5 years later i’m back in recording and your tutorials are a boon to refresh my memory and learning! Thanks for what you do brother ❤ love the track too 😊
if you send a white noise through a pultec with cut and boost active and a spectrum analyst you see what this pultec magic trick is ;) it creates a low boost and a mid low cut. strangely enough the 20 Hz boost and cut result in a 50-80 Hz boost and a 125-200 Hz cut which usually is a nice trick in stock eq's to create a similar punchy effect. Regardless, the pultec also generates a subtle harmonic saturation to get that slight extra richness in sound.
I've tried multiple times to drag the Pultecs onto a session but always directly to an instrument track and never was happy with them.. Thankyou for the tutorial !! I finally dropped them onto a buss and wow that's where they shine :) Really can do subtle magic with them in mastering as well..
Great video! I got a bunch of stuff like this with the IK Multimedia Total Studio MAX bundle and didn't really know where to start so I put them on the back burner ... until now. I stumbled over this video for other reasons, recognizing the Pultec name. And the info in this video translates very well to the IK Multimedia version. And ... everything just sounds morer betterer haha! It's hard to pinpoint but do my ears like it? YES, THEY LOVE IT! And there is a lot of difference when you exaggerate so you can be as subtle as you like or totally over board. I saw some other classics when I searched thís channel ... very good! Thankz for your work! :D
So I just saw this video last night. Immediately bought the plugins from Waves and put them on the guitar track in my current mix. WOW!! Made all the difference!! Love the EQ tone with these! Thanks for the vid! 4 years old! LOL
Misc. Factory Studio Yeah, Zach's stuff sounds great! Sadly not done in my studio... This was recorded in Oscar of A Great Big World's home studio. They did a great job. I'm just mixing it for Zach 😊
In my opinion the whole "magic" of pultec eq seems to be overrated. I mean, I can also use an usual equalizer and a saturator unit separately, right? This combination should also give me less phase shift. I just don't understand the phenomenon of pultec eq - could you elaborate on that, please? Cheers!
Marcin Rajski Sure thing. Different types of EQ’s not only boost and cut EQ, but physically impart tonal characteristics in their modeling that come from internal pieces like tubes and transformers. Make sense? Lemme know! 🙌🏼😁
Great video & explanation on the Pultecs, just wondering what VirtualMixR stands for on each of your channels as it looks like you’re using Pultec on your busses instead of each individual tracks/channels. Tks.
Fantastic video and explanation. I got this EQ recently from Waves and I absolutely love it. Definitely learnt a few more things about it in this video though! Great job!
This is really helpful. Thanks Pete. I will have more confidence now using the Pultecs. Help me out with one thing: When boosting 20 Hz or 30 Hz... I would think this requires a high end sub to know what you're doing. However. I can hear good stuff happening on my monitors (rated to go down only to 40Hz) and with or without my basic sub engaged. Typically, to be safe, I'm rolling my mixes off around 35 Hz. Do you HPF your drumbus and/or your 2-buss above where you boost your Pultec (i.e. HPF at 30 and still boost the Pultec at 20Hz?). Can you clarify the apparent clash here, regarding your approach?
Hey Craig! Im happy to hear this was helpful for you :-) So, great question... problem is its not a simple answer. Yes I do use a HPF on my drum and mix busses. But, if you were to look at the curve (of what a Pultec is actually doing when you boost 20 or 30 hz in conjunction with the HPF) it actually winds up putting a bit of a bump right around where the HPF slopes off. Take any parametric EQ where you can see the eq curves (like the PRO-Q2 or Sonnox EQ or izotope eq's) and do both things. High pass to 35 Hz w a 12db per octave slope. Then put a bell curve at 20 or 30 hz and boost it quite a bit. The way that curve looks is how its affecting your eq. Hope that makes sense. If it doesnt let me know and Ill try and re-explain it. Cheers!
My smile matched yours at the same time when you cranked that 10k :)) Wonderful EQ and presentation. Another favourite of mine is EQF eq by Softube, very versatile.
While we on that, also check PSP McQ, it's the Harrison EQ, but much more versatile than the original or UAD's version. I'm in love with that EQ, seriously.
