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Post by thehightenor on Jul 18, 2024 6:12:44 GMT -6
Does this cheaper Chinese stuff sound as good as...some plugs? Top quality programmed component modelled plug-ins sound better to my ears, than cheap as chips (pun intended) mass produced “clones” |
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 7:25:35 GMT -6
Does this cheaper Chinese stuff sound as good as...some plugs? Top quality programmed component modelled plug-ins sound better to my ears, than cheap as chips (pun intended) mass produced “clones” Have you tried this unit? What cheap chips are you talking about? I have to disagree. I have plenty of “top quality” plug ins. The “cheap in china” thing is so old and tired. I love all gear if it’s good. Same goes for my US made audio scape, UA, Urei, my UK stuff Neve/SSL, and GASP made in china Mac computer and various other things. I feel like people are so tribalistic. I also have a hard time believing these detractors have experience with the units they speak of. I have multiple ssl comps- by ssl. And I have a warm audio version. Guess what? the WA version is great. Just as good as kit- useful- and WAY better than any plug in I’ve used- and I have used them all. I have quality outboard gear and plug ins. Lindell is a quality EQ unit. It WORKS and in just hours I could verify it sounded as good or better than plugs. All of my gear has a utility and purpose. I wouldn’t hesitate to use this alongside REALLY EXPENSIVE outboard that I own and in place of premium plug ins I own. |
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 7:32:24 GMT -6
Does this cheaper Chinese stuff sound as good as...some plugs? no. They generally kill detail like a dbx or Behringer circuit. Almost all of the over sampled (for analog gain and phase) double precision eqs generally sound better and smoother than them: MDWEQ, PSP Squad with analog turned off, the tdr slick eq ge and m, softube Weiss EQ 1 and MP, etc can be unreal smooth. Have you tried the unit in question? What is “smooth’? You’re mentioning “circuits”.. I haven’t used a behringer EQ - but there is good dbx kit out there. There are plug ins that work great. That doesn’t automatically make this unit trash because it perpetuates a world view. I have the option of great plug ins and outboard. I always go outboard first and when I run out I use my plug ins. Cus they are fine. But I will go to my lintec before reaching for a plug in. |
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Post by eq on Jul 18, 2024 8:32:47 GMT -6
So the Lintec went back and I kept the Bettermaker, I really wanted the lintec to come close to the Bettermaker, but there is just a happy feeling I get with the bettermaker that is not happening with the Lintec.
I believe high quality plugins will sound better than a poorly made clone but as an example the Klark Teknik EQP-KT does have really good reviews. As the say YMMV
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Post by Dan on Jul 18, 2024 9:48:51 GMT -6
Does this cheaper Chinese stuff sound as good as...some plugs? Top quality programmed component modelled plug-ins sound better to my ears, than cheap as chips (pun intended) mass produced “clones” Yes for some stuff, like clean eqs and compressors, they are able to build things that are lower distortion than any hardware. EQs, they can use trapezoidal integration to solve the state variable filters to produce standard parametric eqs based on ideal circuit models using Kirchoff’s Laws that no real world electrical components can match. Compressors, digital multiplication comes for free with no distortion unlike VCAs, various variable resistors, and analog amplifiers provided the bandwidth is there and there are no hard breaks in poorly written code. The amount of really good compressors that cover the full audible bandwidth grows and grows each year even if some of them breakdown with ultra fast attacks or brief transients like Presswerk and the MDWDRC2. The circuit modeled ones don’t really work, eg compare UAD and Waves SSL Bus breaking the sampling theorem and introducing discontinuities to the Glue, which is just a clean digital compressor (unlike what comes with the daws) that emulates the ssl bus’s gain reduction including the auto attack and auto release and the partially halfwave rectifier. And there are less obvious compressors than that now. Throw these up against cheap hardware or even expensive very distorted hardware, and it’s a joke. The cleanest ssl bus type hardware, the smart c2, is cleaner than the glue and everything else on most settings with crush off, not because its circuitry is so superior to the x-logic or digital multiplication but because the attack curve is different and lets more of the transient pass through so if you limit down or off brief peaks later, you spread the distortion of the attack and the fast release for transients when in the sweet spot over far less of the signal in time. For these modern compressors, the harmonics and imd of gain reduction, along with potential tonal changes from it, generally overpower any audible box their clean circuitry might have. The market for hardware became more about toys so brands like Aphex disappeared and SSL started making small mixers and Chinese toys with different circuitry even if they say it’s the same as the 2000s British gear. |
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Post by Dan on Jul 18, 2024 10:15:08 GMT -6
