Re:Korg NuTube, vacuum tube for the 21st century
by droussel on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:51PM
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Vox has released guitar amps with NuTube in them: https://www.voxamps.com/MV50
Ibanez has also released a Tub Screamer that uses them: https://www.ibanez.com/na/products/detail/nts_01.html
Re:Korg NuTube, vacuum tube for the 21st century
by jeremymcanally on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:54PM
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And the Vox amps at least sound really great IMO.
I had the "Clean" one for a while, which mimicks a Fender circuit. It sounded pretty darned close to a "real" tube amp. The only reason I got rid of it was I got a Fender Super Champ x2 with USB out for recording more easily.
Re:Korg NuTube, vacuum tube for the 21st century
by tecleandor on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:58PM
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Seems like you can also buy them (nut very cheap) and make a DIY project.
https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/design-of-a-korg-nutub...
Re:Korg NuTube, vacuum tube for the 21st century
by stonogo on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:53PM
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Aside from the Vox MV50, I've never seen this in the wild. I hope someone proves me wrong, since the MV50 sounds great and I'd like to see what else is out there.
Re:Korg NuTube, vacuum tube for the 21st century
by tubetime on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:57PM
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for audio, Korg has a gallery of examples: https://korgnutube.com/en/gallery/
the tech uses the same manufacturing line as a traditional vacuum fluorescent display. VFDs are technically vacuum triodes where the plate has been painted with a phosphor.
the device is probably not fast enough to be used as a video amplifier.
Is this purely used in audio or is there a display (video) usecase for this as well? The landing page seemed to imply the technology is coming from display tubes.