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
E. Yeung
September 29, 2023
Must-have for acoustic guitars
Let me tell a little story. One day, I found myself looking for a compressor for acoustic guitars. I needed something that was smooth-sounding, but with a fast-enough attack to capture my...
Read MoreC. Kohl
September 29, 2023
Great for electric guitar buss squeeze
I use this on my rhythm guitar buss to lock in the left and right guitars to be more level. This is the best compressor for the...
Read MoreM. Verblakt
September 28, 2023
Awesome!
This is my new goto compressor on vocals. Adds character
Read MoreP. Tejedor
September 18, 2023
a Must Have!
it`s great! so clean a very easy to use, for me as simple as efective,
Read MoreB. Warsaw
August 5, 2023
My New Go-To
This has easily become one of my most-used compressors for non-percussive instruments and vocals. The attack sounds much quicker to me when compared with hardware units I’ve used in the...
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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
E. Yeung
Must-have for acoustic guitars
Let me tell a little story. One day, I found myself looking for a compressor for acoustic guitars. I needed something that was smooth-sounding, but with a fast-enough attack to capture my strumming. I heard that the LA-3A had been described as somewhere between an 1176 and an LA-2A, so I tried the LA-3A, and it was exactly what I needed. I bought the native license for it immediately after trying for the first time. You just have to try it on acoustic guitars for yourself too.
C. Kohl
Great for electric guitar buss squeeze
I use this on my rhythm guitar buss to lock in the left and right guitars to be more level. This is the best compressor for the job. Works great!
M. Verblakt
Awesome!
This is my new goto compressor on vocals. Adds character
P. Tejedor
a Must Have!
it`s great! so clean a very easy to use, for me as simple as efective,
P. Diaz
Great comp!
Straight forward comp, effective and transparent!
B. Warsaw
My New Go-To
This has easily become one of my most-used compressors for non-percussive instruments and vocals. The attack sounds much quicker to me when compared with hardware units I’ve used in the past, but it’s faster onset is part of why I love it so much (the simple interface is huge for me). It’s very musical and easy to find the sweet spot, and you can push it without having things fall apart. It’s also fairly DSP efficient. Would totally recommend to anyone in any genre.
F. Torrieri
Un sonido emocionante
Le da identidad y presencia a casi cualquier fuente sonora.
G. Merino
Simple and effective!
This compressor is amazing. It does perfectly what you should expect. Simple and effective, quick to set. Ideal for rhythmic guitars, but useful for other applications too.
O. Cuellar
My vibes
best of the best thanks UAD
F. Campa
Great
Fantastic taming acoustic guitars or placing vocals upfront, also on the drum bus, recommended!
D. Arango
Excelente
Muy buen producto para voces
D. Groulx
Does exactly what it says to perfection!
Want to level you track while keeping it clean. This will do the job perfectly!
A. Cano
Love it
I love this thing on vocals and almost evrthng
M. Oehmke
A+
Exceptional for lows (bass). Classic !!!!
D. Hogan
A great replacement for waves audio
A great replacement for waves audio
g. parenti
Perfecto
Es perfecto para bajos, guitarra y voces, en segundos tienen el carácter qué se requiere
H. Rios
The Underdog
Man this plug in right here is a beast on drums, guitars,
When I first got into mixing and diving into plug ins,
I always heard first about the LA-2A and the 1176 witch are great plug ins no doubt about that,
but when I came across this badboy right here,
U could slap it on any track you have got, and just on default alone, it’s sound super dope.
Anyone who hasn’t tried the LA-3A , trust me do NOT sleep on it.
Great plug in UAD fam.N. Doutt
put it on your guitar bus and thank me later
Best la-3a out there, get it and use it.
S. Bennett
Sounds Great
It just, sounds great
M. van Dongen
Works like expected!
It has a nice attitude and sound. Does what it should it be, it does very well!
