The CL1B Shootout - Tube Tech vs Warm vs Heritage
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Colt you don’t have to explain yourself! You literally provide videos with high quality information for FREE! People just want to complain about everything. 🤷🏻♂️
You are an inspiration to a lot of upcoming engineers!
I appreciate that, thank you for watching!
Thanks! @@ColtCapperrune
He caught hell because warm audio showed they are all for promoting influence with pay, early reviews or free gear
this comment needs more likes. ppl like Colt r helpin ppl out for free. not many can put hands on so many gears n compare. massive respect for Colt
The best for me is undoubtedly the real deal of Tubetech. The way it takes so softly the peaks and transients is just awesome.
To me it is the most musical and lyrical. Meaning, I am hearing the words and performance instead of being distracted by over-saturation or balance problems. The Tube-Tech sounds ready-made (and smooth).
That's right. It's definately number 1 from all of these here.
i agree but its so suddle . ur telling me that cant be /done in the box with plugins or eq ?( im asking cus i dont know ) the price i crazy for something so small but i agree it is nice
Colt
I never ever comment on TH-cam videos, But today will be an exception. I do not like seeing you explain yourself. If, whoever they are, has a problem, it's not because of you! You're helping, you're giving knowledge that most would keep to themselves. I would like to take this time to say THANK YOU! Thank you for your channel. Thank you for the knowledge that you share. Thank you for simply being the good person that you are.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Thanks for taking the time to show all three compressors. Much love my audio brother.
Thanks for watching!
This is the exact video I’ve been waiting on since heritage announced this comp. Thanks for spending the time to do this.
Hope it helps!
Ngl. That clip warm audio on her voice should be an advertisement. I'm definitely getting one of those. I can't believe they got the price that low. The way it handled that hard "d" when she says the day will come..man it's almost like she whispered it. I'm sold. Colt..tell warm you need ya commission my brother. Great demo.
Please please Colt, don't stop giving your opinion.
I've been an audio and music pro for quite some years and I really like your opinions and commenting every single time. (it is always good to have another perspective)
Don't forget about the silent majority. Love bro!
Great content as always☺️either we like it or not, that WA-1B is just insane value for the money. My favourite is still the original though, but just by a hair….
Colt I am watching these videos in part to get your opinion, because you are a professional and an expert. Your opinion is part of what makes your channel so valuable. Please don’t stop giving your opinion on these A/B tests =)
I agree
Yooop... because you are there touching, handling, and hearing the lossless version, my guy. I totally agree with this statement.
Thanks for the comparison man! The tube Tec is still king. That warm audio one is so muffled and harsh in comparison… it’s especially evident in the vocal example.
It’s a big cop out not giving us your open opinion Colt, we all trust you man and it’s the reason we watch. I can understand treading lightly in such situations to avoid offending future partners in reviews but you just gotta respect your audience cause we all respect you brother. 😊
yeah, i agreee, everyone got's an opionon... why not yours too?
Owned a CL1b for a home studio.Just playn with a high $$$ equipt. Was the fun side…turn THIS knob,turn THAT knob.So cool…
These are all 3 fantastic tools, especially in the hands of audio engineers like yourself and on these message boards.
It’s fascinating hearing them all with the same source material. I would geek out all day comparing them 😂
Excellent video!
I didn’t want to like the Warm Audio in last week’s video, but from the several videos I’ve seen now, it’s amazing value for the price and I’d have no problem adding one to my studio.
Cheers,
Quincy
Can we appreciate how beautiful these shots are
The video is so esthetically pleasing 👌❤️
Thanks so much!
Great video man. Even though I think the original CL1A sounds smoother, I actually find heritage audio more interesting and vibey. I was never interested in that Tubesessor, but now I changed my mind.
I bought one based off your first video and the fact that I love Warm Audio gear.
Hope you enjoy it!
@@ColtCapperrune thank you. I’ve only used it on vocals but I do love it and I love your video.
So my question is how much non warm audio equipment do u have ? I feel with mostvits a budget thing get the tools u can afford type situation no hate I'm legit wondering and at 1200 why not
Great video, I changed my ming after trying the warm audio against a real CL1B, after two recordings of full vocal sessions, the warm adds colour and pumping, the low mids bump isn't great on the sony c800G, the CL1B kept it transparent and forward. The warm isn't bad but I returned it. Thanks for trying and comparing the tubesessor.
