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Post by kcatthedog on Sept 9, 2024 9:59:49 GMT -6
new plug in EQ:
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 10:04:06 GMT -6
Trident A Range?
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 10:06:26 GMT -6
Always wanting an EQ plug to just blow me away and differentiate itself…but I’ve also got the 8200 and Massive that I rarely use.
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Post by kcatthedog on Sept 9, 2024 10:07:28 GMT -6
looks like: the Paul bass setting on the ua plug was always a fave interesting presets $59 on sale with loyalty voucher. 14 day demo: try it. easy install.  |
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 9, 2024 10:49:36 GMT -6
Wonder how it compares with say, the Softube version.
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 10:51:01 GMT -6
All EQ sounds the same to me… 🤷♂️
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Post by kcatthedog on Sept 9, 2024 11:03:10 GMT -6
But, this one’s way more liquidy ?  |
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 13:38:38 GMT -6
But, this one’s way more liquidy ? It looks cool and I’ll probably get suckered into buying it lol |
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Post by Dan on Sept 9, 2024 13:39:58 GMT -6
Always wanting an EQ plug to just blow me away and differentiate itself…but I’ve also got the 8200 and Massive that I rarely use. The Pulsar ones don't feel weird enough or as fluid as say the Slick EQs with the distortions and HF and LF enhance. Or as cool as the Sie-Q or Fuse VQA-154. The GML model, the distortion was so far down, what was the point and there's no way they modeled the entire sound of the GML discrete opamps
Why do they have user adjustable oversampling? If they have distortion, that will crap up the sound. If users turn off the oversampling, why don't they just decramp the eq and turn off the distortion? Pulsar's solution seems adhoc, caveman, and cpu melting on many computers. I love how the UAD and Softube stuff just doesn't let you disable it and TDR and Klanghelm turn off features if anyone decides to be a whacko or run their plugs on a Pentium IV.
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Post by bossanova on Sept 9, 2024 15:58:48 GMT -6
Wonder how it compares with say, the Softube version. Cheers, Geoff I think Softube generally nailed it, and the Arturia is pretty good as well. |
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Post by bossanova on Sept 9, 2024 16:03:26 GMT -6
All EQ sounds the same to me… 🤷♂️ There's something about the Trident curves and fixed frequencies that brings out that early Bowie vocal sound if you combine the HP filters with boosting the treble shelf. Just the way the bands interact and the saturation flavor. |
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Post by patrickp on Sept 9, 2024 16:06:25 GMT -6
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 16:06:50 GMT -6
All EQ sounds the same to me… 🤷♂️ There's something about the Trident curves and fixed frequencies that brings out that early Bowie vocal sound if you combine the HP filters with boosting the treble shelf. Just the way the bands interact and the saturation flavor. I've heard people talk about the Bowie sound...Love Bowie, but I wouldn't put any of his older stuff in the sonic masterpiece category...That Blackstar record sounds amazing...but that was his last one. |
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Post by Dan on Sept 9, 2024 17:25:49 GMT -6
There's something about the Trident curves and fixed frequencies that brings out that early Bowie vocal sound if you combine the HP filters with boosting the treble shelf. Just the way the bands interact and the saturation flavor. I've heard people talk about the Bowie sound...Love Bowie, but I wouldn't put any of his older stuff in the sonic masterpiece category...That Blackstar record sounds amazing...but that was his last one. The Tony Visconti stuff is great. Most of that sound was Bowie, his band, and Visconti's fx usage. |
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 9, 2024 18:10:04 GMT -6
All EQ sounds the same to me… I don't totally disagree. I tried the new 511 from Mixwave. Sounded good but I could get pretty close with big bell's in Fabfilter. Throw on some saturn and your kind of there. Idk. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 18:29:38 GMT -6
All EQ sounds the same to me… I don't totally disagree. I tried the new 511 from Mixwave. Sounded good but I could get pretty close with big bell's in Fabfilter. Throw on some saturn and your kind of there. Idk. And why do I want distortion from my EQs? I gues I just kind of look at EQ as a tool to fix things. The only reason I’d want a HW EQ is for the transformers and tubes… |
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 9, 2024 20:03:24 GMT -6
I don't totally disagree. I tried the new 511 from Mixwave. Sounded good but I could get pretty close with big bell's in Fabfilter. Throw on some saturn and your kind of there. Idk. And why do I want distortion from my EQs? I gues I just kind of look at EQ as a tool to fix things. The only reason I’d want a HW EQ is for the transformers and tubes… Well. Maybe. The iaa I picked up a few months back is kinda awesome. No tubes. Is it the transformers? Dunno. But turn the knobs. It works or doesn’t. It’s just immediate in a way plugs aren’t. 17khz? You’re joking right. No way I can hear that. But what I can hear using that is pretty freaking good. So, dunno. I was hoping I would love that Electrodyne plug, but the couple vids I watched didn’t blow me away. My point? If I have one is that there is still probably a place for hw eq. Cheers, Geoff |
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 9, 2024 20:13:15 GMT -6
