Had an hour on a friend’s AH awhile ago. Nice sound, impressed. And barely scraped surface with all the env/lfo/filter stuff. Wasn’t entirely convinced it would give me anything noticeable over good plugins but it was definitely a lot more hands on intuitive/fun. And definitely does some very nice stuff to source material. Hoping to borrow it for a weekend at some point and a/b against go-to plugins. Gas on hold til then…
I believe some good tweaks on a good plugin are invaluable…
I mean, IMO, iZotope Trash2 can deliver A LOT…even more of an AH.
But I still not complain having paid €750 for AH and €30 for Trash2
it is the same problem hardware vs sofware that is the question
Could you A/B with trash on master vs analog heat on master, and let us guess?
Yeah I know what you’re saying. Thing is I don’t have a lot of £ and need to prioritise purchases so AH kinda lurks in the ‘Mmmm, dunno if I really need this’ gas area until I can hear it against what I already have.
Done something…
Some more clean boost but using the peak filter. I’m also throwing the TR-09 in the mix.
It’s just fun to jam away on the A4 now that it sounds better. Hopefully as time goes on my tracks will get more interesting…until then
It doesn’t seem that expensive for all that you get… 8 analog distortion types (a good mono guitar distortion pedal is $200 or so by comparison); envelope follower, LFO, EQ, filter… seems like a pretty great deal. But I haven’t tried one.
I’d love to try one out, just want to strap it over a really sparse modular patch to get all brittle and crusty…
Sound great on those clicky spit patterns!
TR-09 through the Round Fuzz and Peak Filter. Not sure how long I can listen to this one - but it’s Round Fuzz
Scratch that one above - I flipped on the A4 and turned the Heat dial to High Gain
reminds me of being in an old warehouse in the 90s when the speakers blew out.
Clearly I have nothing better to do with my day than play with my AH and A4. I should get a different hobby that doesn’t involve pretending to make rave music. Here’s the Enhancement setting.
High Gain - I’m just making these up as I go btw…the A4 and Heat
im a hypocrite, i must admit not long after the Heat came out i rant and said: Thats too expensive for just a bit of Overdrive, has no sequencer and stuff. And on Monday afternoon, this just happened:
Oops, where did this thing came from?? Ok, now that its here i can as well keep it!
Have to try it out a bit more in the future, did not had a lot of time since. But it instantly made my DAW productions feel “better”, thats where i tested it so far. Guess it will also be a great “summing” device for all of my other Elektron gear. To have a single Device recording my Hardware in general as well, without the need to always hook up the A4 or AR when i want to record my Drumbrute and Stuff. But yeah, its expensive. And im an crazy hypocrite, did i already mentioned that?!
I see my ski hat
Nice Heat BTW.
Just for the fun of it, I did a Heat No Heat A/B comparison
:0 - :24 seconds: No heat
:24 - end: Heat
Hey djadonis, do you use the heat on the whole mix?
Yes, the whole mix. I have almost all of my boxes (A4, Rytm, TR9 etc) going into different channels on a Mackie 1602. The output of the Mackie goes into the Heat and the Heat goes into my soundcard.
I haven’t used the Heat as a soundcard yet. Maybe I’ll experiment with that today.
I’m recording right into Ableton.
Hey Adonis, nice samples you posted. Thank you for taking the time!
I was wondering how recording to the heat compares to recording to the mackie and then to the heat? I read a lot about the distortion of the mackie 1602 and was wondering if you can achieve the same results with the heat?