Lol back on this a year later, My mastering now comprises of the PULTEC 2A and the 5A and that's it. Happy to supply a file for comparison. I use Mixbus which really helps.☺
I use the sonimus son eq. which is another emulation of pultec eq but it have emulation from API550 in the mid band. And is exactly like you say it doesnt matter what company the important is the concept. Matter fact I did 2 mixes 1 with fabfilter pro eq and psp classic q another one with sonimus son eq on drums plus luftikus (maag clone) and the S1 stock eq on the rest. Guess what...the client picked the one with the free plugins😂 So with that said , Id learn is not how expensive the plugins are ..rather the mind behind everything. With the free plugins I was having some kind of restriction in regards of frequency manipulation. Then I tried the pultec trick with waves puigtec and I honestly prefer the sonimus son eq. Sounded cleaner plus I have more control do to the HPF and LPF. gREAT VIDEO man...youve been added to my list of tips next to Graham ,Pensado and Gilder.👍🏾
From what I've read, you're right. The actual decibels are slightly less than the numbers on the dial indicator, which partially explains why it seems so forgiving.
Very good Pete!,though I was noticing that switching either EQ in or out/bypass,produced a noticeable glitch like a dropout almost? Is this an S1 thing? I suppose it was really noticed,as I need a new Daw now with the gibson/cakewalk/SONAR bust up-and for me SONAR X1,2,3,and Plat. never had that plugin on/off glitch almost a dropout noise happen for me,but stability wise Sonar has issues,but as the PreSonus crossgrade offer is very reasonable,it's hard as that glitch was very obvious to me,but if the DAW itself was more stable on Windows than Sonar Platinum then S1 all the way.I have the Waves and the NOMAD factory versions of the Pultec VST's.UAD like Apple is just crazy money in Australia.
Robert Sattler Hey how's it going, Robert! Thanks for the kind words 😊 The reason for the click/glitch is not from S1 but rather the Pultec being a UAD plugin. All of the UAD plugins run on external DSP devices and due to the heavy DSP, they all click when you bypass them on and off. Some more so than others... But they pretty much all do it. In regards to the DAW, I say go for whatever suits your needs and whatever you feel comfortable in. All DAWs these days are stellar. It's really just whatever you like 👍😉
Alright, a little nitpicking in the morning: I don't think the 0-10 scale on the Pultec actually refers to dB's. It's more like on your Marshall amp (shouldn't it really go to 11?). Great videos by the way...
This would have been a great video on the Pultecs if he would have noticed the big red light that UAD put on the plugin so the plugin can be bypassed without the loud click and delay that the Studio 1 bypass button makes. It makes it harder to notice what it's doing when you have the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard in between the two sounds you're comparing.
X S It’s not S1, it’s the DSP latency of the UAD plugins. The larger the DSP usage of a particular plugin, the more delayed and wonky the bypass is. Cheers 🙌🏼
Pete, this was a great video. I have a much better handle on Pultecs now. Here's my thing at the moment, in terms of a plugin. I have the Puigtec set from Waves. Got it on a deal. And I'm just learning to use vintage EQs (hardware and software.) Prior to that, I was looking at the PSP NobleQ. Now the PSP is on sale for 20 bucks, and hard to pass up. Great features, but I'm not even using what I have. My real question is, at least in terms of the mid range that the PSP provides in one plugin, can I not accomplish that or something similar with both Pultecs (the Puigtecs)? I think what you did with the guitars in the last part of this video, pretty much answers it for me. If my thinking on this is right. Btw, I do hope someday to have a Stam Audio clone, which does have a mid-range, and a few other features. I don't think I want to be in the box for everything. But I digress. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Chris Sullivan Hey Chris! Thanks for the kind words about the content 😄 I really appreciate it! You can absolutely get the same results with the Puigtechs that I’m showing here with the UAD’s. The MEQ-5 is where you’re going to be able to access and boost or cut or boost AND cut your midrange. I think of the EQP1A as handling the low end and the high end and the MEQ5 handles mids. Pretty straightforward 👍🏻😊 If that doesn’t answer you question let me know but I’m summation, yes, you can absolutely EQ your midrange with your Puigtechs. I’m not familiar with the PSP stuff so I can’t speak on those. Cheers, Chris! ✌🏻😉
Thanks Pete. Yeah, so the NobleQ by PSP has a mid-range built in, plus a few other features. I'm thinking, put both the EQP-1A and the MEQ-5 in a chain, and get something similar. I've been enjoying some of your videos these past few weeks. Great teaching style for this sort of thing. Thanks much!
why would you boost 3db but then attenuate 2db ? why not just boost 1db to begin with instead of having to cut the 2db out of the 3 ? sorry if this is a stupid question im just trying to understand .