Top quality programmed component modelled plug-ins sound better to my ears, than cheap as chips (pun intended) mass produced “clones” Have you tried this unit? What cheap chips are you talking about? I have to disagree. I have plenty of “top quality” plug ins. The “cheap in china” thing is so old and tired. I love all gear if it’s good. Same goes for my US made audio scape, UA, Urei, my UK stuff Neve/SSL, and GASP made in china Mac computer and various other things. I feel like people are so tribalistic. I also have a hard time believing these detractors have experience with the units they speak of. I have multiple ssl comps- by ssl. And I have a warm audio version. Guess what? the WA version is great. Just as good as kit- useful- and WAY better than any plug in I’ve used- and I have used them all. I have quality outboard gear and plug ins. Lindell is a quality EQ unit. It WORKS and in just hours I could verify it sounded as good or better than plugs. All of my gear has a utility and purpose. I wouldn’t hesitate to use this alongside REALLY EXPENSIVE outboard that I own and in place of premium plug ins I own. Why would anyone buy a cheaped distorted eq? Way better than any plugin? Plugins match their filters and there are many plugins that match the phase and amplitude of analog filters. There are some that behave internally like analog filters but made with ideal parts. The “virtual analog” filters are better than the filters that can be made in the physical world. They have far less noise and distortion than any analog amplifier. An SSL bus isn’t a particularly flexible compressor. The sound of one depends upon getting the side chain resistor and capacitors exactly correct and the circuitry is mostly pretty clean. It is a compressor that has 1 auto release that is often far too slow to not pump up quiter parts too much or parts following silence, holding down the audio, hence the need to constantly ride and automate the faders up into it. Every other release doesn’t have the necessary program dependency to do anything other than apply a brief envelope to transients and will destroy your mix dug in. For the auto release, each attack setting has a different sweet spot of gain reduction on the auto release where the attack speeds up for transients. If you want more or less gain reduction because it is making your mix worse, you have to set a different attack setting for the amount of gain reduction you wish to do. The ratio controls the knee more than it changes the sweet spot or the amount of gain reduction you can transparently do but it also changes the threshold so you have to adjust threshold to compensate for the new knee and keep the compressor within the sweet spot. Outside of the sweet spots, the ssl bus drastically changes the tone of the mix. Misuse and carelessness are the need for heavy post compression bus eq with it but that of course requires a stereo matched eq. Many of the clones do not get the stereo linking or the auto release correct making them replaceable in real world use by pretty much anything that has attack and release knobs to apply an envelope and incapable of copying the weird behavior. Nowadays, you can buy more or less flexible stereo compressors that are less popular because they are harder to build, didn’t have partial schematics on the internet in the 90s, and weren’t hyped up in the 2000s by CLA and Dr. Dre. |
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 10:20:11 GMT -6
Top quality programmed component modelled plug-ins sound better to my ears, than cheap as chips (pun intended) mass produced “clones” Yes for some stuff, like clean eqs and compressors, they are able to build things that are lower distorted than any hardware. EQs, they can use trapezoidal integration to solve the state variable filters to produce standard parametric eqs based on ideal circuit models using Kirchoff’s Laws that no real world electrical components can match. Compressors, digital multiplication comes for free with no distortion unlike VCAs, various variable resistors, and analog amplifiers provided the bandwidth is there and there are no hard breaks in poorly written code. The amount of really good compressors that cover the full audible bandwidth grows and grows each year even if some of them breakdown with ultra fast attacks or brief transients like Presswerk and the MDWDRC2. The circuit modeled ones don’t really work, eg compare UAD and Waves SSL Bus breaking the sampling theorem and introducing discontinuities to the Glue, which is just a clean digital compressor (unlike what comes with the daws) that emulates the ssl bus’s gain reduction including the auto attack and auto release and the partially halfwave rectifier. Throw these up against cheap hardware or even expensive distorted hardware, and it’s a joke. The cleanest ssl bus type hardware, the smart c2, is cleaner than the glue and everything else on most settings with crush off, not because it’s circuitry is superior to the x-logic or digital multiplication but because the attack curve is different and lets more of the transient pass through so if you limit down or off brief peaks later, you spread the distortion of the attack and the fast release for transients when in the sweet spot over far less of the signal in time. For these modern compressors, the harmonics and imd of gain reduction, along with potential tonal changes from it, generally overpower any audible box their clean circuitry might have. The market for hardware became more about toys so brands like Aphex disappeared and SSL started making small mixers and Chinese toys with different circuitry even if they say it’s the same as the 2000s British gear. Hasn’t SSL released new consoles.. very recently? Have you tried any Chinese SSL gear? I have. My SSL Bus + smokes every plug in you mention. It’s not even a comparison. I’m not on a mission to rid everything of distortion.. that’s an illogical goal and premise anyway. I want harmonic distortion.. and by the sheer