thedukewestern
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man that ca 2a is nice
yikes!
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 04:13:08
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Confirmed, the cakewalk of the CA 2 A is imo the best
emulation of that hardware
The lifetime upodates deal and the CA2A for free .......,
I´m curious about Cakewalk´s business idea ,
how they will generate money in the future.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 09:37:54
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I've been a very firm supporter of it. I think it is remarkable. To think they are giving it away is even more remarkable.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 10:00:57
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Pragi
Confirmed, the cakewalk of the CA 2 A is imo the best
emulation of that hardware
The lifetime upodates deal and the CA2A for free .......,
I´m curious about Cakewalk´s business idea ,
how they will generate money in the future.
FL has been giving lifetime updates for as long as I remember and they've been making money just fine. I think though Cakewalk is going to have to focus on what the driving market for at home DAW's is, and so far they seem too content focusing strongly on guitar players.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 10:33:06
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Shame it is no longer available as free download ( and that was very short limited time offer Cakewalk for those who don't get to this forum very often ! )
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 11:12:33
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Sorry dude, it was up for at least a month. You should check-in more often!
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thedukewestern
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 11:43:00
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Im forcing myself to use it as my only compressor in a mix ..so I can get to know it.. and it is doing very well
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 14:10:23
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TranceCanada
Pragi
Confirmed, the cakewalk of the CA 2 A is imo the best
emulation of that hardware
The lifetime upodates deal and the CA2A for free .......,
I´m curious about Cakewalk´s business idea ,
how they will generate money in the future.
FL has been giving lifetime updates for as long as I remember and they've been making money just fine. I think though Cakewalk is going to have to focus on what the driving market for at home DAW's is, and so far they seem too content focusing strongly on guitar players.
That´s a good possibility . but sure there are new features and products in development by cakewalk, not only the Sonar for Mac version.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 14:37:16
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IainThompson
Shame it is no longer available as free download ( and that was very short limited time offer Cakewalk for those who don't get to this forum very often ! )
bought it a long time ago. worth every penny. don't care how well it emulates the original, but it SURE does work NICE on some signals.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 16:16:35
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IainThompson
Shame it is no longer available as free download ( and that was very short limited time offer Cakewalk for those who don't get to this forum very often ! )
That was quick. For those that took advantage of its a great deal. I bought mine when it first came out. I suppose the point is even though it was free for a brief time it is still worth getting at the regular price.
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Keni
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 17:39:50
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I agree here too... I find it an excellent choice or many purposes. I bought it when they first released it and I still live it...
As with every two hardware versions, each sounds slightly different, but this one fits the same uses the same way for me...
I love it! Makes magic for bass guitars! ;-)
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 21:54:12
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It is likely my most used track compressor.
Don't forget it as limiter on drums
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 23:12:42
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Loving it too thanks Cake!
a moist sound
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/09 23:29:09
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It is sweet. I've watched some tutorials that tout putting an 1176 type compressor (Cakewalk PC76-U) in front of an LA-2A type (Cakewalk CA-2A).
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/10 04:45:03
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I bought it some time ago and have probably used it in every project.
Like Keni, I love it on bass. I also use it a lot on vocals.
As Oleman mentioned, it can be useful to put it after a fast compressor, like the PC-76. This can catch the peaks. I use that combination on almost all of my vocal tracks.
Don't forget to play with the screw. The way it changes how the CA-2A compresses higher frequencies is great.
I love this comp.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/11 16:40:04
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I've got the Softube FET Compressor and wanted to use it and the CA-2A in series for male hard rock vocals. what suggestions do you guys have for that? What order and what other plugs should I use? Pretty much everything I have is stock with the exception of the Softube tone and time bundle, waves L3 and the free CA-2A...
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/12 07:42:32
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Hi. I agree that it is a great compressor. I bought it at the same time I bought X3, and it is in use in every project. Definitely one of my favorites.
All the best.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/12 08:12:20
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jb101
Don't forget to play with the screw. The way it changes how the CA-2A compresses higher frequencies is great.
I love this comp.
Where does everyone set the screw for starters? All the way to the right / flat setting?
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/12 17:17:49
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Can any of you please tell me whether your Cakewalk CA-2A works in single precision (i.e. 32 bit internal processing) or in double precision (i.e. 64 bit internal processing) ? In the following picture you can recognize double precision plug-ins by the doubled ticks underneath and single precision ones by the simple ticks: https://drive.google.com/...FSnz7NTVmN0SXA2NXJ0bjQ As you can notice, my version of the CA-2A (I got the free one) appears to be working in single precision. Has it always been the case or is just the free version in 32 bit? Not, that it has any impact on the sound, but I'm just curious.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/13 06:59:11
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jb101
Don't forget to play with the screw. The way it changes how the CA-2A compresses higher frequencies is great.
I love this comp.
Where does everyone set the screw for starters? All the way to the right / flat setting?
It really does depend on what I want the end result to be. I guess I start with it at 50%, as is the default. then play with it and use my ears. Sometimes I know that I want the higher frequencies compressed more, so start with it higher.
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Re: man that ca 2a is nice
2016/11/13 10:30:39
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It's just a lightbulb shining on a light dependent resistor (looking at the original hardware circuit diagram).
I'm sure every manufactured example was different. And more variation must have been introduced as bulbs aged.
And the meter doesn't even show the output - it has a separate bulb/LDR combination!
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