Really interesting ... I would have never thought of doing that sooo low. [20 hz] Never tried it too. Love pultecs, so I am gonna try your technique :-) See what the results are in my studio. Thanks for the vid, thumbs up from me.
JEROEN FIGEE Thanks! And yeah, it sounds weird bc more 20hz is something no one really ever needs but for some reason it just works. I saw Greg Wells do it a long time ago and it was pretty awesome. Let me know how it goes 😉 Sometimes 30hz works better depending on your overall bottom end but it’s usually 20 for me 😎
Damn, I think I may have to get rid of my girl and get me a couple of these UADs because I am overly excited. These clearly are top-shelf plugins as compared with other brands which I shall not mention. Good tutorial, excellent production gems. Thank you brother for making it plain.
It's crazy because even when the Low Frequency is set to 20, I can still hear the difference easily, even though my headphones don't really go that low.
The 20Hz is just indicating the point of the maximum boost (or attenuation). The bands are extremely broad and go way up. So you are boosting your whole bottom end, even with 20Hz.
I've never actually said something was "glorious" in a serious way before, but now I'm laughing bc that AKG BX Spring Reverb really is stellar.. also, great job on the insight & content - new subscriber!
Interesting. The Pultec manual is fairly widely cited as advising against using boost and attenuation together. I guess people do it anyone because the curves are different. It's hard to visualize/mentally model what it's doing when you apply both.
Jason Goodwin If people only paid attention to the “rules” in Audio we’d still be putting kick mics 3 ft away to “not damage the capsules from wind” and the Beatles and modern rock drum sounds would have never happened 😉😉😉 That being said, google boosting and attenuating the same frequency at the same time. I’m sure there’s an article or visual diagram somewhere that shows what’s going on. I know it sounds kind of counterproductive, but I promise it’s rad. From what I understand the Q of the boost circuit and the Q of the attenuate circuit are ever so slightly different creating a bit of a bump around that low frequency. The other thing that’s bizarre is typically 20hz sounds the best to me on the mix bus. Haha. Who EVER wants more 20 in their mix, you know? But oddly the kick and bass come alive boosting 20 by 4 and attenuating by 3. Give it a go! Thx for watching 🤘😊 - Pete
@@MixBetterNowTV yeah for sure. The pultec manual is old :) I googled it and found some descriptions. Yeah I've been putting the plug in the master and I don't know what it does but it sounds mint!
What I like to do on drums with the pultec is; a low/medium boost at 60 or 100 hz turned up to 4-5. Attenuate that by 2-3 or less. Choose a high frequency of 8 or 10 kHz and boost it at about 9 or 10. Then Attenuate that by about 9 or 10. Rolls off all that icky glossy 15khz. Focuses on the crunchy/break up of the 10k. Gives you nice low end in the kick, turns hi hats from a Ttttt! sound to a Kkkkk! sound, and brings out that crack & slight top end of the snare.
What I described is essentially just the "low end" technique that many refer to when using pultec's, but with my own taste preference on this mids and highs. You're tightening a thumpy bottom end, then opening up the mids and highs in a certain sweet crispy way where its not too polished. I don't want any of that 15khz and up being heard.. But some prefer it.
I think you're making a mistake explaining the knobs of the pultec eq, I'll tell you why I think that. The first frecuency selector on the left (which is called "low frecuency") allows you to modify the low end where you can apply the boost and the cut at the same time ("the pultec trick" as you called it) you got that right, the problem is in the second selector on the right (the "high frecuency") , that controlls frecuencies which goes from the low mids to the high end (to some extend) that means that the numbers 3,4 and 5 refers to 300hz, 400hz and 500hz, the rest are 8k, 10k, 12k and 16k, in other words, the only high frecuency that you can boost and cut at the same time is 10k, since it's shared between the high frecuency selector and the atten. selector. If someone thinks that I'm wrong please leave a comment so not only me but everyone can learn. Great video, cheers!
Francisco Morales Hey Francisco. Not trying to sound elitist in any way, but I think you’re mistaken. On the EQP1A you can boost and attenuate 5 and 10k at the same time. If you look in the top right you’ll see it says “atten sel”. You can set that to 5, 10 or 20k. The numbers on the right side of the boost of the EQP1A are all kilohertz, not hertz. If you look on the MEQ5, the frequencies in hertz are 2 or 3 digits and everything in kilohertz is 1. Feel free to check out the UAD manual online which explains it all, or you can even find original manuals from Pultec in the 50’s. Hope that helps. I just don’t want you to be confused or misled and think you’re boosting or cutting a specific frequency when you’re not. Cheers! ✌️😁 - Pete
@@MixBetterNowTV I checked it out and indeed you're right, the high frecuency values are in khz, I didn't know that, I guess the numbers without the khz indicator made me confuse their values. Thank you for taking the time to reply and correct me, greetings from Chile!