I returned warm too, and order Heritage
The real ultimate shoot out would be Backwards Hat Colt vs. Hairdo Colt. 🤠
Damn… I’m sorry I have failed you… 😂😂
Please don’t let any hater effect your process or metal health
It’s tough and not easy, but there’s way too many people that love your content and have so much appreciation for what you do ❤
There is something really special about the Heritage Tubesessor on Vocals. The classic setting was open in a way across the mids i didnt get from the others and that saturation knob is a great feature on it for the vox. Other than that the CL1A was great on the other items...that bass really shined on the Tube Tech it had a special presence. As for the Warm it did exactly like the name says...it had this lower end saturation that was very pleasing. They did a great job on this unit. But for me optical application on vocals would always trump others. So for me the tubesessor is the unit. Magic on vocals.
Excellent assessment, thanks for watching!
After listening. The WA-1B was thinner and had less weight. I feel like I could get a better sound for vocals with a Distressor.
Surprisingly, the Heritage held it’s on against the Tube Tech. Especially with the different settings.
@@dspoet1this was my assessment as well
@@dspoet1 well its all subjective... "better sound" is for the listener ...for me a 76 compressor into the tubesessor i believe will get me something that will be amazing for me. So much so, i am sold and i am definitely getting one to pair for my vocal chain. As for the WA-1B i dont hear the thinner and having less weight that you are. I am hearing less highs and more low mid bloom making it seem heavier. Maybe take a critical listen again and let me know if you have the same results. I will also on my end cause i find it interesting you came up with that result. Who knows maybe you might be right but i am not hearing that
@@dspoet1 by the way were you referring only to vocals or you meant thinner across the board cause I AM hearing what you are hearing on the vocals ... but as for the others not really...
Listening on Beyerdynamic's DT 900 PRO X, calibrated to the Harman curve (because I like it).
Overall:
- Heritage sounds less rounded and more focused on high mids, the transient information feels sharper. I felt this more on bass, I could hear the pick hitting the string more, and in snare I felt the transient jumped out more.
- CL1A sounds rounded, warmer imo (more presence of lower mids). I feel like it adds more weight than the Heritage and it rounds out the transient in a pleasant way.
- WA1B sounds pretty much spot on regarding the "roundness" of the transient I feel in the CL1A, and I want to say it's a little bit darker, but I might be splitting hairs honestly.
That's it for me! I'm glad that we can participate in these listening exercises with an open mind, sound is completely subjective because you will never be able to hear how the next person hears a sound in their head. Getting mad or frustrated based on an opinion is a clear indication that you could use some therapy to work that anger out and have happier days overall. I say this from personal experience, therapy is an awesome thing most adults should be investing in, if possible.
Thanks for the awesome content!
Nice to hear from someone who eq’s their headphone to the Harman target because they like it 👍🏼
I mix with eq to the Harman target also and use Canopener for crosstalk, use a separate dac and separate headphone amp to drive my Hifiman Sundara and I love it 😍
Thanks for doing this! The Warm stuff is always cheap sounding to me. Nice for a small home studio, but not usable for commercial use….
Now you're talking Colt! A little competition gets things interesting. 🤟 Oh and they're all great, but to my ears : Tube Tech > Warm > Heritage
Warm Audio WA-1B owner here .. I'm loving the detented knobs. Nice touch. Not as versatile as my Fairchild 670 but then it didn't take me (electronics engineer) four years and a huge budget to get up and running! Thank you for posting this fine video Colt.
Just checked out your channel, only to not find content about your 670. Maybe a blog article with pictures instead...? :)
Man I was hoping for a different outcome but the Tube-Tech is slaughtering the competition. Sonically smoother and more musical compression even at high settings.
Thanks Colt, for making sure i never buy anything but the most expensive one 🤣 The Tube Tech one sounds absolutely INSANE! Heritage is definitely a great one, but i gotta say i'm extremely disappointed by the Warm Audio version. I have a Warm Audio WA73-EQ Pre-amp which is really nice and their WA-47 mic which is incredible, but it seems their compressors sort of fall behind other clones.
Great video! :)
Yeah, the WA-1B video was good and showed how the low-mids are a little more prominent. I didn't like what it did with the upper-mids or the sibilance. Again, the Tube-Tech just sounds ready out-of-the-box, with upper-mids that are more present but not harsh. Maybe that's how the legends didn't need EQ....the high-end gear is already fine-tuned to our ears.
