Saturation / measured

Dist TUBE-CULTURE

Arturia · VST3

Magnitude dev

±3.8dB

Max THD

51.955%

Latency

112smp

Noise floor

−154dBFS

Linearity

-20dB

On the bench

48 kHz · 512-block · offline · same procedure for every plugin

Magnitude responsestepped sine, −12 dBFS

Output level vs. frequency.

Distortion vs level1 kHz, THD / THD+N

─ THD ┄ THD+N. THD is the trustworthy figure; THD+N is method-floor-limited at low levels.

Latency, reported

48 smp

Latency, measured

112 smp (+64 smp)

Onset

98 smp

Noise floor

−153.7 dBFS

Linearity residual

-19.6 dB (1000 Hz, -12/-18 dBFS)

Processing cost

not measured

measured figures + sourced sentiment · alphabetical · not ranked

Plugin	Mag dev	Max THD	Latency	Noise	Sentiment
Channel G Console	±0.1 dB	0.000%	0 smp	<floor	8.5
Dist TUBE-CULTURE	±3.8 dB	51.955%	112 smp	−154	—
Escalator	±0.2 dB	6.177%	0 smp	<floor	—
FireCharger	±2.1 dB	1.585%	8192 smp	<floor	—
Lurssen Mastering Console	±6.4 dB	1.705%	419 smp	−223	8.0