ARTISTS & PULSAR AUDIO
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OUR talented artists
Ryan Hewitt
Grammy award-winning mixer & engineer | Producer
Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blink 182 | Lumineers | Harry Connick Jr
“Absolutely LOVE PULSAR 1178! Just what I’ve been needing to further my ITB mixing. Amazing on all the things I’d use an 1178 on in the studio. Background vocal bus and drum room are my favorite sources to use it on.”
About Ryan
Ryan Hewitt is an American music producer, engineer and mixer known for his work with The Lumineers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers, The Dixie Chicks, Third Eye Blind, Jamie Cullum, John Frusciante and the Turnpike Troubadours. Hewitt is a Grammy Award winner having received the accolade for mixing and engineering Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album Stadium Arcadium. The album received seven Grammy nominations and won in the categories of Best Rock Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. He is currently based in Nashville, TN
About Andrea
Andrea is a multi-award-winning mixer, engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with the legendary artists U2 and The Rolling Stones as well as with contemporary artists such as Jack Savoretti and George The Poet. Andrea mixes for Grammy award winning and multi platinum selling producers and writers including Brit-nominated Matty Benbrook, UK hip-hop pioneer and Amy Winehouse collaborator P*NUT and St Francis Hotel.
Andrea Lepori
Producer | Mixing Engineer
U2 | The Rolling Stones | St Francis Hotel
“Pulsar 1178 is one of the few plugins out there that you’ll want to try on every possible source material. With such a well calibrated output stage, totally non hyped, it allows every user to fell the sound of its compression straight away… And what a sound!”
Craig Bauer
Grammy award-winning mixer & engineer | Producer
Kanye West | Rihanna | Lupe Fiasco | Steve Cole
“As a one time owner of the hardware, the 8200 is a brilliant model of that legendary EQ. And.. with the added features of the plugin, It’s an absolute no-brainer. It is one of those plugins that you absolutely must have after listening to it for all of 30 seconds.”
About Craig
Craig Bauer is a Grammy Award-winning mixer, engineer, and music producer. He has been nominated twice for “Album of the Year” for his work on the Kanye West multiplatinum album Late Registration and double platinum follow-up album, Graduation. He also has worked with artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Janet Jackson, Steve Cole and many more.
William Robertson
Mixing Engineer | Record Producer
Mick Jagger | Travis Scott | Nicki Minaj | Will.I.Am | Future
“Slower releases are an important part of mixbus processing for me. And the Pulsar MU reacts beautifully at the slowest releases while handling complex materials. Oh and also, it is the one I use on bass – with a special setting – if I feel the bass doesn’t stand out consistently enough.”
Zino Mikorey
Mastering Engineer
Nils Frahm | Ólafur Arnalds | Fred again... | Parcels | Rival Consoles
“It reminds me so much of the W495STB I used to have, which sadly constantly broke and was a bitch when It came to headroom 🙂
I love this EQ! Thank you for bringing a sound back to me I was missing <3 ”
About Zino
Zino Mikorey is a 3 x Grammy Nominated Mastering Engineer working with Nils Frahm, Hans Zimmer, Ólafur Arnalds, Thom Yorke, Jessie Reyez, Parcels, Sohn, The Kooks, Jonny Greenwood, Fred again... Solomun, Keinemusik, Christian Löffler, Max Cooper, Moby, Rival Consoles, Gashi, Lambert, Casper, RY X, Alice Phoebe Lou, Lambert and many more. Over the last 23 years he has won numerous gold and platinum awards as well as the Amadeus Award for best sound.
About Andrew
Andrew Scheps is a mix, recording engineer, and producer based in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom. Andrew is one of the most famous producers and mixers. He has collaborated with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Michael Jackson, Robbie Robertson, Justin Timberlake, Iggy Pop, U2, Jay-Z, and many more.
Andrew Scheps
Grammy award-winning mixer & engineer | Producer
Adele | Metallica | Beyonce | Red Hot Chili Peppers
“When looking for a delay, the only thing that separates them is character, and Pulsar Echorec sounds like nothing else, which is a very good thing!”
Alan Meyerson
Grammy award-winning film score mixer
Hans Zimmer | James Newton Howard | Henry Jackman
“Pulsar Massive 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.”