number of saturation plug ins out there so do users. Have you tried the lintec? Have you put the hardware you mention against the software you mention? If so and you prefer the software- great. Sorry to say that doesn’t make your premise gospel. Again you keep saying “if you put x hardware up against y software” but this sounds anecdotal as hell- which is fine. But to preach it as objective fact is weird. I can be anecdotal. I just put my SSL g,XL, bus +, and a WARM audio bus comp on a drum bus. They all SMOKED the emulation plugs and the “clean compressors” out there. I’ll never say hardware is definitively better than software. How could I prove that? I love software. It enables me to use hardware in ways unimaginable not long ago. It’s like the guy on another thread that knew that truth was “a 57 is a bad microphone” yet in the face of reality it’s invalidated by the millions of successful recordings. I’d use this as a comparison. Yeah you’re right- hardware is a trash scam that is just about getting people addicted to toys. Ya know all of those other people that make MONEY off of doing this for a living- and have hardware- are all brainwashed. Additionally this isn’t a clone. It’s an EQ with similar workflow and topology as a solid state pultec. SIMILAR. Also I do not care about a pultec. I was looking for a solid utility EQ. I have no doubt some one may prefer a better maker (great kit!!!) and I respect someone that sends something back they don’t jibe with. I hate la2as.. but I’m not gonna say they suck- because other people do use em- they use them with great success. |
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Post by thehightenor on Jul 18, 2024 10:40:24 GMT -6
Top quality programmed component modelled plug-ins sound better to my ears, than cheap as chips (pun intended) mass produced “clones” The “cheap in china” thing is so old and tired. I never mentioned China, please don’t put words in my mouth. Thank you. |
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Post by EmRR on Jul 18, 2024 11:54:07 GMT -6
No tubes, solid state with op amps, how do you even call that a pultec clone? Wowee wow. You don’t have to go very far back in time to find lots of people preferring the SS Pultecs for many jobs. |
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Post by ragan on Jul 18, 2024 11:55:20 GMT -6
The SS DIYRE Pultec kits (EQP5) are some of my favorite pieces. Permanently parked on my mixbus.
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Post by doubledog on Jul 18, 2024 12:03:46 GMT -6
I've been using a LiNTec as well and I like it. I'll never even try to convince some people here (that have never actually seen or heard one but whatever, smells purple). But anyway, I ran real audio tracks of real music played by real musicians into it and got something out of it that I thought sounded good. That's all that matters for me.
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 12:20:08 GMT -6
Have you tried this unit? What cheap chips are you talking about? I have to disagree. I have plenty of “top quality” plug ins. The “cheap in china” thing is so old and tired. I love all gear if it’s good. Same goes for my US made audio scape, UA, Urei, my UK stuff Neve/SSL, and GASP made in china Mac computer and various other things. I feel like people are so tribalistic. I also have a hard time believing these detractors have experience with the units they speak of. I have multiple ssl comps- by ssl. And I have a warm audio version. Guess what? the WA version is great. Just as good as kit- useful- and WAY better than any plug in I’ve used- and I have used them all. I have quality outboard gear and plug ins. Lindell is a quality EQ unit. It WORKS and in just hours I could verify it sounded as good or better than plugs. All of my gear has a utility and purpose. I wouldn’t hesitate to use this alongside REALLY EXPENSIVE outboard that I own and in place of premium plug ins I own. Why would anyone buy a cheaped distorted eq? Way better than any plugin? Plugins match their filters and there are many plugins that match the phase and amplitude of analog filters. There are some that behave internally like analog filters but made with ideal parts. The “virtual analog” filters are better than the filters that can be made in the physical world. They have far less noise and distortion than any analog amplifier. An SSL bus isn’t a particularly flexible compressor. The sound of one depends upon getting the side chain resistor and capacitors exactly correct and the circuitry is mostly pretty clean. It is a compressor that has 1 auto release that is often far too slow to not pump up quiter parts too much or parts following silence, holding down the audio, hence the need to constantly ride and automate the faders up into it. Every other release doesn’t have the necessary program dependency to do anything other than apply a brief envelope to transients and will destroy your mix dug in. For the auto release, each attack setting has a different sweet spot of gain reduction on the auto release where the attack speeds up for transients. If you want more or less gain reduction because it is making your mix worse, you have to set a different attack setting for the amount of gain reduction you wish to do. The ratio controls the knee more than it changes the sweet spot or the amount of gain reduction you can transparently do but it also changes the threshold so you have to adjust threshold to compensate for the new knee and keep the compressor within the sweet spot. Outside of the sweet spots, the ssl bus drastically changes the tone of the mix. Misuse and carelessness are the need for heavy post compression bus eq with it but that of course requires a stereo matched eq. Many of the clones do not get the stereo linking or the auto release correct making them replaceable in real world use by pretty much anything that has attack and release knobs to apply an envelope and incapable of copying the weird behavior. Nowadays, you can buy more or less flexible stereo compressors that are less popular because they are harder to build, didn’t have partial schematics on the internet in the 90s, and weren’t hyped up in the 2000s by CLA and Dr. Dre. Some weird kool aide around here. "Why would anyone buy a cheaped distorted eq?"
