Universal Audio 1176LN Classic Limiting Amplifier (Hardware)

The hardware 1176LN, hand-built by Universal Audio to Bill Putnam's blackface D and E revisions — not a plugin, the actual FET limiter with the fastest attack in the business and the grab-and-attitude that has been on drums, vocals, bass, and guitars for over fifty years. Ratio buttons at 4, 8, 12, and 20:1, and yes, pressing all four at once does the famous thing.

The reference every 1176 emulation is measured against, in the rack instead of the DAW.

• Hardware 1176LN
• FET, 20 µs attack
• All-buttons mode
• Hand-built by UA