Pultec Passive EQ Collection
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Get silky‑smooth sounds with a collection of “must‑have” EQs.
Breathe analog life into your vocals, drums, guitars, and synths with legendary vintage tube EQs used to sculpt over 70 years of popular music. Simply run a full mix or single instrument through these EQs and hear the stunning Pultec analog magic for yourself.
These astonishingly accurate EQs are nearly indistinguishable from the original analog hardware, giving you the same rich tones used by the producers of John Mayer, Daft Punk, Mariah Carey, and more.Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- Get instant "Analog Magic" with the world's best emulations of vintage Pultec EQs
- Sculpt fat and punchy bass, synths, and drums with the EQP‑1A
- Experience rich midrange textures on your guitars, vocals, and keys with the MEQ‑5
- Create retro filter effects or reduce unwanted frequencies with surgical precision using the HLF‑3C
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UAD Quick Tips
Learn how to extend low end on bass, add warmth and clarity to acoustic guitar, and punch up your drum bus with the analog tube magic of three distinct Pultec EQs.
Get the Rich Sound of the World's Most Famous EQs
Going far beyond all other Pultec-style EQ plug-ins, the Pultec Passive EQ Collection gives your productions the rich, musical sound of the ultra-rare vintage hardware — the culmination of the world’s most intensive modeling research.
Craft Legendary Low End: The EQP‑1A
Make confident broadstroke EQ moves and get the vibiest low‑end you've ever heard. From bass guitar and synth bass to kick drums, you'll be amazed at the tight, focused thump, with the twist of a couple knobs.
Customize Your Mids: The MEQ‑5
Add vibrancy and depth to vocals, guitars, and keys — the important "power region” of your mix — with the MEQ‑5's two bands of mid boost and single band of midrange dip, complete with unique filter interactions of the vintage hardware.
Get Cleaner Mixes and Effects: The HLF‑3C
With just two controls, the HLF‑3C will give you retro, lo‑fi effects on your vocals and instruments, or let you surgically remove troublesome frequencies like excessive hiss and rumble that can build up and muddy your mixes.
“The Pultec Passive EQ Collection is just sick. The legacy versions were great to begin with, but the new ones add yet another level.”
– Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers)“The new UAD Pultec Collection gives producers access to an even greater tone-sculpting pallet.”
– Steve Levine (Culture Club, Beach Boys, Ziggy Marley)“For synths that need to cut through the mix, we add the UAD Pultec EQ for some boost on the top.”
– The Glitch Mob“The UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection is so spot on with the originals, it eliminated my need and want to ever own the hardware.”
– Jeff Juliano (John Mayer, Shinedown, Train)“At last, a faithful and eminently usable emulation of the Pultec equalizers to add to my collection of go-to plug-ins.”
– Mick Guzauski (Daft Punk, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton)“The soulful analog character that the UAD Pultec EQ Collection gives you is absolutely astonishing. If I close my eyes, it reminds me of a brand new vinyl record.”
– David Isaac (Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Eric Clapton)“I like to use the UAD Pultec Passive EQs without any boost. They’re a wonderful tool for blending live elements with synths — just by going through the virtual circuitry.”
– Armin Van Buuren“I love the Pultec HLF-3C plug-in. The steep cutoff filters and slight combing effects are great to give things an old-time vintage feel, or a telephone-type effect on a vocal or keyboard. ”
– Joe Chiccarelli (Jason Mraz, Beck, The Strokes, Morrissey)“The UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection has a very smooth and analog sound. ”
– Jason Schweitzer (Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Ciara)“The UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection sounds smooth and lovely. Use them gently or slam them — they still sound good. Another gem.”
– Jacknife Lee (R.E.M, The Cars, Snow Patrol)“The UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection is very special indeed. It has heaps of warmth and a nice open clarity on the top end. It’s beautiful on vocals and guitars.”
– Glen Nicholls (The Crystal Method, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt)“ I have compared the UAD Pultec plug-ins with the hardware — the real ones stay off now.”
– Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)“You can really crank the top end on the UAD Pultec EQs, without ever sounding artificial or displeasing.”
– Henry Jackman (The Da Vinci Code)“I've owned Pultec EQs my entire career and the UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection has all the subtleties that I find with the original hardware.”
– Jeff Balding (Taylor Swift, The Eagles, Florida Georgia Line)Customer Reviews
J. Hibberd
October 8, 2023
Best Pultec Emulation available
One of the finest Pultec emulations available, it closely matches the actual hardware. Works very well on the low end bus.
Read MoreA. Zegers
October 8, 2023
Great!
