UAD's Thermionic Culture Vulture Is Discounted for Black Friday 2021 Sale
In the spirit of the upcoming Black Friday sales, several popular digital audio workstation (DAW) plugin manufacturers are offering discounts on their distortion and saturation plugins. Here's a roundup of some of the most notable deals.
Thermionic Culture Vulture on Sale
The UAD Thermionic Culture Vulture, a modern classic distortion unit renowned for its full palette of distortion colors, is currently available at an all-time low price as part of the UAD Black Friday Sale 2021. With a 58% discount, the Thermionic Culture Vulture can now be yours for just $124 (originally $299).
This plugin consists of two sections, each containing three distortion types, a drive knob, bias knob, filter, overdrive, output level, and a bypass. Its versatility makes it suitable for use on individual tracks, busses, and full mixes, whether in stereo or dual-mono.
The Thermionic Culture Vulture's presets were crafted by esteemed engineers and artists such as Tony Maserati, Rik Simpson, and Chris Coady, ensuring a wide range of creative possibilities. What's more, it can be recorded in real-time through digital interfaces like the Apollo 16, Apollo QUAD, Apollo DUO, or the Apollo TWIN.
Alternative Distortion Plugins
If the Thermionic Culture Vulture doesn't quite fit your needs, there are several other distortion and saturation plugins worth considering. Brands like iZotope, Waves, SSL, Plugin Alliance, Soundtoys, Newfangled, FabFilter, and Softube all offer a variety of saturation and distortion effects that can add warmth, edge, and analog-style character to your sounds.
iZotope, for instance, often includes dynamic, saturation, and distortion modules in their plugins. Waves offers various analog-modeled distortion/saturation plugins, while SSL provides solid-state logic saturation plugins. Plugin Alliance offers many analog-type distortion and saturation tools, and Soundtoys is notably known for their Decapitator plugin.
Newfangled, FabFilter, and Softube all offer innovative distortion and saturation tools, while UAD's own Ampex and Studer tape emulation plugins add analog texture to your mixes.
Additional Offers
In addition to the Thermionic Culture Vulture, the iZotope Vocal Synth 2 is also available for $30.00 during the UAD Black Friday Sale 2021.
Remember, these deals are only available for a limited time, so act fast to take advantage of these fantastic offers!
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The esteemed artist Tony Maserati, among others, has crafted presets for the Thermionic Culture Vulture, a versatile distortion plugin currently on sale during the Black Friday sales, perfect for adding warmth and character to sounds. Meanwhile, to complement the Thermionic Culture Vulture, consider exploring alternative distortion plugins like those offered by iZotope, Waves, SSL, Plugin Alliance, Soundtoys, Newfangled, FabFilter, and Softube, each providing a variety of saturation and distortion effects that cater to different lifestyles and technological preferences in shopping for music production tools. [1] [4]
