Universal Audio

Founded in 1958 by Bill Putnam Sr., Universal Audio has been synonymous with innovative recording products since its inception. A favorite engineer of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles and more, the late Bill Putnam Sr. was a passionate innovator who is widely regarded as the father of modern recording — with many of his legendary studio and equipment designs still in use today.
Specifically, Putnam was the inventor of the modern recording console, the multi-band audio equalizer, and the vocal booth, and he was the first engineer to use artificial reverberation in commercial recording. Alongside his friend Les Paul, Putnam was also involved in the early development of stereophonic recording.
Putnam, a natural entrepreneur, started three audio product companies during his long career: Universal Audio, Studio Electronics, and UREI. All three companies built equipment that remains widely used decades after their introduction, including the ubiquitous LA-2A and 1176 compressors, and the 610 tube recording console. The 610 console in particular stands as one of the most beloved designs in audio history, used to record everyone from Sinatra to the Beach Boys to Van Halen’s eponymous debut.
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UAD Galaxy Tape Echo
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UAD Helios Type 69 Preamp and EQ Collect
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UAD Hitsville EQ Collection
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UAD Hitsville Reverb Chambers
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UAD Capitol Mastering Compressor
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UAD dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter
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UAD Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Comp
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UAD Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
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UAD 1176 Classic Limiter Collection
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UAD API 2500 Bus Compressor
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UAD API Vision Channel Strip Collection
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UAD Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
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UAD Century Tube Channel Strip
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UAD Brigade Chorus
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UAD Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
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UAD LUNA API Vision Console Emulation Bundle
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UAD LUNA Pro Bundle
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UAD Analog Classics Pro Bundle
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UAD Essentials Edition
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UAD Custom 2 Bundle
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UAD Signature Edition V2
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UAD Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb
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UAD Manley Tube Preamp
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UAD Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip
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UAD Oxide Tape Recorder
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UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection
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UAD Capitol Chambers
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UAD Manley® Massive Passive EQ
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UAD Manley® Variable Mu Limiter Compress
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UAD Pure Plate Reverb
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UAD Studer® A800 Tape Recorder
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UAD Studio D Chorus
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UAD Teletronix® LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
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UAD UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection
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UAD UA LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip
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UAD Sound City Studios Plug-In
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UAD Verve Analog Machines
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UAD Waterfall Rotary Speaker
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UAD Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio
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UAD Verve Analog Machines Essentials
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UAD Moog Minimoog
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UAD Opal Morphing Synthesizer
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UAD PolyMAX Synth
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UAD Ravel
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UAD Waterfall B3 Organ
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UAD Teletronix® LA-2A Leveler Collection
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SSL 4000 E Channel Strip
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SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor
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SSL 4000 Series Console Bundle
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UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amp
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UAD Lion '68 Super Lead Amp
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UAD Ruby '63 Top Boost Amp
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UAD Topline Vocal Suite
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UAD Select 2
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UAD Select 3
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UAD Select 6
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UAD Select 10
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UAD Analog Tape Bundle
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UAD Guitar Amp Bundle
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UAD Studio Classics Bundle
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UAD 1176 Classic FET Compressor
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UAD Woodrow '55 Instrument Amp
49€ Add to cart