MP-EQ
Analog Passive EQ Plugin
The most complete passive EQ plugin. Musical and intuitive, a must-have for mixing and mastering.
149,00€
A DIFFERENT EQUALIZING EXPERIENCE
Pulsar MP-EQ is an emulation of a legendary analog EQ found in almost every mastering studio worldwide. Designed as a synthesis of the best passive equalizers of the past 70 years, its fully parallel topology offers a unique and musical frequency response compared to digital EQs with the same settings. Because of this design, the bands naturally interact, producing a more musical overall response.
Its entirely passive circuit, featuring custom hand-wound inductors, tubes, and transformers, delivers creamy highs, balanced mids, and organic warmth through magnetic saturation. Pulsar MP-EQ faithfully recreates every sonic detail of the original hardware while adding modern features like visual curve editing, drive control, linear phase mode, or auto-gain.
■ Modern workflow: curve editor, spectrum analyzer, drive & auto-gain
■ Authentic analog character from tubes, transformers & inductors
■ Optional Linear Phase mode for perfect temporal alignment of all frequencies
Pulsar Massive becomes Pulsar MP-EQ
(Free Update for Massive owners)
Improving on a Classic
Pulsar MP-EQ comes with a complete on-screen curve editor and spectrum analyzer. This best-of-both-world approach gives an accurate overview of your EQ changes while highlighting the singular behaviors of the original unit. The easy-to-use graphic interface allows a fast and radical workflow for mixing applications.
Analog Drive and Harmonic Character
The Drive control allows usage of the plugin at internal levels where the analog vibe of the original unit is unusual and musical. Pulsar Massive’s accurate models of transformers, tubes, and inductors produce large amounts of harmonics and non-linearities. All coupled together, these are responsible for the subtle, dynamic and program-dependent low-end compression beloved by generations of sound engineers.
True Parallel EQ Architecture
Pulsar MP-EQ is a component-accurate model of the original unit, perfectly emulating its parallel EQ design and the unique sound-sculpting feeling. With parallel EQ, band gains don’t accumulate as in most other EQs, but rather recombine to produce natural-sounding corrections. The Pultec-like low-shelf filters allow a generous and tight low end, even at extreme boost settings. The high-shelf filters provide a pristine top end and air without harshness.
Linear Phase Correction
Pulsar MP-EQ introduces, for the first time in an EQ emulation plugin, a process that optionally realigns all frequencies after the EQ stage, upgrading an analog-style EQ into a true linear-phase EQ.
Designed for Modern Production
Pulsar Massive takes full advantage of modern CPUs to do more with less. Despite the tremendous amount of complexity in the audio algorithms you’ll be able to use a large number of instances. The resizable interface and wise choice of modern features will make Pulsar Massive your go-to color-EQ.
Improving on a Classic
Pulsar MP-EQ comes with a complete on-screen curve editor and spectrum analyzer. This best-of-both-world approach gives an accurate overview of your EQ changes while highlighting the singular behaviors of the original unit. The easy-to-use graphic interface allows a fast and radical workflow for mixing applications.
Analog Drive and Harmonic Character
The Drive control allows usage of the plugin at internal levels where the analog vibe of the original unit is unusual and musical. Pulsar MP‑EQ’s accurate models of transformers, tubes, and inductors produce large amounts of harmonics and non-linearities. All coupled together, these are responsible for the subtle, dynamic and program-dependent low-end compression beloved by generations of sound engineers.
True Parallel EQ Architecture
Pulsar MP-EQ is a component-accurate model of the original unit, perfectly emulating its parallel EQ design and the unique sound-sculpting feeling. With parallel EQ, band gains don’t accumulate as in most other EQs, but rather recombine to produce natural-sounding corrections. The Pultec-like low-shelf filters allow a generous and tight low end, even at extreme boost settings. The high-shelf filters provide a pristine top end and air without harshness.
Linear Phase Correction
In most EQ emulations, each frequency experiences a different phase shift, a natural result of analog circuit behavior. Pulsar MP-EQ introduces, for the first time in an audio plugin, a process that optionally realigns all frequencies after the EQ stage, transforming an analog-style EQ into a true linear-phase EQ.
