Experience Analog Heaven with New UAD LA-6176

Join Drew as he walks you through Universal Audio's latest LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip plug-in. Experience analog heaven with the legendary 610 mic preamp, 1176 Limiting Amplifier, and LA-2A Leveling Amplifier all in one streamlined plug-in.
Watch as Drew dials in the LA-6176 on vocals and drums, and then tracks a bass through an Apollo interface with Unison technology for realtime with authentic analog tones.
Learn more about the LA-6176: www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/ch...
Credits:
Ryan Wright “Bleed For You”
Learn more: @ryanwrightmusic
Chapters:
Intro: 00:00
Vocal Processing: 00:32
Drum Processing: 05:55
Unison Bass Tracking: 08:01
Outro: 10:06

[@nicolasstrawberry4148]

I saw it on the website..watched your video then tried the demo for 7 days or however long it was and ended up buying it...I absolutely love having this in my tool box.

[@UniversalAudio]

Awesome!! Glad to hear it!

[@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan]

Wow that distortion suits that vocal perfectly. Please keep up the great work in keeping these amazing products coming. Being able to switch between the two comps and maintain the settings is just genius.

[@songsfromaheadband3708]

Hey Drew, that's a great video. Thank you! I bought it.

[@dmazurek]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@bigfuzzztv787]

Excellent episode and you are my favorite UA contributor,... but all of you are amazing at sharing your experience, opinions and expertise. #respect

[@infinaneek]

Love this idea. Tired of loading the 3 plugs separately. Wish the comps were in series.

[@guyincascade]

You do realize this is plugin is modeled after a real piece of hardware

[@hbbassplayer]

Super helpful demo. Made the purchase an easy decision!

[@dmazurek]

Excellent!!

[@wabi-sabi6429]

Drew is the best! He usually replies questions and inquiries fast on the Facebook group

[@kenzorwings]

No only on fb and absolutely everywhere. Fb,forum,reddit etc. This man is a absolutely genius! My idol too!

[@bugattiveyron620]

I have the seperate plug ins , But I'm still getting this 😊 I have uses for it Thanx UA 👍

[@RONNYMORRISMUSIC]

What can I say. Returning to recording after years away, recovering from analogue studios UA took me by surprise. I am now blown away working in a digital world with the analogue flavor. In my ears the UA plugins sounds just like the hardware. Thanks guys for making things that sounds musical.

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

A definite time-saver!

[@eestbound]

I'm genuinely not mad at the fact that they add more plugins overtime. It feels good that the value of the product increases but for the love of god, add the plugins we REALLY want!! Lexicon 480L!!! Neve 33609 & 2254!!! SSL G COMP!!! SSL Channel Strip!!! Neve 1084!!!! Idk why these were not considered first before all these new ones.

[@casualintrovert207]

tbh the 1084 is pretty similar to the 1073 sonically. If you ever saw a frequency chart of them side by side you'd see the base box tone is pretty similar.

[@bco0t6]

They’re milking this shit

[@jackharjani]

I'd love to add the Culture Vulture to the list. People have been asking for the SSL for a very long time now. I guess it's got something to do with the fact that it's also available via the SSL subscription and the perpetual license is affordable as well, usually on sale for $29 or $49. But yeah, I'm not mad about the fact that they add more plugins overtime, but for sure they could do much better. At least add 2 plugins every month?

[@2point7182818284590]

@@jackharjani Are you using the UAD version of the Culture Vulture? Just asking as I have a license but despite trying, I didn't find any use case where it actually sounded that good. It also sounds very different than the actual hardware.

[@icjburke]

i'd add the EMT plates and AKG spring reverb to that, there's enough channel strips and comps/eqs

[@corezerostudio]

Drew you're a genius! What a helpful video! Take my money already 😂

[@zach1113]

It’d be sick if you could choose to use both comps at the same time. Which of course would bring the issue of what comes first, but if that was added I’d be so happy. It just adds something extra that hardware doesn’t have but would be a welcome addition.

[@SomebodyPickaName]

Always 1176 first, for the transients, then the slower LA-2A after that.