You wouldn't believe, but they did a much better job with the wa-1b than with any of their preamps. The warms 73 pres sound just harsh and cheap in comparison to any unit of better quality.
Fact, I have disagreed with Colt many times and have made comments that he has politely responded to haha and I have obviously agreed and have learned a ton as well. That's kind of the beauty of recording/mixing is it's all subjective on how you do it as long as you like the end product.
Also, love all these Compressors genuinely no wrong answer here haha.
tube tech cl1b sounds natural and punchy but also creamy i love original cl1b best
Great VDO man, thank you!. I feel like if people like the CL1B because of its transparency than the original definitely kills it. The Heritage has similar high end to the Tube Tech but adds low end almost like an LA-2A. The warm is my least favorite, the high end is a little harsh and it kinda adds this low mid bump that I would EQ out in the mix. Tube Tech all the way.
I hear more compression pumping in the Warm, and more clean sound from the CL1A if that makes sense. The Heritage sounds super good too with the saturation on medium it sounded really full and beautiful. Thanks for the video!
I really wanted to like the Warm the most but the Tube Tech definitely has more depth to the low mid and bottom, keeps some more clarity in the rest of the spectrum and is smoother. The Warm isn't bad and for the price difference and availability so is a good alternative. The Heritage seems like a different beast all together, lots of cool options but the harshness and distortion on some material at certain settings isn't what I would associate with a CL1A/B at all.... Thanks for the vid!
Tube-tech got the sound right, Heritage got the looks right and Warm got the price right. We might need them all. 😂
Facts
no 1 could have said it any better :)
The warm audio can work with if that's the option you are stuck with, it's clear but has less body than the cl1A, the Teusessor is the least attractive it sounds cloudy. The Classic CL1A is still the one to go with.
I've had the tubesessor for a few months and am very happy with it for my vocal recordings, but I have to say that I liked the original tube tech best in each of your sound samples! If anyone here wants to swap a CL1B with my tubesessor, let me know :)
Thanks for the comparison!
Not sure if anyone cares, but I'd share my experience in case it helps anyone.
I have the Tubesessor. I also have the Softube CL-1B and demoed the Kiive Audio version. Tubesessor beats them both, easily enough. It's far smoother and more forgiving of the material, whereas the software sounds like it's working harder. However I also noticed that bit of dirt that it adds when the release is fast, and sometimes you want it fast. I also thought it was a broken tube or something, but then I remembered this video.
I haven't tried the WA-1B, so I can't comment on that, but the other day I went onto Access Analog to see what the real deal sounds like. It is so clean, so smooth, so musical. More so than the Tubesessor.
On low settings, they're all pretty close, but when you need to push it harder, the differences make themselves known.
My conclusion: if you want the best, it has to be the original (or maybe the Warm? I doubt it...). The Tubesessor gives you other great extra features, but the main trick of this pony isn't as good. The Kiive plugin was better than the Softube, though not by a huge amount.
But for me, there is only one winner: I'm personally going to save up, I can't stand the latency and workflow of Access Analog, but it did give me the opportunity to try the legend out and compare gear, and I want the best.
Hey Colt - no apology necessary, and we do want YOUR opinion. It matters. These are all great, but for a good home studio and for the money, you cannot go wrong with WARM. Stuff just sounds great and what a value. I'm all in on the WARM stuff because it fits my needs and budget and is still high quality!
The WARM WA-1B has more punch especially for the drums and bass separately and together. Thanks Colt ! As for the haters .... We know what they are all about, LOL!
The whole music process is like peeling back an onion and theres obviously many layers from start to finish. So I think people are hanging on to their opinions too tightly and making quick conclusions off of these slight differences. If i had any of these compressors, I would be happy to utilize them appropriately and I would need time to work with them to see if it's making or breaking my mix. At the end of the day I like the Tube Saturation knob on the Heritage, Warm Audio is close enough and sounds great, and as a gear head I would love to have the CL1B. It's not complicated and it's fun to hear the differences.
I have noticed the massive negativity in response to this unit on multiple channels. I think it is, in part, in response to how much paid promotion takes place with gear and plugins. I think viewers have lost their faith in getting honest and objective reviews. I'm not saying that is always fair or should apply to you (personally, I appreciate your approach). But there is a reason that someone like Wyste at White Sea Audio is so popular. He's not afraid to say that something sucks, whereas most reviews seem to take a "say nothing negative" approach that can make it hard for the consumer on a tight budget to make purchases with confidence.
