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. Gonzalo Mallén
July 14, 2020
Good but...
I’m happy with the plugin, does the job really well, but is too small. I hardly see it from my sweet spot, please update the size for big screens....
Read MoreM. Röhm
July 11, 2020
LA-3A - classic for electric guitars
The LA-3A is my favourite compressors for clean to crunchy electric guitars, sometimes I also prefer it on vocals to tube compressors à la LA-2A. My only wish would be that the GUI was a...
Read MoreS. Gasparyan
July 2, 2020
Best for Drums. but interface is too small)))
Like for all quick attack instruments..
Read MoreN. Pinto
July 1, 2020
LA-3A in your arsenal!
Sometimes overlooked wrt LA-2A, the LA-3A has properties that you are for sure looking for. Only downside: UI too small.
Read Moren. kauffmann
June 24, 2020
Easy plug-in for guitar
Use it on guitar and it gels together multitracked guitar nicely. Needs a little work on the graphic side though.
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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. Gonzalo Mallén
Good but...
I’m happy with the plugin, does the job really well, but is too small. I hardly see it from my sweet spot, please update the size for big screens.
M. Röhm
LA-3A - classic for electric guitars
The LA-3A is my favourite compressors for clean to crunchy electric guitars, sometimes I also prefer it on vocals to tube compressors à la LA-2A.
My only wish would be that the GUI was a little bigger or resizable - on a Macbook Pro with retina display it is comparatively small.R. McKinley
Does the trick
Easy to use, sounds good
S. Gasparyan
Best for Drums. but interface is too small)))
Like for all quick attack instruments..
N. Pinto
LA-3A in your arsenal!
Sometimes overlooked wrt LA-2A, the LA-3A has properties that you are for sure looking for. Only downside: UI too small.
C. Gabbianelli
Corrupts Delay Compensation in PT
Consistently corrupts the delay compensation in my PT sessions. Pretty disappointed in UAD's lack of resolution to this issue after all of the money I've invested into using their hardware and software.
A. Paulino
Gui too small
the GUI is too small, please update the GUI, the sound is pretty good, but is too small, I can hardly see it on my screen and I have a 32 inches screen
n. kauffmann
Easy plug-in for guitar
Use it on guitar and it gels together multitracked guitar nicely.
Needs a little work on the graphic side though.J. Davis
Pro Sound in a plugin
The LA3A makes your mixes sound huge and powerful. The only complaint I have is the small size of the GUI, but that doesn’t affect the amazing sound.
Š. Kominko
As always, the excellent work of Universal Audio.
Excellent compressor.
E. Van Wonterghem
needs graphic upgrade . " ua should makeplugins with resizable GUI "
Does UA ever upgrade a plugin in time? . ordered but forgot the GUI is way too tiny in 2020 ..i cant find it on my 5 k screen ..next to a distressor, the LA3 have the same size as one knob on distressor .,soundwise i think the dbx is better sounding and more flexible.. at same price level.
F. Sparagna
Sounds aces... but please update the GUI
Fantastic plugin, but the graphics is outdated on both Mac and Windows.
N. Outhuijse
Love it!
Love it!
F. Lubrano
Great!
Great Job,nice sound!!
A. Richardson
Love it
It’s does what I need it too do
N. Jensen Stilborg
I dig it
Sounds great, quick easy to dial in. Great price for what it is. It's a must-have tool for rocking vocals.
M. Tjäder
Simple & effektive
Lives up to the hype! Very easy to use, this far I really love it on drums.
R. Jacobi
LA-3A - Oldie but Goldie
The Teletronix LA-3A feels like it was developed ages ago but still sounds pretty good and does its job. Soundwise this plugin still deserves at least four stars.
The big downside are the tiny graphics and the low resolution of the interface. I wish UA would update older plugins to meet current display technology. I find myself not using the plugin too often as it is not exactly easy on the eyes. The interface is really small and looks terrible not just on a Retina display.
UA, please update the interface and make this plugin usable again. Thank you!M. Tata
Great Sounding Plugin - Terrible UI
Sounds great and does its job remarkably well. The reason for the 3 star review is UI needs a major update. Come on UAD, please get this done!
M. Nadolski
Can’t Believe UA Did NOT include In The OX
Holy Grail electric guitar compressor and it’s wasn’t available in the GUITAR interface. Shameful. Plugin sounds GREAT.