Hi,
wanna hear some impressions about plugs like poltec etc.
Would be cool if you can compare this one and UAD-pultec or the URS' ones.
DAS-Pluggies
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Re: DAS-Pluggies
JS,JonnySun wrote:wanna hear some impressions about plugs like poltec etc.
I have a UAD card that includes the Pultec EQP-1A & Pultec Pro. DAS Polteq compares well with it imparting a slightly thicker colour. UAD Pultecs have a lovely, airy top end. UAD Pultecs are excellent. I also have just got the DAS Vintage EQ suite in their soon to be closing summer sale. At 99 euros for 3 plugs it was a must have for me. UAD Neve EQ products are $249 each and very they nice are too. I spent a long time A/B'ing the UAD plugs with their DAS equivalents and they both sound good to me although there is no UAD API EQ plug. DAS API is sweet. My Klein & Hummel 0300D monitors tell all. Also they have different sonic qualities which can only be evaluated by listening. Both DAS and UAD can be demoed. It's just a matter of what you like the sound of personally. I use the UAD Neve 88RS Channel Strip a lot and really like it but it also very handy to have the DAS SL9000 strip which has a totally different sound and usage possibilities with Scope environment. DAS Neve plug has great bottom end.
Horses for courses.
ns
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hubird
If you want a DAS eq I wouldn't choose the Poltek.JonnySun wrote:Hi, wanna hear some impressions about plugs like poltec etc.
Would be cool if you can compare this one and UAD-pultec or the URS' ones.
It sounds exactly the same as the stock 4EQ (which sounds perfect already), which it's built of.
But it has a fifth band, and the GUI is a huge improvement compared to the stock one, so if this is worth the price for you then it's fine.
I use 2 x DAS EQ's in a current mix, both are awesome examples of quality workmanship. They were made that so a person who was use to the particular hardware can easily become re familiar.
I don't know if the DynaPara ever had a hardware version, but if it did it would be rather expensive, and I still would have bought it.
I don't care much for synths being EQ'd but the Poltec makes ProWave get a woody.
I don't know if the DynaPara ever had a hardware version, but if it did it would be rather expensive, and I still would have bought it.
I don't care much for synths being EQ'd but the Poltec makes ProWave get a woody.
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hubird
well, some may disagree, but a decent phase canceling test done in the past by a classified forum member (and confirmed by me) has proven it is true yetJonnySun wrote:So the poltec isn't just a re-gui-ded version of existing eqs for scope boards?
I could send you the test if you really want (it's deleted for certain reasons from the involved thread, but I have a streight copy of that post).
Sorry, just informing you the truth
It doesn't say the plugin is bad or you shouldn't buy it.
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hubird
you're just confusing JohnySun by this link, and it definitely won't serve the interests of Das.
I could easily post a lot of other links, making clear what was going on then, but I don't really want that.
The link is also confusing because the poster of the original test deleted his posts after he got theatened by DAS with legal actions.
With this link of you you are just inviting me to make things clear again to any newcomer.
Which is not what I'm after in the first place.
I could always post the test (on my own name) on planetz, if any of you would like to test the test...
Let's not go this way tho
cheers.
I could easily post a lot of other links, making clear what was going on then, but I don't really want that.
The link is also confusing because the poster of the original test deleted his posts after he got theatened by DAS with legal actions.
With this link of you you are just inviting me to make things clear again to any newcomer.
Which is not what I'm after in the first place.
I could always post the test (on my own name) on planetz, if any of you would like to test the test...
Let's not go this way tho
cheers.
not according to Mccy
Cmon now hubrid, ...even Mccy has said the Poltek is not a Peq4, he 'saw' into the design and said there is more going on than he thought, so why continue the drama?
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hubird
that's exactly the point of my words in my post above, Wired:
I said: The link is also confusing because the poster of the original test deleted his posts after he got theatened by DAS with legal actions.
You would have a point if MCC made his 'totally devoted confession' in freedom...but that didn't believe anyone here
Poor MCC, he just couldn't take the risk.
Therefor, that link makes me looking like a lousy liar, as new members might draw the same conclusion as you do from MCC's 'confession'.
Do you get that logical thought?
A second thing I'd like to mention here is that I myself did that (initial) test for one band of the Poltek.
If for some reason the setup in my studio during the test suddenly had been failed, people in the whole flat block would have rolled out of their beds, as I had the volume on it's max...the silence was complete however.
