Pultec Eq's Comparisons

[Lenticular]

Any users thoughts, pros/ cons regarding these Pultec style eq's?
Waves Puig-tec
PSP Noble EQ
IK Vintage Tube

thanks

[Compyfox]

Different flavours, different kind out outcome.

You also missed:
Nomad Factory Pultec
UAD Pultec

amongst:
Leftover Lasagne Pushtec, G-Sonique Pultronic EQ-110P, URS FullTec

For even more push-pull EQing:
Variety of Sound BootEQmk2 and NastyVCS, even the passive SPL PASSEQ would count to that.

And let us not forget the Tube-Tech "Pultec" design PE-1C.



Again, different flavours...

[Madbee]

Another one: Antress "The black dragon", the curves really match the UAD one but without the mojo, and it's free !

http://antress.blogspot.com/

For what i compared with the demos, it seems that for me, the best sounding high end boosts can be achieved with the PSP, UAD and Tube-Tech, the one that impressed me the less is the IKM one.
But you should try by yourself as equing is a really subjective thing.

[Lenticular]

Different flavours, different kind out outcome.

You also missed:
Nomad Factory Pultec
UAD Pultec

amongst:
Leftover Lasagne Pushtec, G-Sonique Pultronic EQ-110P, URS FullTec

For even more push-pull EQing:
Variety of Sound BootEQmk2 and NastyVCS, even the passive SPL PASSEQ would count to that.

And let us not forget the Tube-Tech "Pultec" design PE-1C.



Again, different flavours...

Thanks, I didn't miss them, just curious about these 3 specifically.

[Resonator63]

My favourite is the PSP Noble not an exact Pultec clone but certainly does the job and then some.I think it's far more flexible than the other two.

[Lenticular]

My favourite is the PSP Noble not an exact Pultec clone but certainly does the job and then some.I think it's far more flexible than the other two.

Thanks.
Any idea which one resembles the hardware the most?

[Compyfox]

IK Vintage.

Oh wait... you can't really say that. Noble EQ is "inspired" by Pultec design. Puig-Tec, Vintage Tube, Pultec (Nomad)/UAD Pultec - they are all modeled after the particular Pultec hardware module they had at their disposal.

I remember a shootout from way back where people did comparisions with the most common suspects. The Nomad one cut through fairly well in that A/B/C/D thingy, so did the IKM creation. UAD and Waves were surprisingly not that well regarded.


Madbee actually summed it up pretty well:

But you should try by yourself as equing is a really subjective thing.

Which one is "closest" is up to you. No hardware module sounds the same. And sometimes I thank the plugin developers to take that into consideration as well. Which is only good for business - a lot of Pultec's to choose from and still sound different on the long run.

[Barendse]

http://www.alessandroboschi.eu/html/en/poolteq.htm

[Mercado_Negro]

I chose IK's over Softube's, UAD's and Waves'. My personal preference, of course.

[Lenticular]

To all thanks.

I've never used any hardware versions. I'm curious what others think sound wise, the boost + atten together technique in particular- guessing it's a preset in Nebula.

[Skorpius]

Like Compyfox said: You missed the Nomad Factory EQ, which I believe differs considerably from the other plug-ins since it includes two hardware units in one VST. That's why it's called "PULSE-TEC EQs".

I have both the IKM Vintage Tube Program Equalizer and the NF PULSE-TEC EQs. Haven't heard any of the others, nor the original hardware. To my ears, the IKM is a solid piece of software allowing vintage and modern modeling of any instruments or vocals, single tracks or busses. The NF, however, goes even beyond that, in that it allows to do more fine tuning and extended signal shaping. The sound it puts out is definitely of a very high quality.

The IKM is about 30 $ cheaper than the NF, in case that's important for your choice.

I have nearly the whole range of NF plug-ins. While some of them are only average, others are good or excellent. But: If I were to give away all of them but one, I would keep the PULSE-TEC EQs. IMO, this tool is NF's masterpiece so far.

