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16-685: Universal Audio may refer to: Universal Audio (company) , an audio product company founded in 1958 by Bill Putnam Sr., and refounded by Jim Putnam and Bill Putnam Jr. in 1999. Universal Audio (album) , a 2004 album by the Delgados Universal Audio Architecture , an initiative by Microsoft See also [ edit ] Universal Recording Corporation , former recording studio in Chicago founded by Bill Putnam, Sr. United Western Recorders , Hollywood independent recording studios in

32-582: A FutureMusic Platinum award along with a Technical Grammy Award in 2009. UREI United Recording Electronics Industries ( UREI ) was a manufacturer of recording, mixing and audio signal processing hardware for the professional recording studio, live sound and broadcasting fields. Bill Putnam Sr. founded Universal Audio in Chicago in the 1950s as a design and manufacturing addition to his recording studio business, Universal Recording Corporation . After Putnam moved to Hollywood in 1957 and established

48-485: A technology called Unison, which improved the authenticity of preamp emulations by matching both the impedance of the original hardware as well as its gain level "sweet spots". At the 2020 NAMM Show , UA announced that it would expand its Console software into a fully-featured DAW called LUNA. The software will be freely available to owners of any interface (not only Apollo), and now is compatible with Mac OS and Windows. The company has won several TEC Award awards and

64-563: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Universal Audio (company) Founded in 1958 by Bill Putnam, Sr. with products produced under the Universal Audio brand through the mid-1970s, the company was re-established in 1999 by his sons Jim and Bill Putnam, Jr.. The company produces modern versions of vintage Universal Audio, UREI, and Teletronix analog recording equipment, as well as hardware and software for digital recording on

80-504: The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics . The two companies merged to offer both hardware re-issues of classic Universal Audio and Teletronix recording products, and virtual emulations of audio equipment from a range of manufacturers, including officially-branded emulations of original UA and Teletronix products. The first product introduced by the re-established Universal Audio in 1999

96-566: The United Recording Corporation , his company acquired Studio Supply Co. and rebranded it as the Studio Electronics Corporation (SEC) and moved all manufacturing to the second floor of Western Recorders . By December, 1965, Universal Audio had been completely absorbed by Studio Electronics, although Studio Electronics continued to produce some Universal Audio-branded products. In 1967, Studio Electronics acquired

112-651: The 1108 FET preamp. Other notable products included the UREI Teletronix LA-3A electro-optical leveling amplifier, LA-4 electro-optical compressor limiter, and UREI 500-series graphic equalizers. By 1976, UREI had moved their manufacturing and service center to Sun Valley, California . UREI collaborated with Edward M. Long of E.M. Long Associates in Oakland, California to create the 813 family of time-aligned large-format studio monitor speakers, introduced in 1977. The 813 and subsequent models introduced in 1979, including

128-461: The 1960s Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Universal Audio . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Audio&oldid=1204691678 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

144-454: The 813A, 815A, and 811A, used Altec Lansing and Eminence drivers. In 1983, financial and quality control problems at Altec led UREI to introduce the 813B, which utilized JBL loudspeaker drivers. Putnam sold UREI to Harman in 1983, and UREI became a division of JBL Professional . Harman began releasing "JBL-UREI" co-branded products such as the 5547A graphic equalizer in 1986. In 2005, another Harman division, Soundcraft , introduced

160-592: The UAD-2 platform. Universal Audio, Inc. was founded alongside the United Recording Corporation by Bill Putnam Sr. in 1958. Putnam’s intention was for Universal Audio to serve as United’s manufacturing arm, with the company initially operating out of the United Recording premises at 6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. During its first few years, Universal Audio produced a number of tube-based audio processors,

176-404: The broadcast division of Babcock Electronics, including Teletronix and the patent rights to the electro-optical LA-2A leveling amplifier . In anticipation of further acquisitions, SEC was rebranded as United Recording Electronics Industries , or UREI . UREI subsequently acquired National Intertel; from this acquisition came technology which developed into the 1176 peak limiter in 1968, and

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192-443: The most famous being the 610 preamplifier . These processors also served as components in custom recording consoles built by Universal Audio for various studios . In 1961, United Recording acquired Studio Supply Co. and rebranded it as the Studio Electronics Corporation (SEC). The focus of SEC was the creation of fully-fledged studio systems built around the equipment produced by Universal Audio. In October 1961, all manufacturing

208-459: The popular LA-2A compressor. Waveforms on the other hand expanded the product catalog into the area of precision audio test instruments. In light of these acquisitions, and anticipation of more, SEC was rebranded as United Recording Electronics Industries (UREI). Products would continue to carry their own brand names alongside the UREI badge until the mid-1970s, at which point the Universal Audio label

224-490: Was a re-issue of the 1176LN . The original design was reproduced and revised thanks to the extensive design notes left by Bill Putnam. The company subsequently re-issued an updated version of the Teletronix LA-2A . UA introduced its line of Apollo audio interfaces in 2012. These interfaces offered onboard DSP that allowed signals to be monitored in realtime through UA plugins. Subsequent models of Apollo also incorporated

240-712: Was moved to Western Recorders , a nearby company in which United Recording had gained a majority stake. While Universal Audio as a company was eventually absorbed by Studio Electronics in December 1965, the brand itself continued with individual products retaining the Universal Audio label. This merger also coincided with another relocation, this time to an 8,100 square foot premises at 11922 Valerio Street in North Hollywood. Studio Electronics acquired two additional brands in 1967: Teletronix and Waveforms. The acquisition of Teletronix from Babcock allowed SEC to begin production of

256-490: Was removed from Revision H of the 1176 compressor. As part of Putnam's sale of United Western Recorders, UREI was acquired by JBL in 1984. JBL released a number of products, primarily equalizers, with the UREI label. In 1999, Universal Audio (UA) was reestablished by Bill and Jim Putnam, the sons of Bill Putnam, Sr.. A software-based sister company, Kind of Loud Technologies, was also co-founded by Bill Putnam, Jr. and Jonathan Abel, who had met at Stanford University through

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