Thermionic Culture Vulture
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“What on earth is a Culture Vulture?” you might ask. Described as a “stereo valve distortion unit”, the hand-built and British-made “CV” is more than just a sonic dirt generator. It can go from gently tube-warming a digital mix, all the way to full clipping -- sounding like a Marshall stack with all the speakers slashed – and everything in-between. People love the Vulture for tracking vocals, guitars and keys. Producers who use a lot of samples employ it for fattening drum-loops and digital synth sounds. Get Vultured!
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Warm sounds gently or create a noise like a 200 watt guitar stack with all the drivers slashed.
Features:
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- Independent channel operation
- Odd or Even harmonic distortion, or combination of both.
- All valve design free from solid state additives.
- High impedance line input or instrument inputs.
- 4 & 7 kHz filters
- Overdrive & bypass switches
Specifications:
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- Max output level (MOL): +20dBV
- Distortion: 0.2% to 99.9%
- Noise: Variable better than 75dB below M. O. L at most settings
- Input Impedance: 30k
- Output Impedance: 2.5k ohm (should ideally drive a 10k input impedance)
- Frequency response: >1dB variation over 10Hz to 25kH (actually ±1.75dB over 50Hz to 15kHz at low distortion)
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