The result is pristine transient accuracy, free from the temporal smearing that traditional EQs can introduce.
In the low end, this phase correction restores the clarity and punch often lost when fundamentals and harmonics drift out of sync, preventing that familiar “muddy” or “bloated” bass.
For EDM producers, preserving the exact waveform of synthesizers is particularly important, because phase rotations can alter the signal’s peak-to-RMS ratio, and therefore influence cascaded dynamics processors.
Additionally, during M/S processing, Pulsar MP-EQ eliminates the asymmetrical artifacts that typically occur around a band’s center frequency when the Mid and Side channels are recombined in traditional analog-style EQs.
Designed for Modern Production
Pulsar MP-EQ takes full advantage of modern CPUs to do more with less. Despite the tremendous amount of complexity in the audio algorithms you’ll be able to use a large number of instances. The resizable interface and wise choice of modern features will make Pulsar MP‑EQ your go-to color-EQ.
Listen In Action
The tracks below showcase MP-EQ being used on dry recorded track and against the original hardware.
Trance Mix
Hard Rock Mix
Hip Hop Master
Acoustic Guitar
Drum Bus
Electric Guitar Bus
“Pulsar MP-EQ got a great tone and it’s become a favorite for being the last thing I put on to get an instrument to pop thru. Being a longtime Massive user, that the boost/ cut is a traditional plus-minus as opposed to a full throw live on the hardware or the UAD. I also find it interesting that the Q curves are so gentle. Definitely a new favorite.”
Alan Meyerson
Grammy award-winning film score mixer
Hans Zimmer | James Newton Howard | Henry Jackman
“When mixing into my mixbus, I consistently apply EQ, and Pulsar MP-EQ contributes an incredible musical richness to the overall mix across low-mid, mid-high, and high-end frequencies“
Koen Heldens
Grammy-nominated mixing engineer
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse | XXXTENTACION | Kanye West
“This eq is incredibly cool! It gives you the vibe and sonics of an analog EQ, but you can also control it like a modern slick digital EQ, taking full advantage of the digital power!”
John Nathaniel
Producer | Mixing Engineer | Songwriter
Gwen Stefani | OneRepublic | Switchfoot
“Pulsar MP-EQ gives a whole new and more modern appeal to the sound even when used in the more ‘traditional’ boost/cut way – that made the original unit so unique, but it also adds the flexibility of actually sculpting sounds to their core in a super musical way that is, to me, unmatchable by any other of this kind“
Andrea Lepori
Producer | Mixing Engineer
U2 | The Rolling Stones | Jack Savoretti
How Does It Sounds?
Smooth and musical
Just ask any experienced engineer to hear a ringing endorsement of passive EQ and its uses! Pulsar MP-EQ's sound can be described as giving a creamy top-end, well-balanced mids, and a punchy low-end. Whether you’re using subtle or extreme settings, audio never sounds over-equalized, but rather vivid and natural, keeping true to the nature of your source material.
For mastering
In mastering, Pulsar MP-EQ is the perfect tool to add sparkle and heft to your mix. For instance, it’s often used to add power to the low end (47 or 68 Hz) while retaining dynamic separation and balance between kick and bass, or to add air (16 kHz high-shelf) without any harshness. Pulsar MP‑EQ is also mind-blowing when used in Mid/Side mode, for perfect control over the stereo scene.
On vocals
A creative and musical tool for lead vocals, Pulsar MP‑EQ is excellent for adding presence (with the 3.3kHz or 4.7kHz bell filters), and some low-mid warmth without any mud (with the 220Hz low-shelf for instance), thanks to the Bandwidth parameter. The 1.6kHz bell filter is magic to add or remove density, helping a vocal to sit in the mix. Don’t hesitate to really push the drive for some creamy saturation!
Mixing electric guitar
Saturated electric guitars are very busy in the midrange – especially in extreme musical styles, and this can make them difficult to mix. Because the human ear is very sensitive to spectrum and phase manipulation in these areas, Pulsar MP-EQ, with its smooth parallel EQ curves and naturally gentler phase alteration, is the perfect tool for shaping tone without messing with the phase.
