“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.”
Traditionally bus compression has been taken care of by VCA style devices, based on ICs, which are wholly unrelated to the warmth, fatness and the character associated with discrete Class A technology, including chunky transformers and diode bridge-based gain reduction.
The Heritage Audio Successor brings all these and then more:
A fully Carnhill transformer coupled input and output unit, the new Successor is a true stereo diode-bridge based bus compressor with advanced sidechain filtering and built-in parallel processing capabilities, sharing the class A ´73 type output stage that Heritage Audio is famous for.
Based on legendary vintage diode bridge designs, it keeps the sonic character of such units, but the added features make it a new beast on its own and will make your mixes shine in modern production environments. Ultra-fast attack and releases allow for larger than life drum bus compression sounds, while the complex sidechain filter lets you tailor your mix in ways not previously available.
“Snare drums can be more present and the stereo image widens as there is more natural room for tracks to breathe.”
From FET like, all-buttons-in drum sounds (now in stereo!) to VCA style mix bus with added warmth and fatness only transformers can bring, the Heritage Audio Successor is designed to stay hooked up to your mix bus and make your mixes shine through.
“Now vocals stand out in the mix without being overwhelming or mudding out your guitars or other instruments”.
Stereo Bus Compressor
- Analog bus and master compressor with transformer-coupled inputs and outputs
- Vintage sound character through 1073-inspired amplifier circuit with Carnhill transformer and diode bridge circuit
- Extremely fast attack and release control times
- Flexible sidechain path with 5-stage filter with high-pass and peak characteristics
- Rasterized blend control for parallel compression
- Rasterized controls for Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release and Gain Makeup
- Per channel input and output (XLR) and sidechain send/return (6.3 mm jack)
- Frequency response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Threshold: 20 - 20 dBu
- Ratio: 1.5:1 to 20:1
- Attack time: 50µs to 20ms
- Release time: 25ms to 400ms
- Auto circuit for program dependent compression
- Side-chain filter high-pass: 80, 160, 5000 Hz
- Side-chain filter peak: 1, 3 kHz
- Amplification: 0 to 10 dB in 2 dB steps
- Power supply: 100 - 240 VAC (external universal power supply)
- Dimensions: 19", 1 HE