Francisco Morales No worries at all! 😉 I just didn’t want you thinking that certain frequencies were different than what they actually are so you can get the most out of using the Pultecs correctly 😁 Much love, and thanks for the question. Great question though... Always better to ask! Happy mixing ✌️😎 - Pete
5 years later i’m back in recording and your tutorials are a boon to refresh my memory and learning! Thanks for what you do brother ❤ love the track too 😊
if you send a white noise through a pultec with cut and boost active and a spectrum analyst you see what this pultec magic trick is ;) it creates a low boost and a mid low cut. strangely enough the 20 Hz boost and cut result in a 50-80 Hz boost and a 125-200 Hz cut which usually is a nice trick in stock eq's to create a similar punchy effect. Regardless, the pultec also generates a subtle harmonic saturation to get that slight extra richness in sound.
Great video - I still don't understand though if you're boosting 4 and cutting 3.5, isn't that the same as just boosting 0.5?
I've tried multiple times to drag the Pultecs onto a session but always directly to an instrument track and never was happy with them.. Thankyou for the tutorial !! I finally dropped them onto a buss and wow that's where they shine :) Really can do subtle magic with them in mastering as well..
I love my Pultec for the drum bus low end processing, nothing beats it there!
I couldnt agree more! :-)
Dude used your techniques on my drum bus and it made them CRUSH in the best way
erichwk Awesome! Makes me happy to hear!! 😆
Great job! Soo instructive. Got the waves Puightec for years and now I realised what I can do with it!! Thanks for sharing Pete!!
Carlos Gascón Always happy to help! ✌🏼😎❤️
Thanks much for that tutorial my dude! Been staring at this EQ just stuck on stupid. Feel confident enough now to use it and not destroy a mix.
Great video! I got a bunch of stuff like this with the IK Multimedia Total Studio MAX bundle and didn't really know where to start so I put them on the back burner ... until now. I stumbled over this video for other reasons, recognizing the Pultec name. And the info in this video translates very well to the IK Multimedia version. And ... everything just sounds morer betterer haha! It's hard to pinpoint but do my ears like it? YES, THEY LOVE IT! And there is a lot of difference when you exaggerate so you can be as subtle as you like or totally over board.
I saw some other classics when I searched thís channel ... very good! Thankz for your work! :D
PinkPonyOfPrey Always happy to help! 😇 Thanks for the kind words and am happy you’re enjoying the content! ✌🏼😁❤️
Outstanding trick. Just used this on a DnB mix on the synth bass and the whole track came alive.
toefes Awesome! Glad it worked for you! 😀
So I just saw this video last night. Immediately bought the plugins from Waves and put them on the guitar track in my current mix. WOW!! Made all the difference!! Love the EQ tone with these! Thanks for the vid! 4 years old! LOL
That's a great recording, was that done in your studio?
Misc. Factory Studio Yeah, Zach's stuff sounds great! Sadly not done in my studio... This was recorded in Oscar of A Great Big World's home studio. They did a great job. I'm just mixing it for Zach 😊
Hi, great tutorial. I am wondering why you would boost say 3db and cut 2db instead of just boosting 1db only?
In my opinion the whole "magic" of pultec eq seems to be overrated. I mean, I can also use an usual equalizer and a saturator unit separately, right? This combination should also give me less phase shift. I just don't understand the phenomenon of pultec eq - could you elaborate on that, please? Cheers!
Marcin Rajski Sure thing. Different types of EQ’s not only boost and cut EQ, but physically impart tonal characteristics in their modeling that come from internal pieces like tubes and transformers. Make sense? Lemme know! 🙌🏼😁
Really great video Pete! The audio examples demonstrate what a thousand words could not. Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
Bob Sell Thank you Bob! 👍🏻😊
Wow, always a gem here...thanks!
A new subscriber, I thoroughly enjoyed that and looking forward to using it on a current project. Thanks.
Great video & explanation on the Pultecs, just wondering what VirtualMixR stands for on each of your channels as it looks like you’re using Pultec on your busses instead of each individual tracks/channels. Tks.