In my memory I never heard Colt say anything real negative about gear neither! 😂
Something to consider. If someone can't make a determination themselves from the audio samples and relies on the opinion of the person making the video, maybe they should just buy the cheapest one or a plug in. If you're listening on decent headphones or monitors and have a favorite, it really shouldn't matter what the influencer's opinion is. Just my two cents.
@@SaySomethingWorthHearing Something to consider: TH-cam audio sucks. Furthermore, if you need an expert to help you decide what is best you are normal. We do this with cars and medicines and dentistry and pretty much everything else under the sun. Expert reviews exist for a reason. People who are beginners or intermediates are right to seek out input from experts. If those experts withhold their honest opinions because they get paid to be neutral, they make it harder for non-experts to make solid decisions.
@@WisdomHouseCreative You tube audio isn't top flight audio for sure, but if it's not good enough to notice differences in sound, why do you think there are so many videos doing these kinds of comparisons? Because if you listen carefully through decent monitors, you CAN hear the subtle differences. If you can't, even with YT audio, you probably should be shopping for monitors and not compressors.
Dentistry? I have never watched a a YT video for expert dental advice. I just go to the dentist.
Cars? Cars are not a skill and unless you're designing one, they're not an art form or creative expression. If someone is shopping for compressors, he/she needs to be able to hear what it's doing on a demo video or he/she isn't going to know what to do with it or how to listen to it once they have it. For someone in that camp, the best videos they should be watching are ones that teach you how to listen to compression and the different types of compressors.
I'm not saying there's zero value in having an "expert" give his opinion on a piece of gear, but I am saying if you're going to throw down a few hundred or a few thousand bucks on studio gear, you should be able to discern for yourself which one YOU like better. If someone can't do that, it'd probably be smart to watch other videos or stick with plugins until he/she understands not just what to listen for, but what he/she likes best because all of this is subjective.
If one "expert" mostly produces/mixes hip hop and pop and likes a certain compressor, well an amateur viewer might be into metal and that compressor that the "expert" liked best may not be a good match for that person. Placing that much value in the "expert's" opinion is doing a disservice to people who are new to this stuff. If an "expert" who works on pop music mostly loves Grace Design mic pres, that's great, but probably not a good match for someone wanting to do rock or metal.
I think it's easy when you're new at this to just rush out and buy a piece of gear because Joe "expert" liked it and anyone who's been doing this a while knows that's a recipe for disappointment leading to sell it for a loss a few months later.
You have your opinion and I have mine. Neither of us is entirely right or entirely wrong.
This was the real reason behind the hate its paid for influence
This is the shootout I've been waiting for! Really happy with my Heritage 33609 clone, hoping they stand up well here.
The Warm bottoms out in the low mids on every source. The Heritage is super versatile with the extra settings but still not as smooth as the TubeTech. I thought that the heritage got better when you messed with the side chain controls, and the harmonic tube saturation settings made it incredibly interesting. Those features alone make it much more versatile than the tube tech but the tube tech is still the tube tech and it is spectacular without those features. I would never consider owning the Warm, but the added features on the heritage at that price point, make it incredibly intriguing if I was going to buy a clone. I would love to own a CL1B at some point but for the time being I’m using 1176 into LA2a hardware as my main chain. But the Heritage Would be an incredibly personable interim step before purchasing a CL1B. For the record I’m monitoring through a Neve mixer on Genelec monitors….that prob makes a big difference on the detail I’m hearing versus some of the other commenters.
The Cl1b is what it is without a doubt. The heritage definitely caught my attention very versatile. Warm ain't bad at all. Great content as usual 👏🏿 ✌🏾
I actually tested my Wa1b and it was so fantastic than I expected.
yes, the heavy compresssion with it doesn't sound that good, but when I use it carefully, like 3db compression or something, I was blown away. And I preffer the size of 2U unit to 3U, tbh.
