Do you use analog gear in your home studio? Whether it’s for recording, mixing, or both - like compressors, EQs, or preamps - I’d love to hear about your setup!
I'm still using Cubase 13. My input interface is a Presonus StudioLive 32SC mixer. I've been trying for over a year now to figure out how exactly to wire my stereo compressor into the system to use as an insert. I can easily set up external effects in Cubase. I just can't find a way to wire it up with my mixer and I'm not a newbie. I've done a lot of live audio, worked for a sound a lighting company for 5 years too. I've had my own tiny studio for 15 years. If you can possibly offer any insight, that would be great! I've been a subscribed fan for a long time now. Love your show!
Got a bunch of WA gear in my racks. Once the WA-MPX was released I was hooked (I blame my buddy Kristian Kohle for that one) and then I snagged the WA-EQP, WA-73EQ, WA-COMP, and the WA-76. Never looked back and I love them. I've been eyeing this stereo 1176 too! When iLok loses its mind again, I'll still have my main style of mixing tools (and my sound) even if I can't use my specific plugins. I also learned how to USE my outboard gear through Cubase by watching you over the years, Chris, and for that I'm immensely grateful. You rock, buddy! ❤
Hello Chris ! long time no see. Thanks for the video, I was just on the market for a 1176 style comp. I got my first Warm Audio gear today, a WA-1B. I didn't test it yet, and I'll go with the 1176D-2 next year. Thanks again for the video and have a wonderful holidays 😀
To be perfectly honest, I was pleasantly surprised! The original WA-76 wasn't all that good to my ears, but the new iterations sound so much better. The rev-A especially impressed me, since they got the saturation dead on, and the rev-D is great as well. Excellent review. I love that you took the time to show the stereo link in action; a lot of reviewers leave that part out!
Thanks! You're right, lots of people let the Stereo Link/Dual Mono out, and it's one of the things I like to experiment on a compressor. Glad you like this part :-)
Beautiful video, Chris. I have just experimented with guitar pedals as external fx. I still haven’t upgraded to 14, but the way the external fx are handled looks a lot better now.
Salut Chris!! Très Bon Vidéo, j aimerais savoir comment tu synchronise tes appareille, (Genre avec le word clock comment ca fonction), et comment tu te sert du Connecteur AES/EBU. Merci!!
Definitely a Warm Audio fan. My main vocal mic is a WA47jr and I have a pair of WA-12 mk2 preamps as well. BTW 1176's and LA2A LA3A don't have adjustable "thresholds" you have input to drive signal into the fixed threshold to get the amount of gain reduction you want. I assume you know that, but maybe all those viewing this might not. So, while I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, I thought it was important to point that out. No offense intended. BTW I also have an old analog stereo tube EQ from TL Audio that I had reconditioned that I use to give a bit of saturation and a slight bump to the low end and a bit of sheen to the highs.
Glad you're a Warm Audio fan! I never tried their mics yet, though. You're right about the fixed threshold, I actually explained this in detail in my 1176 & LA2A videos. I went fast on this one this time around.
For mixing, not snake oil, it might be for you, though, and that's ok, but I would say more of a personal choice. And I will add that Analog gear like these compressors are amazing recording tools, and gain a personal choice ;)
@mixdownonline I mix and master for a living. I outcompete (and fix the work of) engineers using analogue gear every day. There is no audible improvement from using a modern plugin design, and drawbacks in recall and realtime bouncing make you less compettetive and more expensive per mix. It is defacto snake oil, not a "personal choice", just like selling yellow crystals to improve bass response is also not a personal choice. Edit: for recording, there might well be a place for them, and better this than wasting thousands on vintage 1178 that sound worse than stock compressors from logic.
