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Opto-3A

The Opto-3A was modeled after the Urei Teletronix LA-3A which processed Bryan Ferry’s vocals and David Bowie’s guitar sounds. It gives you classic compression in-the-box. The straightforward design simplifies compression shaping and let’s you dial in your sound effortlessly.

Features

  • Optical Compressor/Limiter Plugin
  • Reproduces the reactive compression characteristics of modeled hardware
  • Extended high frequency emphasis functionality
  • Sidechain HP filter
  • Dry/FX Mix
  • Includes FX and FX Rack versions
  • Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Element Series and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces and features DualPath Monitoring for near zero latency recording

Sound Examples

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Product Information

Specifications

Supported Plugin Formats

AAX AudioSuite, AAX Native, AU, VST3

Supported Operating Systems

macOS 26 down to macOS 13
Windows 11 down to Windows 10

Mac

Intel, or Apple Silicon

PC

x64-compatible CPU

System Requirements

Display resolution: 1440 × 900px or 1280 × 960px or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM

Downloads

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Changelog

Opto-3A Changelog

Apogee Opto-3A - Changelog

Version 3.2.0 (Sep 30, 2026)

- First Release on Plugin Alliance