What Is A Distressor's "BRITISH MODE"?

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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 1114959567.984580.46730@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, EADGBE at
hwbosshoss@aol.com 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...
>

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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" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <1114959567.984580.46730@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> EADGBE <hwbosshoss@aol.com> 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."