This unit only distorts if I drive it into... distortion.. like everything else. Why is somethign being affordable a bad thing? "The sound of one depends upon getting the side chain resistor and capacitors exactly correct and the circuitry is mostly pretty clean. It is a compressor that has 1 auto release that is often far too slow to not pump up quiter parts too much or parts following silence, holding down the audio, hence the need to constantly ride and automate the faders up into it. Every other release doesn’t have the necessary program dependency to do anything other than apply a brief..."
Im sorry- I don't buy gear so that I can collect carbon copy clones. Inconsistency is something -due to my background- that isn't an inherently bad thing to experience. Be it differing channels on an LFAC (SSL/NEVE, those are the only ones I have experience with from a LFAC persp) or two different U67s, two different Marshall JMPs etc.. Different tools for different things. They aint all the same. Those tools that are very consistent in tonality are great too though! This is what is great about a plug. Also my SSL Bus + has all of the things you are claiming it doesnt- including different auto release settings and side chain flexibility etc.. When I don't need all that- which is MOST of the time- a regular G or XL will do. OR my Warm Audio. " An SSL isn't a flexible compressor" I wouldn't say its particularly inflexible.. even if it was so what? My vintage strats 7" neck radius makes it a little less 'flexible' from a functionality perspective- but is a great guitar. My SSL Bus + is one of the most flexible compressors on the market. "Outside of the sweet spots, the ssl bus drastically changes the tone of the mix. Misuse and carelessness are the need for heavy post compression bus eq with it but that of course requires a stereo matched eq."Why would you use something thats.. not in the sweet spot.. Yeah compression is going to change the tone of something, to varying degrees. Thats the point. I'm not using compression for dynamics control as much as I am for sound design- which in my experience is common amongst FT Engs. You are really telling me that every engineer thats used an SSL bus comp (as there are many- and they are all VERY different) was a dummy and made a mistake by using it? Thus ruining a mix? I'll point out that most of my compression is not happening on the two bus. "Many of the clones do not get the stereo linking or the auto release correct making them replaceable in real world use by pretty much anything that has attack and release knobs to apply an envelope and incapable of copying the weird behavior." yeah for me I'm not buying something to get a clone. I'll just get the thing that I want. I have SSL comps. I bought a warm audio bus comp to have another stereo VCA comp with sidechain. It functions beautifully. while I wouldnt be hindered if the thing had identical features or behaviour, its not my priority at all. LOVE my WA Bus Comp. I'm going to get another one! Also- me personally- I almost NEVER use any auto release function on hardware. Software yes. I am very picky about release timing. Just not for me. Notice how I didnt say 'auto release is trash'? We can like different things without the other persons thing being dumb. "Nowadays, you can buy more or less flexible stereo compressors that are less popular because they are harder to build, didn’t have partial schematics on the internet in the 90s, and weren’t hyped up in the 2000s by CLA and Dr. Dre."I want to note that - as someone that went from intern to head engineer at a studio - that I work generally with tools I'm familiar with. Tools that were in those facilities. unfortunately I never got to work with the doctor- but did get to work in a facility that had a sweet SSL J series that was run by ruff ryder management and I think UMG was in there too. Point being- those places had the gear. I used it. You really believe that the SSL bus compressor is popular because it was... hyped up by Dre and CLA? I aint that old- but I remember the 90s/00s. SSL was not marketing to 99.99999% of the population then as their stuff was EXPENSIVE and they were getting into.. mostly digital consoles. I feel like there was a major shift around 2008 or something to move away from.. moving away from analog. Overall I just don't get it. I would feel bad that some budding engineer, or an old timer like me, might be turned off from gear because of some weird internet zealotry against 1. Analog Hardware 2. Manufacturing hardware similar to hardware before it 3. Affordable hardware 4. trying things before ragging (not the person who sent theirs back- good on you. We should own what we like). But if you are a budget conscious novice, or old-head, take some advice: buy this ish on amazon if you can, and... return it if you don't like it. I think most big box places do no hassle returns. I think I have returned at least 5 things to VK in the past month! |
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Post by ragan on Jul 18, 2024 12:20:35 GMT -6
Lots and lots of dogma in audio. Best to ignore it and use what you like to use, with abandon.
