Mercury EQ-P1 Mono Tube Equalizer
Studio Program Equalizer
I used the EQ-P1 and EQ-H1 extensively in mixing scenarios, and they performed like champs. I was able to dial in silky top-end on vocals and acoustic guitars and beefy lows on kick drums and mic’d bass cabinets with truly ‘pro’ results. There were many times when i hit upon a certain setting and found it was ‘that sound’ I had heard for years on ‘that famous record’ that didn’t seem possible to get with ‘other gear’. These EQs are so perfectly geared to music that – even with extreme settings – it’s hard to get bad results with them.
Pete Weiss, TapeOp Magazine
The Mercury EQ-H1, EQ-P1, EQ-H2 and EQ-P2 are all based on the original Pultec equalizers which were tools developed to deal with the limitations of recorded music. Limitations that most often manifest themselves in the highest and lowest frequencies of the program material. The Mercury Studio Program Equalizers, like the family of original Pultec EQs, are originally designed to bring back the life and musicality lost in a recording. Whether by accident or genius, nothing has been able to do this better in music production than a passive equalizer with tube gain make up amplifier (‘Pultec style’) equalizer. The interaction of the passive boosting and attenuating shelving EQs (not relying on negative feedback), as well as the transformers, tubes and other amplification circuitry all add to the incredibly musical character of the product. Working engineers try other types of equalizers, but always end up coming back to the Pultec style as the equalizer of choice for those final touches while tracking or mixing and even mastering at times.
Now in this modern age of digital recording, where the source you put into the DAW is exactly what you have on the track, with no rounded edges, no slight compression and none of the “pixie dust” that came with analog tape, the Mercury family of equalizers are needed more than ever to help add the musicality, warmth and tone to your tracks that we have all treasured.
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The Mercury EQs (EQH1 & EQP1) are a quite original. All the tone of a classic tube equalizer but without the noise and much more power… Nothing sounds quite like an old Pultec but Mercury EQs are one of the best sounding tube Equalizers on the planet. Joe Chiccarelli, Grammy Award Winning Producer/Engineer/Mixer (The White Stripes, The Shins, Beck, U2 and more) Mercury provides amazing build quality, a beautiful aesthetic and impeccable accuracy. I cannot imagine a better version of what they manufacturers…. Mercury will be the dominant force in our industry for years to come. Brian Garcia, Producer/Mixer/Engineer (Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Our Lady Peace, King’s X and more) Read the review |