Two would be really cool for DJing as well! 
Just digging into Heat, can see how two would be great fun (and useful). Any vid recommendations of live use?
Hi William
where do you have the Heat exactly in the chain of a live set?
for the moment I have the heat on the send/return fx, of a a&h xone42 mixer,
thank you for explainingâŚ
kind regards,
a.
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Hello,
it really depends about what you need to achieve with the Analog HEAT. it can be used in so many ways⌠And regarding what exactly you trying to process with it, the routing and place in the chain will vary⌠Also sometimes you need to try before or after a certain configuration to hear whatâs sounds better⌠Also the HEAT is a chain in its own right ( DRIVE > CIRCUIT > DIRT > Multimode FILTER > EQ )
With all crazy Modulations capabilities on top of that and how much scenario can be covered by the HEAT ? making hard to reply without a precise context.
When I use it as a master effect chain itâs between my Master Output from my Mixing Desk and the PA system. So I can shape Extreme and then coming back to a more soft processing (exactly like a New York Compression or Parallel Compression)
When I use it creatively it can be track processing, Bus Processing, a Module in a Modulation ProcessingâŚ
I never use it in Ableton Live as a Send-Return instead create Audio Tracks and make an Audio Bus myself so I can Resample the Processed Signal more easily.
Hope that helps a bit.
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Hello William thank you for your reply 
for a live set i want it to use to shape and boost the sound of the 3 elektrons coming together, i tried it to chain between the master out of my mixer and the amplifier, but than the recorded sound was without any 
because it was out of the chain. âŚ
That said i love the magic of the heat,
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Does your mixer have send FXs you can plug into? Maybe try that
Not to say you donât know about that- I just discovered it not too long ago-so in case itâs not just me that notion eludes
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Plug the aux out on your mixer to the input of the heat. Connect the output of heat to a stereo input on your mixer. That mixer channel is the effected audio. If you want to hear only the effected audio you will need to find out if your mixer âsendsâ the signal to the aux out before or after the channel fader attentuates it.
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Thank you 
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Man, I suddenly want an Analog Heat super bad.
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Itâd be really cool if the AH got a minor face-lift to give it buttons, and an OLED display like the DN/DT.
Maybe make a new version with 4 input, and the ability to mix 2 stereo signals? 
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This thins is nuts. In love!
I got my Heat a little over a month ago, itâs my first Elektron box & I love it more & more every day. When it first came out I wasnât impressed, didnât think it was for me. Every demo I watched the box is pushed hard, distortion to the max. I actually like it more subtly (sometimes I push it hard, but rarely). Anyways, Cuckooâs demos & Datalineâs showed me itâs potential. It still sounds better in person of course :o) I thought about it for months, had a hard time pulling the trigger due to the cost. When I got it I had buyers remorse (only on day 1). I guess I was expecting miracles for the price of it. But the more I play with it, the more I love it.
Even though I only use vinyl samples & hardware synths & mainly make boom bap type beats (I make other stuff too), Iâm really picky about my âdirtyâ sounds & distortion. Heat can make things sound dirty in the best way (for my ears). It makes drum breaks sound absolutely amazing. & I love the filter. I love the eq. I love everything about it (havenât tried Overbridge yet tho). Very happy I got it & donât plan on ever selling it. It makes everything sound better (again⌠to my ears).
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I just got my AH today, and after just making a few variations of the âMagnetic Masterâ preset, and listening to some of my Digitone beats transformed, Iâm definitely in love. The Digitone, and this beautiful box are making me very happy right now. Canât believe it took me so long to finally get one.
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Hehe, I agree with you @Prints: lately this has been my combo as well! Digitone covers so much ground and Analog Heat offers such a wide flexibility to treat the output, I havenât felt the need to use anything else in impro sessions with my mate @RubbishTC.
Well, an Eventide Space maybe, although DN reverb is really gorgeous: I just love to drown the sound in reverb sometimesâŚ
But yeah, DN + AH is beautiful !
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Happy to hear you are digging the heat! Its one of those pieces that you kinda forget about after a while, but caanot live without IMO. You start to take having one for grated, in the best possible way. You dont hype it you just use it lol
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This thing is amusing. All of a sudden, all my music sounds like crap if it is not on 
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I think Iâll use AH for subtle duties, maybe combined with 2 Analog Drive for high gain distortions. (Oto Boum too, waiting for more demos).
I have already 1 AD, sound really different !
Even with 100% Drive, not enough gain for me with AH.
But with filters, envelopes and lfo it can be very good. Not for high gain distortion.
Damn mine absolutely scorches everything if I dare use it on High Gain with the drive maxed out (including my ears). I have never used it past enhancement really. Thatâs also because I use it on the master and not on aux but still. And I wholeheartedly agree with the comments that you quickly take it for granted but oh the agony when itâs off. Like the El Capistan and Space; itâs just one of those things thatâs always on you know ?
I just say AH is not the best in high gain heavy dirty distortion. Easy comparison with guitar stomp boxes and AD of course.
For me itâs like thereâs a limiter before drive or elsewhere, which would make sense for Overbridge levels.
I had it on the master and made a A/B between no Heat and Heat in Not active. I used the alt Out on my mackie mixer to do it instantly.
The sound becoumes definatly thinner when I run it through the non active heat. 
That dissapointed me, and i felt honestly a bit fooled. Of course when I do the A/B between Heat Active and Heat Non Active it is signifficant. But when I compare it to no Heat at all in point of enhancement, thickness and livelyness (not really diatortion), its not doin SO much as it seems when i deactivate the Heat.
So I returned it after i was totally impressed first. It seemd an illusion.
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