UNIVERSAL AUDIO Teletronix LA-2A Studio Compressor – Silver

The Teletronix LA-2A Studio Compressor places the rich tube tones of a legendary optical tube limiter right on your pedalboard. Leveraging Universal Audio’s studio-grade digital algorithm, this compact stompbox precisely matches the original hand-wired hardware, delivering all the inspiring tone and classic feel on tap. Experience gentle dynamics control and natural sustain for guitar, bass, synths, and keys, enhanced by the big, three-dimensional sound of the original unit’s transformers, tubes, and T4 optical cell distortions. Even without compression, the Teletronix LA-2A Studio Compressor will elevate your tone with bold tube thickening, easily pushing your already-cooking tube amp into a juicy, harmonic overdrive.

Key Features:

• Authentic Emulation: Features Universal Audio’s studio-grade Teletronix LA-2A algorithm, perfectly capturing the end-to-end sound of the iconic optical tube compressor/limiter.
• Vintage Tube Circuitry: Emulates the vintage transformers, tube amplifiers, and T4 optical cell for fat, three-dimensional tube tones, adding weight and texture to any sound.
• Simple 3-Knob Control: Straightforward control scheme with Peak (adjusts compression amount), Gain (output level for the compressed signal), and Mix (for easy parallel compression effects).
• Comp/Limit Switch: A 2-way toggle offers versatility with a Comp mode (4:1 ratio for medium compression) and a Limit mode (12:1 ratio for hard, limiter-like effects).
• Stock/Fast Release Switch: Allows you to tailor the compressor's response, offering either the Stock slow recovery time of a classic opto circuit or a Fast quicker recovery for a more transparent sound.
• Bypass Switching: Features a switchable True/Buffered Bypass for enhanced versatility, allowing for true bypass when off or buffered bypass to preserve tone over long cable runs.

Built on more than 20 years of research into vintage analog effects, the Teletronix LA-2A Studio Compressor combines that iconic character with modern flexibility in a tough, compact stompbox built for years of trouble-free performance. It’s a tone-shaping tool that provides the warm optical tube compression sounds heard on decades of classic records, giving you legendary limiting effects for decades to come.

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