Every plug-in we make, one payment. The analog chain — preamp, EQ, tape — plus MELISMA, which turns a sung or played line into MIDI without losing the slides and ornaments. Four keys in one e-mail.
Mongrel Rack is a collection of eight processors, bridging hardware authenticity with purposeful design. It includes augmented emulations of Tchad’s vintage Analog Delay 680 and VB-2 Vibrato, alongside six original processors: Mongrel Mask for colourful character EQ, Tremola for syncopated rhythmic movement, The Shaft for hard-hitting, crushed limiting, Mongrelizer for source enhancement, and Tesla, a revived and expanded stereoizer.
There are a lot of powerful EQ plugins out there. So why did we build the plugin version of the MPEQ-1? As hardware, the legendary MPEQ-1 does things that even most digital EQs can’t do. But despite years of requests to bring it into the plugin world, we held off—because we felt that if we were going to do it, it had to bring something truly new to the digital world. The same way the hardware MPEQ-1 was unprecedented in the analog realm, the plugin had to be unprecedented in the digital one. That’s what we’ve achieved with the MPEQ-1 Super-Parametric Saturation Equalizer Plugin. The plugin does everything the hardware does: the variable shape, the exceptionally versatile filters, the wide-range Q control, the unique Vari-Phase mode. We’ve painstakingly recreated everything that made the original iconic. But the plugin goes even further. Each EQ band now has its own dedicated saturation stage—letting you add rich harmonic coloration on a band-by-band basis. Boost your highs into saturation while carving the low mids and leaving the low end clean. Push a snare’s fundamental until it sings while keeping the top end clean. This kind of control is truly unprecedented.
Though it has gone by many names, turquoise get its current name from French pierre tourques, or “Turkish Stone.” This phrase refers to the Turkish traders who introduced the gem to Europe via the Silk Road in the 13th century. Ancient Persians believed that turquoise could prevent them from harm and covered their daggers and bridles with it. They referred to turquoise as pirouzeh, which translates to “victory.” The Native Americans Apaches wore turquoise as talismans and believed that attaching it to weapons and bows made for better aim. Aztec chiefs wore turquoise jewelry as a mark of authority. P422 Fairuz will bring out the natural resonance and richness of the instrument you are EQ-ing. Even at extreme boosts or cuts, the integrity of the sound is maintained. P422 Fairuz is a versatile channel proportional EQ. Each point of the stepped frequencies is tuned by ear for that sweet spot. Still, the option to switch the band to continuous operation is provided for power users. Bands can be either peak or a punch (push/pull) curve. Fairuz does not emulate any hardware design. It is an original design free from the limitations and sonics of existing hardware equalizers.
Much time and effort went into making sure that the end results were faithful to the classic sounding hardware, which was sold with several phonograph consoles back in the 1950’s. For the main portion of this library, the EQ, it was sampled in 3 different hardware setups, for 3 different flavors. The ‘bass’ knob mostly acts as an adjustable high pass, and ‘treble’ as a shelf. Together they can also be used to create ’tilt-like’ eq setups (check the freq response graphs in manual to see what’s possible). The filter FX side of the library is a (nice) bonus.
There are a lot of powerful EQ plugins out there. So why did we build the plugin version of the MPEQ-1? As hardware, the legendary MPEQ-1 does things that even most digital EQs can’t do. But despite years of requests to bring it into the plugin world, we held off—because we felt that if we were going to do it, it had to bring something truly new to the digital world. The same way the hardware MPEQ-1 was unprecedented in the analog realm, the plugin had to be unprecedented in the digital one. That’s what we’ve achieved with the MPEQ-1 Super-Parametric Saturation Equalizer Plugin. The plugin does everything the hardware does: the variable shape, the exceptionally versatile filters, the wide-range Q control, the unique Vari-Phase mode. We’ve painstakingly recreated everything that made the original iconic. But the plugin goes even further. Each EQ band now has its own dedicated saturation stage—letting you add rich harmonic coloration on a band-by-band basis. Boost your highs into saturation while carving the low mids and leaving the low end clean. Push a snare’s fundamental until it sings while keeping the top end clean. This kind of control is truly unprecedented.
EQ ’33 | Built around fast musical moves, analog-style response, and practical mix workflow. It is designed to sit naturally on tracks, buses, stems, and the mix bus: broad enough for quick tonal shaping, but with enough control for more focused corrective work when needed. The plugin has a clean EQ path for predictable curves, plus an Analog mode that makes the EQ react more like a circuit being driven. Input level, band gain, Analog Drive, Amp Stage, Color, and Trafo all let you decide how clean or animated the EQ should feel. It can stay subtle and hi-fi, or become more driven, dense, and reactive when pushed.
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