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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 113 - Chapter 11: LA-2A and 1176LN
LA-2A Controls
Limit/Compress Changes the characteristics of the compressor I/O curve. When set to Com-
press, the curve is more gentle, and presents a low compression ratio. When
set to Limit, a higher compression ratio is used.
Gain Adjusts the output level (by up to 40 dB). Make sure to adjust the Gain control
after the desired amount of compression is achieved with the Peak Reduction
control. The Gain control does not affect the amount of compression.
Peak Reduction Adjusts the amount of gain reduction, as well as the relative threshold. A Peak
Reduction value of 0 yields no compression. Rotate this control clockwise until
the desired amount of compression is achieved (to monitor the Peak Reduc-
tion, set the VU Meter to Gain Reduction). The Peak Reduction should be ad-
justed independently of the Gain control.
Meter This knob (in the upper right) sets the mode of the VU Meter. When set to Gain
Reduction, the VU Meter indicates the Gain Reduction level in dB. When set
to +10 or +4, the VU Meter indicates the output level in dB.
On/Power
Switch
Determines whether the LA-2A plug-in is active. When the Power switch is in
the Off position, the plug-in is disabled and UAD DSP usage is reduced.
Stereo
Operation
Phase-coherent stereo imaging is maintained when the LA-2A plug-in is used
on a stereo signal.
Figure 29. The LA-2A plug-in window.