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The UA la-6176 Signature Channel Strip Black Friday deal is 70% off at $29, running until Nov 30, 2026, for Universal Audio's plugin version of its flagship tube channel strip.
The LA-6176 packs three UA classics into a single channel: the 610 mic preamp, the 1176 Limiting Amplifier and the LA-2A Leveling Amplifier.
The hardware 6176 came out in 2004 and has been used by artists including Coldplay, Adele and Pharrell. This plugin is a new UAD channel strip built around that design.
It is a UAD channel strip plugin for recording and mixing. The maker says it puts classic and modern sounds for vocals, guitar, drums and bass a switch flip away.
Universal Audio describes it as a supercharged take on the 6176 tube channel strip, drawing on more than 70 years of analog heritage.
The preamp is the starting point. Bill Putnam's 610 Modular Amplifier arrived in the 1960s and was used on records by the Beach Boys, Ray Charles and Johnny Cash. The maker says the plugin gives you the smooth harmonics and rich overdrive of a vintage 610 tube preamp, on vocals and instruments alike.
The 1176 side is the fast one. Its FET circuit responds quickly to guitar, bass and drum transients, which is what gives tracks that forward punch in the speakers. The compressor has been on rock and pop records from Led Zeppelin to Bob Marley to Beyonce.
The LA-2A mode borrows from UA's LA-610 MkII hardware channel strip. It is optical compression of the kind heard on vocal and instrument recordings for over 60 years, and you can flip between it and the 1176 to dial in the sound you want.
With an Apollo interface and Unison technology, you can record through the LA-6176 in realtime. Universal Audio says you get the impedance behavior, gain stage sweet spots and circuit response of an original 610 tube preamp.
The maker also points out that two compressors plus the preamp sit in a single Unison slot, so three well-known UA circuits run on one channel.
If you track on Apollo hardware, that single-slot setup keeps your input chain compact.
Yes. The UA LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip Black Friday deal is 70% off, bringing the plugin to $29, and it ends Nov 30, 2026.
It combines three Universal Audio processors in one channel strip: the 610 mic preamp (modern 610-B circuit), the 1176 Limiting Amplifier and the LA-2A Leveling Amplifier. You switch between the 1176 and LA-2A modes.
Yes. With an Apollo interface and Unison technology, you can record through it in realtime. Universal Audio says it reproduces the impedance, gain stage sweet spots and circuit behavior of an original 610 tube preamp.
The 1176 mode uses a FET-based circuit with ultra fast response, which the maker says adds punch to guitar, bass and drum transients. LA-2A mode is optical compression, described as silky and in use on recordings for over 60 years.
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