{"product_id":"urei-la3a-na-used","title":"Urei LA3A #NA (Vintage)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOptical solid state version of the classic LA2A, with discrete circuitry, the T4 el-op module, and balanced ins and outs. Adjustable input gain and threshold.  This unit has a replaced opto cell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSounding like a cross between the LA2A and the 1176 LN, the LA3A is excellent for vocals, guitars, and the mix bus. It’s got a great mid-range presence that engineers love, and can be very invisible, or more pronounced, due to continuously variable rotary controls. 'Peak Reduction' increases the sidechain gain - lowering the threshold and increasing compression - while 'Gain' is used to adjust the makeup gain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe LA-3A was first made public at the 1969 AES show in New York. The earliest versions of the LA-3A had the Teletronix name on them, which was later changed to Universal Audio. After a little over a decade of production, the LA-3A was discontinued in 1981. Other than faceplate nomenclature, no serious changes were made to the design of this model. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe LA-3A is a favorite of top mix engineer Michael Brauer, (Dylan, Stones, Aretha, etc.) who tells the following tale about working with Steve Jordan and John Mayer and looking for a certain sound: \"There's a tune on the album called, 'Who Says?' that I first tried mixing using my multi-buss compression technique. When John heard it...he thought that track needed to sound more honest...I went back and [used] one stereo compressor [a Neve 33609], going into a couple Pultec EQ's, and [put] the vocals through my hardware UREI LA-3 which is just a great-sounding simple compressor. When John came back in a half hour later, he said, 'That's it.' We were done.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Urei","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44449456095335,"sku":"21483","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8848\/5479\/files\/used_urei_la3a__na_ee780961-3232-4868-af54-d962d761b99c.jpg?v=1787089028","url":"https:\/\/vintageking.mom\/products\/urei-la3a-na-used","provider":"Vintage King","version":"1.0","type":"link"}