In addition – and in keeping with the majority of plug-ins in the collection – Arturia has included an Advanced mode that enables modern features not found on the original hardware. A further Arturia enhancement can be seen in the two filter curves – the original had only one – which can be used to boost the presence or air of the sound.

So intense is this distortion that it strays into pure rectifier territory, with all of the associated dynamic crushing and compression.

While this is as far as things go with the original Culture Vulture, Arturia has added a further super-aggressive P3 mode for those who really want to show their audio some hatred.

P2 mode takes things up another notch, subjecting your audio to a no-holds-barred beating when cranked hard. In P1 mode, the (virtual) valve operates as a pentode, bringing much harsher-sounding odd-numbered harmonics that add a more aggressive edge to your sound. T emulates a triode valve that introduces even-numbered harmonics for very musically sympathetic warming and harmonics. The Dist TUBE-CULTURE plug-in is based on Thermionic’s 1998 classic Culture Vulture, and is a valve distortion tour de force, as happy wrapping your audio in a warm fuzzy blanket as pummelling it into a thunderous mass of pure rage.Īs with the original hardware, Dist TUBE-CULTURE can switch between distortion types. The updated collection sees Arturia address this deficit, with all the new plug-ins intent on wrangling your audio in some way or another. But plug-ins whose only purpose is to saturate and distort have always been absent from the lineup. FX Collection has always contained a superb choice of preamps, all capable of injecting a soupçon of analogue-style warmth and dirt into your sounds.

Arturia synth collection 2021