Of all the compressors I have - and that's a lot - the CA-2A ProChannel is always what I use for voice, preceded by the Concrete Limiter to catch peaks.

Oh, doods. They gave everyone the full version (which IIRC comes with a the PC version as well)?
 
That's awesome. Cripes I think I said a few months ago it would be really could if they did something like this (or included it in the SPlat suite).
 
I do not own a lot of extra plugs because I have to be really careful with money but I did indeed buy this one back when it was still the Prochannel exclusive version then upgraded (with free Cake bucks in the X2 days) to the full CA2A version and for my tastes it is one of the most useful and best sounding dealymadoodles out of EVERYTHING I own.
 
I don't even really think of it as a compressor. To me it's the "flavor" dial.
 
To those who didn't have it before, congrats.
 
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hmm, I just went to check something on the VST version of CA2A and it's not in my plugin list (I always use it as PC module). I think I may have neglected to install the full version (which I bought like 2 years ago... lulz).
 
Anyway, what I was looking for was to see if this little "Easter Egg" setting from the PC version had actual controls on the GUI.
 
And it's not really an "Easter Egg" so much as just a hidden function.
 
Right Click on a grey area of the PC2A and a little context menu will pop up that lists "Photocell Memory" and underneath "About" (the "About" option is just version info). In the "Photocell Memory" menu tree there are two options for "Classic" and "Fast Reset". These (IIRC) affect the Attack/Release times of the compression where "Classic" mimics the original hardware's attack/release characteristics and the Fast Reset is a faster/more modern Attack/Release. "Fast Reset" is the default and probably the better of the two for most applications (at least to me) but it's worth noting that "Classic" option is available.
 
Also don't ignore that R37 screw. It is very subtle but I find focuses a sound quite nicely. Particularly tracks with a lot of high freqs going on. IIRC it kind of acts like a REALLY subtle EQ sweep to compress certain frequencies more than others. Like if I use it on a squealy high gain guitar track when I turn the R37 screw I can make it so the distortion is getting accentuated or smoothed out how I like a little better. Like if I want something to screech a little more I'll turn to more to "HF" (like for a high rhythm/lead part). If I want that sizzle slightly tamed with a bit more meat I'll turn it more toward the "Flat" side (good for chunky low rhythms when there are other guits going nuts on top).
 
There is an exact reason/explanation of what exactly is happening with that knob that I forget. All I know is it's extremely subtle but I hear it and I like it.
 
And now I'll go be weird somewhere else. Just wanted to point out some cool things abotu this dealydoodle.
 
Very very nice piece of kit.
 
Cheers.