DESCRIPTION
Classic British Diode-bridge Compression
The Heritage Audio SUCCESSOR stereo mixbus compressor is a first in its class, finally allowing creative engineers,
producers and musicians to apply warm, colorful and fat compression.
Until its release all that was previously
available was clean and transparent VCA-based processors for these duties.
While often adequate for the Mix Bus,
they just don´t have anywhere near the mojo, energy and vitality that the SUCCESSOR can offer.
Traditionally,
bus compression has been taken care of by VCA-style devices, based on ICs, which are wholly
unrelated to the warmth, fatness and character typically associated with discrete Class A technology, including chunky
transformers and diode bridge-based gain reduction.
The Heritage Audio SUCCESSOR brings all of this…and more.
Adopted early by top class engineers such as Chris Lord-Alge, the SUCCESSOR will let you feel how your separate
tracks interact and blend together in a way not possible when Master Bus compression duties are relegated to the
mastering stage.
A fully Carnhill transformer coupled input and output unit, the SUCCESSOR is a true-stereo diode bridge-based bus
compressor with advanced sidechain filtering and built-in parallel processing capabilities, with the Class A 73 type
output stage that Heritage Audio is famous for.
Carnhill input transformers are hand wound at the Oxford factory exclusively for Heritage Audio, enclosed in green mu
metal cases for modern day studio noise immunity. The vintage character is indeed guaranteed and you won´t find
them in any other brand´s products.
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