M.T. "Bill" Putnam founded Universal Audio in the 1960s to build recording equipment for his legendary recording studios. Putnam's artistry and problem-solving approach left a lasting impression on the industry. His sons are reviving Universal Audio and introducing new versions of classic, vintage equipment through their Universal Audio Classics line, including a rebirth of the iconic Teletronix LA-2A optical compressor. The new LA-2A is painstakingly designed to provide the same performance and characteristics as the original.
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M.T. "Bill" Putnam founded Universal Audio in the 1960s to build recording equipment for his legendary recording studios. Putnam's artistry and problem-solving approach left a lasting impression on the industry. His sons are reviving Universal Audio and introducing new versions of classic, vintage equipment through their Universal Audio Classics line, including a rebirth of the iconic Teletronix LA-2A optical compressor. The new LA-2A is painstakingly designed to provide the same performance and characteristics as the original.
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THE RETURN OF UNIVERSAL AUDIO
M.T. “BILL” PUTNAM FOUNDED
UNIVERSAL AUDIO IN THE 60s TO BUILD EQUIPMENT FOR HIS RECORDING STUDIOS — UNIVERSAL RECORDING (CHICAGO), UNITED RECORDERS AND WESTERN RECORDERS (LOS ANGELES) AND COAST RECORDERS (SAN FRANCISCO). STUDIOS AS LEGENDARY AS THE ARTISTS HE RECORDED — NAMES SUCH AS DUKE ELLINGTON, NAT KING COLE, BO DIDDLEY, MUDDY TELETRONIX LEVELING AMPLIFIER MODEL LA-2A WATERS, LES PAUL, STAN KENTON, udio professionals passionate about their compressors revere the FRANK SINATRA, BING CROSBY, AND LA-2A. The original was immediately acknowledged for its natural THE VENTURES. PUTNAM’S ARTISTRY AND compression characteristics. A unique electro-optical attenuator system allows instantaneous gain reduction with no increase in harmonic distortion — an accomplishment at the time, still appreciated today. Universal Audio now announces the rebirth of the Teletronix LA-2A, a Universal Audio Classics product. Painstaking care has been taken to ensure that every new LA-2A provides the performance and characteristics of the original. Each unit is hand built, each component carefully evaluated for authenticity. No expense has been spared to guarantee that this LA-2A will bring that classic sound to your recording. Demand the original. Accept no copy. HIS PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO SOLVING PROBLEMS IN THE STUDIO CREATED A FEATURES LASTING IMPRESSION ON OUR • True to the original in design, manufacturing and performance INDUSTRY. MANY OF THE PRODUCTS • Lag free, distortion free optical attenuator system HE DESIGNED AND TECHNIQUES HE • Distortion less than 0.5% THD PIONEERED ARE STILL IN DAILY USE. • 0 to 40 dB gain limiting • Balanced stereo interconnection PUTNAM’S TWO SONS ARE BRINGING • Frequency response 1 dB, 30 to 15,000 cps BACK UNIVERSAL AUDIO. IN FITTING • Output level of 10 dBm and 40 dB gain TRIBUTE, THEY INTRODUCE UNIVERSAL • Low noise — less than 70 dB below +10 dBm output AUDIO CLASSICS, NEW VERSIONS OF CLASSIC, VINTAGE EQUIPMENT — ABSOLUTELY TRUE TO THE ORIGINALS IN DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE. “We started from scratch in the good old American tradition: with an idea and the will that it become a reality.”
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