Free vs Branded ($$$) Pultec EQ's

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[francobuzzetti]

the thing with AO plugins is that we all know they're more than adequate for profesional use. and they're free, so you can't go wrong with them, use them, get used to their sound, they'll never hinder you skills

[HolgerDehnhardt]

You had different settings in the two eqs when comparing in plugin doctor. UAD was at 100 Hz and Analog Obsession was at 60 Hz;-)

[jaybuck]

damn ik multimedia has definitely been slept on, thanks brother.

[jenslempke]

"Nyquist", härligt! Håll våra uttal vid liv! 😂

[johnvender]

I love RareSE and Tunca's plugins in general. A while back I did a comparison of his LALA with Universal Audio's LA-2A. I found using Plugin Doctor that to get close to matching the curves the settings on the two were very different. To my surprise matching them in plugin doctor as close as I could the UA LA-2A sounded really harsh and over the top while LALA was beautifully warm and gentle, much more to my liking and my idea of what opto is supposed to sound like. I have never used the real hardware and only heard it in the context of countless records but I somehow doubt it sounds like the UA LA-2A. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Universal Audio, just not sure about their LA-2A.

[smeemusic]

These plugins may sound different from one another but we have to consider the hardware unit it was modeled after. Those old hardware units were different from each other. Even 2 of them one serial number apart can sound completely different. Tolerance specs have become tighter in later years but in the past I’m not so sure they even cared about tolerance measurements.

[robdollah]

it is UAD for me in the second comparison. TREX added the most clarity tho

[OlexanderTsyganchuk]

I want to hear full Roger that song, sounds so cool :)

[fretnoize]

The IK one sounds like the odd man out, imo... the AO, UAD, and Waves all seem to be different flavors of the same characteristics, but the IK is, I don't know... watered down? But maybe it's like you say where each needs to be dialed in to taste rather than all the same settings, but the IK seemed like it was missing something. Hard to really know w/o having it, though. And for matching the EQ with pro q3, that was a cool experiment... really interesting, it felt like it was making similar freq changes, but the low end seemed muddier in a way on the pro q3... really cool comparison

[GeoffZalot]

For everyone pointing out that the settings are different, the video below provides a graphic comparison of the EQ curves of UAD vs. AO. The plugin designs sometimes require different settings to achieve the same curve.

[sonidojamon]

Different settings on both Pultec Comparison videos. Should do a recap video minding the settings. "You had one job" 😅This is bad press for pñugins that are actually great.

[sxj]

Wonderful comparision! Thank you. May I suggest that there is a nasty hum noise (around 50HZ?) starting with 1:40 ish. And it's get worse around 3:20, 5:40. I thought that my headphones are broken.

[nathanwarrick]

Being in Logic already how come the Logic Pultec emulation wasn’t included?

[WilliamAshleyOnline]

Yeah the UAD plugin is a little softer while the analog obsession has a little more punch again you can use either I like both Analog Obsessions and UAD I find that UAD maybe has a little more beta testing for bugs than AO however both make great plugins. Nothing is stopping you from using both, a lot of it comes down to processing power how much it consumes.. and with UAD if you run SHARC DSP plugins rather than native to offload processor imo. Also Antelope runs quite a few DSP plugs if I am remembering correctly also some pultec clones. ProQ is way brighter, are the DB levels the same?

[tkelong]

Hey if someone can find a free Pultec that sounds as good as my UA Pultec EQP-1A and MEQ-5 then hey that’s love!
The UA Pultecs sound aMazing!

[JohnWick-cpex]

Just some settings different... Maybe double check the settings in the next video... 😁

[amazeus]

UAD for me...has some nice mids and hights...others sound a bit harsh...

[briguy]

the free one sounds very different, the other three sound very similar

[howtodostuff]

great informative demonstration BUTTT!...when you compared the RareSe with the UAD pultec eqp-1a you missed one nob that in fact was not set the same which was the "ATTEN SEL" the RareSe was set to "20" as apposed to the UAD which was set to "10". I wonder how much of a difference it would of made? Thanks for the great comparison .

[w-hisky]

What is this thing about Pultec EQ? Is it a decade-old studio stable and very common? — It's hard for me to wrap my mind around EQs having "a sound". 🤔 Shouldn't they alter the sound and not "make" it?