Can't seem to find much info about this option, even on Empirical's
website.

What is the "British Mode" on a Distressor?

Is it defeatable?

Thanks in advance...

On 1176s, there are 4 ratio buttons. Someone somewhere figured out if you
press all 4 at once, you get a wildly aggressive, unpredictable ratio
setting. The Distressor "British Mode" emulates it. It's defeatable. It's
also alot of fun.

Adam

in article , EADGBE at
wrote on 5/1/05 10:59 AM:

Can't seem to find much info about this option, even on Empirical's
website.

What is the "British Mode" on a Distressor?

Is it defeatable?

Thanks in advance...

In article . com,
EADGBE wrote:
Can't seem to find much info about this option, even on Empirical's
website.

What is the "British Mode" on a Distressor?

On the 1176, someone in the UK figured out that if you push all the
ratio buttons in at the same time, you get a very high ratio and turn
the thing almost into a limiter. When the technique arrived back on
these shores, everyone called it "British mode." I am not sure when
this was discovered... I know I didn't see it until the early eighties
myself.

The Distressor is available with an option that lets you emulate the
sound of this effect.

Is it defeatable?

Yes.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I think it was discvored in the 70's. I read somewhere that "When the levea
Breaks" it is used on the drum room mics.


"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
In article . com,
EADGBE wrote:
Can't seem to find much info about this option, even on Empirical's
website.

What is the "British Mode" on a Distressor?

On the 1176, someone in the UK figured out that if you push all the
ratio buttons in at the same time, you get a very high ratio and turn
the thing almost into a limiter. When the technique arrived back on
these shores, everyone called it "British mode." I am not sure when
this was discovered... I know I didn't see it until the early eighties
myself.

The Distressor is available with an option that lets you emulate the
sound of this effect.

Is it defeatable?

Yes.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Jack Mehoff" wrote in message
...
I think it was discvored in the 70's. I read somewhere that "When the levea
Breaks" it is used on the drum room mics.

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