Teletronix LA-3A Audio Leveler
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Compression with attitude for guitars, vocals, and drums.
The Teletronix LA‑3A compressor is an iconic "secret weapon" limiter, famous for pushing sounds right to the front of your speakers with a unique, aggressive character.
Modeled from a unit in UA’s vintage collection, the Teletronix LA‑3A Audio Leveler plug-in gives you all the tone and pugnacious dynamics control of the rare hardware.Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- Get the unique tone of the definitive solid-state optical compressor
- Add energy and harmonics to vocals and acoustic guitars
- Inject grit and texture to bass guitar and soft synths
- Punch up your drums using the HF Emphasis sidechain filter and parallel Dry/Wet Mix
TAKE A LISTEN
Get In-Your-Face Optical Compression Tones
By giving you faster limiting than the tube-driven smooth operator Teletronix LA‑2A with the clarity of the iconic solid‑state 1176, the Teletronix LA‑3A plug-in offers bold, mid‑forward compression, guaranteed to make your sounds pop.
Easily Get Pro Limiting on Drums
Use the HF Emphasis sidechain filter to punch up your drum bus with legendary LA‑3A tone, without triggering the threshold of the compressor with the kick drum. Plus, the Dry/Wet Mix control gives you quick parallel compression on a synth or piano track, seasoning your productions with legendary Teletronix LA‑3A attitude.
“The Teletronix LA‑3A plug-in adds juicy, chewy tone to vocals, bringing them forward in a relaxed, yet commanding way. ”
– Damian Taylor (Björk, The Prodigy, The Killers)
“I love the updated Teletronix LA‑3A Audio Leveler plug-in. It's a top contender for not just tracks and auxes, but my stereo bus as well. And with the new sidechain filter, it's even more useful.”
– Jeff Balding (Taylor Swift, The Eagles, Dan+Shay)
“The UAD LA-3A plug-in is one of our favorite sound design tools. We use it to destroy reverb tails for interesting atmospheric effects.”
– The Glitch Mob
“The Teletronix LA‑3A plug-in gives you smooth optical compression, but with the aggression of a transistor circuit. It's perfect for shaping rock vocals, acoustic guitars, even orchestral instruments.”
– Joe Chiccarelli (Jason Mraz, Beck, The Strokes, Morrissey)
“I love the Teletronix LA‑3A's compression on electric and acoustic guitars and background vocals. Now I can love it all over again with a beautiful new interface!”
– Chris Zane (Passion Pit, St. Lucia, Holy Ghost!)
“An industry standard, the Teletronix LA‑3A plug-in will make guitars pop, level out bass, and do it all with the vintage tone of the original.”
– Richard Chycki (Rush, Aerosmith, Dream Theater)
“The LA‑3A plug-in has a sort of liquid buoyancy that I like, especially on guitars and vocals. ”
– Chuck Zwicky (Prince, Soul Asylum, Reggie Watts)Customer Reviews
o. ikavalko
January 25, 2024
Teletronix la-3a
Lately this had been good limiter with mix knob. I’ve been useing other la-3a modeling plugin, but it lacked mix knob. I liked very much transparent sound of this plugin, altough...
Read MoreL. Leonard
January 24, 2024
Good
It is perfect for guitar and vocals,has a solid character,easy to use and finally CPU friendly:)
Read MoreK. Johnson
January 21, 2024
Brings things forward in the mix
Great on guitar. Doesn't color too much, but brings it forward in the mix.
Read MoreD. Salazar
January 19, 2024
Great Piece!!!
Firstly, this plugin could be said to give a good presence and character to the guitars, basses and even certain "Experiments" on drums, to give that quality by just moving 2...
Read Morej. last
January 6, 2024
My Guitars!!
WOW!! My guitars are really standing out...again thanks UAD for letting us bedroom producers with little money make good music too.
Read MoreJ. Sims
January 5, 2024
LA3A Magic
Having used the hardware units back in my analog day's This plugin gives me what the hardware units do. It almost feels like stealing to get this quality at this price....
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Key Features
Use any audio interface, with both UAD Native and Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions included
Get the unique tone of the definitive solid-state optical compressor
Add energy and harmonics to vocals and acoustic guitars
Inject grit and texture to bass guitar and soft synths
Punch up your drums using the HF Emphasis sidechain filter and parallel Dry/Wet Mix
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Customer Reviews
Teletronix® LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
o. ikavalko
Teletronix la-3a
Lately this had been good limiter with mix knob. I’ve been useing other la-3a modeling plugin, but it lacked mix knob. I liked very much transparent sound of this plugin, altough I never have use a real hardware one. But this do job well
L. Leonard
Good
It is perfect for guitar and vocals,has a solid character,easy to use and finally CPU friendly:)
K. Johnson
Brings things forward in the mix
Great on guitar. Doesn't color too much, but brings it forward in the mix.
D. Salazar
Great Piece!!!
Firstly, this plugin could be said to give a good presence and character to the guitars, basses and even certain "Experiments" on drums, to give that quality by just moving 2 knobs, I think the plugin is on the right way.
Highly recommended.j. last
My Guitars!!
WOW!! My guitars are really standing out...again thanks UAD for letting us bedroom producers with little money make good music too.
J. Sims
LA3A Magic
Having used the hardware units back in my analog day's This plugin gives me what the hardware units do. It almost feels like stealing to get this quality at this price.
J. Love
Everything I expected!
It does the LA 3A thing flawlessly. Beautiful on acustic guitar and will be a strong link in that chain.
Very nicely done UA !U. Soto
A MUST HAVE FOR GUITARS!
THREW THIS ON ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND LET ME TELL YA, IT'S AMAZING! I'VE ALSO HEARD IT'S GOOD ON OTHER THINGS LIKE VOCALS BUT FOR ME IT WAS A DEFINITE WINNER FOR ACOUSTIC GUITARS. WELL DONE UA!
J. Barry
Sweet compressor!
Adds a unique color to the tone. Very subtle but lovely. I high
A. Ogarev
Teletronix® LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
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A. Puron
Buenísimo
Hace muy bien. Su trabajo muy contento con este plugins ! Cumple las espectativas y yo lo uso para terminar de redondear un sonido ya sea artificial o voz !
L. Merwan
A gem for enthusiasts of authentic analog sound !
The Helios Type 69 plug-in is simply extraordinary! Its faithful emulation of the original hardware provides an outstanding sonic richness, perfect for shaping sources with a vintage attitude.
M. Evans
Satisfied Customer !
I'm new to UA and I am very pleased with the pro quality plugins, nice job!
E. Starzhynskiy
Comb your guitars!
This is magic for guitars and not only. It works flawlessly, I recommend it!
K. L
Nice on electric guitars
Super useful to tame heavy electric guitars
A. Moreno
Sorprendente
En una palabra , increíble
J. SANMARTI
Fantastic!
Love this, simply great leveler to reach natural for your recordings!!
B. Garden
Best thing for Electric Guitars and Vocals
Brings such a polished forward character to anything you put it on. Makes vocals amazing and also heaps good on Electric Guitar. Super impressed. Not getting it off my mixes anytime soon
G. VENL
a sS u p e r tT o o l
Okay, if I'm completely honest, I should have had this LA-3A from my very first mix... a super tool
C. Gonzalez Bueno
The Best To My Ears!!!
I've tested many LA-3A plugins before I finally tested the UAD version. The competitors are no match (competitors are amazing). UA version gives this sense of 3D that I don't get from others emulations.