[@JerMarMusicGroup]

Sounds good! I’m surprised that you guys didn’t make a console extension of the 610 or SSL console into Luna. It would be nice to get some of this stuff built in! 💪🏾💯

[@JayTheLane]

This is quite crispy when you push it and subtle using other settings.

[@UniversalAudio]

Indeed, so versatile!

[@erickaymusic]

Hell yeah! Drew rocks!

[@infestedalien]

This plugin was very welcome in the studio! Been looking to get the hardware but this gives me alot more flexibility and it sounds gorgeous! As always to expect from Universal Audio!

[@davidmarais1048]

Own the hardware for both units - this is a stunning emulation - going to get this asap, but not selling the hardware ever.

[@ChristianCaldeira]

Would have loved to be able to run the two compressors in series for that classic 1176->LA2A dual stage compression trick

[@benjaminabercrombie6807]

I honesty thought that’s what it did when saw the announcement. Without that I don’t see the point.

[@gorillagorilla111]

cldnt one just load two instances and have the different compressor on each plugin ?

[@ChristianCaldeira]

@@gorillagorilla111 Absolutely, but at that point one might as well just use the 1176 and LA-2A plugins. Ideally this 6176 would have allowed for the combination in series.

[@StereoAnthony]

Pretty awesome! Purchased!

[@johannesburkard2459]

The sound is nice but I'm missing some added value like proper meters (input, saturation,...) that modern plugins provide

[@norisan1979]

The 1176 included in LA-6176 is a reduced cost version, unlike the standalone reissue UA1176LN. In particular, the 1176 included in the LA-6176 has a different input transformer (Cinemag CM-3303), so its sound is different from the standalone reissue UA1176LN (Magnetika O12). Does this LA-6176 plug-in even emulate the difference in input transformers?

[@SomebodyPickaName]

The thing is, I need both the LA2A and the 1176 at the same time in series. Having to switch between one or the other defeats the purpose for me. It would mean that I'd need to load another plugin after this one to load whichever one wasn't selected first. If I'm loading 2 plugins at this point, I'm going to go with the 1176 and LA-2A plugins. Edit: I originally mentioned that I bought Sonnox Voca but I favor UA more for the 1-2 vocal chain.

[@santaflow]

If you already have the 610, La2a and 1176 collections, what does this complement really provide? I would say nothing.

[@harmonicapocket]

I'm curious about this too. Other than the wet / dry knob what are we gaining from this?

[@UniversalAudio]

Unified GUI in the Unison slot. The ability to toggle back forth between 1176 and LA2 with all settings saved which helps you decide. HPF in front of the tubes which cleans up the bottom of the saturation nicely, as well as variable Ω for instrument inputs, a first for us in a plugin.

[@matiasmoulin2126]

if you happen to have too much money, you can pay UAD another 50$ even though you already own all 3 plugins ;-)

[@WaqarShah-on4cs]

You just updated Luna. Make them like we don't work on any other software. I'm a Cubase user. So I Want To Create Music On LUNA. Please update Thank you.

[@oinochoe]

What i would love to see as a plugin is Chandler TG2

[@Maksitto]

Thanks for new stuff. But ... Why GUI looks like it comes from noname cheap developer?

[@TheFalsettoStudios]

Does the preamp section sounds similar to the 610B plugin from UA?

[@UniversalAudio]

Yes it does. But it has a HPF filter in it which cleans up the saturation nicely. Also, if you own an Apollo you get variable Ω for instrument ins.

[@LuizCarlosJesusdosSantos]

What is the ideal recommended level, in db in Pro Tools Digital VU, to enter these plugins?! I want the most analog behavior possible! 🤭

[@LuizCarlosJesusdosSantos]

@@Corleone01_Digital VU (Pro Tools) option?!

[@mixedbysimeon]

-18

[@steveg219]

Tried it for about 5 minutes and bought it- super convenient all in one plugin

[@TheRTM]

I run compression before the EQ. .....There's no way to switch this around on the actual hardware?

[@UniversalAudio]

Correct.