@@GingerDrums @GingerDrums I also mix, and master for a living on top of teaching. That has been my full time job since 2003. First of all, in any of my videos I claimed Analog Gear was better than plugins for mixing, for me it's all about how you use the plugins or gear to get good mixes, it's talent first, tools after. You can release a pro sounding production with stock plugins only. I actually made a full mixing course using only Cubase Plugins. That doesn’t mean paid plugins are snake oil. So I do agree with you that you can outmix other engineer with plugins, and I’m pretty sure you could outmix someone else by using stock plugins, but again, that doesn't mean everything else is snake oil. It’s a personal choice. Art is subjective, and not black and white, and mixing is an art of its own. Some prefer gear with a hybrid workflow, some using plugins only. I think it doesn't matter as long as you know what you're doing and you get good results either way. So I call this a personal choice, you call it snake oil, I’m good with that, I think we can agree on everything else :-)
@@mixdownonline great comment. Obviously I'm aware of the polemic and provocative tone I'm bringing, but I just lament seeing the comments under this video of bidding engineers wishing they could finally achieve better results... If only they had a "warm stereo 1176"... What a dream... And here is me selling all my gear and passing down the cost savings to my clients. Personal choice does not justify deceptive and misleading marketing, and the analogue market for mixing gear at this point is essentially just that. Thanks again, and for any young engineers reading, take it from both of us that you should save your money, do NOT invest in analogue gear, but instead invest every cent into monitoring, acoustics, headphones and educational resources and practise.
Do you use analog gear in your home studio? Whether it’s for recording, mixing, or both - like compressors, EQs, or preamps - I’d love to hear about your setup!
I'm still using Cubase 13. My input interface is a Presonus StudioLive 32SC mixer. I've been trying for over a year now to figure out how exactly to wire my stereo compressor into the system to use as an insert. I can easily set up external effects in Cubase. I just can't find a way to wire it up with my mixer and I'm not a newbie. I've done a lot of live audio, worked for a sound a lighting company for 5 years too. I've had my own tiny studio for 15 years. If you can possibly offer any insight, that would be great! I've been a subscribed fan for a long time now. Love your show!
Hi Chris, I use
SM7b or C414>ISA Two, with WA76 inserted. 👍
Got a bunch of WA gear in my racks. Once the WA-MPX was released I was hooked (I blame my buddy Kristian Kohle for that one) and then I snagged the WA-EQP, WA-73EQ, WA-COMP, and the WA-76. Never looked back and I love them. I've been eyeing this stereo 1176 too!
When iLok loses its mind again, I'll still have my main style of mixing tools (and my sound) even if I can't use my specific plugins.
I also learned how to USE my outboard gear through Cubase by watching you over the years, Chris, and for that I'm immensely grateful. You rock, buddy! ❤
Oh, that's pretty cool! Glad you learned a lot from my videos, thanks for letting me know! :)
@mixdownonline Of course! Thanks for making them :)
Hello Chris ! long time no see. Thanks for the video, I was just on the market for a 1176 style comp. I got my first Warm Audio gear today, a WA-1B. I didn't test it yet, and I'll go with the 1176D-2 next year. Thanks again for the video and have a wonderful holidays 😀
Well you have definitely grabbed my attention with this video. Your rack is growing nicely with the Warm Audio Gear. Thanks brother.
Lol, yes, my rack is becoming Warmer as I go ;-)
@@mixdownonline your new tagline can be Canada's Winters may be cold but I stay warm with warm audio.
LOVE IT 😅
To be perfectly honest, I was pleasantly surprised! The original WA-76 wasn't all that good to my ears, but the new iterations sound so much better. The rev-A especially impressed me, since they got the saturation dead on, and the rev-D is great as well. Excellent review. I love that you took the time to show the stereo link in action; a lot of reviewers leave that part out!
Thanks! You're right, lots of people let the Stereo Link/Dual Mono out, and it's one of the things I like to experiment on a compressor. Glad you like this part :-)
Beautiful video, Chris.
I have just experimented with guitar pedals as external fx. I still haven’t upgraded to 14, but the way the external fx are handled looks a lot better now.
