Thermionic-culture THE CULTURE VULTURE Stereo Valve enhancer User Manual

CULTURETHERMIONICTC VHE ULTURE ULTUREvalve distortion unitOPERATING MANUAL

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 9 6 Specification Maximum Output level: +17dBV (M.O.L) Distortion: 0.2% to 99.5% Noise: better than 75dB

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©Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 1 WARNING Do not take this unit seriously. The Culture Vulture is a ‘fun’ effects unit and has been designed

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 2 CONTENTS Section Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Controls & Meters 4 3 General Operational Hints 5 4

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 3 1 Introduction The Culture Vulture is the first and only all valve unit, dedicated to producing the best h

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 4 2 Controls & Meters The ‘drive’ and ‘output level’ controls simply vary the amount of gain that the i

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 5 3 General Operational Hints The performance of the Vulture is inherently reliant upon the volume and conte

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 6 Obviously the signal content is all-important, although this effect is very unpredictable so experimentation

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 7 4 Inputs & Outputs Inputs and outputs are unbalanced stereo jacks on the rear panel. There are two

© Thermionic Culture Ltd, October 2005 8 5 Servicing & Maintenance 5.1 Valves All valves are selected to ensure that the unit gives optimum an