I’m really curious how well it could replace my “mastering” FX chain in FL Studio. I had an AH mk1 which I really liked the sound of, but wish I had all the controls for all the end of chain plugins in one place. It looks like a really fun and inspiring all-in-one FX box 
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Man I hope they do a dual-mono input update on this like with the DT and DN, if the hardware even allows it. Wouldn’t be able to have different filter/distortion settings on each channel probably but being able to use this as separate Reverb and Delay send FX from a mixer would be lovely.
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you have dual mono on DN inputs, you can send L/R to chorus/reverb/delay independently, or did I misunderstood something?
On this point specifically it’s not surgical but it’s a surprisingly good EQ - assuming it’s the same circuit as the other AH’s. It really does sweeten that top-end. The filter is real nice too. I miss both using my Boum and even the EQ/Filter on my XONE doesn’t quite give me what I liked about this combo. Before I got an AH I wondered how useful a 2-band would be but it’s perfect for just massaging the sound just enough. I probably wouldn’t trust myself to bake in a mid EQ to my recordings but I could leave a little bump on the highs and a dip in the lows pretty much permanently.
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Yeah I just feel like the lack of actual compression with control over threshold, attack, release, ratio made me hesitant to buy over things like the Boum or Vla ii which I have bought
But I never used it so I don’t know how useful the envelope follower ducking actually is
Oh man, multi I/O with multitrack recording (& looping) would be the best thing ever. Not likely, but Elektron definitely should be the ones to do it
Previously on Elektronauts:
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i like your thinking … we can hope, somehow, but currently alas not !
About time a prediction of mine largely came true (we’ll sort of) 
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Definitely, but you can’t kill the dry signal so it doesn’t work as a send/return with a mixer. If they did this with the Heat +FX they’d def need to have a kill dry function.
Perfect
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This is basically what I use it for.
Heat with envelope follower, HPF sidechained master comp, master density (low mix) reverb, EQ, some LFOs keeping things spicy.
I use it with my OT and it has replaced my OT master fx track. So I got that 8th track back.
And the ability to save presets means I can save a mastering chain for each tune, but also quickly try out chains on various tunes for inspiration.
But it doesn’t have to only be that. I also use it as a simple stereo FX when writing synth bits for dub techno. Dusty, crispy, wild and spaced out. LFOs are great here. Sample into OT, then go back to using AHFX as a mastering box.
Pretty flexible. The only thing I can find this flexible for my own personal needs is a laptop.
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ah, got it, yeah that would be great
slightly off-topic, but did anyone ever wonder if there’s really ‘8 distortion circuits’ in AH?
I’ve seen it inside, and just can’t discern such a presumably complex arrangement on the circuit board. maybe I’m wrong to presume that dedicated circuitry would require 8 separate current pathways, OpAmps, and 8 different transistors/diodes…
still wish the box sounded better, before any FX. two real different ded. circuits, plus analog compressor or limiter, a better analog EQ would make a much better and all-around tool.
(though it’s good for what it is though, and was always priced fine, even better now)
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what’s in a name ?
- AH+FX
- AHFX
- AFX (spoiled vote, taken!)
- AH+
- AHX
- AX (early front runner, ruled out)
- AH3
- AHP
- AH-emmkaythree
- DGAF (let me haz one already)
- All of the above
- None of the above
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Let the community speak …
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yes
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You can modulate just about anything, except only FLOW order afaict !!!
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That’s wild. I LOVE the digi delay and reverb (I even recorded an IR of the digiverb to use in Ableton), but often I would like to modulate them, like you can do with the Moog Matriarch.
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Pot noodles are surprisingly expensive in the US, I do miss being able to grab one from the corner shop for a quick lunch.
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