The history of the Pultec EQ low end trick
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Mixing low end is a bit of an art. There are many techniques to help you achieve the best possible results and the most famous of them has it's roots in the 50's. Lets take a look at the history and technique behind the Pultec EQ low end trick.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 The history of the Pultec EQP-1
2:24 Practical examples of the Pultec Low end trick
6:47 The Pultec in 2021
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Pultec is one of those “make it better” processors for certain things. I’ll never forget this one pop punk track I was mixing about ten years ago. It sounded good but just a *little* indistinct...I decided to throw up a pultec on the master bus for a laugh. It tied the whole thing together so beautifully. It was EXACTLY what it needed. From then on, whenever something sounds a little confusing in the low end/murky (individual track, bus, whatever), out comes the pultec.
I wonder how much of this is psychological... but yeah, it certainly never made something worse. And once you've used it you tend to go back to it just like you describe.
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Yeah definitely, there’s always a little confidence involved with some processors. Pro-Q, etc. could easily be massaged into doing a similar thing.
I used to put the pultec EQ on vocal, now I'm more brave to put it on the kick and bass. thank you so much
always a good idea to be bold an try new experiments with using different effects
Part of what creates this magical sound is the fact that this trick essentially overdrives both EQ stages. As you crank up the boost knob, the valves and transformers start pumping and instilling some nice saturation and nonlinear phase shifts that are characteristic of analog gear. As you add the attenuation knob, you start to reign back the output level of the low end while adding even more coloration as well as a nice low-mid scoop.
Thank you for such a left-of-centre piece of gear history. Bravo.
Underrated channel for sure
Love all your videos. Keep it up
I use this tool on every mix. Love it
This is exactly what I needed for my mixes! Thank you!
I have to point out that this is great for the low end of a piano jab. difference is amazing.
Tanks for this video Jonas! I’m looking forward to the next video’s, as always.
Just tried it. It sounds amazing, thank you!
Great tip! I just checked this with Logic's Vintage Tube EQ and it totally transforms the sound 🙌🏼
Imma try it out right away. Thank you.
I heard of this trick before but you explained it excellent especially with the audio examples. Love your channel more and more!
Keep doin these! Its great info to share and very concise!
Fantastic- much thanks
I’m glad this was recommended :) brilliant content with no filler! Well done 👏🏼
Thanks :)
I really enjoy your content. I like the fact that you keep it simple and don't go on with any side stories that are not relevant to the matter. Cheers from Sweden!
Thanks ! :)
love the history, thank you!!
Excellent video! Thank you!
Brilliant demonstration. Thanks! Was looking for something decent on this a couple of days ago.
thank you for sharing this
Thanks for sharing this neat trick.
Great video, thanks man
Great video. Its all the subtle things like this that add up to the big things!
Please do more of these !
Brilliant
would love to see more of this kind of stuff!!
This is AWESOME. Just a bit of constructive feedback: when going back and forth between enganged/bypassed effect you could put text in the video instead of actually saying it out loud which I found a little bit distracting when trying to hear the differences. Anyway this is an extraordinary video and channel. Subscribed!
Thanks and fully agree with your feedback.
me too!
yea
@Darius Aarav Yup, I've been using InstaFlixxer for years myself =)
@Darius Aarav yea, have been using instaflixxer for months myself :)
One of my favorite tricks. I use it regularly but thanks for the video history lesson!
Thank you!
This was very eye opening and a great explanation, thank you for the fantastic video !
Great idea for this kind of videos!
Great explanation. Learned a lot. Thank you
What a great video! I appreciate the time and effort that went into this. The use of a visual aid to help me understand exactly what is happening was very nice. I wish you would have done the same with the high end part of it but I suppose I'll be able to figure that out on my own. Cheers!
This content is awesome! More of these videos please!
Super clear and concise breakdown! Great job ! I own the waves version puigteq model , it is definitely making a difference in my mix buss in a very pleasing way
Great review
Thank you for being a good teacher. Very helpful and to the point. Subscribed.
This is great - thank you! Another trick added to my collection :)
Supper awesome. Keep up the great work!
Love the history lessons bro, keep em comin! 😎😎
Thanks bro for sharing your knowledge
Thanks! Very interesting and useful!
Sweet. Great from start to finish. Fascinating and useful. Something about knowing a bit about the history reinforces the power while your working. And LOTR 👌
Nice demo thanks!
Thank you for this video! Very useful 👍
J'ai hâte de voir la prochaine !
This is also a subject that deserves to be addressed and you did it very well !!! I really like your retrospectives !
Très bonne idée Jonas !!!
Merci :)
There are quite a lot of videos showing the Pultec trick in a very practical way but I'm also always interested in what the story behind these techniques are. It goes back a long time but luckily I still could find quite a lot of information about it.
super helpful, thank you!
thanks!! great explanation!
Great video Jonas, thank you. Really informative and practical. Looking forward to more of the same!
Excellent! Thanks - I didn't even know half of that!
Thanks man. Great information.
thank you for this trick
Having Jonas Steur himself share his knowledge on audio stuff is a real privilege. Thank you!!!
My pleasure 😉
@@Estuera If you want to test frequency response with precision, there is a way. Create a new wave file a few seconds long and draw a single sample spike in the middle of it. Send it through the EQ and do an analysis on the file. You want room on both ends of the spike, because the EQ implementation may have a part in front of the spike. In a typical linear phase EQ for instance, the response will be symmetrical. You can also see the technical quality of implementation using this method if you know your DSP. If you crop silence in this file, you have the reponse of the EQ at the given settings, which you can also apply to audio using a convolution plugin that accepts measured responses. You can use the same method to test and emulate guitar and bass cabinet/mic combinations. You can also test your room for early reflections.
Absolutely agreed!
thanks great tutorial
Great video!
Much Thanks 👍👍
Thanks!
Good stuff , Thanks
Superb video!
Works just as well with the "Waves" Puig Tec... Thanks!
Brilliant video and very well explained
Excelente!!!!
Thank you
Great info and tips.
Very nice and informative! I really enjoyed this and am sure gonna remember this trick for next time💪
great video, thank you ! I have owned the uad plugin of it for some years now and have never really got the best out of it. I'm gonna give this ago tonight for sure. thanks
Thanks for the Info!
Thanks for making this cool vid!
holy. Amazing :)
fantastic, thank you! Subscribed.
very very good video!
Very cool video! thanks!
Thanks very nice
Indo enjoy learning about the history of music production and recording.thumbs up from me for episodes
Dope!!!
Really good explanation. I just got a UAD and love the EQP1, but fairly clueless apart from presets. Great work. Subscribed.
good video straight to the point!
I've seen 2 of this guys videos so far when they pop up on my feed. Good stuff
Thanks :)
I am here just for the T-Shirt.
Hey that was really good! That's something new I learned today. I've used Pultec plus-ins before and always get nice results, but now I know how it REALLY works, and can get even more out of it. Thanks so much!
My pleasure :)
Great trick.
definitely need more like this, great video man
Thanks :)
Sometimes you just get what you need from a video...This was very simple to understand.
very interesting and well presented - great job!
This is a fun and unique way of explaining audio gear ♥️♥️
Thanks ! :)
Great Video my Friend!!!! Love it...
Great explanation
Great content my man! greetings from brazil
thanks brother!
very good and solid info!
Thanks for the video! This was great. Subbed!
Thanks! This was helpfull!
Very informative, thank you 😎
thank you !!
Love the PULTEC EQ, I use this trick on my guitars
Finally someone shows how it's used on a 909 Kick! Thanks dude.
Loved it 👌🏼
thank you !