The tube tech is undeniable! The warm's tone sounded the closest on vocals to me... just a little less open...for the price I like it.
i know im not super pro here but its hard to argue with the results on the warm given its price point. warm has really opened some doors for us guys that have a limited budget. i make a good living and can afford expensive stuff but its hard to justify since i dont do this for a living. as colt said hey if you dont like it, dont buy it. their are some industry professions i have seen who do use warm gear and like it. i personally am glad these guys are around without them it would be hard for me to have 1176, la2a and now this comp which i am getting soon. and i thank them for making gear at the awesome price point, with the quality that they do. and thanks for the reviews colt
Tim Galloway uses the Cl1b for all acoustics at his home studio and he's ACM acoustic guitarist of year, look at how many hit songs he playing on now. No wonder why he uses, it puts smooth butter on those transients and over just sounds amazing.
The Tube-Tech is so insane. Wonderful compression without sounding compressed. The warm audio for the price point is super cool, still can hear the compression a bit more than the TUBE, without the same high end as the Tubetech
I bought wa1b and kept it for a week for testing. At first I thought I was going to become one because I was impressed by tube compression. But the longer my ear spent time with the compressor, I began to hear cheap quality. Even my current Black Lion Audio Bluey seemed to have better sound quality.
Today I sent back the wa1b and will order Tubesessor. Why?
Many people are excited about CB1. In fact, it is soft and pleasant. Heritage is a bit spicier. But it is half the price and pumps the vocals just as strongly and cleanly. I also had a wa2a and when I compared it to a la2a the difference was always the same. Expensive equipment pumped the vocals stronger, more clearly, clearly forward. Cheaper devices had a muddy sound.
The reason I ordered the Heritage is mainly because its sound is as powerful and detailed as the CB1. In every recording on the Internet, you can hear that the tubesessor creates a commercial-class sound. Unfortunately, Wa1b does not have this effect.
I am tracking with CL1B and using the WA1B in the mix. WA1B sounds really good
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@@harpoleon6806 what’s funny🤷🏾♂️
That's like driving a Ferrari around the block but theN having a fiero for car shows 😅😅😅 just funny to me I'm surprised ud use both but hey whatever u like is what u like
@@harpoleon6806 when clients send me sessions to mix that I did not track the WA1B works perfect. It actually has more of a thicker sound than CL1B
The Tube Tech just has that brilliance as well as smoothness, nevertheless when mixed in the music one can’t tell, so they all sound great… awesome video, by the way Thank you for being a B&H customer, best
On snare, the Heritage and Tube-Tech sounded very similar. With the Warm the snare has a shorter acoustic sustain. On bass and guitar the Heritage and the Warm audio fundamentals and upper harmonics sounded a bit separated and unbalanced. The Tube-Tech keeps them better together and sounds more balanced ( all frequencies compressed more evenly). On vocals they sounded most similar, the Warm a little less smooth. While the Heritage is more flexible and the Warm is much cheaper I still prefer the Tube-Tech on isolated sources. In a mix all three will do great.
If Stam and Audioscape do a version of the CL1B may need to run this back in a couple years lol 😅
Pretty sure STAM already posted they have a prototype in the works
Facts! I have the stem audio sa800 version 2 and it sounds real close to the c800G
Great video Colt. Enjoy your content. I have a CL1-b so I guess im spoiled a bit and I do hear a difference, the Tubetech is a little more open in the tops and smoother. but that's the Tubetech 'thing' isn't it, its clean and 'glossy' to my ears and very smooth. really liked the Tubesessor as well, seems to have have more options. The Warm seems great for the money but it's not quite as open on the tops at the TT and is a little congested in the low mids. Having said all of that, I'd be happy to use any on most mixes, because the differences are pretty subtle and I don't hear anything a little EQ couldn't fix. also unless its a stripped back vocal/acoustic recording, I'd say 99% of people wold struggle to hear the difference in a mix.
So.....my thoughts would be - if you can afford a Tubetech then get it, it's still the best! but if you can't can't I really wouldn't feel short changed with either of the others. I'd probably go for the Heritage if I was shopping now....
Not sure how I feel about cloning a production device tho. non production stuff yes, go ahead and re-issue/clone it, but a device still in production? hhhmmmm....
I preferred the Tubetech all round. So smooth and transparent. I didn't mind the Heritage on vocals. Nice tube sound and some saturation going on.
I won't comment on the Warm.
Excellent video.
I dig the Herritage, it had a nice ballsy feeling to it. The CL1B is smooth as butter though and that is whah you want if you're after that sound. The WA is jumpy and wobbly, its ok but id rather use a plugin tbh.
facts!
WarmAudio sounds like a plug-in from early 2000’s
That tube tech for vocals is top tier... Great comparison.
