Pultec eqm1a3 pair mastering equalizer reissues used. They would be an adequate substitute for the real thing. Back in the 1950s, when electrical engineers eugene gene shenk and oliver ollie summerlin. Functionally identical to its 2u eqp 1s3 stablemate which is based on a rare variant of the legendary eqp 1a equalizer, the eqp 1s can give your tracks the massive bass, silky highs, and addictive warmth that made pultec a studio standard. Page 6 below is a plot of the curve from the original pultec eqp 1a, with all gains set to 0 and low cutoff set to 20hz red and cutoff at 100hz yellow. Pultec eqp 1a and meq5 with uas new plugin release of the pultec pro, i thought it would be fitting to delve a little deeper into the history of the company and products that brought the burgeoning audio industry of the 50s the innovative technology which is still widely used and copied. The tube pultec eqp1a copy is an example of a project that many diy people want to tackle.
Schematic for an pultec peq1a type eq this is a piece of reverseengeineering i did because at the time nobody seemed to have access to the schematics. Extremely accurate modeling of two real world units, known to have the sound, with sonic performance that is indistinguishable from the originals, thanks to iks dsm and new scc resulted in this great sounding plugin. Designed and manufactured to the original specifications, this product has all the mojo of a vintage eqp 1a eqp 1a3 eq. The manley pultec eqp 1a, available in both single and 2channel versions, uses 1 x 12ax7wa and 1 x 6414 or 5965 in our alltube singleended line amplifier for the gain makeup and extrabeefy sound. The eqp would see many iterations, but this basic design would be the companys flagship product until the companys folding in the late 70searly 80s. What you hear is the eqp1a on the stereo bus, the kick, and the distorted guitar on the left side.
The bass has the meq5 on it, and it is driving an 1176 rev a from the 1176 classic limiter plugin collection to about 7 db of compression. The history of pultec and the storied eqp1 vintage king audio. Pultec eqm1a3 pair mastering equalizer reissues used the pultec eqm1a3 twoband mastering equalizer is the modernday version of the legendary eqp 1a equalizer. History in 1951, pultec introduced the first passive program equalizer, the eqp1.
Ever since its formation in the 1970s, midas has had a long history of. You see, the first pultec eqp1 was already introduced in 1951 by pulse techniques, a company formed by. In todays video we are going to compare 4 different pultec eq plugins. Hello friends, hope you are doing great, this is audio fact aesthetic. This was a game changer in recording studios, as you now had the ability to manipulate the sound even farther than before, bring it closer to the front of the mix and make it feel as if youre in the room with the performer. I only have experience with original tube eqp1a3s, original solid state eqp1a3s, manley enhance pultecs and the amtecs. This module is based on what is universally known as one of the best and most musical program eqs ever made, the pultec eqp1a. The filtered guitar with the pultec hlf3c comes in the second time the main riff comes around. Singlechannel, twoband equaliser based on the classic pultec eqp1a. Note that the transformer data are guesswork and dcresistances. Pulse techniques, llc manufactures the pultec line of professional audio equalizers to the original design specifications. Although in the manual for the eqp1 it says you shouldnt boost and cut the same frequency, over the years engineers have discovered that something special. The humble hero of the studio the pultec eqp1 happy mag. Including input and output transformers, 20 hz to 20 khz.
If that has you scratching your head, well, its not actually the full story. Now, fastforward several decades, and pultec has specd its eqp 1s eq with the original 3u chassis. This is needed to restore the signal level that is reduced when an audio signal is fed into the unit, making the eqp 1a a noloss passive equalizer. Doapultec page the gpultec the original schematics. The pultec eqp1 has launched a thousand hits with its simplicity and. Much of the history regarding the actual people and companies involved is not a.
Ever since its formation in the 1970s, midas has had a long history of innovation and leadership in the world. Manley pultecs sound great on drums, but really arent a substitute for a real pultec on something like mix bus, guitars or vocals. Ua webzine compression obsession april 04 the pultec. News music art books mag enmore audio gaming needle in the hay. Thanks to chris jenrick for sharing the real filter schematics for. Do not install in a confined space, such as a book. Eqpkt equalizers signal processors klark teknik categories. While pultec may have written the book on studio equalisation with the legendary eqp1a in. The pultec eqp 1 is a full passive 3u allvalve equalizer and therefore needs an additional amplifier circuit.