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Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler

Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler

4.7 (411)

Get compression with attitude for guitars, vocals, and drums.

  • 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

Runs natively on your macOS or Windows computer, or accelerated on Apollo audio interfaces or UAD Accelerators. View full system requirements.

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Get 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.

Explore 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 Add 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.

What They Say

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 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, Florida Georgia Line

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!

Reviews

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
Based on 411 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 333 Total 4 star reviews: 57 Total 3 star reviews: 15 Total 2 star reviews: 5 Total 1 star reviews: 1
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411 reviews
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    ANGEL D. M.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    7 hours ago
    Very versatile

    Main use in acustic and Electric guitars

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  • GB
    Giò B.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    9 hours ago
    La3a

    Wonderfull

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  • JB
    jay b.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    5 days ago
    Great plugin

    There’s a lot of compressor emulations on the market, the UAD version of the 3A sounds to best to me. It’s my go-to compressor for guitars and keys.

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    Desmond L.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Teletronix LA-3A Audio Leveler

    I Love this product!! Arguably my most favorite compressors!

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    Alexandr D.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Pretty good for acoustic guitar.

    I use silent acoustic guitar in my recording and this compressor so softly work on it, without global change character of the instrument.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. These plug-ins run natively on your computer. No UA hardware is required.

Yes, 14-day plug-in demos are available. Find eligible plug‑ins

We provide three activations per license. We support activation on your computer or on an iLok USB key.

For every UAD plug-in that supports native and Apollo/UAD-2 versions, you get a license for both upon purchase, or the option to get it through an upgrade.

Native plug-ins are supported on macOS and Windows systems. See our Native UAD System Requirements article for full system requirements. An iLok account is required for managing your native plug-in licenses. We support iLok USB keys for portability, but one is not required.

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