I watched the other video shootout between the Warm and the Tubetech and I really struggled to hear any real major differences that could cause blood to be spilt!?!
Normally I tend to scroll down to the comments section so I can not see the vid and am blind to the Logos of the units and using ears only.
Real test is can you make good music sound better with the units?
Answer = yes, which means everyone is a winner and it just depends how much you want to fork out for that miniscule % difference in quality.
There is no reason for hate in these videus man..Subbed
It's amazing how good the original is on vocals. The others don't get even close.
Thanks for the video. While I understand your reasoning, my main reason for subscribing and watching your videos is because I want to hear your opinion. It is difficult to ascertain the nuances especially through a compressed medium like YT, so your experience and thoughts on each unit is important and respected. While I may not always agree, your unbiased opinion is your biggest asset.
Did not expect it, but the heritage audio sounded sooooo much better to my ears. Cheers for the video mate and ignore the haters. ❤
The Tube Tech is creamy love for sure the others are no better than the UA plug-in really. The SC filter is super cool on the Heritage. Been saving for a TT CL1B for awhile and will keep using the UAD plug until I can afford the real deal TT.
The TT was by far, the best of the 3. The HA had a bump/focus point in the upper mids, The WA has a bump/lack of comp in the upper bands, no smoothness (or warmth). The TT was smooth & balanced with that low mid/mid warmth, 3D depth & clarity that only exists in high end equipment. And I'm listening on YT thru 3.5" PS Eris speakers & not even thru my Adam mixing speakers - I can only imagine what it sounds like live thru super high quality speakers. I'd probably fall out of my chair!
Colt, try the Heritage more in the mild setting. I think that matches the roundness of the original more accurately from what I was hearing. Awesome video!
I’m curious if others noticed this too listening to the examples on phone speakers. On the bass guitar example, the bass guitar disappears against the drums on the heritage unit. On the OG and the Warm it’s clanky and present and I never lose it. So from a translation perspective I found that really interesting.
Bass. Guitar is the one source I actually prefer the warm, Audio, and I thought the OG was my least favorite. By no means bad, still incredible, but my least favorite on bass guitar nonetheless.
I have yet to hear anything warm audio I love💀🤣
Nice comparison. To my ears, the real deal sounds more open in the top and more transparent.
Awesome vid Colt as always! Thanks for sharing.
The Tube-Tech is really in a class of its own
It's almost like the people setting the prices knew exactly what they have. Hehehe We're not the first ones to scrutinize it... But who really ARE the people with the trusted opinion that manufacturers trust?
You’re definitely one of my favorite people that do shoot outs and demos on gear you’re always very well knowledged on the piece. You explain things well also. I’ve never been a warm Audio fan but this unit sounds damn good to me. It’s a little brighter than the original tube tech but I think it sounds damn good.
Im not mad at all at the WARM AUDIO VERSION!!!!! AT ALL....i do hear a bump in around 200 in the warm audio.. making it a lil warmer..guess thats why its warm audio
The tubetech has a THD of 0.02%. Clean as it gets, transparent if you would. The Warm sounds vintage and not in a good way. It sounds dirty and muddy and with little headroom. A miss from Warm to say the least.
the warm sounds more muffled, but it seems to grab and release almost the same way though, I think it can be fixed with a high end lift going into it. Id love to hear an eq with a 3db boost on a signal at 5k, or a bit lower, going into the warm, vs the cl1a without that boost, raw, to see how the sound compares. Because the specs on the wa1b clearly states there is a cut in the frequency response between 5 and 25k and I think that might make for the discernible difference. Even if warm could nail the sound at a lower price point, they could get a copyright infringement case against them for completely copying their competitor's IP. They would have to make it sound slightly different to make sure they can't be held liable for that. I am almost certain a little high end boost on a signal going into it would bring it to if not a completely undistinguishable, it would be almost unnoticeable in comparison. I think it has almost the same characteristics, transient wise, but just the tone is different.
thanks, I would be glad to. I do not have telegram, are they other means to communicate with you please?
Liked the Heritage alot more than I thought I would. Worked with a CL1B for YEARS on vocals. I did like the CL1A on the bass guitar better but tbh both sound great at least through the youtube compression algo. The warm is a little more bland but still not bad.
If only the whole world could embrace this level of positivity!
