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Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:34 am

New Binson emulation recently released by a new french company called "Pulsar".

Intro price 69€/77$, until May 15th.

https://pulsar.audio/echorec/

Russell Grand · Post by **Russell Grand** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:38 am

$77?

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:43 am

Russell Grand wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:38 am $77?

Yep...it's a bit steep imo. And Ilok protected too.
It sounds really good and it has an "Off" which gives one the opportunity to only use the dirt/saturation of the unit and bypass the echo part. This one is a clever bonus.

escalona · Post by **escalona** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:36 pm

Endor-8o8 wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:43 am
Russell Grand wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:38 am $77?
Yep...it's a bit steep imo. And Ilok protected too.
It sounds really good and it has an "Off" which gives one the opportunity to only use the dirt/saturation of the unit and bypass the echo part. This one is a clever bonus.

I would never buy any plugin over $73...

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:52 pm

escalona wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:36 pm
Endor-8o8 wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:43 am
Russell Grand wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:38 am $77?
Yep...it's a bit steep imo. And Ilok protected too.
It sounds really good and it has an "Off" which gives one the opportunity to only use the dirt/saturation of the unit and bypass the echo part. This one is a clever bonus.
I would never buy any plugin over $73...

I'm not against pricey plugins when it seems justified to me. But this one...I don't know...it sounds really good but lack flexibility that TE7 or Echoson offer. 99€ (full price) is too steep when you put it against TE7 which benefits from a dev who seems very open to update suggestions, offers a lot of options and is sold at a good price without the Ilok protection.

But the drive sounds really good on Echorec and the Off Mode is a really cool idea.

Burillo · Post by **Burillo** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:05 pm

why did everyone suddenly remember the Echorec? no one cared for the longest time, and suddenly there's like four different emulations coming out.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:14 pm

Burillo wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:05 pm why did everyone suddenly remember the Echorec? no one cared for the longest time, and suddenly there's like four different emulations coming out.

Wasn't Audiority the first to release? That's what I bought. Then Overloud's came out with dual drums, I am guessing because they missed the first-to-market boat. And now Pulsar's. I've demoed all of them and for me I see no reason to have more than the Audiority one. If I didn't have it already I'd give the Overload one serious consideration but it may come down to price.

Burillo · Post by **Burillo** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:24 pm

there's also an Echorec in BIAS 2 btw. at least the screenshot in that overly annoying ad looks like an Echorec.

it's like that thing when Sonimus released a "console emulation" and suddenly everyone and their dog had one.

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:39 pm

plexuss wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:14 pm
Burillo wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:05 pm why did everyone suddenly remember the Echorec? no one cared for the longest time, and suddenly there's like four different emulations coming out.
Wasn't Audiority the first to release? That's what I bought. Then Overloud's came out with dual drums, I am guessing because they missed the first-to-market boat. And now Pulsar's. I've demoed all of them and for me I see no reason to have more than the Audiority one. If I didn't have it already I'd give the Overload one serious consideration but it may come down to price.

T7E, Echoson and Echorec, they are all on sale right now...

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:49 pm

Endor-8o8 wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:39 pm T7E, Echoson and Echorec, they are all on sale right now...

Overload Echoson $67US @ audio deluxe

Audiority T7E $45.20US @ plugin boutique (taking into account their credit discount) $48.75 direct

Pulsar Echorec $77US

Digivolt · Post by **Digivolt** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:40 pm

Which one actually sounds like the hardware though ? Surely that's the important factor in buying an emulation of hardware ?

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:47 pm

Digivolt wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:40 pm Which one actually sounds like the hardware though ? Surely that's the important factor in buying an emulation of hardware ?

Depends on the person. For me I typically don't care how close an emulation sounds to the hardware - I care how it sounds in general. But that's just me...

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:06 pm

To me Echoson is the less dirty/noisy/quirky of these three emulations. So maybe T7E and Echorec are closer to the real thing when it comes to the grit and caracter of a hardware unit...although I never heard an original unit.

Russell Grand · Post by **Russell Grand** » Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:45 am

Endor-8o8 wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:52 pm I'm not against pricey plugins when it seems justified to me. But this one...I don't know...it sounds really good but lack flexibility that TE7 or Echoson offer.

+1

metalifuxx · Post by **metalifuxx** » Sun Apr 28, 2019 6:53 pm

There was the Echorec from Empty Room Systems first that is real limited (no host/tempo sync). Although Echoboy has a model preset of a "Binsonette"

Im waiting for the boom of Echoplex plugins to happen next, followed by the Telray oil drum echo units. Then maybe that will evolve into Memory Men and DM-2 plugins, then come full circle back to modeling full on digital delays

Pulsar Audio releases Echorec (Binson Echorec emulation)