Thermionic Culture Vulture
by Universal Audio · Distortion · Tube distortion
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Emulation of the Thermionic Culture Vulture tube distortion unit, from subtle warmth to heavy distortion.
Best for: Drums, Bass, Vocals. Genres: all genres.
Keywords: hardware emulation, tube, warm, heavy, subtle, bass, drums, licensed emulation, clean, built-in mix knob, mixing, overdrive, parallel processing, single-band, vocals.
What it does
Emulation of the Thermionic Culture Vulture, a British all-valve distortion unit that runs from subtle warmth to heavy distortion.
- Three circuits: three all-valve topologies, each with Drive and Overdrive controls feeding the 6AS6 valves, with up to 20 dB of gain.
- Bias: controls for clean to voltage-starved distortion.
- Software extras: a Mix control for parallel blending and a Link function for stereo.
- Presets: from Tony Maserati, Rik Simpson, Chris Coady and others.
Source: Universal Audio product page
When to use it
A tube distortion box for drums, bass, synths and buses. Compared with the rated saturation and distortion plugins such as Soundtoys Decapitator (9.5), it is a hardware-style unit with fewer knobs.
Suits rock, hip-hop and electronic production where you want anything from warmth to fuzz.
Where to buy
- Universal Audio: $149
Tutorials and reviews
- 5-Minute UAD Tips: Thermionic Culture Vulture
- UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture Plug-In Trailer
- Démo Guitare Obsession : Universal Audio Thermionic Culture Vulture
- UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture plugin sound test
- Distorting Drums with UAD Culture Vulture
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