Elektron’s Analog Heat audio processor for including saturation and heat to digital devices, however now the corporate’s upping the ante . Announced on the SuperBooth synthesizer expo in Berlin, Analog Heat +FX picks up the place the MK2 left off, with the addition of recent digital effects to enhance the pre-existing saturation choices.
The titular effects are the standout characteristic right here, because the unit permits for tape emulation, reverb, bit crushing, delay, refrain and more. This is along with eight stereo analog distortion models, seven filter sorts, a two-band EQ and a noise gate. In different phrases, this little module can do a lot with your sound whether or not it is a easy keyboard riff or a complete grasp bus.
Another enormous new characteristic is named circulate, which lets customers simply reshuffle the signal path to create distinctive sounds. You can insert effects at any level within the signal path, earlier than or after the audio supply, and save the leads to one in every of 512 preset slots. The machine additionally encourages customers to experiment with the modulation supply and the three LFOs for even more adjustment capabilities. There’s additionally a mode referred to as bass focus that mechanically goes from stereo to mono at a preset cross-over level, serving to to make sure a fats and centered low finish.
The {hardware} itself received a little bit of an replace right here, with a new pixel-based OLED display that’s bigger and brighter than the shows discovered on earlier fashions. As for inputs and outputs, you get a MIDI in/out, two management inputs for foot switches and the like, a number of stereo ins and outs and a USB port. The USB port helps you to plug straight into a pc, by way of a built-in sound card, to allow you to heat up (or mangle) audio out of your DAW.
The Analog Heat +FX ships with a PSU-3c energy provide and a USB cable. It’s out there to order proper now and prices $1,000.