Taught me what I didnt know, Pete. Thanks!
Bizzy B My pleasure! 😊
Great EQs and a super presentation on your part, Pete.... Thumbs up!
CarlosGunX Really glad you liked it, Carlos! 🤘😁
Great tutorial! Told me exactly what I needed to know! Thanks
Been scratching my head trying to figure out Pultecs...this helps!
Fantastic video and explanation. I got this EQ recently from Waves and I absolutely love it. Definitely learnt a few more things about it in this video though! Great job!
Joseph Purdue Many thanks, Joseph! 🙌🏼😎❤️
Wonderful EQ & Wonderful video - Thanks!
Great Video..fully explained the quirks of the Pultecs.
Mick Ward Happy to help! Cheers Mick! ✌🏼😁🙌🏼
Glad I came across you - great teacher!
chris kemp Thank you, Chris!!! 🙌🏼😎❤️
Hello, very helpful video in learning how to navigate this EQ. Wonderfully explained!
This is really helpful. Thanks Pete. I will have more confidence now using the Pultecs.
Help me out with one thing:
When boosting 20 Hz or 30 Hz... I would think this requires a high end sub to know what you're doing. However. I can hear good stuff happening on my monitors (rated to go down only to 40Hz) and with or without my basic sub engaged. Typically, to be safe, I'm rolling my mixes off around 35 Hz. Do you HPF your drumbus and/or your 2-buss above where you boost your Pultec (i.e. HPF at 30 and still boost the Pultec at 20Hz?). Can you clarify the apparent clash here, regarding your approach?
Hey Craig! Im happy to hear this was helpful for you :-) So, great question... problem is its not a simple answer. Yes I do use a HPF on my drum and mix busses. But, if you were to look at the curve (of what a Pultec is actually doing when you boost 20 or 30 hz in conjunction with the HPF) it actually winds up putting a bit of a bump right around where the HPF slopes off. Take any parametric EQ where you can see the eq curves (like the PRO-Q2 or Sonnox EQ or izotope eq's) and do both things. High pass to 35 Hz w a 12db per octave slope. Then put a bell curve at 20 or 30 hz and boost it quite a bit. The way that curve looks is how its affecting your eq. Hope that makes sense. If it doesnt let me know and Ill try and re-explain it. Cheers!
Cool. Thanks.
My smile matched yours at the same time when you cranked that 10k :)) Wonderful EQ and presentation. Another favourite of mine is EQF eq by Softube, very versatile.
Great minds think alike, right? ;-) I'll have to check out the Softube! Thanks!
While we on that, also check PSP McQ, it's the Harrison EQ, but much more versatile than the original or UAD's version. I'm in love with that EQ, seriously.
that was very helpful well done and I like the no nonsense, straight to the point approach. cheers
Lol back on this a year later, My mastering now comprises of the PULTEC 2A and the 5A and that's it. Happy to supply a file for comparison. I use Mixbus which really helps.☺
Man that was awesome I do HipHop and this was very informative thank you for the video I just subbed
TouchTone Da SoundGawd Awesome! I appreciate the support! 🙌🏼😎❤️
Just bought the warm audio EQP. Using this video to learn it.
Just found this, fantastic demo of what Pultecs can do and how to use them, kudos!
Big thanks for this video, Pete. Was searching for a good vid on the Pultec and this was by far the best. :-)
B9dger Thanks for the kind words! Happy it helped 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
Thank you so much!!! I love Pultec. Dont know how I realized this Plug just about now...
Kle - Feinster Trash und edelstes Gehacke All love ❤️ Better late than never ✌🏼😜
your tutorials are great man! like the whole style.
Marvin Thank you! 👍🏻😊
Great tutorial Pete!!! Now I know how to use it.
Great job. I own these but haven't used them much. Will dive in now. Thanks.
Sixth Sanctum Media Awesome! Let me know how it goes. Cheers! 😁
DOH I got that a bit wrong them. Cheers for this and it's very subtle but worth it.
Best Pultec EQ tutorial ever. Thanks dude!
broooooooo you killed that guitar mix.
Great video! What software are you using to record your screen, mic, and music at the same time?
Telestream Screenflow?
Steve Antoniazzi Yep! Screenflow 😎
Great video! May I ask which DAW is that? Thanks!!
PianoUrquiza TV No worries! It’s PreSonus Studio One. I’m using 4.5 right now. I was a pro tools user and switched. I love S1 ✌🏼😎
Great video with lots of tips! Thanks!
