LA-2A Leveling Amplifier

The LA-2A was invented by James F. Lawrence II, founder of the Teletronix Engineering Company in Pasadena, California in the early 1960s.

The LA-2A had evolved from Lawrence's first leveling amplifier, the LA-1, which was favored by Gene Autry, and its successor, the LA-2, which had been adopted by CBS and RCA.

And unless you hit them way hard and make the tubes sizzle they don't really distort.Universal Audio has offered an officially-branded Teletronix LA-2A software plug-in since 2002, when they included the first version with their UAD-1 PCI DSP card.

[13] Bomb Factory Digital released an emulation of the LA-2 as part of their Classic Compressors for Pro Tools plug-in bundle.

[16] Other software versions of the LA-2A include the Cakewalk CA-2A, IK Multimedia T-RackS White 2A, and the Native Instruments VC 2A by Softube.