Awesome video colt! Off top you can definitely hear the difference the warm audio has, compared to the other two. What i heard from heritage was not quite as grabby, a little more smooth riding, but thinner. Tube tech had more character, but would react to the low end quickly. I wouldn’t mind having either one honestly.
WOW this is SO very much appreciated. Thank you SO much this is so generous
Here's the same Tube-tech wins in terms of cleaner, more detailed sound. Great review.
Will using this compressor guarantee that my musical clients will have their songs played on big radio stations?
What a fun comparison. My take listening on my studio monitors: The Original Tube Tech seemed to let more of the upper midrange of the bass guitar come through while holding the performance in place. I would choose that for bass. I actually really liked the response of the heritage "de-ess" on the vocal - and could really see how useful that option is on different sources.
I've been waiting for this one. I wish Heritage would have gotten the iconic blue the same. Warm did a good job with that.
Thanks for both videos! Can’t wrong with any of the units. While I consider the TT the best, for my $, the Warm is the clear winner. Great vid, as always!
This is the one I’ve been waiting for.
This Warm Audio WA-1B was an underwhelming release from Warm Audio. I was so excited at first. SMH
That WA-1b is holding its weight for a fraction of the cost… I’m sold on that WA-1b… Might be the Go to for us home studio producer.
Colt, great job once again. Tubetech does something special when it clamps down 😊. Heritage audio was not as good as I thought it should have been. Warm Audio was keeping up. Slightly different from heritage audio but still not where the tube tech is.
Is it because Warm feels a little bit like the Behringer of outboard gear? I would like to know about the break up on the release time. I have a 33609 that does a very similar thing and I'm not really sure if it should. HA!
The CL-1a is still the least pinched (most transparent) of the bunch. The WARM, like most of the their clones, is close, but no cigar (IMO). The Heritage Audio is pretty close to the orig. (plus has it’s own thing). A fun (and informative) comparison - thanks!
Great Video man! Thanks for taking the time!
Stam Audio just released a 500 series CL1B clone which looks quite awesome, as Stam Audio gear is.
To my ears, I preferred the WA to the Heritage, but it also works fine. TubeTech is the still best, most transparent, but, as with anything iconic, it suffers from the law of diminishing returns. You could buy three, four, maybe even 5 pieces of very decent WA or Heritage outboard gear for the price of one solitary cl1b, and I'd argue that price jump is not warranted, unless you've got big boy bucks to spend...
You can't even get a new CL1b anytime soon, so that's also a major issue
@@nickr3526 good point
The Heritage Tubesessor is not much cheaper than the CL-1B, though.
Good vid Colt, it’s so darn hard to beat the original! If I had to pick one I’d say the Heritage sounds closest, but.. I’d like to see you use an eq in the sidechain circuit to see how that could impact sound using the Warm, and I kinda see why you didn’t, because is super extra.
On vocals the CL1A definetely won the comparisson. For me the compression sounded so smooth and stable. On the Heritage and the warm audio even though the compressors did a good job, you could hear that the compressor sounded a little bit more agressive and whenever the part started to get loud you could hear it took some time for the compressor to start working. If you want a vocal compressor get either, if you want the smooth sound the CL1A or B are known for get the real thing.
Nice comparison!
Thanks for taking the time to do this 😊
any idea what type of tubes these units have? i remember changing from GrooveTubes to JJs in one of my guitar amps and it was like a totally different amp...different tone, different distortion character, just totally different...can't help but think something like that may be contributing to some of the sonic differences
I will be running that test very soon, be sure to follow on Instagram as I’ll be posting my results there!
Bro I'm listening on my telephone. iTune in specifically for your professional opinion. I'm just saying.. keep up the good work
I’ve got a Tubesessor also. That release behavior is strange for sure. Mine is usually smooth as butter on any setting. Other than that, great comparison. Makes me happy I went with the Tubesessor purchase. WA-1B not far behind for sure.
It’s very interesting how it is so dirty on the fastest release on acoustic guitar, but on vocals, it sounds incredible and I don’t notice any of that dirt on the same settings
@@ColtCapperrunei may be reaching, but I wonder if it’s the comp it’s self or if it’s pulling out the nuances of the dirt in the preamp? I find that on most comps I’ve used, if you set them right, the comp disappears and you hear the pre doing its thing.
Wa 1b just missed on vocals a little imo but really won on drums ha was 2nd to tt on vocals
I appreciate the detailed breakdowns always, never explain yourself to haters bro ‼️
I needed to see this!