Pulsar Massive [Manley Massive Passive]

[sqigls]

I had already banned myself from buying any more EQs.
but I just HAD to demo it, didn't I...

https://pulsar.audio/massive

Windows 7 with SP1 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64 bit, Windows 10 64 bit​
MacOS 10.8 – 11.1

[fcamp]

You had, you had. I'm on the same boat.

[db3]

Just one more

[D.K Envelope]

its sound great
but also
the slick eq M

maybe both ?

[martinjuenke]

maybe both ?

Of course!
One for the left channel and the other for the right one.
So much depth and movement inherent

[Ploki]

I'm a fan of Pulsar's stuff and use MU a lot.
had 1178 but, while stellar, found it redundant among many compressor i have.

I'm not sure i'm up for an EQ, i'm extremely sceptic about EQs and workflow / usage, since out of most EQs i have i end up using ProQ3 90% of the time, followed by TDR VOS and HarmoniEQ.

[fcamp]

I don't know what to think. I am comparing with my mix bus chain of kush hammer+maag eq2 (plugin), and cannot say that I like it more. Probably user error on my side.It also adds too much colour, not always for better.

[JHEB]

its sound great
but also
the slick eq M

maybe both ?

I thought the same. Already own Slick EQ M and I don't think any Massive Passive inspired EQ will beat it, ever. Not to say that Pulsar Massive isn't a great plug-in (it is), but Slick EQ M is just on a whole other level!

Will see if I buy Massive when the trial period is over. The drive itself (trafo 1) is excellent and is probably the closest I've heard to actual transformer saturation. I also own Mu, so it's a bit tempting to buy Massive just so I have both of their Manley inspired plug-ins. My PAS (Plug-in Acquisition Syndrome) is not helping

[cantaloupe]

I thought the same. Already own Slick EQ M and I don't think any Massive Passive inspired EQ will beat it, ever. Not to say that Pulsar Massive isn't a great plug-in (it is), but Slick EQ M is just on a whole other level!

Yep. Novelty aside, it is hard to beat Slick EQ M.

[Vortifex]

Edited

[MogwaiBoy]

I have to throw in my appreciation for SlickEQ M also. Individual high and low band saturation, an incredibly natural mono'izer, smart features and so on - what an amazing master processor that unassuming beast is.

But,I definitely put Pulsar in a similar calibre of developer as Tokyo Dawn - along with DMG, Fuse Audio and Voxengo. Pulsar really know what they're doing.

I don't need another EQ either, damnit....

[Erik_Lucas]

Loving this EQ.

[Ploki]

The UI takes a full second to load. Not much in absolute terms but slow compared to others and annoying over the course of a session. The lowpass is absolutely horrible, I don't know if it's accurate to the hardware but for me it's borderline unusable.

SlickEQ M remains safe on my master bus.

lowpass looks like it's modelled.
@12k it's 60dB/8ve which is very steep, and it starts at 18dB/8ve which is steep to begin with.
https://www.manley.com/pro/msmp


the steeper variants appear like a chebyshev implementation by the way stop-band looks

I did try it, and i do like it, but i'm not sure if i need it.

[kPere]

Im thankfull for Tokyo Dawn for their plugs, they keep me from buying any other now Im good with my Slick EQ M as well

[bmanic]

The lowpass is absolutely horrible, I don't know if it's accurate to the hardware but for me it's borderline unusable.

It is 100% spot on. That is how the Manley Massive Passive low pass sounds like.. and yes, it IS unusable for mastering/bus duties but can be very useful for individual tracks (as the original was designed for). The mastering version of the hardware has slightly different slopes though. Wish they'd have added those.