OVERLOUD UNVEILS SCULPTUBE TUBE PROCESSOR
Italian audio software developers Overload have added Sculptube to its series of effects
plug-ins. Its processor features both triode and pentode simulated tubes by using DSP
technology and has three different tube configurations available, each to provide a
different sound.
Top features include:
• Hyper-realistic simulation of tube warming/distortion
• Triode and Pentode simulation
• Tube biasing control
• Built-in EQ and parallel processing to sculpt the tone
• Low CPU usage: more than 1500 instances on a Macbook Pro Retina
• Multilevel undo-redo
• A/B Comparison
• Scribble Strips: take notes anywhere on the plug-in panel
• Meter Calibration: calibrate the VU meters at 4 different sensibilities
THREE TONES IN ONE PROCESSOR: Overloud Sculptube is a versatile tool to build a wide
variety of analog tones.
WARM-UP: With mild Drive settings it allows to recreate an authentic analog coloration
to individual tracks or mixes.
DISTORT: It can also be used to overdrive the input and recreate different kind of tube
distortions, including Triode and Pentode curves.
EXCITE: It’s built-in eq and parallel processor, it can be used to revive the tracks by
adding natural harmonics in the high-end.
THE MAGIC OF TUBE BIASING: The Bias knob controls the amount of current through the
tubes.
• At low current the tubes are under-biased and the sound is inclined to be thinner and
break up easily.
• At medium current settings the Sculptube distorts least, and this is the typical setting
for just warming up a sound.
• At high current the tubes are over-fed and the tone becomes quite fat and harmonically
rich.
3 TUBE CONFIGURATIONS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
There are 3 settings for the type of distortion:
• Program 0 (Triode) creates the typical musical effect found with triode valves, with very
rich 2nd harmonic distortion, good for warming up a sound.
• Program 1 (Pentode) creates a Pentode distortion, with prevailing odd harmonics, which
makes the sound more aggressive while retaining that valve character.
• Program 2 (Special) is obtained with a pretty unusual way of configuring the valve, which
gives an extra octave at higher bias settings.