Dear friends from GearSlutz.

Six months have passed since we released the Echorec.

But also, 500 years ago to the day, Hernán Cortés won a decisive battle against the Tlaxcala empire in Mexico. This in extremis victory for the conquistadors, was the starting point of a vast campaign against the Aztecs that led to their annihilation.

If you can't make the connection between Cortes, the Aztecs, and Pulsar, that's okay, neither can we.

Yet, we are very, very proud to present you the Pulsar Mu !

This plugin is the most faithful emulation on the market, of a mythical all-tube compressor that remains THE reference in a vast majority of mastering studios around the world.

We spent an incredible amount of time faithfully modeling each particularity of this timeless gem of tube electronics.

But we didn't stop there, we also added all the essential features of a modern bus compressor : external sidechain, modern visualization, complete sidechain EQ section, look ahead/behind, and even customizable oversampling.

You'll find below a feature overview, and a short teaser for this new release !

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Windows Demo Installer
Mac Demo Installer

François, Niccolo & Vincent

I want to buy it on GUI alone! Also the results in the demo video alone are breathtaking.

I should try it now!!

Edit: Tried It!
This is a great alternative to the Magic Death Eye Comp from DDMF. If you want to manually set the attack and release and want to fiddle things manually this is the way to go. Both sounds great! If I dont own the MDE ill get this! CPU is almost the same on both!

I can call this Magic Death Eye with manual settings and some additional stuff added in! What a treat! You cant go wrong with this compressor.

MDE is perfect for me though. I want a fast workflow so I love being minimalist. I want to buy this if its a different flavor but you can get both so sound the same if you want to, Color wise.

Real talk!
GUI is wonderful. And demo sound great. Can't wait to check it out.

Yep. The demo sounds great.

Anybody took some time to test it in deep ?

Sounds and looks really nice! Good job guys!

I'm in the middle of a rock mix and will be trying it tonight!

The competitors are the Arturia's ones (same features, and the Pulsar team comes from Arturia) and maybe Iron (Plugin Alliance).

I think it's on the same level, or even maybe better...

EDIT : I just checked the internet site, and saw the audio demos. Of course, when I spoke above about competitors I didn't speak about the "native" or "embedded" competitors audio exemples featured on the site.
I was just refering to plugins I know to which Mu could be compared (IMHO)...

I am VEEEERY careful with purchasing plugins but after listening to the demos, this is a no brainer.

I can't speak to a developer's cost in bringing a plugin to market or what they should charge, but for the quality I would think it would be$150-$250, at $109 reg and $54 intro it's a no brainer. Great way for this new release to "fly off the shelves".

Funny I was thinking about purchasing PA Iron , Pulsar has a some hand in their developement/coding ?

Wow! Eager to try this tonight.

Meanwhile, my cumpliments! And here's why:

- Emulations that take advantage of digital to go beyond the real hardware, still faithful ✔
- GUIs beautiful and functional ✔
- Sound samples at website, diverse styles, dry/wet and well organized ✔
- Functional try/demo ✔
- Decent/honest pricing with introductory value ✔

If you keep the pace and quality of releases and have a good post-sales service, you're going to be huge. I cheer for it.

Regards from Brazil.

impressive set of future !!

Is the dual input gain compensated ?

- Sound samples at website, diverse styles, dry/wet and well organized ✔

ORIGINAL HW : amen ...

Notice how the clap (FUNK Exemple )get suked with the hardware and not the plugin ... lol i love the smoother response of the HW but the way the plugin presrve those could be in some cases even better :!!!

I am going to run the demo but an iLok dongle is needed, that is really a down side for me.

Yes to all this. Makes me want to buy it even before trying it. Overall a very impressive release.

But now I'm going to test it and put against my usual mixbus - MagicDeathEye.

But this makes the HW mix have a little more depth and, to me, be a little better in this example.

Yes, one of the best compressors out to be honest.
I have a couple videos coming about the compressor.
One that's really in-depth about the plugin and one that will display the compression and why this is a stand out unit.

Be looking out for it ASAP.

Thanks, Marc

I wonder what tubes were in the gear when they did their coding? Was it a T-Bar version?

Actually, what specific piece of hardware is it supposed to be modeled from ?

Count me in. This thing sounds huge !!

EDIT : Oversampling option up to 8x !

Manley Variable Mu !

Edit: only with DONGLE or ilok Cloud...
A shame. I at least cancel the purchase. I have ilok license manager with lots of pluguins, but I am not willing to accept dongle or cloud. Enjoy the product, it looks good!!!! Amazing GUI

I'm feeling dizzy every time I focus on this GUI, mainly the knobs.

the sound is good actually, I'll compare it to PA Iron and Kush Novatron later tonight.

Exact .... it s just a question of context ...HW sounds more like a record

So, how long is it intro price for?

From the examples on the site the Original hardware has slightly more depth, But Pulsar is the best sounding of the Plugin Versions also more of that 3Dness than the other plugin versions.. Pulsar also has the same Punch as the hardware..

Very Nice!!

I have the Arturias and have been lusting for Iron. This takes Iron off the table for me. It sounds incredible.

My first impressions led me to find more weight and general color with the Mu. The MDE sounds way cleaner and softer to my ears...maybe I'm missing something with the MDE here.

In my first 15 minutes it's doing amazing things. Holding up/besting my others on drums. What I love about this is that it (even without any of the sidechain stuff) retains the mid range and cleans up the low end without taking any of it away. It doesn't get splatty, just punchy and clear no matter how hard I push. The saturation is quite nice too and I'll explore that more.

I also have it on a vocal and it's doing some great leveling without sounding leveled. As you dig in to it, it breaks up. I love it.