VST effect · Vintage tube preamp

Twisthead VS-206

Vintage vacuum tube preamp & vitalizer emulation

UltraFat, dirty or clean, crispy, warm, colourful — it behaves like real analog hardware

What users say

Brilliant product, by the way - I'm using it on a mix right now

— Simon, UK

I use plug-ins quite a lot when recording and editing audio material. (I work in a music school and actively participate in several music ensembles). Specifically, the Twisthead VS-206 really impressed me with its sound properties

— Milan, Czechia

I just purchased treblecream and love it!!!

— Adam, USA

In fact, it is the best plugin I have used in a very long list of plugins over the last couple years.

— Karl, USA

Please keep up these great plugins at great prices.

— Neville, UK

Emulation of a rare 1960s vacuum tube preamp — adds huge tube heat, colour, charisma and XXL fatness to basses, beats, synths and live instruments.

Old dirty army radio from the cellar of your senile grandfather? Neverrr! A luxury, ancient vacuum tube jewel, ya fakka!

Endless praising of vacuum tubes is certainly annoying for us as well as for you. What an embarrassing cliché. BUT vacuum tubes are simply the smasher and that's it. Pure rock 'n' roll.

If you're not deaf, you feel that today's modern music lacks energy and the spirit of legendary analog vintage tracks. No matter whether it is acoustic or electronic music, digital sterility kills its soul. You hear it yourself — the spirit of the tracks from the 60s to the 80s, recorded analogically to tape via vacuum preamps. So why not combine the quality and possibilities of digital sound with the heat, grandiosity and charisma of vintage analog vacuum tube machines?

The story behind Twisthead VS-206… One day we bought an excellent collection of vintage analog machines from some unknown wandering loser. It was a bargain. Among them there were some real gems. After exploration and deep analysis of these machines we managed to create an emulation of a vacuum vintage preamp from the 60s — the antique, rare, expensive gem of which only a few pieces were ever produced. A rusty vintage machine whose price rises every day thanks to its inimitable sound. And now it's available for the masses.

Like real vintage hardware… UltraFat, dirty or clean, crispy, warm, colourful sound. This machine behaves like real analog hardware — in a non-linear and unexpected way. Turn one knob a bit and another knob changes its behaviour. Input drive affects the resulting sound as well as the reaction to the values set on each knob. You know these characteristics from analog vintage machines only.

Twisthead VS-206 isn't a vintage vacuum preamp and vitalizer for live bands and musicians only. It is also great for the production and mixing of electronic music — it adds huge vacuum heat, colour, charisma and XXL fatness to basses, beats and synthesizers, no matter whether you create house, trance, hip-hop or drum & bass.

Twisthead VS-206 sounds best with live instruments. If you are a dirty rocker or a bluesman who loves raspy dirty guitars and beats, or a jazzman demanding a colourful and clear sound, Twisthead VS-206 will magnetize you — especially with electric or acoustic guitars, bass guitars, beats and percussion.

Don't play boogie — download the demo, ya fakka!

Feature Highlights

Top emulation of vacuum tubes with a rich, fat and colourful sound — set warmth, saturation drive and brilliance (1st harmonics)
Based on similar technology to Pultronic EQ-110P, but with a different sound — parameter values match the most legendary vintage pre-amps
Vitalizer and colorizer of high frequencies with a beautiful analog sound — set high frequency, tube harmonics and boost
Input pre-amp and output amp to amplify or soften your sound, changing the character and behaviour of the device (saturation level, amount of higher harmonics)
Double internal oversampling for maximum sound quality with a minimum of unwanted artifacts
On/Off bypass switch for instant sound comparison (with and without effect)
VU meter showing the level of analog saturation of the signal
Preset manager with exemplary presets