LA-2A Leveling Amplifier
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Sep 9, 2026
Andrew PetersHOST
Yeah, that's the compressor.
George WhittamHOST
The 610's got like an LA-2A.
George WhittamHOST
The one on the Apollo is just emulating the preamp section only.
George WhittamHOST
There's no dynamics.
Gregory ScottHOST
Ooh, exciting.
Gregory ScottHOST
And an old LA-2A.
Gregory ScottHOST
The old LA-2A, which I have modified quite heavily.
Gregory ScottHOST
And it is tasty.
Gregory ScottHOST
I don't want everything going through that thing.
Daniel KellerHOST
Are you kidding? Yeah, yeah.
Daniel KellerHOST
I see an LA-2A.
Daniel KellerHOST
Come on.
Daniel KellerHOST
Who are you talking to here?
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
Maybe there's a manly – you got the manly bus compressor in a studio.
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
You got a couple distressors, an LA-2A, and like something else, right? Yeah.
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
you wouldn't have infinite compressors.
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
Now you can have functionally infinite compressors.
7 MINS LATER
ChrisHOST
Yeah.
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
There's the optocompressors.
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
This is the LA-2A, the legendary leveling amplifier.
Shawn O'SullivanHOST
And so LA-2As, these are optocompressors.
Ed ThorneHOST
If I want something more pop orientated, I might go for the CL-1B.
Ed ThorneHOST
Sometimes an LA-2A, but I often find that's too slow.
Ed ThorneHOST
Sometimes, you know, two in a row.
Ed ThorneHOST
76 into a 2A, but yeah.