Fucking animal
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new heat+ only genre begins
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I have an ambient gig coming up, this could be amazing using just this box!
Late but wowā¦
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It really is stunning how you sometimes manage to make usā¦ welll speachlessā¦ I donāt know what to say 
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trying this now and really amps up the case for a macro perf page, batch controlling lfo depths and speeds would be so nice.
all i got was hot bubbles thoā¦ (but check out the kick drum right at the end!)
kick mono wav :
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Thanks everyone! 
Awesome bubble, though, Transformersesque! Using a filter envelope took all the energy out of my pattern, especially since the filter is after the distortion, not before. Iād really love to see a digital filter to be introduced into the AH +FX, just to put it before āHeatā 
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Think it will get chorus on next update, adding a heat to a syntakt, effects all the tracks of the syntakt and think no one wants add chorus to all 12 tracks sametime, syntakt need per track chorusā¦
So so good! Bravo!
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You can use bits bandpass filter, or warble.
But yeah, no resonance.
Same technique, but utilizing the Filter to get a kick. But of course, now itās just a kick
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same as before, but +FX output into the input of the MK2 lol ā¦ who recognizes this song? 
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Itās āmy washing mashine smashesā by Catenation Industrial.
I love this song, first of all, great melody!
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Sounds like a slow version of pitch hiker.
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Anyone using this on the master? As in, for real? Not āIām making a video about using it on the masterā-context, but actually for real?
I had one of the older Heats and used it on the master and quite liked it. With the +FX, Iām thinking of maybe going back, since I need some oomph on my final output that my current kits wonāt bring.
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Iām in the exact same position. Had the Heat mk1 and was happy with how it sounded. I had a bunch of very small workflow issues that added up, and I sold it to help fund a much needed new laptop.
I used the Heat mk1 as an end of chain 99% of the time, and it was great. But I always ran it through an FX chain in post too: a compressor (even when using the envelope follower as a pseudo-compressor on the Heat), an EQ (even if the Heat has an EQ and filter), some sort of tape plugin (even if the Heat is a saturation box), and a limiter. The Heat did all the heavy lifting, and the plugins were there to add the finishing touches. But now with the Heat+FX, I imagine I can get away with only using a limiter in post, since the Heat+FX can now saturate, compress, dirty up (with Bits), and add slight warble (with tape). Not to mention that since it has a compressor, I can use the envelope follower for something other than pseudo-compression.
I can afford a new Heat+FX, but not sure I can justify it 
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There are many talented musicians on this forum who make fantastic music and you are 100% one of them. So Iād say you can definitively justify it!
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Ignorant question, but if you add that much on a master channel, arenāt you basically committing to all of the imperfections of your mix at that point? I guess thatās one way of working and Iām sure it leads to punchy results quickly.
I just tried to stem out a Syntakt song dry (ignoring the reverb/delay channel output from Overbridge and recreating the reverb and delay sends in the daw instead, and the difference is night and day in terms of overall clarity. Within a couple of hours, I was able to reach a far better mixing result than I have ever achieved when trying to use the effects straight from the Syntakt. Point being, I donāt think thereās any turning back for me when it comes to embracing a hybrid approach of sketching, having fun with the creative process (ctrl+all, etc), structuring the song and jamming live, benefiting from the raw nature of the analog fx block for the track(s) that really need it, and then leveraging the power of the daw to create a really clean (in a good way) sounding mix in the end.
Just seems to me that Heat+FX is made to bring the best out of the inevitably raw nature of the in-gear mix when performing live in front of an audience and where you donāt have the luxury of post production work. If thatās the intended use case, I can see the benefit of it, but if the idea is to run eg YouTube jams through it, I struggle to see how this is anything more than a glorified, expensive compromise for tools that already exists in the new laptop you just bought. 
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Yeah, recording my track is often the last step of my music making process. I donāt record stems, instead I mix into my FX chain and record the stereo outs of my DT or DN. I know that multitracking is easy thanks to overbridge, but I just donāt enjoy that workflow. Once Iāve recorded a track, Iām all out of music making energy.
Thatās exactly whatās holding me back from buying one. Iām getting great results using plugins. I do everything on hardware (creating loops in FL Studio and putting them on the OT not-withstanding), and when Iām ready to record I open up FL Studio where I have my āmasteringā plugins. Then I use a midi track on the Digitakt or Digitone to control the 8 most used plugin parameters: overdrive, threshold, makeup gain, low, mid, high, and volume knob on the wet signal for easier comparison with the dry signal.
I think what Iām āreallyā looking for is a piece of hardware that lets me control the āmasterā FX. Faderfox EC4 or PC4 came to mind, but since theyāre midi controllers Iām still tied to a laptop and Iād still have to deal with midi mappings. They cost about 1/3 of a Heat+FX, which is great. But on the other hand, the Heat+FX is a completely self-contained box and seems to have the tools Iām looking for. But on the other other hand, I always record into my laptop anyway.
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For what itās worth, if I was operating in your context, I wouldnāt get a Heat. Iām daw-less so that kind of box would add a lot for me, but you already got a strong mastering chain, sounds like.
Not that you asked me specifically, but donāt buy one, is my unasked for advice
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