Comments on: LALA Is A FREE LA-2A Limiting Amplifier VST By Analog Obsession

By: Romea

Romea — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:20:54 +0000

In reply to Michael. Made a good skin. Tha is it.

By: rick deez

rick deez — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 05:04:42 +0000

In reply to KIM CHRISTOPHER MACHADO NEVES. hear good things trying to get this thing free as I am broke 4 now

By: synthi

synthi — Sat, 09 May 2020 23:53:10 +0000

wow, Analog Obsession is UNSTOPPABLE!! Love his efforts and plugs.
He is almost like the new Herbert/Variety of Sound.

I’m sure he must have learnt a thing or two from VoS.

Will compare to Herberts own ThrillseekerLA.

(I love V.o.S and A.O.

Still wondering if Herbert will go 64bit. He mentioned that now that flowstone has made it available, he’ll give it a shot.
But if not, i’ll use J-Bridge & V.O.S plugs forever.)

By: MRG

MRG — Sat, 09 May 2020 19:42:06 +0000

In reply to Paco.

I’d be surprised that big companies actually have devs working tirelessly as much as some smaller/indie devs on the DSP part of plugins. They sure have access to people who specialize in one area or another, gfx, drm, installers, in-house framework, etc… That’s a given.
The only clear advantage they could have regarding plugins that simulate hardware, is access to the original hardware and taking measurements, recordings. AFAIK Tunca is only doing models off the schematics. Simulating old analog hardware is all in the dirt, noisey imperfections.
If anyone has infos, can supply such measurements or A/B recordings to him, who knows…

By: Animus

Animus — Sat, 09 May 2020 16:22:12 +0000

In reply to KIM CHRISTOPHER MACHADO NEVES. Analog Obsession seems to put way more effort into their GUIs than into the actual DSP code...

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 08 May 2020 15:59:16 +0000

Hard to argue with free! Just started using AO in my sessions lately – YALA is super unique to my ear and immediately useful for upfront vocals with a nice grit and tone for my work. MASBAX has made it into my mix buss chain on multiple tracks now, that 40khz and those mid bands in M/S mode are super useful and great sounding. Can’t say LALA has been very useful to me but I have never really learned how to use LA-2As in general. But for free I mean come on!

By: corrosiveabuser

corrosiveabuser — Fri, 08 May 2020 13:29:50 +0000

Tunca produces some superb plugins, – not every release is a winner, but he definitely puts a fair amount of effort into his creations… It’s true he started off with the wrong approach, but he’s listened, learnt and adjusted his actions accordingly… Personally, I prefer his EQs to his compressors, – that said, I really like his Kolin compressor.

Thanks Tunca, always appreciated.

By: KIM CHRISTOPHER

KIM CHRISTOPHER — Fri, 08 May 2020 02:22:21 +0000

In reply to Paco.

Yes of course. I don’t think it should be equivalent to the products of big companies … But maybe focus on just a few, work with comparisons to deliver what he is proposing. Sometimes I get the impression that it’s just an equalizer, a normal compressor on an analog equipment GUI.
If you can’t get close to the sound, it doesn’t make sense to go that way.

By: Bitcoin

Bitcoin — Thu, 07 May 2020 19:50:09 +0000

Tunca got much better & also sad to see the kvr lers bashing him like all the time now. think he stopped posting there which is understandable. Some of the new plugins are pretty decent & some just with too many flaws but if you take the time to check some of them out, you will find good ones in there too. And I also agree that some of his moves in the past were pretty lame. since the Patreon & Virus thing it seems gotten much better though. My 2 Bitcoins

By: Wenlong Li

Wenlong Li — Thu, 07 May 2020 19:01:03 +0000

I think it’s pretty good. I need to try more

By: Paco

Paco — Thu, 07 May 2020 14:49:57 +0000

Tunca puts a lot of effort into building his plugins and is receptive to his supporters and users. The builds are not exact emulations but do a very good job of providing the characteristics and quality of the hardware from which they are inspired.

The issue is not so much that he doesn’t put thought into his work but that he’s built numerous plugins and is dividing his efforts across the entire portfolio. It is incredibly hard and basically unfair to judge an indie developer’s work across those from IK Multimedia, Waves, Brainworx, and so forth. Those companies have the staff, capacity, resources, and scale to churn out highly detailed VSTs and can build and update rapidly. That’s not even to say how some larger VST developers and companies fail to optimize their code to maximize performance (looking at you, Audio Acustica).

By: MRG

MRG — Thu, 07 May 2020 14:42:07 +0000

I haven’t tried any of AO’s output yet. After all the shenanigans (see previous episodes for more info) it always left me a bit cold. And now that he cleaned up his act (he did!) he’s dropping 32bit support… What the?! >_<;
That said, it must be noted he updated his plugins, he kept more promises than your average politician, he's responsive to criticism and ideas judging by the changelogs.
If you have found better somewhere else, great. If you know why it's better, maybe tell him why, who knows he might agree with you and something will be a bit better in this world.
As for me, I promise I'll convert to this 64bit religion someday, then I'll finally know what those plugins are about. :D