About Alan
Alan Meyerson is one of the most legendary movie scoring mixers. He has worked with leading film score composers like Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams. His work is known on movies such as Dune, Inception, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Iron Man, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Last Samurai, Gladiator and many more.
About Ben
Ben Lukas Boysen, a Berlin-based musician, has built a successful career by turning unique sounds into captivating music. He has released multiple albums under the alias HECQ, conducted workshops on composition and sound design, and created custom soundscapes for films, commercials, video games, and installations. He has worked with major clients such as Audi, Ableton, Lexus, Nike, Mazda, BMW, Lenovo, Sky, Cartier, Ritz Carlton, Google, and Swarovski. Boysen's career highlights include the score for Restive (2011), his debut album under his own name (2013) and the award-winning score for the Playstation game Everything (2016).
Ben Lukas Boysen
Electronic music composer | Producer | Sound designer
Erased tape records
“I like how unintrusive and direct Echorec sounds. it‘s very simple and hassle free to use and therefor lets me focus on composition and sound design.”
John Nathaniel
Producer | Mixing Engineer | Songwriter
Gwen Stefani | OneRepublic | Switchfoot
“Pulsar Smasher is a rockstar when you need to give energy to tracks and have that classic 1176 all buttons in compression style! Adding this on the drum buss and having a bit of the mix knob in can add so much energy!”
About John
John is an award winning Montreal based producer, songwriter and mixer. He is known for his blend of acoustic and electronic elements, combining live strings, movie-like arrangements and percussions in contemporary productions. John co-produced, co-wrote and mixed OneRepublic's most recent singles "Better Days", which reached more than 50 million plays on Spotify, as well as "Wild Life", lead single from Disney+ movie "Clouds". He also worked on OneRepublic's singles "Wanted", "Didn't I" and "Rescue Me".
About Juan
Juan he is based in Mexico City specialized in music recording and mixing. Some Of the projects that he has engineered are Zoe, Lori Meyers, The Drums, Phoenix, Spoon, and Rhye. Started his career at Sonic Ranch Recording studios after that he started to engineer at Panoram Studios and Toy factory as a mix engineer.
Juan Sebastian Rodriguez
Recording & Mixing Engineer
Mogwaï | Rhye | Zoé
Pulsar smasher is a beast! Loud and rude compression. When you need aggression on drums it’s so cool! I love it on toms mono rooms and creative mics. Very great compression!”
Vetle Junker
Artist | Producer | Songwriter
Aurora | Sondre Lerche | Metteson
“Getting the Mu, I was looking for something that could replace the hardware in my rack, and it kind of has, actually. I love how you can compress quite a lot without it sounding ‘too compressed’. I also love the versatility, with the M/S options, the variable sidechain, etc., and having it as a plug-in makes it so easy to try it out in different places all over the mix. I’ve used it on the mix bus, but also on various groups and individual tracks, with great results.”
About Vetle
Vetle Vik Gundersen, also known as Vetle Junker, is a multi-talented artist and musician hailing from Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated with a variety of artists, such as Sondre Lerche, Iris, Amalie Holt Kleive, Metteson and AURORA, as a co-writer, producer or musician. He has also occasionally joined AURORA on tour as a keyboardist and synth player."
About Maor
Maor has an extensive background with the international music industry - He is well aware of the various music styles and sounds that are developing vastly as the today's technology develops. To Maor, being a mastering engineer is the best way possible to combine his love and passion for music, with his various skills- objectivity, subjectivity, and technical & artistic prowess. He finds pleasure in his job, more than anything, thanks to the variety of music and sounds he gets to master from all over the world. It is a profession he takes pride in, and masters.
Maor Appelbaum
Mastering Engineer
Faith No More | Meatloaf | Yes
“With Pulsar Mu, you have the sound of the glue that you hear from the well-known variable-bias compressor, in a plug-in form with added controls and flexible side-chaining.”
Carmen Rizzo
Electronic Musician | Record Producer | Engineer
Coldplay | Seal | Alanis Morissette
“Pulsar Echorec truly divides itself from the rest of tape delays out they’re simply with their unique simulation of the magnetic motor delays and use of the warm saturation. It seems to work on almost anything you run through it especially pared with their Pulsar 1178 FET compressor. And the GUI is fire!”
