

In October, 1961, all manufacturing was moved to Western Recorders, a nearby company in which United Recording had gained a majority stake.

The focus of SEC was the creation of fully-fledged studio systems built around the equipment produced by Universal Audio. and rebranded it as the Studio Electronics Corporation (SEC). In 1961, United Recording acquired Studio Supply Co. These processors also served as components in custom recording consoles built by Universal Audio for various studios. During its first few years Universal Audio produced a number of tube-based audio processors, the most famous being the 610 preamplifier. 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. was founded alongside the United Recording Corporation by Bill Putnam Sr. 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 the UAD-2 platform.

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. Universal Audio is an American company that designs, imports, and markets audio signal processing hardware and effect pedals, audio interfaces, and digital signal processing, virtual instrument, and digital audio workstation software and plug-ins.įounded in 1958 by Bill Putnam, Sr. Audio signal processing hardware and digital signal processing software