[Lenticular]

Like Compyfox said: You missed the Nomad Factory EQ, which I believe differs considerably from the other plug-ins since it includes two hardware units in one VST. That's why it's called "PULSE-TEC EQs".

I have both the IKM Vintage Tube Program Equalizer and the NF PULSE-TEC EQs. Haven't heard any of the others, nor the original hardware. To my ears, the IKM is a solid piece of software allowing vintage and modern modeling of any instruments or vocals, single tracks or busses. The NF, however, goes even beyond that, in that it allows to do more fine tuning and extended signal shaping. The sound it puts out is definitely of a very high quality.

The IKM is about 30 $ cheaper than the NF, in case that's important for your choice.

I have nearly the whole range of NF plug-ins. While some of them are only average, others are good or excellent. But: If I were to give away all of them but one, I would keep the PULSE-TEC EQs. IMO, this tool is NF's masterpiece so far.

Thanks, I'll check that one out too.

[Compyfox]

To all thanks.

I've never used any hardware versions. I'm curious what others think sound wise, the boost + atten together technique in particular- guessing it's a preset in Nebula.

You can do similar with NastyVCS and to a certain extend, also BootEQmkII. They're heavily inspired upon such equipment.


Again, use your ears and decide what sounds best to you. Even in default the Pultec "colors" (I put that in quotation marks on purpose) the sound. One VST plugin does more, one less. It's really up to your ears and maybe even testing throughoutly with tools like C.Budde Plugin Analyser.


Out of all of them, I don't have any preference. Each EQ does what it should: filter. I just wish G-Sonique would finally go native and update their Pultronic EQ. I like the fusion of a Pultec like EQ and the ability to chance both the input and output modes. Unfortunately that EQ never got a good manual (or any at all). Still a steal for that money though. And... they have a sale atm as well (buy 2, get one additional free).

[sadkin]

Like Compyfox said: You missed the Nomad Factory EQ, which I believe differs considerably from the other plug-ins since it includes two hardware units in one VST. That's why it's called "PULSE-TEC EQs".

I have both the IKM Vintage Tube Program Equalizer and the NF PULSE-TEC EQs. Haven't heard any of the others, nor the original hardware. To my ears, the IKM is a solid piece of software allowing vintage and modern modeling of any instruments or vocals, single tracks or busses. The NF, however, goes even beyond that, in that it allows to do more fine tuning and extended signal shaping. The sound it puts out is definitely of a very high quality.

The IKM is about 30 $ cheaper than the NF, in case that's important for your choice.

I have nearly the whole range of NF plug-ins. While some of them are only average, others are good or excellent. But: If I were to give away all of them but one, I would keep the PULSE-TEC EQs. IMO, this tool is NF's masterpiece so far.

I agree - how strange it is that in ALL those NF plug's which, admittedly, I never resonated with (especially the compressors or limiters), they managed to do one that sounded so darn nice to me. My impressions echo Skorpius, the NF Pulse-tec is generally THE pultec type EQ I use (never mind if it sounds like a real pultec, I wouldn't know not having ever used the hardware version; the Pulse-tec EQ just sounds wonderful to me, provided the 'clipper' is turned off ~ , their 'clippers' and compressors just don't work for me).

I love the PSP Noble too but feel it is generally another beast altogether. The UA one is sooo old, dated, I think you can hear it - just sounds one dimensional in comparison to almost all the others - kudos for them for going for it so long ago, but since their pultec hit the streets, even UA themselves have grown, developed & refined their methods in modeling (as heard these days with their Neve, Manley, Studer, Ampex, VOG, etc,). All the others (puig, tube-tech, etc.) you can generally take or leave, but that NF pulse-tec does have something really nice going on...I am still surprised.

[Resonator63]

My favourite is the PSP Noble not an exact Pultec clone but certainly does the job and then some.I think it's far more flexible than the other two.

Thanks.
Any idea which one resembles the hardware the most?

Not ever having used the hardware I wouldn't like to say.
But PSP Noble is very,very good