About Carmen
Two-time Grammy Nominee, best known for his Electronic World Music, produced various eclectic album credits which include Seal, Coldplay, Paul Oakenfold, AR Rahman, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pete Townshend, Huun Huur Tu, and Niyaz. Composed music for Oscar-winning directors Michael Apted and Stanley Brooks, and wrote the end title for Sony Play Station’s Uncharted 2.
About Ross
Ross’ wide varied experience and taste opened up all creative doors and usual and unusual possibilities. He’s never allowed himself to be pigeonholed or trapped in any one musical genre as his studio work runs the gamut from the heavy metal insanity of Motley Crue and Coal Chamber to the Grammy-winning Keb’ Mo’ release Slow Down to recent releases by Van Halen, Grammy winning Ziggy Marley and Grammy winning Taj’Mo’.
Ross Hogarth
Recording & Mastering Engineer
Van Halen | The Doobie Brothers | Ziggy Marley
“I have always loved the sound of an 1178 smashing the parallel drum bus or spanking the drum room in a mix. The new Pulsar 1178 plugin is killing me. It is an immediate winner along with its extra features of side chain eq and saturation. I was won over quickly and am already now a big fan.”
Dan Austin
Producer | Mastering & Mixing Engineer
Massive Attack | YouMeAtSix | The Pixies
“Pulsar 1178 sounds amazing. It’s rare to use a plugin compressor that feels so close to the hardware it models. This plugin does everything my hardware 1178 did. Fat, warm, smooth and useable on any source. Pulsar 1178 has been a part of all of my mixes since I first tried it.”
About Dan
Dan learned his craft engineering, programming and mixing for producers including Steve Osborne, Paul Corkett, Gil Norton, Flood and John Leckie on a wide variety of projects including The Pixies, B 52s, Biffy Clyro, Maximo Park, AFI, The Coral (to name just a few) but he was quickly noticed because of his energy and ability by artists including The Copper Temple Clause, and Oceansize who sought him out for his first solo production opportunities. Other acts including Cherry Ghost, YouMeAtSix, SLøTFACE and Massive Attack followed suit loving his creativity and inventiveness in the studio.
About Mike
Mike Avenaim has quickly made a name for himself through his ability to perform in any musical situation. Whether it be in the studio or on stage, his experience as a Music Director, Session Drummer, Producer, Composer and Mixer have taken him all over the world. Some of his clients include: Scott Weiland, Lil Nas X, Tori Kelly, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Lachey, Leslie Odom Jr., Ruel, NOTD, Bea Miller, Jorge Blanco, Disney, Emblem3, Zella Day, M-Phazes, Colby O' Donis amongst many others.
Mike Avenaim
Producer | Music Director | Session Drummer
Scott Weiland | Lil Nas X | Tori Kelly
“I’m constantly on the hunt for tools to enhance the way I mix and supply the music with a unique sonic picture. Pulsar 1178 satisfies every bit of that search. Killer on Drums, Vocals, Bass – I haven’t been able to make it sound bad!”
Lucas Pimentel
Mastering & Mixing Engineer | Producer
Jeremy Riddle | Marcos Witt | American Sniper | Dunkirk
“Having used some of the best 1178 units in countless sessions for over 25 years, I never thought I’d hear a plugin that could faithfully emulate its sonic fingerprint. Pulsar has not only captured the 1178’s DNA. It made it even more useful with features who allow me to control every single relevant parameter I need. From FET to FAT in a couple of tweaks!”
About Lucas
Born in Brazil in the late 70's and based in Los Angeles, CA since 2004, Lucas (also known as Luke) has received credits as songwriter, recording, mix, master engineer and music producer on thousands of projects worldwide. . Established in Southern California, he is the Founder and Owner of Lucas Pimentel Mastering (aka The FunAttic). While mastering has become his primary field in the industry, he can still be seen engineering and producing in some of Los Angeles' state of the art studios such as Capitol Studios, United Recording, East West Studios, Sunset Sound and sound-stages like Fox, Sony, Eastwood (Warner Bros).
Romesh Dodangoda
Record Producer | Mixer
Motorhead | Bring Me The Horizon | Bullet For My Valentine
“Pulsar 1178 is a superb recreation of the classic! Within a few seconds of using it, I was sold on the sound of it! I love the tape circuit option too, it adds such a great fatness to drums. Highly recommend it if you’re looking for some analog flavour across your tracks.”
