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The ValveKult 3 Black Friday deal takes 70% off this tube enhancer plugin from Tone Empire, putting it at $29 until Nov 25, 2026.
ValveKult 3 is a British tube enhancer plugin. The maker says it adds analog-style harmonics to tracks and mixes, giving them more depth and character.
It runs your signal through valve processing, and you decide how hard it gets hit. According to Tone Empire, the sound stretches from subtle, mellow coloration up to aggressive saturation reminiscent of a 200-watt amp cranked to its maximum.
At the clean end, the maker quotes less than 0.2% THD. At the other end you get rich harmonic saturation.
The maker also says it smooths digital harshness while adding analog depth.
The Tube Type Selector offers three modes:
The Overdrive Mode switch turns on overdriven models captured from the original hardware, available for all three configurations. Tone Empire says this is how you go from musical enhancement to absolute distortion.
Drive/Input sets how hard you hit the tubes. Turn it down for subtle warmth, up for full saturation.
Output attenuates the level after the valve stage, so you can rein in the gain you added.
The Link switch ties Drive and Output together. Push the drive and the output backs off automatically, which makes A/B comparisons easier.
Input/Output Adjust gives you extra gain trim before processing and after the filters and dry mix.
The LowPass Filter runs from 2kHz to 20kHz and sits after the processing, so you can tame upper harmonics. The Dry Mix control blends the original signal back in for parallel processing.
Ultra-X Mode uses high sample rate neural audio models sampled up to 192kHz, powered by Tone Empire's proprietary NM2 neural technology. The maker says this gives higher quality and reduced aliasing, and it does the oversampling that keeps aliasing artifacts down at extreme settings.
On Mac, you need macOS 10.13 or later, 64-bit only, with native support for Intel, M1 and M2. Formats are VST3, AU and AAX. The CPU requirement is an Intel i3, an AMD Ryzen or equivalent.
On Windows, you need Windows 10 or later, 64-bit only. Formats are VST3 and AAX, on an Intel i3, AMD Ryzen or equivalent.
Yes. The ValveKult 3 Black Friday deal takes 70% off, so the tube enhancer plugin costs $29 until Nov 25, 2026.
On Mac it comes as VST3, AU or AAX. On Windows it is VST3 or AAX. Both platforms are 64-bit only. Mac needs macOS 10.13 or later, with native Intel, M1 and M2 support. Windows needs Windows 10 or later.
The Tube Type Selector gives you T, P1 and P2, which are the triode, pentode1 and pentode2 configurations. An Overdrive Mode switch adds overdriven models captured from the original hardware, and it works with all three.
Ultra-X Mode runs high sample rate neural audio models sampled up to 192kHz, built on Tone Empire's proprietary NM2 neural technology. The maker says it improves quality and reduces aliasing, especially at extreme settings.
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