Thermionic Culture Vulture
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Thermionic Culture Vulture
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s. maitland
Thermionic Culture Vulture
I'm a little up in the air on UAD as I have satellite cards and one is an upset.
However that said I went and purchased the plugin Thermionic Culture Vulture.
When I reviewed this plugin through UTUBE I was floored.
I have distortion type plugins not UAD, purchased but really and truthfully never used! I am talking big names too.
I have a Fender amp that just blows away the usual distortion plugins as well as a very expensive guitar amp a Bruno underground 30 along with much valve gear which includes a Vipre preamp.
So what do I have to say about the UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture ?
You will not find me without it!
It has soul.
I have to give this about UAD and Thermionic Culture they still have golden ears.
And that I think is where I will leave it I have many many of UAD's plugins and they give that special magic.
Steve
G. Hall
Awesome for a full bass sound that cuts through the mix!
I purchased this for getting a bit more of an aggressive sound in my bass. Immediately this has become my go to for bass. Even with very low settings this does the magic. Love, love, love it!!
J. Love
Check another box!
This piece of kit does just what is says it will do. Looking to thicken the souce? This should be in the recipe. Great job UAD !
S. Othniel
A F#*king Monster
This plugin does things that no other plugin can do. This is big boy territory.
R. Walsh
So Good
I own so many saturation/distortion plugins. Izotope, Waves, SSL, Plugin Alliance, Soundtoys, Newfangled, Fabfilter and Softube not to mention the Ampex and Studor from UAD. The Culture Vulture is a must have. It is amazing when recording guitars direct with Apollo devices. Simply amazing.
L. Brown
My Secret Sauce
This can really turn a 'meh' sound around. Among other things, I use this plugin to fatten up 'clean' guitar sounds. It makes a no-distortion or low-distortion guitar sound much fuller while keeping it clean sounding. I'm glad I 'discovered' this awesome tool.
V. Baranov
THE BEST DISTIRTION
I use Thermionic Culture Vulture in every project! Perfectly highlights the bass and drums in the mix!!! The best distortion plugin!!! Voracious, but it's worth it! I recommend it to everyone!
A. FREDERIC
Thermionic Culture Vulture
Along my Precision Bass it gives a natural drive tone never heard in a plugin.
K. Fulford
Not exactly what I expected
After watching the 5-minute Tips (those videos are great by the way) I expected an over-the-top distortion machine but that's not really what this is. Great saturation and harmonic distortion but kind of a one-trick-pony. Maybe I'm using it wrong. Still really useful in many applications.
M. Courcy
Love it!
Great distortion. Many sonic options available with all the controls interactions. Recommended!
D. Stanchev
Boom
Best on vocal , bass track and mastering ! !
A. Haynes
Was not expecting that…
I was always curious about the Culture Vulture and randomly took advantage of the free demo…WOW!!! This thing is a really awesome version of the soundtoys destressor (I intentionally put it in lowercase to get my point across). I do Hip Hop, RnB and Dancehall and the Culture Vulture will be a permanent fixture on my drum buss. Also does some beautiful things on sub basses.
A. Selzler
Amazing
Wow what an amazing tool to add some dirt and harmonics to anything
K. Matzafleris
The analogue sound of Thermionic Culture Vulture
This plugin has it's own unique character of analogue gear. Tube and tape effect that even by overloaded settings it gives the harmonic distortion of the analogue roundness, thickness, panchiness in the sound and creats the energy that I try to achieve on a digital domane projects. Thermionic can be used on single channel giving a character and present on guitars, bass, lead sunths; even on vst instruments to make them sounding natural and real by enriching the harmonics and enhance the artifacts of analogue sound. The same time works for busses to creat unity. Thermionic is a versatile pluging that depends how you tune on different sources it gives the energy hot sound and corrects digital wackiness and artifacts and brings life to any track. I'm really happy to own this plugin to my collection of UAD library because it gives me multiple choice to work on diverse projects.
Thank you Universal Audio for making our digital platforms sounding close by to analogue.
a. maceroni
Top notch
My new go to saturation/distortion plugin
D. Englisch
Just that extra bite I Needed
My distortion needs are now fulfilled, great stuff!
M. Trinidad
Saturation for days!!!!
I honestly can’t get enough of this plug-in. There are NO RULES with this. I slap it on EVERYTHING! Especially brass/wind instruments. Gives it that extra body regardless of the mic used.
K. Jeppesen
Sweet extra heat
I have just tried the Culture Vulture on my rear bus, and gives a lot of extra warm saturation to the mix. There's so many colours and ways you can go with the Culture Vulture. From subtle to very distorted. A must have.
T. Alfred
Sonic goodness
This plugin is very very warm sounding
C. Guglielmello
Essential
The final magic touch on mixes, a must have!