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 12:22:14 GMT -6
The “cheap in china” thing is so old and tired. I never mentioned China, please don’t put words in my mouth. Thank you. Sorry I must have conflated your post with another of similar 'vibe' in error. Apologies. |
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Post by teejay on Jul 18, 2024 12:24:15 GMT -6
Yeah you’re right- hardware is a trash scam that is just about getting people addicted to toys. Ya know all of those other people that make MONEY off of doing this for a living- and have hardware- are all brainwashed. First, welcome to RGO. Second, a level-set on the tenor of these forums. You'll find experience, opinions, questions, and respectful, open discussion/debate are always welcome and encouraged. Sounds like you're not new to music/gear, and likely have some good content to share. That's great. However, you're 13 days and 5 posts in and you're already posting comments that don't fit here. This isn't the purple site. If you want to be argumentative and/or sarcastic towards other members this is not the place. |
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 12:35:36 GMT -6
Yeah you’re right- hardware is a trash scam that is just about getting people addicted to toys. Ya know all of those other people that make MONEY off of doing this for a living- and have hardware- are all brainwashed. First, welcome to RGO. Second, a level-set on the tenor of these forums. You'll find experience, opinions, questions, and respectful, open discussion/debate are always welcome and encouraged. Sounds like you're not new to music/gear, and likely have some good content to share. That's great. However, you're 13 days and 5 posts in and you're already posting comments that don't fit here. This isn't the purple site. If you want to be argumentative and/or sarcastic towards other members this is not the place. Thanks for the welcome. It's funny - I posted a positive review- on topic. Some folks didnt agree - and some went into very lengthy diatribes about how my 'opinion' couldn't be correct. I responded wih as much vinegar as anyone else. And yeah posting a positive review on some gear- of which there is VERY little content out there for- and then having other members chime in on how I'm wrong and how these units are by their very nature flawed.. has me feeling like this is the purple place of old. Feel free to point out any specific comments that dont fit here- cus I am familiar with the forum rules- but I'm a fair and sensible person. or DM me. If I have broken any rule I am happy to fall in line. But geeze what a weird perspective. I'm being argumentative by defending my position- which is that the Lintec is a piece of gear worth checking out. |
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Post by ragan on Jul 18, 2024 12:46:18 GMT -6
I don't think anything andtide has said is remotely out of line. There are folks here with *ahem* very strong pet opinions on gear like this (as a category, I think very few here have actually used this Lintec unit). That's the aggressive take (ie "I don't see why anyone would buy this gear I haven't used!"). The "I bought this piece and here's what I think of it..." takes are the kind of thing we should all welcome. |
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Post by thehightenor on Jul 18, 2024 12:49:26 GMT -6
I never mentioned China, please don’t put words in my mouth. Thank you. Sorry I must have conflated your post with another of similar 'vibe' in error. Apologies. No worries. |
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Post by andtide on Jul 18, 2024 12:54:05 GMT -6
I don't think anything andtide has said is remotely out of line. There are folks here with *ahem* very strong pet opinions on gear like this (as a category, I think very few here have actually used this Lintec unit). That's the aggressive take (ie "I don't see why anyone would buy this gear I haven't used!"). The "I bought this piece and here's what I think of it..." takes are the kind of thing we should all welcome. As always- in hindsight- I could've- as my wife would say 'slow my roll' a bit. I am genuinely stunned. Its not a god send of a box- but it gets me a quick and great sounding way to take a little mud out and add a little air. It can be a bummer to use a unit that costs... a lot... for the menial sort of mix tasks. I may buy 3 more. But I am testing out some old sleeper proportional-Q graphics.. that may even be cheaper and just need some recapping and slight modifications. So I may only buy 1 or two more!
