

Sounds very good and to my ears was less hyped then the 1176-LA2A from IK. I have recently bought the Hornet channel strip MKII mostly for the compressors and it has become my go to. I wish Stillwell made a LA2A-style compressor. I'm researching the compressor types in the thread title.

There's also the Softube CL1B which is yet another emulation of yet another LA2A on steroids.

Sort of the expensive version of ThrillseekerLA. Similar LA2A in action and sound but alot more control without being overwheming. Its an emulation of Summits tricked out LA2a style comp. Speaking of additions.If i was gonna spend a little more I would take a hard look at Softubes Summit TLA100 compressor. Its quite good and an obvious take on the popular optical compressor with a few additions. They look the part but dont sound it.Īlso take a good look at the NI vintage compressors which were (strangely) coded by softube.įor a free 1176 check out the audiocation AC-1įor The cost of a computer music magazine you can get there free CM plugin bundle which contains Hornets FAT FET 1176 emulationįor a cheap 1176 its stillwells rocket all the way.įor an LA2A you could do ALOT worse than the free ThrillseekerLA. Yes, the IK bundle, because it's cheap, sounds amazing and you get an 1176 as well :D The easiest is to just buy the IK bundle, but I'm a little curious on the options.

The Hornet Multicomp/Multicomp Plus are supposed to be pretty awesome though. Others have said they are great but they don't float my boat. I have to say, as much as I love the other plugins, I just don't get on with this one - the GUI is too small and I just don't "get" the compressors. I own a whole bunch of the Hornet plugins, including the Channelstrip. Hornet Channelstrip MK2: Is this plugin any good? It has 1176 (FET) and LA2A (opto), but I'm not sure if the emulations are any good. The reason I only want the White 2A, is because I'm interested inĭon't be confused - it's an amazingly priced bundle and yes, the whole bundle is cheaper than any of its component plugins. I'm a little confused by this one, because if I only want the White 2A, the price is €79.99.
