Universal Audio Pultec Passive EQ Collection Plug-In

Universal Audio UADX-PULTEC-COLLECTION Overview

Get the warm, analog sound of classic Pultec EQs in your DAW with the Pultec Passive EQ Collection Plug-In from Universal Audio. The software offers meticulous recreations of three legendary rackmount units that studio engineers have used on countless mixes. Sculpt fat and punchy bass, synths, and drums with the EQP1A. Experience rich midrange textures on your guitars, vocals, and keys with the MEQ5. Create retro filter effects or reduce unwanted frequencies with surgical precision using the HLF3C. With painstakingly modeled amplifier sections now onboard, the Pultec EQ Collection breathes like the original hardware.

Use the EQs to tailor frequencies on individual tracks or buses, or give your master channel that signature airy, smooth-as-silk vintage tone. The Pultecs accel at making difficult-to-isolate instruments and vocals breathtakingly clear without affecting neighboring frequencies. Add subtle analog shading to your tracks by just passing the signal though or push the Pultec s fully modeled transformer and tube-based amplifier sections for added grit. This plug-in software download includes a native version that will run on Mac and Windows computers without UA hardware as well as a second version that runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware.

Get the Rich Sound of the World s Most Famous EQs

Going far beyond all other Pultec-style EQ plug-ins, the Pultec Passive EQ Collection gives your productions the rich, musical sound of the ultrarare vintage hardware the culmination of the world s most intensive modeling research.

Craft Legendary Low End: The EQP-1A

Make confident broadstroke EQ moves and get the vibiest low-end you ve ever heard. From bass guitar and synth bass to kick drums, you ll be amazed at the tight, focused thump, with the twist of a couple knobs. The Pultec EQP-1A s signature effect, unintended by its designers, is its ability to seemingly boost and cut the same frequency simultaneously. In reality, the filters actually alter adjacent frequencies, but the naturally interactive resonant dip has an amazing boosting and tightening effect especially on bass guitar and kick drums.

Customize Your Mids: The MEQ-5

The MEQ-5 Mid-Range Equalizer is the richly colorful tube-amplified companion to the EQP-1A. With two bands of midrange boost and one band of midrange dip, the MEQ-5 gets the very best out of the power region where guitars and vocals can make or break a mix. The unique band overlap and filter interaction unleash the vibrancy of these instruments in the track without fighting your overall mix.

Tame the Sides: The HLF-3C

The never-before-available HLF-3C completes the Pultec Passive EQ Collection and features 12 dB per octave low- and high-cut filters, for broad retro-tonal sculpting or bygone-era special effects. With just two controls, the HLF-3C will give you vintage, lo-fi effects on your vocals and instruments, or let you surgically remove troublesome frequencies like excessive hiss and rumble that can build up and muddy your mixes.

Artist Presets

In developing the Pultec EQ Collection, UA commissioned some of the biggest names in the business to develop custom presets. Check out John Paterno s (Steve Gadd, The Black Crowes, Bonnie Raitt) Clear, Big-Body Acoustic, and his U-47 and U-67 settings. Also, demo Jacknife Lee s (The Cars, U2, Taylor Swift) Drum Buss Earth and Air, and Acoustic Guitar Tamer.