[@TheRTM]

@@UniversalAudio 😕👎

[@sons7429]

It’s not showing up in my UA spark for some reason

[@UniversalAudio]

Try logging out, fully quitting UAC, then relaunch.

[@kevinturvey8213]

so it's definitely either the 1176 or the LA2A, but not both? (but man i bet that poor bass is now crying tears of shame)

[@CedricMonnierFlameFy]

it already exists as autonomous plugins, I don't get the point. Why buying again LA2 A and preamp? are this any better than he current plugins?

[@UniversalAudio]

Unified GUI in the Unison slot. HPF in front of the tubes which cleans up the saturation. Also, variable Ω for instruments like the hardware.

@@UniversalAudio So does it use the same 1176/LA-2A code or has it been remodelled?

[@UniversalAudio]

Same algos re-fitted into the new plugin with the new features. Be sure to come over to the UADforum.com to hear all about it from Will Shanks the Product Manager.

[@musiccreation1198]

Native ... sweet.

[@GregoryStephenSchumacher]

Hi Drew!!

[@UniversalAudio]

Hey Greg!!

[@4BRS]

Why are you not in LUNA? Love the pluging

[@UniversalAudio]

We love to mix it up and share the love with all DAWs!!

[@xD3C3PTICONx]

Plenty of reasons. I use luna myself and love it but there are still a lot of functionality things missing that i am positive someday will be there!

[@BimasJr]

Downloaded for me 🙂

[@kingech_B15]

Oh my god it’s about time, now let’s wait for a sale.

[@Bookah_wpmg]

Hello Drew, in the next tutorial, use Luna; don't promote protools. We need to make Luna popular. Also, we need bounce in place in Luna or audio suite processing in Luna.

[@UniversalAudio]

We do like to spread the love around to all the DAWs. But of course LUNA is a our fav!!! Thanks for the support!!

[@athonygraham8353]

@@UniversalAudio Since when is LUNA a DAW? LOL.

[@johntwigg7650]

Because LUNA is well behind even worn out old garbage like protools.

[@__orangejulius]

DREW AT UA. What a legend . The best customer service too!

[@raman_korshun]

will this be added to SPARK?

[@UniversalAudio]

Yes!!

[@raman_korshun]

@@UniversalAudio Excellent work! Thanks!

[@Sixxiron]

@@UniversalAudio SPARK is the single greatest value in the entire industry!!! I pray it never goes away. Keep up the GREAT work!

[@marsrivers]

If you make ssl channel strip and bus compressor native...your incomes would rise a looot

[@bco0t6]

They don’t want interest to go away they’re more worried about being forgotten than money, so many great companies are making quality plugins

[@Lennie_peled]

aren't the ssl native plugins good enough now???

[@marsrivers]

@@Lennie_peled no

[@CustomerServiceCorrespondence]

While this isn’t an ssl plug in chat, I don’t see much use for a native version while tracking when mobile. For mixing, 100 percent. The realtime gain and impedance match are really close to the console. Closer than any other version. As it’s already a UAD plug, users would get the native version free. Spark subscribers would get native only but respectively, and I do truly mean it respectfully, would there be much money to be made with all the native ssl clones out?

[@bco0t6]

@@CustomerServiceCorrespondence people would subscribe to the service solely for the SSL strip which is regarded as one of if not the best plug-in, the g bus comp would just be a bonus, as it’s one of the best as well, people would flock just for the channel strip though.

[@vadimmartynyuk]

Please update UAD plug-ins so they show values when turning knobs

[@frankfarrellmusic]

One of my favourite features is that they don't show values. Forces me to use my ears instead of falling into the numbers trap

[@audionerdlilcuz]

No, unneeded.

[@Atrocity1k]

Clearly you guys don’t understand how to leave constructive criticism which is why they aren’t listening. 2nd thing is probably can’t just release native plugins if the likeness and name is owned by other companies without working out some type of business arrangement. UA can make native plugins of hardware UA owns without consequence. All of us don’t have the same plugin library so this may be someone’s first 610 and 76 plug-in.

[@RogerBrenon]

LOL Doubt it. The most copied emulations on the planet. Doubt many people need another 76.

