Hiro-a-key, a.k.a. Nenashi, captivates audiences with his emotional performance using a sampler and keyboards in addition to his extended high-tone voice and falsetto.
Satoshi Fukuda is a freelance engineer who specializes in groove-oriented sounds such as funk and R&B and has worked on Tsuyoshi Domoto's projects ENDRECHERI, K, and Osaka-Monorail.
A review of WARM AUDIO's WA-1B Tube Optical Compressor by the two is now available!
I think that Manual might have been the one to get me hooked on the "woo-ah" type of compressor. It's a natural compressor, and as a singer, I found it easy to sing with, including on monitors."
It's more beneficial for rap and R&B dance than rock music.
It's one of the top three comps for singing, and you can even use it in a two-stage setup.
Mr. Hiro-a-key has prepared a number of comparison sound sources that allow us to feel the differences in subtle nuances and atmospheres of three different singing voices in three different combinations of Attack/Release patterns.
We hope you will listen to them and enjoy the sounds that only the hardware WA-1B can produce, which are not possible with plug-ins.

■[Product Review] I tried WARM AUDIO / WA-1B by Hiro-a-key a.k.a. Nenashi
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