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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
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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

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

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

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

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.

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

Customer Reviews

Pultec Passive EQ Collection

Overall Rating

4.9/5
(744)

J. Chatzilias

September 22, 2023

I didn't want to buy another EQ.

I have a bunch of EQs. Some are even passive Pultec emulations. After extensive testing this one was better than them. the MEQ is particularly meaty. So here we are. good job UAD! ha

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A. Lizama

September 21, 2023

A must have

Just the perfect musical EQ. It shines on anything you can think of. Both the EQP and MEQ live on my master bus.

J. Frýbert

September 18, 2023

Pultec Passive EQ Collection

I love this equalizer and the emulation from UAD is the best for me.

J. Tofte

September 11, 2023

Pultec Passive EQ Collection

It's a classic. It's awesome. Just get it.

M. Weber

September 8, 2023

That Pultec tone with UAD capabilities.

I’ve used the Pultec hardware for years, one of the simplest warm tones, EQ’s that just works. The UAD Version is an amazing emulation, clean warm and smooth, very nice plugin and when comparing to few others, I seem to gravitate to UAD! It sounds very much Pultec I’m use to. Recording a bit more “in the box” these days, it’s nice to have professional level tools.

O. Kudin

July 29, 2023

A great classic of all time.


Absolutely universal EQ suitable for everything and giving a good color to the upper frequencies.
The only thing I don't like is the bass boost.

I recommend this legend. She is worth every dollar!

D. Das

July 21, 2023

Best in the Market

Adds warmth even before tweaking the knobs on 1st loading, the supreme additions in tone are supe classic and really isn't found in other rival companies' emulations who claim them to be the closest clone of the actual hardware. Hats off to UAD

D. Das

July 21, 2023

Best in the Market

Adds warmth even before tweaking the knobs on 1st loading, the supreme additions in tone are supe classic and really isn't found in other rival companies' emulations who claim them to be the closest clone of the actual hardware. Hats off to UAD

D. Das

July 21, 2023

Best in the Market

Adds warmth even before tweaking the knobs on 1st loading, the supreme additions in tone are supe classic and really isn't found in other rival companies' emulations who claim them to be the closest clone of the actual hardware. Hats off to UAD

S. Poole

July 15, 2023

The King Of All Pultecs

My first encounter with UAD plugins now that they are native and OMG, they do not disappoint. So pleased they have had a sale and made them affordable for me. This Pultec blows every other I own out of the water, so much so I have uninstalled the rest. Don't need them now I have the best.

I. Finney

July 15, 2023

Classic EQ Perfection

This has all the musicality and sheen as the original. Beautifully simple and massively effective.

E. Ross

July 15, 2023

Pultec Collection

I am very pleased with the EQs and the silky sounds it adds to the bottom end.

A. Kühn

July 12, 2023

Unerreichbare Qualität

Perfekt

P. Shumilov

July 10, 2023

The Warm is here!

Everyone should have this equalizer. It seems to add warmth and life. I recently became a Universal Audio user and now I'm a fond of them! Plugins sound great!

E. bartlett

July 8, 2023

VERY NICE...

VERY NICE. IT GETS THE JOB DONE.

A. Dahlback

July 5, 2023

Brilliant sound!

Top-notch emulation of the Pultec. Outstanding sound!
The GUI is outdated. 15 years ago it was OK with the screen resolution, but not today. I wouldn't complain if the plug was $ 20, but it is expensive. So - it's not hard to program a newer GUI... But it will still get a five star because of the sound.

D. Ho

June 23, 2023

Pristine air, presence, and depth

I’ve been using this plug-in since 2009 in every mix. Perfect for bringing out air, presence, and fullness in vocals, the “brush” attack of fingerstyle classical guitar, opening up a piano so you can hear the felts on the strings… Nothing sounds quite like it!

g. fernandez

June 15, 2023

Increíble

fantástico

g. fernandez

June 15, 2023

Increíble

fantástico

M. Salay

June 9, 2023

Fantastic

Great on everything