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“With the Apogee FX Rack plugins, I’m able to use the exact same rack gear sounds that I’ve used in professional studios... It’s insane that I can have the same tones at my fingertips this easily."Matt Kiichi Heafy (Trivium). 2019 Grammy Nominee (Best Metal Performance)
“I’ve tried just about every Pultec plugin there is and am totally amazed with Apogee’s Pultec emulation... Best Pultec emulation yet!”Anthony Saffery. Producer & Mixer (Madame Gandhi, Portugal the Man, Dirty Vegas)
“We love the FX Rack from Apogee. We have our own setups and templates so that you know you are instantly up and running with the Pultec EQ and it sounds great.”Stargate (Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen). Grammy Award-winning Producers & Songwriters (Beyonce, Rihanna, Coldplay)
Apogee and Pulse Techniques Partnership
In an obsessive quest to reproduce every nuance of the Pultec Program Equalizer and Mid-range Equalizer, Apogee had a worthy partner - Steve Jackson of Pulse Techniques, the current manufacturer of new Pultec hardware. During the 10 years Steve spent recreating the legendary EQP-1A, he learned the intricate secrets of each component from the only person alive who knew them - Eugene Shenk, the original Pultec designer.
Legendary recording engineer Bob Clearmountain has used original Pultec EQs as an integral part of his mixing process since his early days at New York’s Power Station studio, so he was thrilled to audition Steve’s re-creations. After careful listening, Bob determined that the new units were sonically identical to the originals. He uses new and original units interchangeably at Mix This, his Los Angeles-based studio.
After careful analysis of several vintage and new Pultec EQP-1A and MEQ-5 units, Apogee chose to model their plugin after Steve’s new hardware - it was like unboxing brand new units in 1959.
Apogee is proud that their software Pultecs are the only EQP-1A and MEQ-5 type plugins endorsed and fully licensed by Steve and Pulse Techniques.
Pultec EQP-1A
Program Equalizer
Features
- Precisely recreates the Pultec EQP-1A’s unique characteristics
- Broad EQ curves, to gently but powerfully shape your sounds while maintaining their integrity
- Interaction of Bands, to create characteristic EQ curves used by engineers for decades
- Circuit Non-Linearites, to add the “magic” that hardware units are renowned for
- Developed with Pulse Technologies, the current manufacturer of hardware Pultec EQs
- Apogee plugin modelled from brand new Pultec unit
- Officially Licensed and Endorsed by Pulse Techniques
- Run natively in your favourite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
- Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces
Pultec MEQ-5
Mid-Range Equalizer
Features
- The Apogee Pultec MEQ-5 Midrange Equalizer plugin precisely recreates the original hardware to sculpt critical midrange frequencies with precision and warmth
- Developed with Pulse Techniques, the current manufacturer of hardware Pultec EQs
- Apogee plugin modelled from brand new Pultec unit
- Officially Licensed and Endorsed by Pulse Techniques
- Run natively in your favourite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
- Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces
System Requirements
Mac
- macOS 10.14.6 or higher (Intel / Apple Silicon supported) (64-bit only)
- VST, VST3, AU, AAX
Windows
- Windows 10 and higher (64-bit only)
- VST, VST3, AAX
Please Note: A FREE Pace iLok account is needed in order to register this software (physical iLok Dongle is not required).
Tested & Supported DAWs:
- Pro Tools 12, Ultimate (Pro Tools 11 and lower not currently supported)
- Ableton Live 10
- Logic Pro 10
- Cubase 9.5 VST 1 & 2 (VST3 not implemented in this release).
Please Note: Any AUv2, VST2 or AAX fully compliant DAW should work.
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