Great video Pete! Thank you!
Mac Joseph My pleasure, Mac! 🙌🏼🙌🏼😎
I use the sonimus son eq. which is another emulation of pultec eq but it have emulation from API550 in the mid band. And is exactly like you say it doesnt matter what company the important is the concept. Matter fact I did 2 mixes 1 with fabfilter pro eq and psp classic q another one with sonimus son eq on drums plus luftikus (maag clone) and the S1 stock eq on the rest. Guess what...the client picked the one with the free plugins😂 So with that said , Id learn is not how expensive the plugins are ..rather the mind behind everything. With the free plugins I was having some kind of restriction in regards of frequency manipulation. Then I tried the pultec trick with waves puigtec and I honestly prefer the sonimus son eq. Sounded cleaner plus I have more control do to the HPF and LPF. gREAT VIDEO man...youve been added to my list of tips next to Graham ,Pensado and Gilder.👍🏾
isaac pizarro Thanks for the kind words Issac! And well said... it's all whatever works for you... I appreciate you sharing 🤙😀
Wonderfully harmonic.
Cripes Almighty Thanks!!! 🔥😎🙌🏼❤️
I am not sure that on the Pultec, the numbers match with the dbs..
thanks for the video !
From what I've read, you're right.
The actual decibels are slightly less than the numbers on the dial indicator, which partially explains why it seems so forgiving.
Love the mix Bro!
A Life Changing EQ!
Nathan Cleary Music! Totally agree! One of my favs ever 🙌🏼😎❤️
Great job explaining this. Thank you.
Emerick Gerald My pleasure! Glad it helped! 😊
Great tutorial, just got the Acustica Audio version in the sale 👌🏻
awesome explainations man... thanks very much
Love that electric guitar tone! Mind sharing guitar/amp/cab/etc?
Geoff Gross I believe that's a Tele Thinline going into a blackface Deluxe! 😀👍
@@MixBetterNowTV hah nothing fancy should have figured. tone's in the fingers!
Probably doesn't need hammered in anymore at this point, but this was extremely helpful. Am subscribing in case you do come back. Thank you!
Very good Pete!,though I was noticing that switching either EQ in or out/bypass,produced a noticeable glitch like a dropout almost? Is this an S1 thing? I suppose it was really noticed,as I need a new Daw now with the gibson/cakewalk/SONAR bust up-and for me SONAR X1,2,3,and Plat. never had that plugin on/off glitch almost a dropout noise happen for me,but stability wise Sonar has issues,but as the PreSonus crossgrade offer is very reasonable,it's hard as that glitch was very obvious to me,but if the DAW itself was more stable on Windows than Sonar Platinum then S1 all the way.I have the Waves and the NOMAD factory versions of the Pultec VST's.UAD like Apple is just crazy money in Australia.
Robert Sattler Hey how's it going, Robert! Thanks for the kind words 😊 The reason for the click/glitch is not from S1 but rather the Pultec being a UAD plugin. All of the UAD plugins run on external DSP devices and due to the heavy DSP, they all click when you bypass them on and off. Some more so than others... But they pretty much all do it. In regards to the DAW, I say go for whatever suits your needs and whatever you feel comfortable in. All DAWs these days are stellar. It's really just whatever you like 👍😉
Thank You for clarifying Pete! I should have realized,as the UAD system is outside of the computers OS.
Robert Sattler No worries brother! 🤙😁
Thank you, Pete. Very helpful and still relevant with the advent of LUNA.
Sounds very good. Thank you for doing this tutorial. Much appreciated.
Forward Motion My pleasure 🙌🏼😎❤️
Great videoes and teaching Pete.✌️
jorgen landhaug Thanks Jorgen! I appreciate it! 😊🤘
Thanks Pete!
GurnBograt1986 🤘🏼😎
do you use it on vocals too?
Great video and I love that tune, definitely going to check out the artist
Very helpful! Thank you for this
TonezMusic Awesome! Glad to help ✌🏼😉❤️
Nice
great again, keep up the good work!! greetings from germany
Thank you! :-)
Alright, a little nitpicking in the morning: I don't think the 0-10 scale on the Pultec actually refers to dB's. It's more like on your Marshall amp (shouldn't it really go to 11?). Great videos by the way...
gitarild No worries! Come to think of it, you're def right. I think it's a +-16 or 18db... 11's always better! #spinaltapforlife
Dude thank you so much! Great vid!
