Heritage Audio announces the availability of BritStrip Plugin

Heritage Audio announces availability of BritStrip, baking BritStrip CONSOLE CHANNEL STRIP modern-day classic into vibe-infused, all-in-one plug-in

MADRID, SPAIN: hot on the heels of its namesake hardware-recreating SUCCESSOR and SYMPH EQ plug-ins relatively recently released to widespread critical acclaim, Heritage Audio is proud to announce availability of BritStrip, baking its BritStrip — beautifully representing the culmination of 50 years of analogue design in a single-space 19-inch rack device that nails the sound of yesteryear’s iconic recordings for present-day demanding engineers as a discrete Class-A CONSOLE CHANNEL STRIP that combines the vintage-sounding recording equipment developer’s juicy, inductor-based 73-style classic British-style EQ with the same diode-bridge compressor found in its SUCCESSOR (STEREO BUS COMPRESSOR), collectively held in high regard in thousands of studios worldwide as a modern-day classic — into a vibe-infused, all-in-one plug-in, as of December 30…

By baking 50 years of analogue design, effectively, into a single plug-in, BritStrip’s impact has to be heard to be believed, with extreme boosts being surprisingly musical. Indeed, its MID band is great for sculpting fat and punchy snares, guitars, and vocals. No need for subtlety — as is the case with most EQs — since BritStrip does not sound ‘phase-y’ or compromise signals, even at extreme settings. Indeed, its modelled Class- A H.P. (high-pass) FILTER allows users to remove any excess low end without affecting the quality of sought-after frequencies. Furthermore, BritStrip’s HI SHELF and LOW SHELF settings include a bell mode, making them very versatile for defining sounds.

But beyond that, BritStrip’s SUCCESSOR-like compressor is a powerful diode-bridge-modelled design — perfect for tracking usage, providing a thick, solid sound with detailed dynamic control, while a BLEND function facilitates getting the balance between the original signal and the compressed signal — as well as its SC (side chain) FILTER — just right, thereby allowing for focusing the compression on specific frequencies. Ultimately, users are provided with plenty of tracking potential, giving instruments an all-important ‘record-ready’ vibe while performers are monitoring themselves — helpfully hearing their performance with a finished ‘real-time feel’ as they perform, in other words.

Wonderful features notwithstanding, BritStrip also allows for flexible routing — pre-compression equalisation makes the compressor detector more sensitive to the boosted frequencies and less sensitive to those cut, for instance; inversely, post-compression equalisation makes the detector insensitive to the EQ settings.

It is interesting to note here, however, that when Heritage Audio first designed the BritStrip plug-in, it was the perfect match for its innovative i73® PRO family of USB-C audio interfaces as it pairs seamlessly with their built-in Class A 73-style preamps. Put it this way: when testers started to take the native plug-in for a spin, though, they soon saw the potential that BritStrip has in and of itself; in effect, it begged the question of whether BritStrip is actually a BritStrip without Heritage Audio’s signature preamp? It is fair to say that in order to avoid answering the question, the vintage-sounding recording equipment developer decided — for the first time ever — to model its 73-style preamp into a second version of BritStrip, so, depending on their needs, users can decide whether they want to use the initially-tested ‘lighter’ version without the preamp or the ‘full’ version with the aforesaid signature 73-style preamp modelled to perfection!

Helpfully, Heritage Audio’s goal with its BritStrip plug-in — as, indeed, is the case with its relatively recently released SUCCESSOR and SYMPH EQ plug-ins — is to create a tool to channel creativity and put the focus firmly back on music production, which is exactly why the vintage-sounding recording equipment developer wants to reach as many users as possible by applying a pricing scheme that is both comprehensive and fair. For instance, all BritStrip hardware owners can complete an online form (https://heritageaudio.com/britstrip-owners-form/) to redeem the ‘lighter’ and ‘full’ native versions of the BritStrip plug-ins for free, while both of those native versions of BritStrip are also available for free to owners of any i73® PRO family products from here: https://users.heritageaudio.com. Additionally, a ‘lighter’ version of BritStrip is also available as a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) plug-in for those i73® PRO family products, but benefits from their analogue preamp, obviously. Fortunately for everyone else, a no-nonsense price of €99.00 EUR/$99.00 USD is guaranteed.

Both native versions of BritStrip are available to purchase — as a 64-bit AAX-, AU-, and VST3-format-compatible effect plug-in for MacOS (10.15.7 and higher, with both INTEL and Native Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3 compatibility) and Windows (10 and 11) — directly from Heritage Audio here: https://users.heritageaudio.com/product/britstrip/

An iLok account is required for BritStrip activation. (If running BritStrip in trial mode, note that the trial will be fully functional for 14 days after activation.)

Watch Heritage Audio’s illuminating introductory video for BritStrip here:

Become better acquainted with BritStrip while watching Heritage Audio’s walkthrough video here:



For more information please visit: https://users.heritageaudio.com/product/britstrip/









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