Heritage Audio Herchild 670N NEXT GEN

Heritage Audio Herchild 670N Next Gen - 5U Vari-Mu Tube Compressor

The HERCHILD Next Gen is designed for engineers who care about sound and features but have a limited budget. Every design choice serves one goal: deliver the unmistakable Vari-Mu tone heard on thousands and thousands of #1 hit records for the past seven decades with 21st-century reliability and accessibility.

Independent bypass, side chain filtering and a thoroughly designed output gain make-up stage for each channel based on our revered transformer coupled HA-880 opamp (that successfully achieves a non-intrusive output gain completely preserving the soul of the HERCHILD 670) are some of the never-seen-before modern additions to the Next Gen.

The 6 Attack and Release times have been carefully thought to make it even more flexible than in the original unit. The progressive DC Threshold, combining control of the ratio and the knee (from hard limiting to a very smooth transparent compression).

Powered by the same NOS tubes of the HERCHILD 670 and six newly designed custom transformers, the Next Gen will infuse your tracks with rich analog warmth and commanding presence, while remaining remarkably quiet and transparent—perfectly suited for the creative demands of mixing and the precision and finesse of mastering.

Features

• Finally, the Fairchild for those who can’t justify the price tag of a full scale HERCHILD Model 670 or don’t want to commit to the 500 series format.
• A true recreation of the classic Fairchild sound in an impressive 5 rack unit beast with hands on stepped controls for every parameter.
• Real Vari-MU compression powered by 4 NOS military grade 6BA6 tubes and 6 custom made transformers at its core.
• 6 Attack and Release times that have been adapted to today’s production needs, making it more flexible than the original unit.
• Advanced Side-chain filtering for modern day productions.
• LAT/VERT mode makes MID/SIDE processing possible.
• Dual mono / Stereo functionality.
• Independent bypass for each channel.
• Immediate access to the continuously variable slope
• Output gain make-up.
• Clean, intelligent design that guarantee many years of use.
• Outstanding looks that will attract the sight of everyone that enters your studio.
• Hand-built in Madrid., Spain.