The Culture Vulture can be seen in Deadmau5's setup in one of his instagram videos.

Josh Homme uses the Thermionic Culture Vulture in his studio equipment setup for stereo valve distortion.

Thermionic Culture The Culture Vulture is one of the pieces of equipment in Hardwell's studio.

Seen in the picture of his studio rack in the May 2018 Sound on Sound interview.

Different Fur Studios owner Patrick Brown says "We used [The Culture Vulture] to tuck distortions under certain things, making a heavier, darker low end to help piano float on top or vocals sit in the mid; it’s those harmonics that people are missing when they talk about analog tape or big consoles..."

Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is seen in his studio using the Thermionic Culture The Culture Vulture, as highlighted in Kreativsound's feature. This gear is a staple in crafting the duo's unique soundscapes.

According to this article, the Culture Vulture is one of the few pieces of gear Liam Howlett didn't get rid of after starting to use Reason.

In the first and third images of this Instagram post from August 2022, a Culture Vulture can be seen rackmounted on Jay’s desk directly below an MXR Pitch Transposer.

Part of Utley's studio, as specified in this November 2008 Sound on Sound interview.

More recent outboard includes Thermionic Culture's Phoenix valve compressor and Culture Vulture valve overdrive, BSS DPR402, and SPL's Transient Designer 2, and, from an earlier era, but a recent acquisition, a Yamaha SPX90, bought from a BBC engineer after the recent Later sessions for £80. "You can arpeggiate with the pitch–shift, and I really like the graininess. It's probably derived from a later SPX model, but I really like the effects in my Yamaha 02R, as well."

In the YouTube video titled "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio," Pretty Lights is shown using the Thermionic Culture The Culture Vulture during the production of "A Color Map of the Sun" (ACMOTS).

hermionic Culture Vulture Stereo Liam Howlett was the very first customer to purchase a Phoenix compressor and Culture Vulture distortion from Unity Audio before the company established their distributor and dealer networks.

Liam Howlett from The Prodigy gets presented with his Culture Vulture Limited EditionOriginally designed as a "distortion box" to simulate distortion in valve amps it has found lots of uses beyond this. Some owners use them on drum loops, vocals, piano sounds and even across entire tracks (it is a stereo unit).

Predominant distortion can be changed from even to odd harmonics with a simple switch.

“Thermionic Culture has always been an important part of The Prodigy’s sound. The new Limited Edition Culture Vulture takes it to a new level of sonic devastation.” Key Features

Warm sounds gently or create a noise like a 200 watt guitar stack with all the drivers slashed. Independent channel operation

Odd or Even harmonic distortion, or combination of both. All valve design free from solid state additives. High impedance line input or instrument inputs. 4 & 7 kHz filters Overdrive & bypass switches

Culture Vulture Specifications:

Max output level (MOL): +20dBV Distortion: 0.2% to 99.9%. Noise: Variable better than 75dB below M. O. L at most settings Input Impedance: 30k Output Impedance: 2.5k ohm ( should ideally drive a 10k input impedance ) Frequency response: >1dB variation over 10Hz to 25kHz ( actually +/- 1.75dB over 50Hz to 15kHz at low distortion ) Used

You can clearly hear the Culture Vulture in action on the bass line in Thunder.

In a tweet, Tim Hecker mentions using the Thermionic Culture Vulture, highlighting its role in his studio setup for creating distinctive sound textures.