UAD Teletronix® LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler

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.

• 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

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.

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

UAD Spark, UA Connect and Native UAD Plug-Ins System Requirements

• macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, or Sonoma 14
• Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit editions)
• Intel, AMD or Apple silicon processor
• Internet connection to download software and authorize native UAD plug-ins
• Free iLok account with iLok Cloud or iLok USB (2nd generation or higher)
• Free UA Connect application for managing native UAD plug-ins
• A supported DAW compatible with VST, AU and AAX plug-in file formats. Supported DAWs are listed in this article.