Cancelation of the other three (mid) bands was not 100%, but the reason for that was clearly documented and subscribed to natural difficulties to equal knob positions (not being at the 'end' positions).
As you know, a minimal deviation (far behind decimals) is enough to reduce total cancelation with tenths of decibells.
Still the result was convincing and far in the non-audible range, so this was enough for the conclusion that both eq's actually sound the same.
That was probably also the reason that at a certain point in the discussions at the time, Das let Creamware take away Das's own description of the plugin on the CW site, saying that the plugin had 'a unique and special sound'.
Das' ultimate reply saying that there's also something like the character of the sound was hilarious of course, if you know the character of phase cancelation...
You forced me to repeat this old story.
I repeat, there's no reason in terms of quality not to buy the plugin.
I just inform people like JonnySun who are litteraly asking for information and impressions of the Poltek.
Which is a streight function of an internet forum like Planetz
cheers.
(who's Hubrid btw.?).
I said: The link is also confusing because the poster of the original test deleted his posts after he got theatened by DAS with legal actions.
You would have a point if MCC made his 'totally devoted confession' in freedom...but that didn't believe anyone here
Poor MCC, he just couldn't take the risk.
Therefor, that link makes me looking like a lousy liar, as new members might draw the same conclusion as you do from MCC's 'confession'.
Do you get that logical thought?
A second thing I'd like to mention here is that I myself did that (initial) test for one band of the Poltek.
If for some reason the setup in my studio during the test suddenly had been failed, people in the whole flat block would have rolled out of their beds, as I had the volume on it's max...the silence was complete however.
Cancelation of the other three (mid) bands was not 100%, but the reason for that was clearly documented and subscribed to natural difficulties to equal knob positions (not being at the 'end' positions).
As you know, a minimal deviation (far behind decimals) is enough to reduce total cancelation with tenths of decibells.
Still the result was convincing and far in the non-audible range, so this was enough for the conclusion that both eq's actually sound the same.
That was probably also the reason that at a certain point in the discussions at the time, Das let Creamware take away Das's own description of the plugin on the CW site, saying that the plugin had 'a unique and special sound'.
Das' ultimate reply saying that there's also something like the character of the sound was hilarious of course, if you know the character of phase cancelation...
You forced me to repeat this old story.
I repeat, there's no reason in terms of quality not to buy the plugin.
I just inform people like JonnySun who are litteraly asking for information and impressions of the Poltek.
Which is a streight function of an internet forum like Planetz
cheers.
(who's Hubrid btw.?).
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hubird
hi all,
This is not a real summer here in western europe .
As reconcilation and to bring some sunshine into your studio, we'll extend our Summer Special
Offer till september 15 . .
Still more two weeks in order to enjoy our Summer Special.
SL 9000 - Channel Strip = 49,00 euros
RMX 160A - Reverb Processor = 49,00 euros
POLTEQ - High eng EQ = 49,00 euros
A550 EQ - High eng EQ = 49,00 euros
N1084 EQ - High eng EQ = 49,00 euros
DYNPARA M/S - Mastering Dynamic EQ = 49,00 euros
VINTAGE EQ Bundle = 99,00 euros
This special offer is avaible on our eshop :
www.digitalaudiosoft.com/order.html
And also still on line ... The fantastic new compressors DAS-2A and DAS-1610++
Make Good Music with Digital AudioSoft
cheers
Digital AudioSoft
olive
>> for sure ... and i just take advantage that you called me here to announce gooooood news :Olive takes the honour since...
Yet I appreciate and fully respect Das leaving the discussions to us members, as that's the way it should be, isn't it?
This is not a real summer here in western europe .
As reconcilation and to bring some sunshine into your studio, we'll extend our Summer Special
Offer till september 15 . .
Still more two weeks in order to enjoy our Summer Special.
SL 9000 - Channel Strip = 49,00 euros
RMX 160A - Reverb Processor = 49,00 euros
POLTEQ - High eng EQ = 49,00 euros
A550 EQ - High eng EQ = 49,00 euros
N1084 EQ - High eng EQ = 49,00 euros
DYNPARA M/S - Mastering Dynamic EQ = 49,00 euros
VINTAGE EQ Bundle = 99,00 euros
This special offer is avaible on our eshop :
www.digitalaudiosoft.com/order.html
And also still on line ... The fantastic new compressors DAS-2A and DAS-1610++
Make Good Music with Digital AudioSoft
cheers
Digital AudioSoft
olive