Hi, new user here, or potential one. I’ve read through the relevant part of the Heat 2 manual a dozen times and still can’t get this through my head. I’ll tell you what I want to do, and maybe you can advise me on what the proper settings are to achieve it, or if it can be done.
I won’t be using Heat as a plugin. Instead, I want to use it on the outputs of my mixer, an SSL SiX, as an effect, and ALSO use it as a sound card. I want to do ALL MONITORING via the SiX—that is, not use the Heat 2’s headphone output at all.
OK, so: my plan is send the main outs of the mixer to the analog ins on the Heat 2, and then into the FX, and from there into the computer via USB. I would ALSO like the effected signal to then go out through the analog outputs of the Heat 2, and back into the mixer through the EXT 1 inputs of the SiX…combined with the UNEFFECTED output of my DAW. This way, I’ll only be monitoring EXT 1 on the mixer, and will basically use the Heat 2 as an insert effect, turning it on and off with the ON button on the top of the unit, rather than with the INSERT button on the mixer. (In theory I could use the SiX master inserts, but that would entail soldering up some DB25 connectors; the way I’m describing should be simpler.)
I hope this makes sense. Or, to take the SiX out of the equation, I just want the analog outputs of the Heat 2 to carry the EFFECTED signal from the analog inputs, plus the UNEFFECTED signal from the computer. What, then, are the proper audio routing settings to use?
