Heritage Audio Britstrip Console Channel Strip

Heritage Audio Britstrip Console Channel Strip - Native iLOK｜The Swiss Army Knife from a Classic Console, Infused with Fifty Years of Analog Soul

Seamlessly Integrating Legendary 73-Style Preamp, EQ, and Diode Bridge Compressor

Introducing the Heritage Audio Britstrip, a plugin embodying fifty years of analog design essence, now available in Native format. It's not just a faithful recreation of Heritage Audio's own BritStrip CONSOLE CHANNEL STRIP hardware, but also a modern classic found in thousands of studios worldwide. The Britstrip perfectly combines an extended 73-style preamp and equalizer with the renowned diode bridge compressor from the acclaimed SUCCESSOR hardware. Whether you need to inject warm, rich analog saturation into your tracks or seek precise yet musical dynamic and frequency sculpting, this Channel Strip effect delivers unparalleled flexibility and sound quality, making it an indispensable analog emulation tool for your digital audio workstation.

This plugin is available in two versions to meet the needs of different users. The Standard version is designed for users of Heritage Audio i73 PRO series audio interfaces, working seamlessly with the interface's built-in analog preamps; while the Full version, for the first time, includes Heritage Audio's acclaimed 73-style preamp emulation, allowing all users to experience a complete analog chain from input gain to final dynamic control, bringing unprecedented convenience and classic tone to your recording and mixing workflow.

Product Features

• Fifty Years of Analog Essence: Heritage Audio's fifty years of analog circuit design experience condensed into a single plugin, offering the most authentic hardware emulation experience.
• Dual Version Choice: Offers a 'Full Version' with complete 73-style preamp emulation, and a 'Light Version' designed for i73 PRO interface users, meeting the needs of different workflows.
• Extended 73-Style EQ: Features a highly musical equalizer that avoids phase issues even at extreme gain settings. The mid-band is perfect for sculpting fat and punchy snares, kicks, guitars, and vocals.
• Versatile High and Low Shelf: Both high and low shelves are equipped with a Bell mode, transforming them from broad tonal adjustments into more precise frequency sculpting tools, greatly enhancing their practicality.
• SUCCESSOR Compressor Core: Features a built-in diode bridge compressor modeled after the renowned SUCCESSOR hardware, delivering thick, solid, and punchy sound, making it an excellent tool for achieving a 'record-ready' feel during tracking.
• Powerful Dynamic Control: The compressor is equipped with a BLEND knob for easy parallel compression and a Sidechain Filter, allowing precise control over the frequency range that triggers compression.
• Flexible Internal Routing: Allows users to freely switch the EQ order to be either Pre-Compression or Post-Compression, offering more possibilities for tone shaping.
• Pure Class-A High-Pass Filter: Features a pure Class-A designed high-pass filter that effectively removes unwanted low-frequency rumble without affecting the sound quality of other frequency bands.

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