Heat audio signal flow is somewhat tricky. Some parameters are somewhat buried in the menus.
Be sure to consider every gain staging parameters. They are quite a few of them. Seven in total. The first one (see graph) doesn’t count as it is the source sound level.
3 different scenarii (with their relevant gain staging parameters) :
- Bypass: 1 - 2 - 8
- 100% Dry: 1 - 2 - 7 - 8
- 1-100% Wet: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
I can’t emphasize enough the importance of the second parameter, the Input Sensitivity,. It has to be correctly set (maximum without reaching the limit) in order for the Heat to have a coherent output level, that is to be able to have the same level for the three above scenarii.