IK Multimedia’s take on the famous Pultec EQP-1A.
History of the hardware
The Pultec EQP-1A was developed in the 1950s by Pulse Techniques, a company founded by Eugene Shenk and Oliver Summerlin. It operates as a passive equalizer, relying on LC (inductor-capacitor) circuitry to shape frequencies. By using inductors and capacitors, it can boost or cut specific frequency ranges without adding distortion or causing phase shifts, unlike active designs. Since passive LC circuits naturally reduce signal level, a tube amplifier stage is included to restore the lost gain.
The Plugin
The “attenuation/boost trick” results are pretty much the same as every other accurate emulation, so that is a plus. For a look at how the Pultec attenuation/boost trick works, see ideas below.
Compare it to the UAD version, Waves version.
Ideas
Tests
