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AN APPROACH TO USING THE BRITSTRIP 

 

Using the HA BRITSTRIP in the manner explained above will give you instant 
gratification, however the unit is way more powerful. 

Playing around with ATTACK and RELEASE will change the sound A LOT. Very 
fast attack and releases will eat up transients and may make your sounds less 
punchy but more detailed at the same time. BLEND Control can help you 
restore punchiness to your sounds. The best way to learn is experiment! 

The sidechain filter is another control that can have dramatic results in your 
music. 

High Pass filter at 80Hz makes bass heavy sounds such as kick drum not to 
dominate the compression. 160Hz does so with Kick and Snare. 800 Hz boost 
allows to moderate mixes with too much lo mid content on them (such is the 
case when snare drum is too loud in the mix or a honky vocal is dominating). 
3Khz boost does so with too loud vocals or fuzzy guitars. 5Khz lo pass allow 
you to almost de-ess the mix when cymbals are too loud or similar. 

EQ-wise, there are no recommended settings other than experimentation. 

Low mids will work great fattening snare drums, guitar and vocals (the old 
trick of 700 Hz boost to make electric guitars sound huge works great here). 

Using the high pass filter while tracking should be done with extreme care as 
restoring the lost bass is a difficult task. 

The Hi Shelf can be used in 2 ways: either to add brightness and hi end 
definition by boosting, or to remove harshness by cutting. A good trick for 
the latter is removing just in the 16Khz setting, as to avoid losing hi end. 
Experimenting with the PEAK/shelf response will give different results, being 
the peak a bit subtler. 

Summary of Contents for HA BRITSTIP

Page 1: ...tips on how to use the unit please check www heritageaudio net often and make sure to follow Heritage Audio on Facebook Instagram and You Tube Dec 14th 2020 Rev 1 0 INSTALLING THE BRITSTRIP Thanks fo...

Page 2: ...want to make use of the external sidechain facilities additional MONO Jack cables are needed as explained below If you want to be able to trigger the BRITSTRIP Successor like detector with an external...

Page 3: ...al flows in the aforementioned order Keep this in mind when setting the individual block s levels for optimum headroom THE PREAMPLIFIER First thing to set is the correct input source being MIC the def...

Page 4: ...mpression are desired it may be worth turning the input gain up and setting the threshold higher to avoid having to add a lot of makeup gain GAIN STAGING IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE BEST SIGNAL TO NOISE RATI...

Page 5: ...n external sidechain accessible from the front panel rounds the pack and makes this machine the new Swiss knife in dynamic processing both in the pro and semi pro studios Resume of controls is as foll...

Page 6: ...lanced at unity gain able to drive up to 2Kohms Allows to externally process the control signal SIDECHAIN RETURN This unbalanced input allows to use an external control signal or return the processed...

Page 7: ...either the equalizer or the compressor depending on your DYN PRE button setting If compressing prior to equalizing is preferred press DYN PRE and start playing around with the compressor For a more de...

Page 8: ...much lo mid content on them such is the case when snare drum is too loud in the mix or a honky vocal is dominating 3Khz boost does so with too loud vocals or fuzzy guitars 5Khz lo pass allow you to a...

Page 9: ...e INPUT GAIN SWITCH Sets the input gain in 5 dB increments from 30 to 80 dB in MIC mode 40 dB less in LINE mode HI SHELF FREQ SELECTION Selects the hi shelf corner frequency HI SHELF BOOST CUT Sets th...

Page 10: ...ry switch From ultra fast 50 milliseconds to 0 4 seconds and 1automatic release time fast on peaks slow on sustained program ATTACK FAST Switches the attack to the fastest setting SIDECHAIN FILTER OFF...

Page 11: ...Mic Input impedance 300 or 1200 ohm selectable DI Input impedance Greater than 2 Megaohms THD N 50Hz 20Khz DYNAMIC IN not engaged less than 0 07 at 20dBu Frequency response 0 5dB 15Hz 30Khz Line Input...

Page 12: ...purchase date The warranty excludes problems due to normal wear abuse shipping damage or failure to use the product in accordance with the specifications Heritage Audio shall not be liable for damages...

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