like them- I use 2 of them for Back Vocals. Built quality is good, no issues so far.

@@ZedMartyProduction Thanks!

hey! I have it inserted it on my console and the line input gain of the channel is around 30dB. I actually can leave the output of the 76 pretty low and get a good level coming out of it. (around 36) I have two units now and they behave the same in terms of output gain. However, I drive the input gain on the unit a little more, which seems to have less noise. (around 28-12) Overall, I think it's better to come in with a hotter signal rather than boosting it with the output gain afterwards.

ah ok great. Did you make the rear connections with an XLR? or TRS? ... just to be more sure 🤔

@@monovladd4392 TRS and the Pad button is out (de-activated)

I‘d go with 2 KT-76, works on so many sources! But I can also recommend the RNLA. It has a little more character than the RNC and it can be super fast or slow like an opto-comp.

Didn‘t have the chance to try the Warm Audio so far.

Chad Parson I have the same issue with the 2 units I just bought! And so far couldn’t find a proper answer. If you’ve noticed that the output gain in this video was pretty low!

@@BesharALAzzawi other real units have this noise too

Thank you!

Yes, still in use and no problems so far.

Thanks! I have it inserted on a channel of the mixer.

Great! Have fun!

My guess is to just stop the sharp bounce off the wall from the bass produced by the back of the speaker.

​@@mfdavo The back of the speakers dont have sharp bounces, you need mass for bass What speakers are those on the outside? I have been looking for potential 3-way monitors,

v3z nope🙅‍♂️

The Klark Teknik 1176 has the classic FET sound of the original unit - fast, aggressive but not harsh sounding. The Fredenstein is a little smoother, I would say it's a mixture of a 1176 and a dbx.

Thank you, Zed

It would clip the channel of my analog console if I turn it up higher.

@@ZedMartyProduction Thanks

That's normal, fet comps are noisy, that's what we love 😊

I have both compressors and I love the KT76 on vocals. The ART is great for guitar, bass and groups and it sounds cleaner than the KT.

@@ZedMartyProduction I just ordered one! Looking forward to trying it out.

No issue so far, can‘t hear any audible hiss.

what's if you raise the Output all the way up? Let's say to 12, 6 or zero? Still no noticeable hiss? Mine's arraived today. But I have a lot of hiss in the Output.. @@ZedMartyProduction

@@Vocalisto Me too. Did you sort it out? was it a faulty unit or are they noisy when the output is over 12?

@@paulclifford8789 mine was very noisy on 12 and above. I've messed around with it a lot but in the end I've returned my unit and will try the wa76 in the future

@@Vocalisto Thanks.

I don‘t know, never used an original.

I know, I said if you De-press (all buttons out) them it is in bypass.

Gav, sorry to say that but if you want a 1176 just for the all buttons in mode you seem to be one of those typical media-hype influenced, young and not very experienced audio engineers. Bill Putnam didn't design that LA to work this way. To find out that it would still do something useful with all buttons pushed in was a fortunate coincidence. However, the truth is: That mode sounds like shit. It CAN be a funny, brutal SFX but it never would be accepted as an improvement of the original sound. That's why the all-buttons-in mode is only used as a parallel compression trick. To see a 1176 style LA just as a smashing device would be really unprofessional. The reason this unit became so popular is its fast FET attack time. So, if someone says the all-buttons-in mode is one of the main reasons why one would want to get one I seriously wonder if this person really understands what this compressor is all about.

hahahahaha. oh learn me oh wise one. i have been a professional engineer every day for almost 30 years now. hopefully after 40 i will understand compression? no shit shirlock wtf would ever use all buttons in not in parallel. are you really that dumb. .amazing how you can learn so much about me from 1 sentence. the audio industry is full of know all fools like you its the worst part about working in it.

yeah i took repress as though you meant in. cheers

@@gavmurray7398 Seriously, I'm getting tired of aggressive people like you. You behave like a child. One that yet has to learn to LISTEN and READ properly. First, I wrote "you seem to be". I didn't write you ARE. Taking out your 30 years of audio engineering doesn't impress anyone. It could mean as well 30 years of not being that good. Listen and read: He didn't say press all in to bypass. Nonetheless, you couldn't hold back. You had to correct where there was no need to correct. You were so eager to correct him that you obviously didn't have the time to rewind and listen again. And actually WATCH those buttons. You even didn't read my answer properly. Otherwise you would have noticed that I wrote "what THIS compressor is all about"! Not COMPRESSION. Why couldn't you just say: "Nice vid, thx! (even though my 30 years of experience made me a little deaf and blind)" instead of being the childish smart-arse?

Not yet, but I heard good things about it!

I have a pair of them, I highly reccomend them. If you've used a clone plug in, you'll know the way the boost/cuts work as they are not like other EQs. (Forgive me if you're aware of that.....) :)

Yup! Got a pair of pultecs!! A must have!!

I don't like it either. I rather use the Klanghelm MJUC plugin...

Thank you!

You can do still do stereo by putting two units at the same setting i guess

Music Q Central The small ones are ESI nEar classic, the bigger ones are Grundig 660A. But I upgraded to Adam Audio T7V since this video.

Sure! I have a separate video for that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l-CUaZybl9zOgXU.html

If you turn up the output, you can hear quite a bit of noise. I suggest to go into the unit a little hotter so you can leave the output low. Had no problems so far doing that!

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Which actually makes it perfect for pop, hip hop and r&b vocals. Only on rock vocal do you want the distortion. So it really depends.

Just add some tube eq ontop.

I’m not Marty, but I don’t see why not. It will not be transparent like most mastering compressors, but if you’re looking for the not-transparent sound than you definitely can use a pair as mastering compressors. I would suggest to use lower ratios and medium attack and release settings to get the smoothest sound possible, but you should experiment on your own to find the best settings for mastering. I hope you get good sounds with it!

@@Jimbo386000 sorry for asking you as a Marty but u explained a lot thanks bro

gurinder singh Haha you’re welcome man. You actually kinda gave me an idea to experiment with these on a master chain as well. I normally use the FF Pro C plugin cause it’s very transparent, but this might add some cool character.

@@Jimbo386000 please do i will wait

One remark: it's possible that having two of them in stereo operation might lead to some undesired results as they aren't stereo-linkable, so each channel will be processed entirely independent from each other. It might happen that due to slight differences in the compressor settings (as it's virtually impossible to have both units set to exactly the same values), tolerances of the electronic components and minute volume differences of the left and right channels, both stereo channels could be compressed with different intensities, thus leading to certain imbalances of the stereo field. The differences might or might not be disruptively big, since this isn't really foreseeable, I'd rather recommend to convert the LR stereo signal into a mid/side signal inside of your DAW, send it to the comps and then send it back to the DAW where the M/S signal would be converted into a regular L/R stereo one again. This should ensure a more balanced sound despite any possible differences between both compressors (because comp 1 processes the mono / mid signal and comp 2 processes the side signal, i.e. the difference between left and right) while giving you more possibilities to shape the stereo image (e.g. compress the mono part a bit harder and keep the sides rather "airy"). There is a free plug-in from Voxengo which does the LRMS conversion, but I forgot its name right now.

I did too. Haha but it’s worth it. I’m probably gonna but another next month when I get paid so I can have a stereo pair, or two minis if I want! Haha

Cool

cap!!