Thermionic Culture
Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture
Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture
Warsaw Showroom
Nowogrodzka 6
102
00-513 Warszawa
Pologne
Configurer
Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture is a two-channel valve distortion unit in a 19 inch rackmount case. Each channel has Drive and Bias controls, a distortion type switch, a low-pass filter (off, 9 kHz, 6 kHz), an Over Drive switch, an Output Level control and a tube current meter in mA, while the bypass is shared. See analog processing gear in our Warsaw showroom.
A color you cannot add with an EQ
An equalizer only moves bands that are already there, while saturation adds components that were not in the signal. The Culture Vulture passes the signal through a 6AS6-type valve in three modes: T (triode), P1 and P2, the no-holds-barred setting. Bias and Drive set how much distortion and of what character the material gets, and the distortion range runs from 0.2% to 99.5%. The 12 dB/octave low-pass filter removes excess top after the distortion.
Inputs and levels
Each channel has two inputs (the front DI cuts out the rear LINE) and two outputs, line and low level, on standard 6.3 mm jacks wired stereo unbalanced. Maximum clean gain is 35 dB, overdriven more than 60 dB, the maximum output level is +17 dBV, and noise is better than 75 dB below the maximum output level at typical settings.
KEY FEATURES
- Two channels of valve distortion processing
- 6AS6-type valve, modes T, P1 and P2
- Drive and Bias, distortion type switch, filter off/9 kHz/6 kHz, Over Drive, output level, bypass, mA meters
- Distortion range 0.2% to 99.5%
- Front DI input, 6.3 mm jack inputs and outputs
- 19 inch rackmount
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Type: valve distortion unit, 2 channels
- Valves: 6AS6 type (distortion) and an output valve
- Modes: T (triode), P1 (pentode), P2
- Filter: low-pass 12 dB/octave, switch off, 9 kHz, 6 kHz
- Distortion: 0.2% to 99.5%
- Max gain: 35 dB (clean), more than 60 dB (overdriven)
- Max output level: +17 dBV (M.O.L)
- Noise: better than 75 dB below M.O.L at typical settings
- Connectors: 6.3 mm jacks, stereo unbalanced wiring; rear Input, Output LO and Output HI per channel
- Power: 115 to 230 V, 50/60 Hz, IEC inlet, voltage selector and mains fuse
- Format: 19 inch rackmount