Working the drum bus
Whether it’s used for cleaning mud (a gentle bell cut at 180Hz), to tame harshness on overheads (a gentle bell cut at 2.2kHz), or to add brilliance (a gentle high-shelf boost at 8.2kHz), Pulsar MP‑EQ will bring a coat of polish to push your drums to the next level. To top it off, you can adjust how Pulsar MP‑EQ reacts to the transients of the kick and snare with the Drive control, for a customized dynamic response.
Electronic music
Pulsar MP-EQ can be used as a sculpting tool for very rich sources like synth pads or synth basses. Use it in creative ways, experimenting with extreme curves and driving it hard – you won’t have to work hard to get great results. In addition, on a mixbus, choosing the right transformer will allow you to beef up your kick drum or keep it tight.
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Main Features
Modern EQ Edition
For the first time, a plugin enables you to manipulate a very peculiar analog-shaped EQ curve in an intuitive way. The curve editor is extremely easy to use, with a clear and concise overall frequency response display. You can edit all properties of any filter – including its assigned name – without touching the lower panel.
Drive control
This parameter helps you increase or even decrease the distinctive and musical analog vibe of the original unit. Accurate models of transformers, tubes, and inductors are all coupled together to reproduce the program-dependent subtle low end compression beloved by generations of sound engineers.
Mid-Side processing
Pulsar MP-EQ comes with built-in optional M/S encoding and decoding, enabling a signal’s mono and stereo information to be processed separately with different settings. The Listen buttons help audition each signal in isolation, and the screen displays only the channel you’re working on, so you always know what you’re doing.
Auto-gain
This control compensates for volume changes introduced by equalization, keeping output level consistent with input. It uses a C-Weighting-based algorithm to introduce a level compensation based on EQ curve analysis. The compensation gain applied only depends on your EQ settings and won’t change during playback.
Metering & Spectrum analyser
The on-screen analyzer displays the audio spectrum in real-time (fast and slow window settings) or over the long-term with the Infinite Spectrum setting. In addition, peak metering provides insight into overall dynamics, and RMS meters let you monitor loudness and level matching. An overall gain meter is also available.
Transformer
Choose between three output transformer options: An “original” mode that is true to the performance of the hardware’s circuitry; an exclusive setting even more colorful than the original, allowing warm low-end coloration; and an option to remove output transformer modeling altogether.
Oversampling
Pulsar MP-EQ takes full advantage of modern CPUs to do more with less. A selectable oversampling mode is also available for computers that can handle it, with processing at rates up to 384 kHz. You can choose for higher oversampling settings to be applied at export than at playback.
Linear Phase Correction
Pulsar MP-EQ introduces, for the first time in an EQ emulation plugin, a process that optionally realigns all frequencies after the EQ stage, upgrading an analog-style EQ into a true linear-phase EQ.
System Requirements
CPU
- Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon or AMD Quad-Core minimum
Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- 1 GB free disk space
Operating System
- Windows 10 64 bit
- Windows 11 64 bit
GPU
- OpengGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Monitor
- Resolution: minimum 1024x768, recommended 1920x1080
- Refresh rate: 60 Hz
CPU
- Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Xeon / Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5)
Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- 1 GB free disk space
Operating System
- MacOS 10.11 or later
GPU
- OpengGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Monitor
- Resolution: minimum 1024x768, recommended 1920x1080
- Refresh rate: 60 Hz
Compatible plugin formats
AAX Native
64 bits only
Audio Unit
64 bits only
VST 2.4
64 bits only
VST 3
64 bits only
Downloads
Our software is protected with PACE Anti-Piracy, so you will need an iLok account to use it. On Windows, our installers will automatically install the iLok License Manager on your computer. You can find additional information and support on the PACE iLok website.
FREE Full-feature 14-day trial
These installers set up the complete plugin version and allow to start a full-featured 14-day trial period.
Blue Bundle
Original price was: 298,00€.249,00€Current price is: 249,00€.
Pulsar MP-EQ is also designed and built to complement our industry standard tube compressor plug-in, Pulsar VM-COMP. This powerful combo already constitutes a complete mastering chain that allows a very musical and colorful control of the spectrum and dynamics.
