Maker
Universal Audio
American recording equipment maker
Universal Audio is an American maker of professional recording equipment founded in 1958, known for analog studio processors such as the 1176 and LA-2A and for its audio interfaces and plug-ins.
Models
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Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine
Effects pedal · United States
A UAFX dual-engine modulation stompbox modeling bucket-brigade chorus/vibrato (Chorus Brigade), studio flanger/doubler (Flanger/DBLR), and blackface opto tube tremolo, with stereo processing, presets, and MIDI.
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Universal Audio 1176
Recording equipment · United States
The Universal Audio 1176 is a solid-state FET limiting amplifier known for very fast attack times and assertive peak control. Introduced by Bill Putnam's Universal Audio in the late 1960s and produced across many revisions, it is among the most widely used and emulated studio compressors.
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Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator
Effects pedal · United States
A UAFX dual-engine reverb stompbox modeling tube-driven '60s spring tanks (Spring 65), German studio plates (Plate 140), and bit-for-bit vintage digital reverbs (Hall 224), with stereo processing, presets, and MIDI.
Sources
Categories
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Studio Processors
Outboard compressors, limiters, equalizers, and related recording processors.
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Effects pedals
Guitar and bass effects — overdrive, distortion, fuzz, delay, reverb, modulation, and more, in pedal, rack, and multi-effects formats.
Representative model
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Universal Audio 1176
Recording equipment · United States
The Universal Audio 1176 is a solid-state FET limiting amplifier known for very fast attack times and assertive peak control. Introduced by Bill Putnam's Universal Audio in the late 1960s and produced across many revisions, it is among the most widely used and emulated studio compressors.