Vocal Compression Shootout: CLA Classics Compared

Waves Plugins used in this video:

Music: Casey Baer, “Hold On”

[charlesbonkley]

The original, non-autotuned singer was normally priced at $249.99. This one, however, was on sale for $29.99.

[GuitarversumSandraSherman]

Great idea, but the autotuned vocals are terrible.

[PineHillSoundStudio]

Please, demonstrate these nice compressors on natural sounding sources. This may be confusing for some people ...

[FiragoMusic]

The autotune is outrageous distracting

[breezyoakk]

first off, back off that damn autotune. this is not a trap song

[markyoungmusic]

Is that Autotune or Waves Tune? Either way, it's horrendous.

[austincelaya]

Cool video but too much tuning to really focus on the compression comparisons

[SamMr]

CLA-76 Blue and CLA-2A is a perfect combination here....Thanks very much because this is gonna help me a lot not just in the studio but for live gigs that I do as well...I already use CLA-76 Blue followed by Rvox and a C6 on vocals for live sound...Love it.

[rockstarjazzcat]

Unlistenable due to prominence of autotuning effect.

[CyrilViXP]

Wow, Casey has a great built-in autotune in her vocals! Astonishing vocal technique!

[gutekzpoligonu]

Chris "Not Lord Alge" and I almost spit on monitor XD

[huntertripps]

`you weirdos obsessing over auto tune, this clearly shows the capability and functions of the compressors and thats the videos intent good video

[Novalight]

do this again with some listenable vocals and I might come back

[kendallhoulder]

CLA-3A Sounds the Best
on her Vocals !!

[kris_lx]

Hire someone who can actually sing (without the need for autotune) and do this video again.

[nosajisnow]

As people said in the comments already, the autotune is very distracting, I think this video would have been better with natural vocals, but still good video idea to help us all out

[MonstarMk]

The Volume changes so much it makes it hard to compare. The auto tune makes it impossible to focus on the compressor.

[charlesbonkley]

For the first 12 seconds of the video I felt I was watching a Muppet.

[ottomanmuzic]

Thanks for back to back comparison. This made me realize I need to buy a hardware la3a

[lnxguit]

Nice comparison video. I really liked the CLA-3A.
I understand that the autotune effect exaggerates the transients, but I was able to hear the attack character of the compressor clearly, which I found useful.