Just bought a Culture Vulture Super 15 and a Fat Bustard. I have been trying to find decent videos demoing them and thankfully came across this. I am very excited to get using my new toys. They just seem to WORK and sound right. Great demo thank you, I am subscribed now! 🙌
Thank you for subscribing! Since i am not posting too regularly, its always good to have the notification bell checked :) Enjoy your new gear, happy to see videos about it!
Culture Vulture and VSM were my favorite. Amazing how the uad plugin versions were able to retain the same vibe. I use them all the time and sound was very recognizable on both. Great demo
Nice review man, thanks for doing this vid. I really like and prefer the VSM-2, sounds tight, with depth and 3D over the other units, stereo image never gets thin.. As soon as its activated that snare, wow!
Trying to decide between the vulture super 15 with a spare 1500 vs the overstayer modular channel 🤔 Overstayer looks great but fear it would just lead me into a world of endless tweaking and indecision. Do you have experience with it? Thoughts anyone?
artistc sonic sculptering. would be interesting to hear the "VSM Vertigo" in combination with the "ESL Vertice" analog filterbank, or the "Schippman Ebbe und Flut"
kybobetancourt The Vulture is an awesome sounding piece of gear like all Thermionic Culture gear but never ever buy their stuff because it is cheaply made and will fail guaranteed. Totally over priced. Sad because it sounds great.
@@robertszordykowski4919 I’ve got mine working fine now. I had to replace all the capacitors that were controlled by the front knobs. However, the one I have is actually the prototype Vulture. I have one of the first units and it’s different because it also has valve rectification. The reason mine has been so problematic is probably because it’s literally their first test unit. I have this by pure accident. The guy who sold it to me seemed to be unaware that it’s the prototype. It came from a studio so they were probably testing it. Having said this, I’m not the only one that has had problems with their gear. It does sound fantastic though.
@@ryanstark2350 Yep I've read a bunch of unenthusiastic comments about Thermionic's build quality, but for the past couple of years they seem to have improved it. Anyway, fuck it, I'm saving up for a Vulture. I just like it too much.
is A (ampex preamp) mode your favorite on Decap? looks like it's what you were using here. I'm not convinced--especially after this favorable comparison with the Thermionic--hw saturation is necessary, but tape is another story. Decap was a little brighter, was that the only difference?
Just bought a Culture Vulture Super 15 and a Fat Bustard. I have been trying to find decent videos demoing them and thankfully came across this. I am very excited to get using my new toys. They just seem to WORK and sound right. Great demo thank you, I am subscribed now! 🙌
Thank you for subscribing! Since i am not posting too regularly, its always good to have the notification bell checked :)
Enjoy your new gear, happy to see videos about it!
This is how you do a gear comparison video. Thumbs up.
What a great shootout, been looking for something like that for ages - very well done and gain matched too. THANK YOU! DANKE!
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Culture Vulture and VSM were my favorite. Amazing how the uad plugin versions were able to retain the same vibe. I use them all the time and sound was very recognizable on both. Great demo
"Lets try the big guy.."
Camera pans over the the Akai rythm wolf :P
Nice review man, thanks for doing this vid. I really like and prefer the VSM-2, sounds tight, with depth and 3D over the other units, stereo image never gets thin.. As soon as its activated that snare, wow!
Great video, thanks.
Great comparison! Would love to see another comparison but on synthesizer sounds only.
Would be cool to get a black box hg2 & Louder than liftoff silver bullet also! Great vids keep it up
Great demonstration! Good track as well, reminds me of something from the '93 DOOM game with a modern twist lol
good content! keep them comming please :)
Trying to decide between the vulture super 15 with a spare 1500 vs the overstayer modular channel 🤔
Overstayer looks great but fear it would just lead me into a world of endless tweaking and indecision.
Do you have experience with it?
Thoughts anyone?
Vertigo VSM-2 sounded the best to me by far, very pleasing harmonics. Probably why it's 7,200€
Growing up playing guitar through tube amps the vulture just sounds right to me, as flexible as the heat is it’s just a bit to fizzy for my taste.
Vertigo would be nice but way out my budget!
Thanks Seb!
hidden promotion for Soundtoys....and Culture Vulture ^^
Very informative to see Mr. Voigt go through the same set of gear as Mr. Pooley :) Whose studio is this?
Great video again :-)
Decapitator has an emulation of Culture Vulture. That's why they sound identical)
Would be interesting processing with the Euterpe Vertice filterbank
artistc sonic sculptering. would be interesting to hear the "VSM Vertigo" in combination with the "ESL Vertice" analog filterbank, or the "Schippman Ebbe und Flut"
dope video, culture vulture and vertigo sound awesome
kybobetancourt The Vulture is an awesome sounding piece of gear like all Thermionic Culture gear but never ever buy their stuff because it is cheaply made and will fail guaranteed. Totally over priced. Sad because it sounds great.
@@ryanstark2350 Supposedly it's better now.
@@robertszordykowski4919 I’ve got mine working fine now. I had to replace all the capacitors that were controlled by the front knobs. However, the one I have is actually the prototype Vulture. I have one of the first units and it’s different because it also has valve rectification. The reason mine has been so problematic is probably because it’s literally their first test unit. I have this by pure accident. The guy who sold it to me seemed to be unaware that it’s the prototype. It came from a studio so they were probably testing it.
Having said this, I’m not the only one that has had problems with their gear. It does sound fantastic though.
@@ryanstark2350 Yep I've read a bunch of unenthusiastic comments about Thermionic's build quality, but for the past couple of years they seem to have improved it. Anyway, fuck it, I'm saving up for a Vulture. I just like it too much.
is A (ampex preamp) mode your favorite on Decap? looks like it's what you were using here. I'm not convinced--especially after this favorable comparison with the Thermionic--hw saturation is necessary, but tape is another story. Decap was a little brighter, was that the only difference?
Thanks for this, what would your end conclusion be for the heat vs decapitator?
I really love how the Heat destroys the drum loop, great sound
never used the dark color on the karacter :(
is "Distortion" the same as adding harmonics (even + odd)?
which hardware Harmonics Adder are advisable, beside the "vertigo vsm-2"?
LOL
Last two modes on decapitatir are culture vulture emulations ,
Did anyone here test the Looptrotter Sa2rate ?
Yeah, i like it!
What track is this?
Me here with my little Ruina and torcido
Ufffff just lush
THMIX is same has dry wet Frank in Mix satelite VSM-2
How would the "culture vulture" compare to the "aphex exciter"?
Kick and hats sound much better on the Culture Vulture.
Need to use my Heat more, 2021 res.
I have all the others in software... but I’d love the Vertigo as Hw 🥰
Vertigo VSM is £7k and doesnt have a dry/wet comtrol lol
It has a THD Mix for both the 2nd and the 3rd order generator. Its the most versatile device but it certainly has a price tag
The track sound awful really....too much distortion
(MIchael Wiggler) not if you really like the sound of distortion :)
See it as an exploration of possibilities. It's a workaround, testing 5 processors in 18 minutes :)
It’s techno bro. Distortion….