Summit Audio TLA-100A Tube leveling amplifier

Great tone in abundance for live performance or recording settings.




The Summit Audio TLA-100A Tube Leveling Amplifier
offers a classic amp design with a harmonious blend of old and new
technologies. The result is a compression device with the incredibly
warm and smooth sound of vacuum tubes without the inherent disadvantages
of older designs.

Summit Audio has been making the TLA-100A for
decades and it produces a much sought after sound that has been used on
literally thousands of records and in live sound venues around the
world. The TLA-100A leveling amp uses a soft-knee and program dependent
transition characteristic and a transformerless signal path, resulting
in a set-and-forget compressor that always sounds right with a minimum
of knob fiddling.

With all the changes that nearly a quarter of a
century has made in the audio industry, the popularity of Summit
Audio's TLA-100A Tube Leveling Amplifier has yet to wane. The TLA-100A
is a classic design with a technological hybrid of vacuum tube and solid
state devices. The harmonious blend of old and new technologies
produces the incredibly warm and smooth sound of vacuum tubes combined
with the reliability of solid state.

Compressing in a musically
satisfying way is easy with the TLA-100A; the incredibly forgiving
circuit design makes it almost impossible to make it "pump and breath."
When fast transient signals are being sent to the TLA-100A, the unit
reacts quickly both in attack and release, when the signal has a slower
rise time, the attack and release times automatically react more slowly
resulting in a set-and-forget compressor that always sounds right with a
minimum of knob fiddling. Try it on vocals and bass, also great for
kick drum and guitars. The TLA-100A really shines for tracking and
mixing individual instruments and is linkable with another TLA-100A for
stereo signals.

Basic operation:
After warm
up (15 minutes), set the Gain Reduction control to 0 and adjust the Gain
control for 0VU on the meter. Switch the attack to slow and the release
to fast. Now adjust for the desired amount of gain reduction and
recheck the output level.

As the amount of gain reduction is
increased, the processed audio follows a smooth reduction curve, thereby
changing the compression ratio. In this way, compression may be easily
controlled. If a large peak is detected, the unit will automatically
increase the compression ratio to keep the audio output controlled.

If
a low compression ratio is desired, turn the gain reduction control
until the meter indicates a small amount of gain reduction. If a higher
ratio is desired, set the gain reduction control so the meter indicates a
high amount of gain reduction. Try different attack and release
settings, depending upon the program material and the desired effect.

Tracking, live sound, mixing:
Plug
the TLA-100A into your mixing console's insert jack or patch bay. The
TLA-100A also sounds great if inserted directly in line after the
preamplifier.

Compressing a stereo mix:
Insert
a 1/4" cable into two TLA-100A's link jacks, set the attack and release
switches and gain reduction on both units to the same settings. Put
both units in link mode. The channel with the strongest peak will
override both units.

De-essing:
Plug a TRS
insert cable into the side chain jack on the back of the TLA-100A. Plug
the send (tip) of the insert cable to the input of an EQ, and the return
(ring) of the cable to the EQ output. Boost the frequencies on the EQ
that you want to compress (de-ess).

Ducking:
Send
the output of the "lead" program material into the side chain input
after inserting the TLA-100A on the "background" program material.
Example: Send the output of a vocal mic into the side chain, with the
TLA-100A inserted on the lead guitar track. As the singer uses the vocal
mic, the lead guitar will decrease in amplitude.


Summit
Audio gear has been a secret weapon on both recording and live sound
engineers for decades. Find out what pinnacles your sound can reach with
Summit Audio.




Features

Ease of operation
In continuous production for over 20 years
"Soft knee" characteristic
Switch selectable attack and release times
Stereo linkable
Unity gain bypass switch for A/B comparison
Transformerless signal path
Side chain insert
3 year warranty




Get the tube-leveling amplifier featured on thousands of recordings and live shows across the globe.








TLA-100A Tube leveling amplifier Specifications:


Max input level: +26 dBu
Max output level (XLR): +20 dBu
Max gain: +34 dBu
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 1 dB with 5 dB compression
Signal to noise ratio: 124 dB
THD + Noise: 0.09% @ 1 kHz, 0 dB out
Dynamic Range: 60 dB
Attack times: 180 µS to 100 mS
Release times: 32 mS to 1.5 S
Vacuum tubes: single 12AX7A
Dimensions: 19" x 10" x 3.5"
Weight: 17 lb.





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