Heritage Audio has released the 80 Series Collection of plug-ins, including the HA6673 and HA8173 console channels in native form.
‘Fifteen years ago, Heritage Audio founder Peter Rodriguez walked into Musikmesse carrying a handmade wooden enclosure and two 80 series modules he had designed himself,’ the company says. ‘Those two units – the 8173 and the 6673 – were the foundation on which everything Heritage Audio would become.
‘The 8173 and the 6673 share the same bloodline, both rooted in the classic 73 circuit. But Peter didn’t stop at the 73. With each design, he asked the same question: what if you could take the best of the vintage modules and combine them in a single, smarter unit? The answers were the 8173 and the 6673, and they are not the same answer.’
The 8173 follows the classic 73 EQ architecture and adds the mid bands from the 81. The high shelf follows, again, a Baxandall-type design, but with the addition of a high-frequency selector switch offering three different frequencies instead of the fixed 12kHz of the original.
The uniqueness the 6673 lies in adding the 66 mid-band to the classic 73 architecture. The 73 mid band has been expanded with additional frequency choices, while leaving the original 73 frequencies untouched. Like the 8173, it features a Baxandall-type high shelf with a three-frequency selector that adds a flexibility beyond the fixed 12kHz of the original.
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