LA-610 MkII

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The LA-610 MkII combines a hand-built within the USA, all-tube, vintage mic preamp plan that has been listened to on classic albums by Coldplay and The Beach Boys, with bona fide Teletronix T4 Opto-compression circuitry. This classic channel strip plan, with its warm preamp tone and smooth, natural-sounding compression, is overhauled with cutting edge, user-requested highlights like genuine compressor bypass, bigger metering, expanded yield, and an auto-switching control supply.

The LA-610 MkII is based on the amazing support modules created by Bill Putnam within the ’60s. Famous for their melodic character and warmth, innumerous classics by craftsmen extending from Frank Sinatra to Coldplay, Van Halen to Pet Sounds, have been recorded utilizing the 610 preamps. The LA-610 MkII will confer the same silky, vintage warmth of the initial console’s mic amp plan to your sources.

This equipment tube compressor gives the same ultra-warm restricting that has made the Teletronix LA-2A the ruler of fat Opto compression. The electro-optical finder, or “T4 cell,” is the heart and soul of the Teletronix LA-2A. Its photoresistors are the pivotal circuit components, giving the compressor its signature warmth, making it a “go-to” for following vocals, bass, or acoustic guitars. Taken together, it’s incomprehensible to urge an awful sound out of the LA-610 MkII’s incredible preamp and compression circuits. Basically, the LA-610 gives you that warm sound you may be looking for in your vocals before it reaches your DAW.

Record, shape and compress your sound signals with this fabulous piece of equipment that has been used by many hot making producers as a basic tool at their recording studios. Using it with a regular mic will give you astonishing results, but using it with a great sound mic the results are absolutely golden.

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