Marc Daniel Nelson
Mixer | Producer For Music & Picture
Fletwood Mac | Jason Mraz | Solo | Blade Runner
“After years of waiting on an 1178 plugin. FINALLY. This guy sounds amazing and finally I can get my drum buss ITB. I love, love, love the saturation controls as it lets me get the perfect transient going into the master buss. A real winner!”
About Marc Daniel
Marc Daniel is a Latin Grammy and French Academy Award nominated mixing engineer, music producer and creative director. He has been mixing, producing and managing creative content for over 20 years. His music credits include Fleetwood Mac, Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Eric Burdon, Ben Harper, Francesca Battistelli, Robert Duvall, Ozomotli, Reik and more. As Protégé for both legendary producer / engineer Bill Schnee and Ken Caillat, Marc has carried the torch for impeccable quality sound and production.
About Vessel
Hebegan his career as a producer of bass driven, experimental electronica both as a solo artist as well as under numerous guises alongside and as part of Bristol's 'Young Echo' Collective, most notably as a member of Killing Sound. Following a number of limited 12" EP releases with London label Left Blank and an EP on Mute Records subsidiary, Liberation Technologies, Gainsborough's 'Vessel' solo output has been released by Tri Angle Records. His trio of albums on Tri Angle, Order of Noise, Punish, Honey and Queen of Golden Dogs have been widely acclaimed.
Sebastian Gainsborough aka Vessel
Electronic Producer | Musician
Red Sex | Paplu (Love That Moves The Sun)
“Pulsar Mu is a beautifully responsive compressor, adding depth and width to material in such a solid, subtle way as to almost be invisible. It cuddles the sound. I love it.”
Trentemøller
Artist | Producer
The Last Resort | Moan | Memoria
“I LOVE Primavera. Sounds so authentic! Definitely my go-to plugin for spring reverbs! It’s so versatile and can sound really dirty!! The ducking effect is also so cool to have in a plugin like this. Thanks guys!!”
About Trentemøller
Trentemøller's music is often characterized by its moody and atmospheric qualities, blending elements of electronic music with indie rock, post-punk, dream pop, and shoegaze influences. He's renowned for his masterful use of sound design, incorporating layers of synths, guitars, and percussion to create immersive sonic landscapes.
About Robert
Robert’s musical output is inspiring and staggering. A true one-man operation, he writes, records and performs solo; commanding an ever-expanding touring schedule, tailoring the music he creates to the cities he visits. But that’s only part of the puzzle, Babicz's art is comprised of more than just his music. He films everything. Using his music to open doors and build relationships with people in only the way music can, he then records his experiences and interaction on film, both still and moving, later editing the images together as a picture track to his audio.
Robert Babicz
Music Producer | Mastering Engineer
Dark Flower | Human
“Since I have Pulsar Mu, I use it in almost every project. Pulsar Audio really did an amazing job on this one, I am really a new fan now! The sound is just right, super calm feeling and the interface is nice and easy to use. Thank you Pulsar Audio!”
Neal Merrick Blackwood
Producer | Mixing Engineer | Songwriter
Johnny Cash | Cindy Lauper | Willie Nelson
“I use Pulsar Mu plugin on every mix. It gives me true tube smoothness which rounds off any harshness. Aside from the dynamics control that you get with a compressor /limiter, I find that Pulsar Audio plugins give me the truly wonderful analog character and focus that I require.”
About Neal
Neal has worked with legends like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Cindy Lauper and so many more! He is a classical musician, composer, orchestrator, conductor, arranger, over-all contractor, recording engineer and producer. Neal has worked under many Grammy Award winning production teams/monikers in world-renowned recording studio facilities and concert venues with countless legendary artists representing many styles of music for well over 40 years.
San Page
Mixing Mastering Engineer | Singer | Record Producer
CPics | Michael Franks | Prem Joshua | Barefoot Warrior
“I was never a fan of sound characters that modify the emotions of natural music. Now 8200 is extremely transparent. I use it for most of my Atmos dolby films, music and records I work on. Great for any source, just right and musical, as transparent as 9500 which I use, as I engage “in” it’s hard to notice any character. It’s not about how many plugins you have, using a plug-in which is larger size than a DAW or how many analog gear you bought. It’s all about how you use one of them right. I recommend all pulsar plugins. “
Jesse Ray Ernster
Grammy Award-Winning Mixer
Burnaboy | Umi | Andy Grammer
«I have been an immense fan of the 1178 for many years; it’s an incredible special box that possesses a beautiful sound that plugins were never able to recreate… until now! I was equally curious as I was skeptical to try Pulsar 1178, and I am so happy to announce that I was blown away by the sound. Plus, the flexibility far outweighs its analog counterpart. Everyone should have this!»
