Little Labs

Little Labs

Also known as: Little Labs Pro Audio

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Little Labs is a Los Angeles-based pro audio manufacturer founded in 1988 by studio technician Jonathan Little. The company's name traces back to Little's childhood spent in his father's Stanford physics lab, which grad students nicknamed "Little Labs." Before launching the brand, Little spent years maintaining and building custom gear for major LA studios including A&M, Conway, Village, and Ch...

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Little Labs is a Los Angeles-based pro audio manufacturer founded in 1988 by studio technician Jonathan Little. The company's name traces back to Little's childhood spent in his father's Stanford physics lab, which grad students nicknamed "Little Labs." Before launching the brand, Little spent years maintaining and building custom gear for major LA studios including A&M, Conway, Village, and Cherokee, and that hands-on studio background shapes the company's problem-solving approach to product design.

The brand is best known for niche outboard tools that solve specific engineering problems rather than general-purpose processors. Its flagship product is the IBP (In Between Phase), widely regarded as the first commercial phase-alignment tool, along with the VOG (Voice of God) bass resonance processor, the PCP (Professional to Cheesy Pedal) instrument/pedal interface, the Redeye reamping box, the Redcloud and Lmnopre microphone preamps, the Pepper mic pre/DI, the Monotor headphone monitor, and the LL2A leveling amplifier. Many of its products are offered in API 500-series format.

Little Labs gear is a fixture in professional tracking and mixing rooms, and the VOG was licensed by Universal Audio as a UAD plug-in. The company remains a small, boutique operation focused on analog hardware built to high fidelity standards.

Little Labs has 9 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Effects Processors, Mixers, and Delay Plugins. Their gear is featured by 8 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Hip Hop, and Metal. Notable users include Josh Homme, Chris Wolstenholme, and Max Cavalera.

Artists Who Use Little Labs

Josh Homme uses 1 Little Labs product

Josh Homme

Guitarist · Kyuss

Chris Wolstenholme uses 1 Little Labs product

Chris Wolstenholme

Singer, Guitarist · Muse

Max Cavalera uses 1 Little Labs product

Max Cavalera

Singer, Guitarist · Sepultura

Mike Campbell uses 1 Little Labs product

Mike Campbell

Guitarist · Fleetwood Mac

Scott Shriner uses 1 Little Labs product

Scott Shriner

Bassist · Weezer

Q-Tip uses 1 Little Labs product

Q-Tip

Rapper, Music Producer · A Tribe Called Quest

KT Chang uses 1 Little Labs product

KT Chang

Singer, Bassist · Elephant Gym

Dubka uses 1 Little Labs product

Dubka

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