[@Atrocity1k]

@@RogerBrenon that’s assuming everyone has the same plugins. This will be the first 76 x 610 pre combo for someone

[@DanielTaylor-zj6nk]

why isn't he using LUNA?

[@athonygraham8353]

because LUNA is not very good

[@UniversalAudio]

Because we love and support all DAWs and want to mix it up!!

[@robshrock-shirakbari1862]

Would be nice if those of us who already own the LA-2As, 1176s, and 610s would get this free... since we've already bought these units.

[@henrikpetersson3463]

Agreed. And it should apply to all these plugins that only reuses code (such as the Perfect Plate).

[@NullStaticVoid]

I'm sure this could be a good workflow for some people. Might be nice to run on every channel to get an overall sound. But I'd rather see some more unobtainum classics in the vein of Neve, Gates and AMS. Would love to see Quantec, Roland, Publisson and Sony reverbs. Sphere, Quad Eight and Altec preamps EQs and dynamics. I know it's weird to say altec, but the desirable models have gotten collector prices now.

[@amanat7861]

Why don't you add Neve Preamp as a Native Plugin? I think this would be the best thing UA can ever do

[@moskva-kassiopeya]

Guys, please convert Neve 1073/1081 to mac native 🙏

[@faizaldric]

1073 already native.

[@moskva-kassiopeya]

@@faizaldric it’s not

[@henrikpetersson3463]

@@moskva-kassiopeya It is for sure. I use it all the time. The 1081 is not however. Nor is the 88RS for that matter.

[@moskva-kassiopeya]

@@henrikpetersson3463 but if you check the plugins page on uad website and check the “Native” switch there will be no Neve 1073/1081 available

[@IntheDAW]

Upgrade price was only 50 bucks for uad 2 and native pshhh. Bought it right away

[@gordonmadden2832]

Your voice sounds a lot like Tom Hanks.

[@JoaoRelego]

Ok, now we just need a Luna console extension 😊😊

[@TheShpmusic]

Finally, I've been waiting on this plugin since 2013. 😊awesome job..

[@jazzybeeff]

There are nothing since Sound City. And It was before 6 months! It's good but i don't believe anyone wait for Verve espacially. Everyone waits for the legendary plugins which they could not use because they have not Apollo Hardwares. And since 2 years that Spark showed up we still can not acess Ocean Way Reverb.

[@aschmitz93]

good presentation, but a bit irritated by the choice of adding this to native/spark instead of other essentials that are still missing.

[@marsrivers]

Give us the culture volture native!

[@DavidCaraccio]

Drew on da bassss! Excellent 🙌

[@kofikofi5695]

I don’t understand why UA will not focus on making all UA plugins native instead of wasting time with this plugin. most of us bought UA plugins when they were way expensive and the only consolation would be for them to at least make all your plugins native..nobody needs a combination of plugins when he owns the individual plugins. If you can’t build your own signal chain as a producer, then you have no business mixing music

[@chizzulwinduh1941]

it's because they want money for nothing. There's a load of poor suckers out there to rip off.

[@2point7182818284590]

What's the point of this plugin? You can't even run both compressors at the same time. Wouldn't it make much more sense to put all three 1176 into one plugin where you can switch back and forth between the different versions?

[@JuanNungaray]

🤦🏻‍♂️😂🤣😂

[@ShynAwkward]

I know some people don't care about these things but..... Why do ALL of the UAD plugin knobs look so cartoonish, like they were drawn with a pencil? They don't even look like they are really part of the plugin interface. The same amateur texture GUI look for the 175 & 176 plugins. By comparison, all Softube plugins look so much better and more professional. Please, bring back the old authentic Universal Audio GUI look form 2018.

[@xD3C3PTICONx]

Yo you coulda threw in a plug for the wonderful band youre using to sell the pulgin? Jesus, people are so heartless these days. Not even a mention in the deacription? Likr they are so good im actually mad at you drew 😂😂😂 nows your chance to redeem yourself!

[@UniversalAudio]

🤩 Of course we credited Ryan in the description. And she is a client of mine and therefore well taken care of!!! Thanks for watching!

