The Apogee Electronics MEQ-5 is a Pultec FX Rack midrange equalizer plug-in that combines the sound of Pultec's legendary MEQ-5 hardware equalizer with multiple power, routing, and monitoring modes.

It can be powered by your computer's CPU without Apogee hardware or via DSP on the Apogee Element Series or Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces (sold separately), making it ideal for producers, beatmakers, and audio engineers with mobile setups or desktop-based systems. studio.

When used with qualified Apogee hardware, it enables real-time printing through Apogee Control Software or low-latency monitoring when linked to a mirrored instance in your DAW.

Licensed and endorsed by Pulse Techniques, this plug-in has been painstakingly modeled after a Pulse Pultec MEQ-5 hardware unit to deliver its renowned EQ curves and non-linearities. Two bands have frequency selection with boost control, while the third is for attenuation.

When the MEQ-5 is used in Apogee's FX Rack, large I/O meters and dedicated input and output faders let you visualize and manage the gain stage.

MEQ-5 Features:

• Precisely recreates the unique characteristics of the Pultec MEQ-5
• Sculpts mid-range frequencies with precision and warmth
• Interaction of EQ bands creates curves used by engineers for decades
• Officially licensed and endorsed by Pulse Techniques, maker of the new Pultec MEQ-5 used to model the Apogee plug-in
• Runs on native CPU power or via Apogee hardware DSP on Element Series and Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interfaces
• Two EQ bands with boost in the low-mid and high-mid frequency ranges
• Mid-low frequency boost selector at 200/300/500/700/1000 Hz
• Mid-high frequency boost selector at 1.5/2/3/4/5 kHz
• A mid-frequency attenuation band
• Mid frequency attenuation selector at 200/300/500/700/1500/2000/3000/4000/5000/7000 Hz

FX Rack Features:

• Native Mode: Use Apogee FX Rack plug-ins like any standard native plug-in in your Mac-based DAW without Apogee hardware connected
• Print Mode: Apply Apogee FX effects directly to the Apogee hardware input - open the FX Rack in Apogee Control, apply the desired processing, then record - the FX processing is printed to the DAW track
• DualPath Monitoring Mode: When you open a native Apogee FX Rack in your DAW (and link it to an Apogee hardware input), a parallel FX Rack is automatically opened in the low-latency monitoring path; changes made to any of the plug-ins are instantly mirrored to maintain a consistent sound
• Large input and output meters
• Dedicated input and output faders

Apogee Electronics MEQ5 Specifications: