They started out with a concept of making sticky-outy chargers foldable, so they would comprise a flat package. The foldable design makes it an ideal travel companion, ensuring you can stay connected no matter where you go. Aside from the dynamics control that you get with a compressor /limiter, I find that Pulsar Audio plugins give me the truly wonderful analog character and focus that I require. This has the strange knock-on effect that you actually use the damn thing, much more than you would a bigger and heftier charger. Many of you have been with us since we were just a sketch, when we won ‘Design of The Year’, when we crowd sourced the name ‘Mu’ (thank you Robin Freeman), when we met the Queen with the Mu, and then when we shipped our very first Mu Charger (The 5 Watt UK Mu Classic) in 2012.

Plugin Boutique or its Suppliers do not accept any liability in relation to the content of the product or the accuracy of the description. The Pulsar team spent a ridiculous amount of time optimizing the processing so that it consumes very few system resources despite the very complex algorithm inside.Mastering engineer Justin Perkins and I set up and compared his mastering version of the Variable Mu alongside the plug-in with test tones for proper input levels. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. After using the Mu on a recent trip to the US, we can say with confidence that it works just as well with either adapter head, and changing them over is a breeze. Pulsar Mu can quickly create the “glue” needed for cohesive drum buss processing, while still respecting transients – even those of a kick drum. Amp output can be used to charge tablets, smartphones, iPods, MP3 players, digital cameras and e-readers etc.

Knowing that we had a trip to the States coming up, but also wanting to have a pocket-friendly charger for domestic UK travel, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to put it through its paces. Pulsar Mu sounds particularly good on vocals – especially with fairly high input and medium attack and release.Today’s result, however, is not quite what Choi initially had in mind: where the version shown in 2009 was simply a plug connected to a standard cable, our modern disinclination to change plugs means that there’s initially no market for that sort of product. This innovative feature enables to shift the timing of the gain reduction signal with respect to the input. This is fine, as when I’m abroad most countries use a two-pin type plug, which is much more travel friendly to begin with than a 3-pin UK plug. Universal Audio has teamed up with Manley Labs to craft an “input to output and all valves in between” model of the Manley Variable Mu. A strange (and rather mundane) choice for a first review on the blog, here I review something small which has lived in my bag every day for over three years, whether heading to the office or travelling: The Mu Classic folding plug.