Thermionic culture vulture anniversary limited edition
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For Sale Thermionic culture vulture anniversary limited edition
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MULLARD & PHILPS VALVES
The valves selected for the anniversary edition are Mullard and Philips NV, who owned 50% of Mullard. Mullard have a reputation for producing the best valves in the world and Thermionic have also specified the 'M' or military version, which was Mullard's top grade model. The 2x input valves are Mullard M8100/CV4010, these are very high gain, low noise versions of the EF95, and provide better coupling for guitar and bass inputs with an even fatter warmer sound and were also used in the very first hand wired Vultures. The distortion valve is different too, another 2x Mullard's, the M8196/CV4011 which is a low noise version of the 6AS6 distortion valve as used in the standard Culture Vulture. The last valve used is a single Philips ECG type 5963 double triode valve as the out put for both channel, this is a very high quality version of the American made ECC82.
10 POSITION DISTORTION TYPE SELECTER INC FILTERS
The distortion type selector switch now has 10 positions instead of the standard 3, the first two are triode and pentode as on the standard Vulture, with the next 5 all being Pentode that have been specifically designed with guitars and basses in mind by having a tuned filter optimized to musical notes. The final 3 positions are variations on the original Pentode 2 settings, SC1, SC2, SC3, ( squash! ) offers radical distortion effects like frequency doubling and over compression effects. As the overdrive section has an additional 4dB gain, an extra overdrive position has been added which halves the available overdrive gain.
Thermionic Cultures product developer and beta tester Nick Terry, who came up with the idea for the original Culture Vulture and engineered 'The Klaxons', 'Franz Ferdinand' and 'Simian Mobile Disco' said; "The new Squash setting are nothing like a traditional EQ, it's extremely effective and brings guitars and basses to life in mixes like nothing else, I recently used it on an album project and it's just become indispensable for me."
The Culture Vulture Limited Edition British Racing Green incorporates the 7 extra distortion functions found on the 11th Anniversary edition.
The Drive switch has an extra position between 'Normal’'and 'Overdrive', enabling users to make their sounds ‘a little more crunchy’ with increased brightness.
The Function switch now offers further enhancements including special dynamic tunable mid-lift in the P positions and extra drastically-processed harmonics in the SQ positions.
The Vulture's line inputs are balanced while the line plus low level outputs are unbalanced. Five NOS military-grade valves are utilized for long life, low noise and enhanced performance, mirroring The Culture Vulture Mastering Plus.
From Sonic Scoop
The Culture Vulture is a unique piece of boutique hardware dedicated to adding all-valve induced harmonic distortion to sources. It was first introduced by Thermionic Culture in 1998 and has since seen a number of revised and special editions. There are currently four standard issues of the unit: The Solo Vulture, The Culture Vulture, The Culture Vulture Mastering Plus and The Culture Vulture Super 15.
The Culture Vulture Limited Edition
This particular is equipped with special military grade valves, which lower noise and extend the frequency response. The input valves are M8100 pentodes, the distortion tubes are 5725 pentodes and the output valve is a 5963 dual triode. The “Function” switch boasts 10 positions, providing an impressive range of distortion settings, while the +10dB drive knob nicely bridges the gap between the normal and overdrive (+28dB) positions on the drive switch. These make for some exciting and useful extra features.
Also present is a low pass filter set to roll off 12dB/octave above 7kHz, individual channel bypass switches, and an on/off switch. A “Bias” knob changes the positive voltage on the cathode of the distortion valve (5725) varying the current, which is shown on the milliammeter. Pushing the unit into heavy distortion will make the meters twitch.
There are two inputs and two outputs per channel. The front inputs, DI for instruments, are unbalanced, while the rear inputs are “semi-floating” for better matching with DAWs. The outputs are unbalanced, where the Hi output is at line level (+4dBu) and the Lo output is 20dB below that.
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