Old 07-21-2015, 02:45 PM   #1
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Default Emulating a Pultec EQ using ReaEQ

Boz shows how HERE.
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Old 07-21-2015, 03:59 PM   #2
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Great! Thanks for the heads up.
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Old 07-22-2015, 01:29 AM   #3
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Really interesting!
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Old 06-03-2023, 04:34 AM   #4
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Boz shows how HERE.
Great video and explanation, thanks for sharing here. In short it explains the main concept behind Pultec style EQ by using two parallel EQ's (and not serial EQ's), first boosting, second attenuating (by switching polarity). With the right settings you can get a close frequency response even with ReaEQ, so any EQ should do the trick, more or less. Rest is taste probably. Just see the video for the details of explanation.
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And this is needed for...? To me it seems like a faulty EQ, but maybe there's something I don't know.
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Old 06-09-2023, 04:32 PM   #6
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And this is needed for...? To me it seems like a faulty EQ, but maybe there's something I don't know.
It boosts lows, whilst cutting low mids, an oft sought after characteristic to reduce low mid buildup while retaining a solid bottom.
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And this is needed for...? To me it seems like a faulty EQ, but maybe there's something I don't know.
The main reason I use plugin emulations of analog hardware is the eq curves that "just work" for certain purposes. For a Pultec example, on a kick boosting and cutting at 60Hz at the same time for low end thump that also cuts the low mids, or boosting 100hz on a snare for a thicker sound while also boosting around 4kHz or 5kHz for snap. It's common in analog eqs when affecting just one frequency that the whole rest of the frequency curve changes and reacts that would be very difficult to manually emulate using the usual parametric eq.
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Old 06-10-2023, 05:38 AM   #8
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Thanks for the explanation team. I would want to emulate this through regular EQs, but I understand the peculiar 'vintage' hardware sound that such knobs immediately provided in the past.
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Old 06-11-2023, 06:48 AM   #9
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Tukan studios makes excellent free (donation) JS plugins, and has an emulation of a Pultec. Here's a link to a video. Skip to 2 minutes and one second:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnG1k6p60YE
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Green is a great plugin !

How does / can it have emulations ?
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