Thermionic Culture Vulture
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Thermionic Culture Vulture
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Š. Kominko
It's interesting
It adds a spark, very good plugin.
D. MONGIRULLI
Exceptional plug in but consumes a significant amount of DSP
This UAD plugin is exceptional, delivering superb sound quality with a rich analog feel. The distortion effect is fantastic and versatile, suitable for use on drums, bass, vocals, and guitars. However, it does consume a significant amount of DSP. Is there any plan to release a native version?
m. luber
FIRE !!!
98% as the real thing .... but you can use it simultaneity on every channel.
great job !!!
Score out of 10: 8.5
S. Lenka
Great Plugin
Test It & Immediately Purchase It.
A. Dahlback
Native next?
Sounds great and gives a lovely analog feel. If it tastes like it, it costs - the plug draws an extremely large amount of DSP power. On the wish list for Native.
S. Saied
Thick as a Brick!
Love this plug-in! It is extremely versatile from mild saturation to obliterated distortion. I have used this on drums, guitar, bass, and keys, and it really adds a lot of analogue flavour to my music! I really like hot beef up on bass tracks, but it also adds a lot of punch to the drums. Very good tool to have in your toolbox.
J. Freeman
Beautiful sound
Nice piece for my Hi hats tracks and synths. However it would be great to have it native since there is no more support for my UAD-2 Satellite FireWire.
M. Schneider
Sounks good
It makes the sound saturated, a welcomed effect to assist the saturation process.
D. Grossman
Truly Inspiring and Easy
I I tried out the Culture Vulture on drums just as the Dr. Drew suggested briefly in video interview on YouTube with Distant Sun. Wow sounded amazing. Then I accidentally ran the whole mix through the same setting and Wow!!! Made the whole mix sound better at 100 Mix even. I really couldn't believe it . Very subtle but not so subtly made the vocals and all instruments sound better! I am leaving it on the Master bus with the same default setting plus a tiny bit of drive just as Drew said to do on the drums. Wow. kind of amazed. Bought the plugin of course!
J. Kelly
Distortion!!
Drums and acoustic guitars with this beauty!
E. Zorgman
Weapon od destruction
I was sitting on this for a long time... another distortion... and then I gave it a trial run... On it turns out it is just an absolute monster and great weapon to have. Completely underestimated the tone, the harmonics and the destruction you can achieve with this, grit, bite, warmth... A remarkable distortion unit. This will sit well on a number of things.
K. Gajadhar
Hot Sauce
Spices up tracks with different flavours. Easy, Reccomend to anyone.
L. Leonard
Golden saturation unit
Nowadays these're bunch of saturation plugins out there,but trust me,This is not one of them.Tube coloration of this hardware is outstanding among my arsenal. Love it.
J. Janev
My favorite drive ever!
I have tried so many drive plugins over the years and none can sound like the Thermionic Culture Vulture! This is the biggest sounding drive ever! I use it a lot for mastering - "T" distortion type and mix only at 5 - 10%. Gives a lot of density and some magic to the sound! I use it a lot on Drums Bus as well. And with more extreme settings, very interesting Lo-Fi and distortion effects can be achieved. Magic machine!
C. Panetta
I hope this is next up for natives, no better saturator
I hope this bad boy, with the cooper time delay and varimu by manley are next in line for a native release. this guy does stuff other plugins just can. The variations of distortion flavours and tones you can get out of it is unparalleled, running it in parallel is fantastic too.
C. Panetta
I hope this is next up for natives, no better saturator
I hope this bad boy, with the cooper time delay and varimu by manley are next in line for a native release. this guy does stuff other plugins just can. The variations of distortion flavours and tones you can get out of it is unparalleled, running it in parallel is fantastic too.
F. Hasan
My go to saturation!
i use it on every mix and it's sound awsome and also really great on vocal !
J. Newman
I thought it was a redundant purchase, no it’s very special.
I own most of the other color boxes out there and this one is easy and clear to use. It sounds great on vocal, bass, guitar solos and well anything like they show with the mad scientist video on the page. Overall I was impressed and used it on vocals right away. Great job UAD!
S. Van Vooren
bought but didn't receive
I bought this plugin a few weeks ago but it is nowhere to be seen in my UA connect, Ilok or DAW. Started up 4 support tickets but the only thing I get is emails that say my ticket is resolved. unbelievable.
C. Oppold
There’s that sound I was looking for.
Couldn’t be happier with this plug-in. Adds Depth, Grit, and Character to drums, guitars, and bass. Brings nice presence out when utilizing the gain knob. Rock and Roll.