Members 144dB Posted May 10, 2016 Members Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hey all, I've got the original UAD 1176, and when it first bowed, they made a big deal about the fact that it emulates the all-buttons-in mode (aka "British mode"). Having tried this sound a few times, I'm struggling to find it's appeal. It sounds to me like a buzzy, slightly overdriven signal. What songs or artists made this effect popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted May 10, 2016 CMS Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 I've got the original UAD 1176, and when it first bowed, they made a big deal about the fact that it emulates the all-buttons-in mode (aka "British mode"). Having tried this sound a few times, I'm struggling to find it's appeal. It sounds to me like a buzzy, slightly overdriven signal. There may have been a benchmark song, but mostly I think it's something that got attention when there was an article about a soon-to-become-famous producer. It's how these things go. I never heard it referred to as a British technique. I only heard of "British EQ" but that was because British consoles were the first to have more than a couple of knobs to alter the frequency response. And there never was such a term until an American console manufacturer, quite probably MCI, included a multiband equalizer in each channel and chose different frequencies and passband slopes than on the British consoles, thinking they had a better idea. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I think that All buttons In got the British association due to Hugh Padgham's use of it on a certain Phil Collins track... (In The Air Tonight) - he claimed it was a big part of the drum sound on that track... but supposedly so was the SSL talkback mic's compressor. I prefer the expression "All Buttons In" rather than British Mode. Hey, it's an American compressor from California... I seriously doubt the British were the first to try an 1176 with all the buttons pushed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Having tried this sound a few times, I'm struggling to find it's appeal. It sounds to me like a buzzy, slightly overdriven signal. Here's a pretty good explanation of what it does. http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/all-button-mode/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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