About Jesse Ray
Jesse Ray was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was brought up in a musical family. He spent his upbringing studying music theory and exercising proficiency on multiple instruments, and ultimately discovered his love for making records. Jesse began his Los Angeles journey when he became Kanye West’s engineer on the “Yandhi” and “Jesus is King” albums, and that lead to mixing for artists including UMI, Andy Grammer, and Burna Boy. Most-recently, Jesse worked creatively alongside Diddy and Timbaland during the mixing of Burna Boy’s 2020 LP, “Twice as Tall”.
About Koen
Koen Heldens is a Grammy-nominated mixing engineer known for his work on hit songs like XXXTENTACION's 'SAD!' and the 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' soundtrack. He's worked with top artists like Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Maluma, contributing to record sales of over 80 million and more than 24 billion audio streams worldwide.
Koen Heldens
Grammy-nominated mixing engineer
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse | XXXTENTACION | Kanye West
“When mixing into my mixbus, I consistently apply EQ, and Pulsar Massive contributes an incredible musical richness to the overall mix across low-mid, mid-high, and high-end frequencies“
Dave Eringa
Producer | Mixing Engineer
Manic Street Preachers | Roger Daltrey | The Who | Kylie Minogue
“This 1178 is wild! There’s so much analogue mojo, but it actually does so much more than the hardware – the saturation, sidechain, M/S & parallel features take it to places the original never dreamt of! It instantly became part of my template!
About Dave
Dave Eringa, a British multi award winning record producer & mixer with over 30 years of experience, has crafted hits for numerous artists like Manic Street Preachers, The Who, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, and many more. His long-standing collaboration with Manic Street Preachers spans 30 years, producing their top singles and albums, from 'Gold Against The Soul' to their recent No. 1 album 'The Ultra Vivid Lament'.
About Douran
Douran's project bridges orchestral and electronic music, evoking emotions and inviting inner journeys. With lyrical flights and cinematic influences, his tracks blend pianos, violins, and flutes with synthesizers, creating a delicate yet powerful universe. Fascinated by sound design, melody, harmony, and rhythm, this self-taught composer crafts each piece with care. With 3 EPs totaling over 5 million listens on famous record labels (anjunadeep &cercle records), he has also worked for major brands such as Louis Vuitton, Renault, Ford and more.
Douran
Electronic Music Producer
Anjunadeep | Cercle Records
“I love combining Echorec with unpredictable settings and pairing it with other synchronized delays to bring the sound to life!”
Dan Mayo
Drummer | Producer
Tatran
“The Primavera plugin can go extremely far and color your mix with a huge statement, but also can blend in perfectly if you’d like, and sits right with the mix for amazing depth that glues your elements perfectly into the mix. For my workflow it’s amazing to have something with so many tonal options that works in such a cohesive way, that creates one fun and intuitive tool to work with.”
Mick Schultz
Grammy Nominated Producer
Rihanna | 50 Cents | Kelly Clarkson
“Dove into Primavera and I am honestly blown away. It’s incredibly well done and has pretty much everything you could want when it comes to spring reverbs. I always found spring plugins and emulations to fall short. But this is an absolute homerun!! The preamp section is great and its very easy to dial in the exact sound I am looking for.”
Ray Borneo
Producer | Musician
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“I used the original Binson Echorec on several recordings, and this virtual version really has all the charm of the original. Whether it is for very typical echoes with modulation, or simply to colour the sound a little bit with the drive, it quickly becomes an indispensable tool, much more spatial than the RE-201 or the Echoplex.”
About Ray
Ray is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and video artist. In 2003, he created Tara King TH, a band with which he released several albums: Sequence 01, Harold, uncolored past, swallow and beretta, Stellar Fantasies. He invested in an old discotheque which he rehabilitated as a studio and a concert café.There he produced and recorded music for himself but also for other groups such as Halasan Bazar, Slow Joe and the Ginger accident or Gontard. He creates his own label and designs visuals and video installations for each of his projects.