Thanks for this great video! Now I know how to use the Pultec on my guitar tracks!
Simon Wahl Super happy to hear! Thanks, Simon! ✌🏼😉❤️
Great Videos young man!
Bible Study With RK Brown I appreciate the support! ✌🏼😁❤️
great video! Thank you!
This would have been a great video on the Pultecs if he would have noticed the big red light that UAD put on the plugin so the plugin can be bypassed without the loud click and delay that the Studio 1 bypass button makes. It makes it harder to notice what it's doing when you have the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard in between the two sounds you're comparing.
X S It’s not S1, it’s the DSP latency of the UAD plugins. The larger the DSP usage of a particular plugin, the more delayed and wonky the bypass is. Cheers 🙌🏼
Yes, Sir! Learning!
Such a great video, thank you so much! I've subscribed!
Christina Gammeltoft Thx Christina! I appreciate the support! 🙏🏼😁❤️
Pete, this was a great video. I have a much better handle on Pultecs now. Here's my thing at the moment, in terms of a plugin. I have the Puigtec set from Waves. Got it on a deal. And I'm just learning to use vintage EQs (hardware and software.) Prior to that, I was looking at the PSP NobleQ. Now the PSP is on sale for 20 bucks, and hard to pass up. Great features, but I'm not even using what I have. My real question is, at least in terms of the mid range that the PSP provides in one plugin, can I not accomplish that or something similar with both Pultecs (the Puigtecs)? I think what you did with the guitars in the last part of this video, pretty much answers it for me. If my thinking on this is right.
Btw, I do hope someday to have a Stam Audio clone, which does have a mid-range, and a few other features. I don't think I want to be in the box for everything. But I digress.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Chris Sullivan Hey Chris! Thanks for the kind words about the content 😄 I really appreciate it! You can absolutely get the same results with the Puigtechs that I’m showing here with the UAD’s. The MEQ-5 is where you’re going to be able to access and boost or cut or boost AND cut your midrange. I think of the EQP1A as handling the low end and the high end and the MEQ5 handles mids. Pretty straightforward 👍🏻😊 If that doesn’t answer you question let me know but I’m summation, yes, you can absolutely EQ your midrange with your Puigtechs. I’m not familiar with the PSP stuff so I can’t speak on those. Cheers, Chris! ✌🏻😉
Thanks Pete. Yeah, so the NobleQ by PSP has a mid-range built in, plus a few other features. I'm thinking, put both the EQP-1A and the MEQ-5 in a chain, and get something similar.
I've been enjoying some of your videos these past few weeks. Great teaching style for this sort of thing. Thanks much!
Appreciate the video!
Great tutorial man!!!
why do we need attenuate that frequency if we have first boosted by using boost knob?
Is that VST or Analog?
Thanks Pete
why would you boost 3db but then attenuate 2db ? why not just boost 1db to begin with instead of having to cut the 2db out of the 3 ? sorry if this is a stupid question im just trying to understand .
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Really interesting ...
I would have never thought of doing that sooo low. [20 hz]
Never tried it too. Love pultecs, so I am gonna try your technique :-)
See what the results are in my studio.
Thanks for the vid, thumbs up from me.
JEROEN FIGEE Thanks! And yeah, it sounds weird bc more 20hz is something no one really ever needs but for some reason it just works. I saw Greg Wells do it a long time ago and it was pretty awesome. Let me know how it goes 😉 Sometimes 30hz works better depending on your overall bottom end but it’s usually 20 for me 😎
Cheers. Nice drum sound too :)
Darren Aitcheson Thank you, Darren! 😄
Soooo coool thank you !!!
Damn, I think I may have to get rid of my girl and get me a couple of these UADs because I am overly excited. These clearly are top-shelf plugins as compared with other brands which I shall not mention. Good tutorial, excellent production gems. Thank you brother for making it plain.
if we have boosted 8db on some particular frequency and attenuate 7db then we have only gained 1 db on that frequency?
Y do you choose 20hz on the low end?
Right? Boosting 20hz on the mix bus is a great way to feature any rumble that you didn't hi-pass while tracking.
It's crazy because even when the Low Frequency is set to 20, I can still hear the difference easily, even though my headphones don't really go that low.
The 20Hz is just indicating the point of the maximum boost (or attenuation). The bands are extremely broad and go way up. So you are boosting your whole bottom end, even with 20Hz.
Thank you!