Yes, the way Cubase handles external fx is a great new feature! Glad you liked the video, thanks!
Thanks for the breakdown as always!
My pleasure!
Unfortunately, there are no raster knobs on the stereo version. That's what I'm missing here.
Salut Chris!! Très Bon Vidéo, j aimerais savoir comment tu synchronise tes appareille, (Genre avec le word clock comment ca fonction), et comment tu te sert du Connecteur AES/EBU. Merci!!
Je reconnais l'accent du québec lol très bonne vidéo à part de tca 😂
Warm is cool
They should use your line on a T-Shirt or something, Lol!
First to view first to like Iv got warm audio wa-47 mic and trust I love it
Oh yeah, Thanks! I never tried the WARM mics, yet!
The dual mono on guitars really widens the stereo image alot.
Big time!
Definitely a Warm Audio fan. My main vocal mic is a WA47jr and I have a pair of WA-12 mk2 preamps as well.
BTW 1176's and LA2A LA3A don't have adjustable "thresholds" you have input to drive signal into the fixed threshold to get the amount of gain reduction you want.
I assume you know that, but maybe all those viewing this might not. So, while I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, I thought it was important to point that out. No offense intended.
BTW I also have an old analog stereo tube EQ from TL Audio that I had reconditioned that I use to give a bit of saturation and a slight bump to the low end and a bit of sheen to the highs.
Glad you're a Warm Audio fan! I never tried their mics yet, though. You're right about the fixed threshold, I actually explained this in detail in my 1176 & LA2A videos. I went fast on this one this time around.
A lot of phase problems. I don't know where is the point, but it is.
A lot of phase problems???
.... but not the ratio
Nop, but you can also buy 2 Mono WA76s, and link them together to be 100% independent
At this point, any analogue mixing gear is basically snake oil.
For mixing, not snake oil, it might be for you, though, and that's ok, but I would say more of a personal choice.
And I will add that Analog gear like these compressors are amazing recording tools, and gain a personal choice ;)
@mixdownonline I mix and master for a living. I outcompete (and fix the work of) engineers using analogue gear every day. There is no audible improvement from using a modern plugin design, and drawbacks in recall and realtime bouncing make you less compettetive and more expensive per mix. It is defacto snake oil, not a "personal choice", just like selling yellow crystals to improve bass response is also not a personal choice.
Edit: for recording, there might well be a place for them, and better this than wasting thousands on vintage 1178 that sound worse than stock compressors from logic.
@@GingerDrums @GingerDrums I also mix, and master for a living on top of teaching. That has been my full time job since 2003.
First of all, in any of my videos I claimed Analog Gear was better than plugins for mixing, for me it's all about how you use the plugins or gear to get good mixes, it's talent first, tools after.
You can release a pro sounding production with stock plugins only. I actually made a full mixing course using only Cubase Plugins. That doesn’t mean paid plugins are snake oil.
So I do agree with you that you can outmix other engineer with plugins, and I’m pretty sure you could outmix someone else by using stock plugins, but again, that doesn't mean everything else is snake oil. It’s a personal choice. Art is subjective, and not black and white, and mixing is an art of its own.
Some prefer gear with a hybrid workflow, some using plugins only. I think it doesn't matter as long as you know what you're doing and you get good results either way.
So I call this a personal choice, you call it snake oil, I’m good with that, I think we can agree on everything else :-)
@@mixdownonline great comment. Obviously I'm aware of the polemic and provocative tone I'm bringing, but I just lament seeing the comments under this video of bidding engineers wishing they could finally achieve better results... If only they had a "warm stereo 1176"... What a dream... And here is me selling all my gear and passing down the cost savings to my clients.
Personal choice does not justify deceptive and misleading marketing, and the analogue market for mixing gear at this point is essentially just that.
Thanks again, and for any young engineers reading, take it from both of us that you should save your money, do NOT invest in analogue gear, but instead invest every cent into monitoring, acoustics, headphones and educational resources and practise.