The most versatile FET Compressor
A perfectly emulated and enhanced FET compressor. Fast, characterful and versatile, it is the ultimate control for modern mixes.
A compressor that eats transients for breakfast, the 1178 is a rare and expensive legend of the recording studio, cleaner and more versatile than its older brother, the 1176. The 1178 has been used by great producers including Chris Lord-Alge (My Chemical Romance), Bob Clearmountain (Rolling Stones, Christina Aguilera), Yvan Bing (Phil Collins) and Nigel Godrich (Radiohead).
Pulsar's 1178 software (VST/VST3/AU/AAX) meticulously recreates the original 1178 hardware in its tonal color and compression character.
Pulsar have taken the 1178 further than the original unit, adding all the features you would expect from a modern, versatile plug-in, including a full sidechain EQ for added control, an optional saturation stage for warmth and character, and precise metering.
Features :
Topology Preservation Technology: guarantees a perfect emulation of the original device’s behavior.
Mid-Side processing: built-in optional M/S encoding and decoding, enabling a signal’s mono and stereo information to be processed separately with different settings.
Powerful sidechain EQ: high passing the sidechain possibility, 5 filter types, band solo and sidechain audition.
Look ahead, look behind: bring forward or delay the signal path up to 10ms to help transients pop through ; Look-ahead or look-behind up to 20ms for former or up to 10ms for latter.
External sidechain: wide range of applications (ducking, de-essing, filtering the sidechain signal with your favourite EQ, or even applying dynamic processing).
About FET Compressors
FET compressors take their name from an electronic component called a Field Effect Transistor (FET), which is at the heart of the gain reduction system. These compressors generally offer a much faster action than other compression technologies (vari-mu, for example), and have a rather warm and rich sound character.
FET compressors do not usually have a threshold control, as the threshold is fixed. The compression level is adjusted by playing with the input gain of the compressor.
Note that, as on the 1176, it integrates the famous "All-buttons" mode or "British" mode, which makes to possible a compression ratio close to a limiter, and most importantly, the characteristic musical distortion of this mode.
System Requirements & Compatibility :
* An iLok account is required to authorize this product. Optional iLok 3 dongles can be purchased from your local dealer or from www.ilok.com
Windows
- CPU:Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon or AMD Quad-Core minimum
- Memory: 4 GB RAM and 1 GB free disk space
- Operating System: Windows 7 with SP1 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64 bit, Windows 10 64 bit
- GPU: OpengGL 2.0 compatible GPU
- Monitor: Resolution: minimum 1024×768, recommended 1920×1080 ; Refresh rate: 60 Hz
AAX Native (Windows: 32/64 bit), Audio Unit (64 bits only), VST 2.4 (Windows: 32/64 bit), VST 3 (Windows: 32/64 bit) compatible host DAW.
- Computer, iLok 3 key and iLok Cloud supported for activation
- 2 activations provided per purchase
Mac
- CPU: Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Xeon / Apple Silicon (M1)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM and 1 GB free disk space
- Operating System: MacOS 10.8 - MacOS 11.1 (Big Sur)
- GPU: OpengGL 2.0 compatible GPU
- Monitor: Resolution: minimum 1024×768, recommended 1920×1080 ; Refresh rate: 60 Hz
- AAX Native (64 bits only), Audio Unit (64 bits only), VST 2.4 and VST 3 compatible host DAW (64-bit only supported)
- Computer, iLok 3 key and iLok Cloud supported for activation
- 2 activations provided per purchase
Demo
Download the Mac DEMO VERSION of Pulsar 1178
Download the Windows DEMO VERSION of Pulsar 1178
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