Apogee Vintage / Modern FX Bundle

Vintage and Modern Apogee FX Rack Plugins

Pultec EQP-1A

In Apogee's obsessive quest to reproduce every nuance of the Pultec Program Equalizer, they have had a worthy partner - Steve Jackson of Pulse Techniques, the current manufacturer of new Pultec hardware.

After careful analysis of several vintages and new Pultec EQP-1A units, Apogee chose to model their plugin after one of Steve’s new units - it was like unboxing a brand new unit in 1959.

Features

• Precisely recreates the Pultec EQP-1A’s unique characteristics
• Broad EQ curves, to gently but powerfully shape your sounds while maintaining their integrity
• Interaction of Bands, to create characteristic EQ curves used by engineers for decades
• Circuit Non-Linearites, to add the “magic” that hardware units are renowned for
• Developed with Pulse Technologies, the current manufacturer of hardware Pultec EQs
• Apogee plugin modelled from brand new Pultec unit
• Officially Licensed and Endorsed by Pulse Techniques
• Run natively in your favourite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
• Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces

Learn more about Pultec EQP-1A.

Pultec MEQ-5

In Apogee's obsessive quest to reproduce every nuance of the Pultec Program Equalizer, they have had a worthy partner - Steve Jackson of Pulse Techniques, the current manufacturer of new Pultec hardware.

After careful analysis of several vintages and new Pultec MEQ-5 units, Apogee chose to model their plugin after one of Steve’s new units - it was like unboxing a brand new unit in 1959.

Features

• The Apogee Pultec MEQ-5 Midrange Equalizer plugin precisely recreates the original hardware to sculpt critical midrange frequencies with precision and warmth
• Developed with Pulse Techniques, the current manufacturer of hardware Pultec EQs
• Apogee plugin modelled from brand new Pultec unit
• Officially Licensed and Endorsed by Pulse Techniques
• Run natively in your favourite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
• Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces

Learn more about Pultec MEQ-5.

ModEQ 6

The Apogee ModEQ 6 is a modern 6 band equalizer plugin that is part of the Apogee FX Rack & ApogeeChannelFX suite of plugins that runs natively in your favourite DAW without any Apogee hardware but also has DualPath™ functionality that allows the plugins to run on Apogee Hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces.

Features

• 6 Band Parametric EQ
• Lo Pass, Hi-Pass
• 2 Peak/Shelf
• 2 Peak/Notch
• Visual user interface
• Spectrum Analyzer
• Band Solo
• Proportional/Constant Q
• Runs natively in your favorite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
• Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces

Learn more about ModEQ 6.

ModComp

ModComp is a modern visual compressor and limiter plugin that is part of the Apogee FX Rack & ApogeeChannelFX suite of plugins that runs natively in your favourite DAW without any Apogee hardware but also has DualPath™ functionality that allows the plugins to run on Apogee Hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces.

Features

• Modern Compressor/Limiter
• Visual user interface
• 3 User Selectable Styles, Punch, Easy and Level
• 2- Band Sidechain EQ
• Auto Makeup
• Dry/FX Mix
• Runs natively in your favourite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
• Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces

Learn more about ModComp.

Opto-3A

The Apogee Opto-3A is a vintage compressor and limiter plugin that is part of the Apogee FX Rack & ApogeeChannelFX suite of plugins that runs natively in your favourite DAW without any Apogee hardware but also has DualPath™ functionality that allows the plugins to run on Apogee Hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces.

Features

• Optical Compressor/Limiter
• Reproduces the reactive compression characteristics of modelled hardware
• Extended Hf emphasis functionality
• Sidechain HP filter
• Dry/FX Mix
• Runs natively in your favourite DAW (no Apogee hardware is required)
• Runs on Apogee hardware DSP in Symphony Desktop, Element Series, and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces

Learn more about Opto-3A.

System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.14.6 or higher (Intel / Apple Silicon supported) (64-bit only)
• VST, VST3, AU, AAX

Windows

• Windows 10 and higher (64-bit only)
• VST, VST3, AAX

Please Note: A FREE Pace iLok account is needed in order to register this software (physical iLok Dongle is not required).

Tested & Supported DAWs:

• Pro Tools 12, Ultimate (Pro Tools 11 and lower not currently supported)
• Ableton Live 10
• Logic Pro 10
• Cubase 9.5 VST 1 & 2 (VST3 not implemented in this release).

Please Note: Any AUv2, VST2 or AAX fully compliant DAW should work.