Parallel Distortion: The Culture Vulture Super 15 in action

[@markphilpot4981]

I’m certainly not the only one who sees the importance of understanding the purpose of these effects and how they integrate into the mix. It is an impact effect to me. Very frontal in nature. I am not a big distortion fan. That’s just me. I am not being paid to do this either, so it really matters not. Learning is what I am getting out of these videos. Not all of us can afford to go to school and get this education so I am particularly glad that you are doing this for us. It may not be as detailed as going to a school, but it isn’t bad at all in my opinion! Thank you very much!👍🏻😊

[@Ramt33n]

ok, enough spending money on emulations, time to start saving for the real deal. this thing sounds so incredible!

[@ryanshook8284]

Those drums were killer to begin with. Great work.

[@wyrlismike]

great sounding unit

[@closerthanabrother9703]

What a wonderful crayon to color with

[@piotr803]

Great demo! Question - how do you deal with delay compensation when mixing in external hardware? thanks

[@GiorgioRovatiMusic]

Yeah! Thanks for this demo Doctor Mix!

[@momega8649]

great demo thank you very much.. these sound killer with synths.....

[@DistrictSoundLab]

Thank you for posting. Very well done video! And very helpful, indeed.

[@Doctormix]

Glad we could help! Enjoy your new gear ;)

[@parisdablackfu2311]

Been watching this box for years! I've saved up and will be getting one soon. Where do you put it in your mastering chain, not that I'm going to be mastering, just curious. I bought 2 BAE 10DC's and want to put the Vulture before them on my master bus. Any suggestions?

[@NyakzOTSD]

Getting one next week

[@Fwuzeem]

Got to love this thing

[@DistrictSoundLab]

Im actually about to get the Mastering Plus version on a trade.

[@Velvetbag]

Sounds rad - are you doing anything specific to get the delay compensation / hardware insert perfectly in phase?

[@Doctormix]

Nothing specific, Pro Tools delay compensation is pretty good at aligning things. Cubase is also fantastic at automatically compensating too! :) You can always bounce things down when you decide on the processing and double check the alignment too.

[@Velvetbag]

Thank you! So, you just added a hardware send and didn't calculate any delay? Just let PT just run with it?

[@ashkanmousavi]

Can i use any stereo unit distortion or it must be something special? Any budget suggestions?

[@clusternest1704]

Dear Doctor. I need medicine. How did you manage to parallel the unit without phase issues?

[@pierofagone1852]

With protools vst for latency specific for insert

[@hertzcules]

Doctor mix have you tried the Grasso from sk note? I think you would love. :)

[@Doctormix]

+Anomaly We have some of the Sk Note plugins, but not that one! We'll have to check it out! :)

[@xwz0763]

hello!i i see u use a lot of Parallel connection.(dry/wet). could u tell me How to solve the hardware delay problem? thank you!˜ (..0-0..)

[@sidwest8019]

PLEASE TELL US! I'm really struggling with this!

[@Fwuzeem]

Good stuff guys! Nice vid, although the differences were of course subtle, they were still there and present :-)

[@Doctormix]

Yeah, that's exactly right. We used this machine quite subtly on this video. But don't let that fool you: this unit can be used for a touch of colour... or for a raging fire! Watch what it can do to a bass sound on our other video ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmqnpampg5p6rdE

[@bluename4]

How does it compare to the "vertigo vsm-2"?

[@off1off1]

Hi , This version is the Super 15 , have you tried the culture vulture standard or mastering version ? are they good units as well for bringing the sound forward like the Super 15 ? Best TM

[@EndOfEntertainment]

cool stuff:)

[@ouhlala8292]

why vocals are recorded stereo oris it 2 mics?

[@Doctormix]

+ouhlala! Hi, the vocals weren't recorded in stereo. These vocals are actually from one of our engineer's projects, and we used the vocal stem that was printed at the end of the mix.

[@diegooliveirabenjamin]

I think the Culture Vulture is a really overrated piece of gear, but it sounded good on these samples, anyways, nothing that it justifies its thousands of dollars though, but good...

[@Doctormix]

Hey Diego! I know the currency exchange may not be your friend here, especially against US dollars. However I can ensure you that this machine is a great, great investment. It's terrific on drums, unbeatable on bass and electric guitars, shockingly good at mastering, and a sublime on vocals. Lots of people use compressors just because they need character, but this unit delivers character like nothing we've ever tried before. Of course it's not for all pockets... but if you know how important saturation can be when it comes to mixing - think of plugins like Soundtoys Decapitator or CraneSong Phoenix - then the Vulture Super 15 is your tool. And if you use it as much as we do then it's a really great bang for the buck ;-)

[@noisevector]

+Doctor Mix Yeah, price is steep, but if it delivers the final touch and finishes of your track, than it's worth every penny spend I think.

[@clusternest1704]

uuh..hello autotune :)