It's 18 db boost at 10 k not 10 db and it DOES sound harsh.
I've never actually said something was "glorious" in a serious way before, but now I'm laughing bc that AKG BX Spring Reverb really is stellar.. also, great job on the insight & content - new subscriber!
Thanks Nicholas! I appreciate it. And yeah... that BX20 IS stellar 😉 Glad you like the content 🤙🏻 - Pete
great tutor, thank you!
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Interesting. The Pultec manual is fairly widely cited as advising against using boost and attenuation together. I guess people do it anyone because the curves are different. It's hard to visualize/mentally model what it's doing when you apply both.
Jason Goodwin If people only paid attention to the “rules” in Audio we’d still be putting kick mics 3 ft away to “not damage the capsules from wind” and the Beatles and modern rock drum sounds would have never happened 😉😉😉 That being said, google boosting and attenuating the same frequency at the same time. I’m sure there’s an article or visual diagram somewhere that shows what’s going on. I know it sounds kind of counterproductive, but I promise it’s rad. From what I understand the Q of the boost circuit and the Q of the attenuate circuit are ever so slightly different creating a bit of a bump around that low frequency. The other thing that’s bizarre is typically 20hz sounds the best to me on the mix bus. Haha. Who EVER wants more 20 in their mix, you know? But oddly the kick and bass come alive boosting 20 by 4 and attenuating by 3. Give it a go! Thx for watching 🤘😊 - Pete
@@MixBetterNowTV yeah for sure. The pultec manual is old :) I googled it and found some descriptions. Yeah I've been putting the plug in the master and I don't know what it does but it sounds mint!
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Great video. THANKS
What I like to do on drums with the pultec is; a low/medium boost at 60 or 100 hz turned up to 4-5. Attenuate that by 2-3 or less. Choose a high frequency of 8 or 10 kHz and boost it at about 9 or 10. Then Attenuate that by about 9 or 10. Rolls off all that icky glossy 15khz. Focuses on the crunchy/break up of the 10k. Gives you nice low end in the kick, turns hi hats from a Ttttt! sound to a Kkkkk! sound, and brings out that crack & slight top end of the snare.
fawbak. That sounds super awesome! Thanks for sharing your techniques! 🤙😀
What I described is essentially just the "low end" technique that many refer to when using pultec's, but with my own taste preference on this mids and highs. You're tightening a thumpy bottom end, then opening up the mids and highs in a certain sweet crispy way where its not too polished. I don't want any of that 15khz and up being heard.. But some prefer it.
I think you're making a mistake explaining the knobs of the pultec eq, I'll tell you why I think that. The first frecuency selector on the left (which is called "low frecuency") allows you to modify the low end where you can apply the boost and the cut at the same time ("the pultec trick" as you called it) you got that right, the problem is in the second selector on the right (the "high frecuency") , that controlls frecuencies which goes from the low mids to the high end (to some extend) that means that the numbers 3,4 and 5 refers to 300hz, 400hz and 500hz, the rest are 8k, 10k, 12k and 16k, in other words, the only high frecuency that you can boost and cut at the same time is 10k, since it's shared between the high frecuency selector and the atten. selector.
If someone thinks that I'm wrong please leave a comment so not only me but everyone can learn.
Great video, cheers!
Francisco Morales Hey Francisco. Not trying to sound elitist in any way, but I think you’re mistaken. On the EQP1A you can boost and attenuate 5 and 10k at the same time. If you look in the top right you’ll see it says “atten sel”. You can set that to 5, 10 or 20k. The numbers on the right side of the boost of the EQP1A are all kilohertz, not hertz. If you look on the MEQ5, the frequencies in hertz are 2 or 3 digits and everything in kilohertz is 1. Feel free to check out the UAD manual online which explains it all, or you can even find original manuals from Pultec in the 50’s. Hope that helps. I just don’t want you to be confused or misled and think you’re boosting or cutting a specific frequency when you’re not. Cheers! ✌️😁 - Pete
@@MixBetterNowTV I checked it out and indeed you're right, the high frecuency values are in khz, I didn't know that, I guess the numbers without the khz indicator made me confuse their values. Thank you for taking the time to reply and correct me, greetings from Chile!
Francisco Morales No worries at all! 😉 I just didn’t want you thinking that certain frequencies were different than what they actually are so you can get the most out of using the Pultecs correctly 😁 Much love, and thanks for the question. Great question though... Always better to ask! Happy mixing ✌️😎 - Pete