I don't totally disagree. I tried the new 511 from Mixwave. Sounded good but I could get pretty close with big bell's in Fabfilter. Throw on some saturn and your kind of there. Idk. And why do I want distortion from my EQs? I gues I just kind of look at EQ as a tool to fix things. The only reason I’d want a HW EQ is for the transformers and tubes… I suppose. I have mixed feelings. But if I'm trying to get work done fast, everything gets Fabfilter. |
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 9, 2024 20:14:08 GMT -6
And why do I want distortion from my EQs? I gues I just kind of look at EQ as a tool to fix things. The only reason I’d want a HW EQ is for the transformers and tubes… Well. Maybe. The iaa I picked up a few months back is kinda awesome. No tubes. Is it the transformers? Dunno. But turn the knobs. It works or doesn’t. It’s just immediate in a way plugs aren’t. 17khz? You’re joking right. No way I can hear that. But what I can hear using that is pretty freaking good. So, dunno. I was hoping I would love that Electrodyne plug, but the couple vids I watched didn’t blow me away. My point? If I have one is that there is still probably a place for hw eq. Cheers, Geoff The hardware seems pretty great. Idk. I still think HW eq can edge out digital at times. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 9, 2024 20:19:59 GMT -6
And why do I want distortion from my EQs? I gues I just kind of look at EQ as a tool to fix things. The only reason I’d want a HW EQ is for the transformers and tubes… Well. Maybe. The iaa I picked up a few months back is kinda awesome. No tubes. Is it the transformers? Dunno. But turn the knobs. It works or doesn’t. It’s just immediate in a way plugs aren’t. 17khz? You’re joking right. No way I can hear that. But what I can hear using that is pretty freaking good. So, dunno. I was hoping I would love that Electrodyne plug, but the couple vids I watched didn’t blow me away. My point? If I have one is that there is still probably a place for hw eq. Cheers, Geoff Oh - I agree. It’s that weird thing where you can’t make things sound bad with HW eq. But do the same thing with a plug and it’s…not as good. |
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 9, 2024 20:25:17 GMT -6
Well. Maybe. The iaa I picked up a few months back is kinda awesome. No tubes. Is it the transformers? Dunno. But turn the knobs. It works or doesn’t. It’s just immediate in a way plugs aren’t. 17khz? You’re joking right. No way I can hear that. But what I can hear using that is pretty freaking good. So, dunno. I was hoping I would love that Electrodyne plug, but the couple vids I watched didn’t blow me away. My point? If I have one is that there is still probably a place for hw eq. Cheers, Geoff Oh - I agree. It’s that weird thing where you can’t make things sound bad with HW eq. But do the same thing with a plug and it’s…not as good. Yessir. Cheers, Geoff |
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Post by spud on Sept 10, 2024 0:41:20 GMT -6
I quickly tried this EQ, yeah... The Drive is cool but the rest didn't thrill me (in terms of sound). What I find interesting with Pulsar is the workflow. I think that in terms of EQ we've done the rounds and it's a shame to release this kind of limited plugin. I think that a plugin like Kirchhoff is much more interesting in terms of possibilities, it would be enough to add a Drive button that emulates different types of saturations and that's it, no need for other (digital) EQs.
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Post by Dan on Sept 10, 2024 6:42:37 GMT -6
I quickly tried this EQ, yeah... The Drive is cool but the rest didn't thrill me (in terms of sound). What I find interesting with Pulsar is the workflow. I think that in terms of EQ we've done the rounds and it's a shame to release this kind of limited plugin. I think that a plugin like Kirchhoff is much more interesting in terms of possibilities, it would be enough to add a Drive button that emulates different types of saturations and that's it, no need for other (digital) EQs. Slick EQ GE is literally that |
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 10, 2024 7:26:24 GMT -6
I quickly tried this EQ, yeah... The Drive is cool but the rest didn't thrill me (in terms of sound). What I find interesting with Pulsar is the workflow. I think that in terms of EQ we've done the rounds and it's a shame to release this kind of limited plugin. I think that a plugin like Kirchhoff is much more interesting in terms of possibilities, it would be enough to add a Drive button that emulates different types of saturations and that's it, no need for other (digital) EQs. You dont get full digital parametric but Slick EQ is basically that. Multiple eq curve sets plus multiple saturation profiles you can freely change. I don't know another EQ out there like that. |
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Post by drumsound on Sept 10, 2024 7:58:46 GMT -6
I quickly tried this EQ, yeah... The Drive is cool but the rest didn't thrill me (in terms of sound). What I find interesting with Pulsar is the workflow. I think that in terms of EQ we've done the rounds and it's a shame to release this kind of limited plugin. I think that a plugin like Kirchhoff is much more interesting in terms of possibilities, it would be enough to add a Drive button that emulates different types of saturations and that's it, no need for other (digital) EQs. Slick EQ GE is literally that And Slick is so easy to 'tab' through the different models with your same settings. It's really great when you're not sure what type of sound you want out of your EQ on a given track. RE the Trident A range. I remember trying the Softube and being completely underwhelmed. |
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