1176 or LA2A... which compressor to use when mixing vocals?

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The 1176 and LA2A are two of the best compressors / limiters ever created, and there's a reason these units have been modelled many times by lots of different plugin manufacturers. However where they really shine is on vocals and for very different reasons.

The 1176 (originally made by UREI, now Universal Audio), can be really aggressive and is great for achieving hard, colourful compression - especially for faster, pop, rock and country music.

The LA2A (originally made by Teletronix, now Universal Audio), is lush, warm and BIG sounding. It can do very transparent compression as well as heavy compression, but thanks to the tube stages, it has a really nice bloom in the lower mids that make vocals sound thick and full, as well as up front in your mix.

In this video I show you 3 examples where these compressors work perfectly on the singer and the song so that you can learn how to match your music to the perfect compressor when mixing vocals.