Plugin tip: a great free EQ for kick / drumbus lows
Added 2021-05-16 18:08:03 +0000 UTCThere is one plugin I always pull out first when I feel the drum bus needs some low-freq help.
You may have seen I recommend and use the UAD Pultec EQ a lot for kick lows and drum buss lows. I understand not everyone wants to buy a UAD interface.
No fear, as there's a great free Pultec emulation by Ignite Amps.
And here it is and you can get it for free: PTEq-X.
I think this is well decent on kick/drumbus lows.
I always use it as my first choice when I feel the kick or the whole drum bus needs some meat. I've tried comparing it to a simple Pro-Q boost but it's not the same, I feel.
The middle module is for lows.
Set the CPS setting to 60 and CRANK the Boost knob!
Do try this on wimpy drumloops, too.
Once again tonight I was working on a nice lo-fi-ass dusty drumloop that needed some serious help with low warmth, so I pulled out the Pultec and compared it to PTEq-X again and felt it's good enough!
(compared to UAD Pultec, I feel you have to crank this more)
Comments
Thanks for that. Been wanting to try out the UAD Pultec EQ but couldn't justify coughing up for it yet. Going to give this a go. I love how it's CPS and KCS :)
Neal Schlatter aka VariableOp
2021-05-17 17:08:04 +0000 UTC
