I think it's important to know how processors work; there are plenty of other vids on RU-vid that have audio examples of the Distressor, ( if you're convinced that YT audio resolution is good enough for critical listening) ... I thought this video to be very well done in terms of explaining the various controls and functions of the unit. You'll get far more out of your gear if you understand how it works.
The LA 2A was designed and manufactured by Teletronix, not Urei. Urei made the 1176. Also, Dist2 is 2nd order harmonics which are generated by tubes, not transformers. Dist3 is designed to emulate tape.
Urei is Bill Putnam’s United Recording Electronics Incorporation. Putnam bought the rights of Teletronix. Hence why we see different generations of LA2A.
Didn't think I could be even more excited about just setting a used Distressor up in my newly-built vocal booth - but somehow your video made me even more giddy. So exciting to have a "true classic" in my hands, and my qualms about the investment were pretty much smashed as soon as I felt my confidence level LEAP upwards in the vocal booth. I mean, the sound quality matters a ton - but so does the confidence boost to your singers. Very, very excited to have such a powerful & versatile YET SIMPLE piece of outboard gear in my vocal chain!
why does no body start showing how to connect a distressor? - what the hell a "floating pin" is or whatever. All I know is, there's a cord and it plugs in. When my Distressor manual says "if you use a single-ended XLR ouput, leave unused pin floating," that might as well be written in the language of Martians. How does one leave an unused pin floating? - Please help.
is the only reason to have two distressors to differentiate left from right sound, or would there be other reasons? if you want symmetrical room sound (lef & right equally), then one distressor for bus-compression is just fine, right?