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Post by copperx on Jul 18, 2024 13:04:31 GMT -6
Hey, andtide . Have you tried the Clearmountain Pultec trick on the snare with the unit? (Low freq. 100 hz, low freq boost about number 3. High frequency to 5k, broad bandwidth, crank the boost all the way to 10.) I'm very glad finally someone came up with a solid-state Pultec clone; the only option used to be the Pulse Techniques 500 series ($1.5k) and the EQP-1A3-SS ($3.2k). |
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Post by niklas1073 on Jul 18, 2024 13:26:53 GMT -6
Hey, andtide . Have you tried the Clearmountain Pultec trick on the snare with the unit? (Low freq. 100 hz, low freq boost about number 3. High frequency to 5k, broad bandwidth, crank the boost all the way to 10.) I'm very glad finally someone came up with a solid-state Pultec clone; the only option used to be the Pulse Techniques 500 series ($1.5k) and the EQP-1A3-SS ($3.2k). The 500 series rubber bands stereo pultec style which many do seem to like is solid state. I’m actually interested in trying out a ss at some point just for comparison. The pultec style is a staple in my 2bus but I think a lot of the appeal is in the amp section. The pultec touches the use of a compressor at some instances, which is part of the magic of it I guess. But I am not sure how this translates to the ss version. Or does it become just an eq with wide bands? |
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Post by copperx on Jul 18, 2024 13:32:33 GMT -6
Hey, andtide . Have you tried the Clearmountain Pultec trick on the snare with the unit? (Low freq. 100 hz, low freq boost about number 3. High frequency to 5k, broad bandwidth, crank the boost all the way to 10.) I'm very glad finally someone came up with a solid-state Pultec clone; the only option used to be the Pulse Techniques 500 series ($1.5k) and the EQP-1A3-SS ($3.2k). The 500 series rubber bands stereo pultec style which many do seem to like is solid state. I’m actually interested in trying out a ss at some point just for comparison. The pultec style is a staple in my 2bus but I think a lot of the appeal is in the amp section. The pultec touches the use of a compressor even at some instances which is a part of the magic of it I guess. But I am not sure how this translates to the ss version. Or does it become just an eq with wide bands?
There's a genuine 2520 API opamp on those SS Pultecs, substituting the tubes, which gives it a nice color. A tube Pultec sounds mushy in comparison IMHO.
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Post by niklas1073 on Jul 18, 2024 13:35:48 GMT -6
The 500 series rubber bands stereo pultec style which many do seem to like is solid state. I’m actually interested in trying out a ss at some point just for comparison. The pultec style is a staple in my 2bus but I think a lot of the appeal is in the amp section. The pultec touches the use of a compressor even at some instances which is a part of the magic of it I guess. But I am not sure how this translates to the ss version. Or does it become just an eq with wide bands?
There's a genuine API opamp on those SS Pultecs, substituting the tubes, which gives it a nice color. A tube Pultec sounds mushy in comparison IMHO.
Aah, ok. Then I can see it having a nice character to it. Yeah the tube PT has a mushyish quality to it from an eq perspective, so I can imagine that changes with the op amps. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Jul 18, 2024 14:25:36 GMT -6
The 500 series rubber bands stereo pultec style which many do seem to like is solid state. I’m actually interested in trying out a ss at some point just for comparison. The pultec style is a staple in my 2bus but I think a lot of the appeal is in the amp section. The pultec touches the use of a compressor even at some instances which is a part of the magic of it I guess. But I am not sure how this translates to the ss version. Or does it become just an eq with wide bands?
There's a genuine 2520 API opamp on those SS Pultecs, substituting the tubes, which gives it a nice color. A tube Pultec sounds mushy in comparison IMHO.
Is it standard 5 pin, so you could swap op-amps ? |
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Post by ragan on Jul 18, 2024 14:37:59 GMT -6
The DIYRE EQP5 (of course) have standard DOAs you can swap too. Which reminds me, I need to try some of my CAPI op-amps in the EQP5s.
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