[@marsrivers]

Give us a new bundle for $49

[@athonygraham8353]

Money for old rope. UAD, why don't you own up and be honest as to why you haven't added any more existing perpetual plugins to Spark? Is it because the devs for Softube and the other 3rd parties aren't going to let you compete in their own native market? It's been a long time since any releases of existing plugins on Spark, it seems to have dried up. People are waitng, tell us the truth.

[@chizzulwinduh1941]

Yeah, unbelievable how they treat us customers like schmucks. Maybe I am a schmuck for sticking with UAD, I do feel like one.

[@djshmul1]

​@@chizzulwinduh1941softube then?

[@bco0t6]

Y’all really doing the most UA I don’t get what’s so difficult about listening to your community, no one literally no one asked for this, where tf is the native SSL strip, and how about some Sontec/Masalec emulations, maybe an SSL fusion, or Neve Portico something that we actually want for fucks sake !

[@johnjhonny646]

SSL Channel Strip is one of my least used dsp plugins. I think the PA products sound much better. If possible I would like to sell uad one. Anyway, emulation has copyright issues. It's not easy.

[@henrikpetersson3463]

@@johnjhonny646 To each their own. I much prefer the UAD one. But I use it sparingly because of the DSP usage. A native version would surely be welcomed for me.

[@johnjhonny646]

​@@henrikpetersson3463 SSL Channel Strip is one of the heavier plugins among many DSP plugins. It uses more DSP than massive passive or 1073. I don't want to use that much cpu for the channel strip.

[@OscarSL80]

We want the 1073, SSL chanel strip and Ampex ATR in native, thats what we want, not this...

[@BrandonPaluzzi]

1073 is already native 😂

[@OscarSL80]

@@BrandonPaluzzi no its no...

[@Atrocity1k]

@@OscarSL80yes it is and no it isn’t 😂😂😂 If you bought the 1073 before spark plugins became a thing then you have it natively for free If you bought it after spark then you have to have to buy the Apollo version to get the native

[@OscarSL80]

@@Atrocity1k if I go to the website and select the native pluguins is not there, it comes as just as an Apollo owner

[@Atrocity1k]

@@OscarSL80 it’s not going to be on the UA website you have to check your UA connect

[@Krutcher79]

It is just a crappy plugin that combines several old plugins. If you already have the three plug-ins, there is no need to get these. I am tired of rehashing past plug-ins with just a different GUI. I continue to be disappointed with UA's recent work.

[@kenzorwings]

Bro the music is based and made by the old tools(the vintage ones). Not everybody have all plugins in the library. Just chill down! UA company offer options,promotions and new opportunites / futures for everyone,every budget. :D

[@harveynkosi6356]

I totally agree, this is another marketing gimmick just like Verve. Old products, packaged as new for the new UA customers who never had hardware, us who have always had hardware are shifted to the curb, we have the 610 plugin for UAD-2, I have always asked myself as a plugin that's free from UA for every Apollo, why wasn't that one of the first plugins to go native? It's their flagship pre-amp but instead they pushed other pre's like the 1073, nothing against the 1073 but UA is just moving weird these days. Disappointed with this release, the precision bundle going native would've been better.

[@p-mixxatonphiremastermix4618]

One thing to consider is, Universal Audio just got one step closer to digitizing its current hardware line... (As of this post, mid 2024) The only current one left to emulate is the 710 / 4-710D Twin-Finity, which would complete the Unison ecosystem as it relates to UA's current hardware MicPres. UA could possibly add the 8110/4110 with the 2192 converter as another Unison offering in the future, maybe as part of a plan to emulate all of the hardware they ever made, thus digitizing their entire hardware catalog, both past and present. Just things that make you go ... Mmmm ??

[@bco0t6]

They won’t give us any new emulations that actually matter like a Sontec or Masalec EQ shit is getting out of hand and they keep making these plugins we don’t care about native

[@athonygraham8353]

This is what UAD do these days, just like shitty Waves. Rehashing and relabelling existing old crap and hoping nobody will notice that and hoping nobody will mention the fact that there's a stack of perpetual plugins that just will not be on Spark, ever.