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Few pieces of studio equipment have earned the status of the Universal Audio 1176LN. Originally designed by Bill Putnam Sr. in 1967 as the solid-state successor to his tube limiters, the 1176 was the first true peak limiter with all-transistor circuitry and its ultra-fast FET gain reduction, Class A output stage, and custom-wound output transformer gave it a punchy, aggressive character that engineers immediately recognized as something special. The UA reissue, introduced in 1999 as the company’s very first product, is a point-to-point handwired faithful recreation of the Blackface C, D, and E revisions the revisions most prized by engineers built at UA’s custom shop in California. Four push-button compression ratios (4:1, 8:1, 12:1, and 20:1) cover everything from subtle leveling to hard limiting, with attack times as fast as 20 microseconds. Engaging all four ratio buttons simultaneously triggers the legendary “All Buttons In” mode a happy accident that produces an overdriven, aggressive compression character unlike anything else. On vocals, drums, bass, guitars, or virtually any source, the 1176LN doesn’t just control dynamics; it makes things sound bigger, more present, and more alive.