Audio engineers and producers looking to bring authentic valve warmth and harmonic character to their productions will be impressed with the Arturia Dist TUBE-CULTURE, a software version of the studio classic, Thermonic Culture's The Culture Vulture, an all-valve stereo distortion rack unit that provides remarkable saturation and crunch.

Saturate your mix bus with responsive analog heat, or scorch your instruments and stems with destructive distortion. Enjoy the unmistakable character of tube-drive studio hardware in your DAW like never before. Dist TUBE CULTURE is Mac and Windows compatible and works with all major DAWs utilizing VST, AAX, AU, and NKS formats (64-bit only).

Stereo Distortion and Saturation Effect    Emulated Vacuum Tube Character    Triode, Pentode 1, Pentode 2, Pentode 3    Drive & Bias Controls for Customization    Presence Switch, Analog Meter, Dry/Wet    LR, Mid, Side    Dynamics Control to Add Gate/Compression    I/O Filter Module with Tilt EQ    A/B Comparison, Oversampling    Mac/PC, VST3, AAX, AU, NKS

• Stereo distortion and saturation effect with emulated vacuum tube character
• 4 modes of tube configuration: Triode 1, Pentode 1, Pentode 2, Pentode 3
• Drive and Bias controls for customizing your distortion character
• 2-mode Presence switch
• Analog ammeter (switches to digital when Advanced controls are in use)
• Stereo mode selector: L-R, Mid, Side
• Added Dry/Wet control for parallel processing
• Dynamics control to add Gate/Compression to incoming signal
• Input and output filters module with Tilt EQ
• 2 Oversampling modes for supreme audio quality or lower CPU usage
• A/B comparison
• NKS-ready

Nothing saturates, colors, distorts, or breathes harmonic life into a sound quite like heated vacuum valves. Dist TUBE-CULTURE meticulously emulates this behavior for the most authentic virtual valve sound for which you can wish.

Enjoy warm mix-gluing saturation, white-hot fuzz, and everything in between. Dist TUBE-CULTURE will respond to your projects with whatever heat you need.

Enrich your guitar tracks, fatten your topline vocals, crush your drum transients, or roast your mix bus to serving temperature. This faithful emulation might just be the finishing touch for which your production is looking.

Overcome the limitations of studio hardware and go beyond analog circuitry with modernized features like gain compensation, post-drive EQ and expanded stereo processing. This is an old distortion with new tricks.

• Many of music’s most legendary guitar riffs, iconic vocal lines, and soul-stirring mixes simply wouldn’t have been possible without the humble vacuum tube.
• These decades-old components are temperamental in their behavior, fragile in their operation, and limited in their lifespan. Yet their ability to produce a beautifully even harmonic response gives any valve-processed sound a rich, warm, smooth character that’s hard to match.
• Couple this with their unique ability to dynamically distort incoming sounds with varying levels of grit and aggression, and you’ve got a formula that remains irresistible to musicians, producers, and audio trailblazers to this day.
• Whether it's a vocal line in need of some extra color, a drum bus that needs some crunch, or your guitar and synth tracks begging for some edgy crunch, Dist TUBE-CULTURE puts this sought-after sonic attitude in your hands.
• Experience the stunning sound of a modern studio classic reimagined in virtual form

• In an age of digital precision and demanding hi-def audio, sometimes you just want good old fashioned analog fatness
• In the late '90s, as the music production world was becoming ever more focused on the flexibility of working with computers, and the DAW was beginning to dominate, some manufacturers sought to buck the trend.
• Enter UK-based Thermionic Culture, a small company committed to the belief that valve-driven gear couldn't be beaten on sound. In 1998, they released The Culture Vulture, an all-valve stereo distortion rack unit, designed to counter the increasingly sterile world of digital music production.
• Offering up a proverbial rainbow of saturation, coloration, and distortion applications, this unassuming piece of handwired gear ultimately became one of the world’s most coveted bits of studio hardware, used by everyone from Deadmau5 to Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme. Now you too can explore this modern classic, faithfully emulated and tastefully enhanced.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Are these compatible with GVM 560AS?

A: Yes, the Pro Gel Vivid Colors Filter Pack 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) are compatible with the GVM 560AS Bi-Color LED Light Panel (2-Light Kit).

Q: 2. Would these fit the Godox 1000w LED panels?

A: No, you will need 20x24" filters. Click the link below to view; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/accessories/Color-Gel-Filters-for-the-Godox-LED1000W/1341993-REG-47508?from=detail

Q: 3. Would these melt from a 150w light bulb

A: It depends. If used with prudence, caution, and consideration and the gel is not placed directly on the bulb, but instead is placed a slight distance from the bulb, you should not have issues with melting. The Rosco Cinegels would be recommended for higher temperature light source usage, but the above should work for your needs if not placed directly on the light source.

Q: 4. Would this work with nanlite fs300b?

A: Yes, the Pro Gel Vivid Colors Filter Pack 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) will work with the Nanlite FS-300B Bi-Color LED Monolight.

Q: 5. Would these work on a 500 watt halogen light? Im worried about the heat of the ligt melting it.

A: The halogen lights get hot and will melt the gels. The easiest solution to your problem would be to mount the gels at a safe distance from the lights thereby retaining safety and airflow around the lights themselves. We use a separate stand and a jury-rigged system to hold the gels in place.

Q: 6. Would I be able to use these gels with my Genaray SpectroLED-14 Light?

A: Yes but you will see color distortions that you would not see on tungsten lighting. LEDs have irregular spectral patterns, which means that when you filter out certain colors weird and unintended things can happen. It's very common, for example, for things to get super green.I wouldn't recommend it.

Q: 7. Any chance that these could be used for temporary exterior lighting effects?

A: I would say so.. They are thick and any of the light that comes through become the color of the film, and just as the product says vividly .

Q: 8. How long is the cable?

A: The cable is 4-feet long.

Q: 9. Does this microphone connect to the computer with a 3.5mm jack in addition to the USB cable?

A: No. Only USB.

Q: 10. Does this work with an Audio-Technica AT2005USB?

A: Yes it will work with the headphone output connector on the Audio-Technica AT2005USB.