📦 Version: R2R | Released July 6, 2025

French boutique audio plug-in manufacturer Pulsar Audio Known for its exceptional sound quality and analog technology, this collection from R2R includes nine of its most iconic plug-ins, including compressors, equalizers, echo delays, saturation, and mastering tools. Below is a brief introduction to each plug-in:

🔊 1. Pulsar W495 v1.2.6

Emulates the Neumann W495B master equalizerThe three-band EQ is perfect for mastering, with clear, sweet highs, precise mids, and tight lows. Its unique "musicality curve" makes adjustments effortless.

🧨 2. Pulsar Smasher v1.5.6

A mixer's secret weapon! Based on the Urei 1176, this explosive compressor retains only its most aggressive burst mode. Its extreme attack makes drums, bass, and vocals feel "in-your-face," making it perfect for parallel compression.

🌸 3. Pulsar Primavera v1.2.6

Soft optical compressorInspired by the Teletronix LA-2A, Primavera captures detail with a more natural release characteristic, making it ideal for processing vocals, acoustic instruments, and mix buses. It supports Master/Slave Processing and Automatic Gain Compensation.

🌊 4. Pulsar Poseidon v1.1.6

Low-frequency engraving toolA plug-in designed specifically for controlling low-frequency muddiness, integrating compression, saturation, filtering, and dynamics control in one to create a clean, powerful low-frequency foundation. It is suitable for bass, kick drums, and sub-bass management.

🧈 5. Pulsar Mu v1.6.6

Flagship Mastering Compressor, comparable to the Manley Variable Mu. Using transformer-amp modeling, the Mu delivers warm, smooth dynamics, making it a mastering engineer's dream compressor.

💥 6. Pulsar Massive v1.4.6

Modeled Manley Massive Passive active EQ, has an extremely loose Q curve, which can be greatly increased or decreased without destroying the essence of the tone, and is particularly suitable for mastering and sound field shaping.

⏱️ 7. Pulsar Echorec v1.7.6

A Tribute to Binson Echorec Disk LatencyA Floyd fan favorite, this set features four magnetic delay head emulations, delivering a vintage, textured, and spacious feel perfect for guitar, vocals, keyboards, and more.

🧠 8. Pulsar 8200 v1.2.6

The king of transparent equalizersThis five-band parametric EQ, a replica of the GML 8200, is incredibly clean and colorless, perfect for mastering and applications requiring transparent engraving. It also includes dynamic display, monitoring mode, and M/S support.

⚡ 9. Pulsar 1178 v1.5.6

A tribute to the classic Urei 1178Compared to the 1176, it is cleaner and better suited to stereo sources. It is suitable for dynamic control of percussion, vocals, and synthesizers, with sidechain high-pass filtering and fast response characteristics.

✅ Common highlights of plugin features:

  • Highly reproduce analog circuit characteristics
  • Native support for Apple Silicon and Intel architecture
  • Graphical interface supports Retina / HiDPI
  • Most plug-ins support mid/side (M/S) processing and automatic gain compensation
  • Extremely low latency & high stability
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