A wild equalizer, modeled after a rare and mythical console, has turned into an easy-to-use modern tool.
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Ask an engineer to list the EQs that make his eyes and ears sparkle, and he’ll probably mention the inductor design with a nautical name that evokes images of the god Poseidon. The EQ section of this rare and legendary console has been responsible for the sound of records you may have grown up with: Queen, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones… Let’s just say it’s “time-tested.”
Found in very few studios, this console is renowned for its highly musicality. One of the key components to its musicality is the unique interaction of the bands – increasing the gain of one band can result in EQ curves that would require three or four bands of parametric EQ.
There’s a learning curve to be had with such an idiosyncratic EQ. The interaction between its bands is so unique that we’ve yet to see digital playback that makes it easier to use. So we decided to do it ourselves, creating an on-screen EQ curve that accurately responds to the quirks of the original hardware, making Pulsar Poseidon easy to learn.
With all its extra features (mid and side bands, gain scale, auto gain, multiple saturation colors), this plugin faithfully resurrects the rare and iconic qualities of this console EQ in the digital realm.