This also happens on the Warm Audio - but not to the same extent. The Waves sounds like it has a very different curve to the original and the other clones as on the low end boost it seems to get a bit boxy in the mid range (listen to the ringing on the snare stand out). The UAD, Warm and Original are all pretty tight and smooth in the low end with the UAD and the Pultec original being the smoothest.

The low end on the EQs is all pretty comparatively similar bar the waves. SHOOTOUT 1 - DRUMS 100Hz +5dB, 3kHz +5dB, 10kHz +5dBĬlick here to open the shootout player and blind test yourself and if you like them you can buy them at the bottom of the review We’ve made a number of presets that you can compare to listen and learn, click the link to open it in a new tab, and then check them out in relation to what we found (below).

So, how do these stack up against each other in a shootout? That way you can start working knowing which one will give the feel you need for any mix and hopefully learn to get the best out of each type. What we thought would be useful is to begin to get an understanding of why these alternate versions of the gear can sound different to the original. We will also being comparing these with a clone that is relatively new to the audio world - The Warm EQP-WA. We will be comparing an Original EQP-1A3 from 1971 (Serial # 7412 courtesy of Roundhead Studios) With the UAD EQP-1A and Waves Puigtech EQP-1A plug ins. The Pultec is a passive tube EQ characterised by smooth wide curves that has been used on countless amount of records over the last 60 years.

The original EQP-1 was released in 1951 and had a few versions that you can read about on various sites. (Go straight to Shootouts)įor when you feel like using two rack spaces to get one sound.

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