CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter

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Inspired by two highly-desirable revisions of the famed mid-60s Class A line level limiting amplifier, both versions of the CLA-76 (“Blacky” and “Bluey”) offer the superfast attack (as quick as 50 microseconds!) that made the originals studio legends. With an exclusive “ALL” control that recreates the original’s explosive “All-Ratio-Buttons-In” mode, plus modeled pre-amp distortion for that extra edge, the CLA-76 delivers some of the most powerful drum sounds imaginable.

Modeled compressor plugin
Based on the famed mid-'60s Class A line level limiting amplifier
Superfast attack
Sounds excellent on drums
Exclusive ALL control
Zero latency
Pre-amp distortion modeling

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Horizon

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Pro Show

$4000
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$6000

Tom Lord-Alge Producer, Mixing Engineer

Blink-182, Weezer, Live, Dave Matthews Band

“No mix of mine would be complete without CLA-76. Whether on guitars or vocals, this plugin sounds exactly like the units I used to ‘borrow’ from my brother. I guess it’s time to return them!”

Noah Passovoy Producer, Engineer, Mixer

Maroon 5, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift

“I can’t live without this plugin on my sessions. The CLA-76 is all over everything I work on.”

Jacquire King Producer & Mixer

Kings of Leon, James Bay, Tom Waits, Niall Horan

“I use the CLA-76 Compressor a lot. It sounds and behaves so much like my own 1176 Bluestripe!”

Ethan Mates Recording & Mixing Engineer

Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black-Eyed Peas, Die Antword

“I’ve been a huge user of 1176s for 20 years, and the CLA-76 is the closest thing to the real deal, period. Not only is the sonic output fantastic, but the way that it reacts to incoming audio the same way a hardware unit is really impressive. Another plug that gets used on every mix.”

Mark Ralph Producer, Songwriter, Mixing Engineer

Clean Bandit, Years & Years, Jax Jones, TIEKS

“I love CLA-76. I mainly use it on vocals. It very accurately emulates the original hardware versions.”

Carlos de la Garza Producer, Mixing & Recording Engineer

Paramore, Young the Giant, Wolf Alice, Ziggy Marley

“The CLA-76 makes pretty much everything that runs through it sound better.”

Daniel Duarte-Gonzales FOH, Monitor Engineer

Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, Gungor

“The challenge of being a monitor mixer for Beyoncé is how to make the mix huge and powerful in the in-ears without being so loud that it would ruin your hearing after a two-hour show. CLA-76 is killer for that. I can compress things subtly and take the edge off many of the inputs; this way I can even out Beyoncé’s mix and create space for the ‘loud’ moments while keeping her vocal on top the entire time.”

Gabriel Fajardo FOH & Monitor Engineer

Nicky Jam, Farruko, Soulfire, Sebastian Yatra

“I use CLA-76 at the beginning of my vocal chains to heat up the signal and control peaks in the output. Sometimes I use it on the master mix after the SSL G-Master Compressor with less than 3 dB of reduction.”

SodTp Producer, Musician, Songwriter

William Singe, Che Pope

“My favorite compressor by far. I slap the CLA-76 on almost everything.”