Just great, this sound exctly as you would expect from AUD
Read MoreJ. Romero
October 8, 2023
The best pultec emulation.
It offers a warm and deep color in the bass frequencies. . Highly recommended.
Read MoreR. Juniel
October 8, 2023
Nice high-quality EQ
Fits in with almost any vocal instrument that you can work with
Read MoreD. Vazquez
October 8, 2023
Amazing!!
A must have without a doubt!! A pultec modeling that goes with everything, the presets are a good starting point!! Also available in native!!...
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Key Features
Painstaking circuit reproduction of the most popular outboard studio equalizers ever made
Must-have studio staple Pultec Equalizers: EQP-1A Program EQ, MEQ-5 Mid-Range EQ, HLF-3C Filters
Models entire electronic path, including tube amplifiers and transformers, for musical distortion
Silky, vintage highs and tight, focused lows using combined boost/cut resonant shelf dip with EQP-1A
Broad, overlapping frequency selections for fine peak and dip midrange filter control with the MEQ-5
12 dB cut filter tonal sculpting or special effects with the HLF-3C
Includes Artist Presets from Neal Cappellino, Jacknife Lee, and John Paterno
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Customer Reviews
Pultec Passive EQ Collection
J. Hibberd
Best Pultec Emulation available
One of the finest Pultec emulations available, it closely matches the actual hardware. Works very well on the low end bus.
A. Zegers
Great!
Just great, this sound exctly as you would expect from AUD
J. Romero
The best pultec emulation.
It offers a warm and deep color in the bass frequencies. . Highly recommended.
R. Juniel
Nice high-quality EQ
Fits in with almost any vocal instrument that you can work with
H. Bennison
Top Quality
100% Worth It
D. Vazquez
Amazing!!
A must have without a doubt!! A pultec modeling that goes with everything, the presets are a good starting point!! Also available in native!!
C. Walton
Can't live without this plugin!
I recently picked up the native UA Pultec collection in the recent UAD Tuesday promotion. Up until then, I had been using a well known Pultec emulation from another company who permanently have their plugins on sale! I decided to go for the UA Pultec whilst on offer and....WOW!!! This is like a breath of fresh low and high air has been injected into my mix bus and template! It sounds truly great - Thank you UA
K. Oforha
Body, tone, and depth
Just the right sound for me. I have bounced around lots of emulations of this passive eq but this right here does it for me… hands down
J. Backes
New Believer
I'll be totally honest. I always thought the UAD hype was just that. Hype! Im a hardware guy. So I figured Im sure they had good emulations of hardware but couldn't be that much better than others I have! Maybe different, but not necessarily better. Well I was wrong...lol! The UAD plug-ins are the only plug-ins that consistantly keep the 3-D sonic quality of a raw track where others companies fail. I still will take quality hardware any day over any plug-ins. But when I do use plug-ins UAD are definitely the best option!
F. Naganuma
Just let the sound through.
It will be something nice.
S. Kumar
Best Pultec Emulation Ever
One of the best Pultec emulations so far...Closest to the actual hardware, Highly recommended
J. Yun
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M. Schisler
This really is the best Pultec plugin
This really is the best Pultec plugin, an absolute joy to use (unlike most others). Put it on a track, twist the knobs and it just sounds right. Just for grins I ran it thru a battery of tests to check aliasing, harmonics, curve shapes, etc. and its exactly as expected. Very high quality all the way. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the license enforcement mechanism (not specific to this plugin, but affects them all). I have to manually shut down UAConnect.exe and its children processes and restart them via UA Connect and re-activate my licenses most every time I use a UAD plugin and then close DAW and reopen it. Doesn't matter which host. Not good. But I would assume this gets fixed at some point and should not affect someone's decision to buy this fantastic plugin.
A. Talley
Outstanding
a critical go to plugin for me for balancing out my frequency and gain structure to allow me to glue a mix together. A must have!
p. rabinovich
The Best!
Without a doubt, the best Pultec modeling! I have worked countless times with the real models, and I can assure you that the UAD Pultec series is absolutely accurate!
C. Kohl
Very Musical
Sometimes grabbing this over fabfilter pro q 3 happens because this is more inspiring. I can sometimes get results that I wouldn’t have attempted with another eq.
T. Mitrevej
Life saver!
This is pure magic
C. Rosado
calides de tubo en estos ecualizadores
Contento desde que tuve la oportunidad de probarlos quedé encantado
S. Timanin
A classic
Very versatile and musical static EQ.
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Very effective
I liked the incisiveness of the controls