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Universal Audio UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection
Get the plugin ↗Goes to the maker's own page · link checked 15 Nov 2026
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Retro Instruments 176
Models the original Universal Audio 176 valve limiter that the Retro unit recreates and extends.
On 5 records here
Emulation of this unit
Universal Audio 176
Universal Audio's own plugin model of the 176 valve limiter.
On 2 records here
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