Universal Audio UAD Plug-Ins ver.7.5 - Manual (Page 486)

UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 486 - Chapter 50: UA 1176 Classic Limiter Collection
UA 1176LN/SE
Legacy
The 1176 legacy bundle includes the UA 1176LN Legacy and UA 1176SE
Legacy plug-ins. These first-generation plug-ins run on UAD-1 and UAD-2
devices.
To accommodate the limited DSP resources of the UAD-1, the input trans-
former and I/O distortion characteristics were not modeled in these plug-ins.
This makes the legacy LN/SE versions especially useful in situations where
less distortion is desirable.
UA 1176LN Legacy
The UA 1176LN Legacy plug-in ( Figure 156 on page 484 ) was, along with
the LA-2A, the first plug-in available for the UAD platform. It still has a great
sound and is very usable, especially when there are not enough DSP re-
sources to use the second-generation versions in the newer UA 1176 Limiter
Collection.
UA 1176LN SE Legacy
The UA 1176SE Legacy “Special Edition” ( Figure 157 on page 484 ) is de-
rived from the UA 1176LN Legacy plug-in. Its algorithm was revised in order
to provide sonic characteristics similar to the UA 1176LN Legacy, but with
significantly less DSP usage. It provides “1176LN-like sound” when DSP re-
sources are particularly constrained. The UA 1176SE Legacy sound and be-
havior is practically identical to the UA 1176LN Legacy at nominal settings;
at extreme (cranked) settings, the differences are more obvious.