Elektron Analog Heat + FX Hybrid Digital/Analog Sound Processor

Sound processing

• Eight stereo analog distortion circuits
• Stereo analog multimode filter (7 filter types)
• 2-band adaptable stereo analog EQ
• Noise Gate
• Reverb
• Delay
• Chorus
• Warble
• Bits
• Compressor
• Bass focus

Modulation

• Assignable envelope generator/envelope follower with two destinations
• 3 assignable LFOs (with two destinations per LFO)

Storage

• 512 user preset slots

This is the heart and heat of this machine. Add warmth, depth, and character with eight fully analog stereo distortion circuits ranging from subtle clean boost to complete annihilation. Each circuit offers its own unique way of processing sound. Clean boost, saturation, enhance, mid-drive, crunch, distortion, harmonic fuzz, or high gain. Ready to enhance or destroy your sampler, drum machine, synth, vocal, drums, master bus, kalimba, or whatever source comes to mind.

Drift away when adding movement and texture with the worn-out warble effect. Let the inspiration be whatever nostalgic magnetic media comes to mind. Continue that journey with a dash of chorus. Create rich immersive soundscapes with delay and reverb effects. Mix grit with a dash of bitrate and sample-rate reduction, adding that special touch of lo-fi glitchyness.

Squeeze or fine-tune the dynamic range of your signal with the compressor, and let bass focus nail down the stereo field to mono at the chosen crossover point, allowing you to get a tight focused low end.

Here is where the real superfun begins. In the Flow page, you can quickly rearrange, mute, and unmute effects to find your own signal flow, with your own special timbres. Add depth, dimension, complexity, and color to your music. The rearrangeable signal path lets you showcase all of its nuance. Let the options be endless. Save your explorations, no matter how wild, in one of the 512 preset slots for instant recall.

Shape and carve your material's frequency and overtone content using the resonant multimode filter. Select from 7 filter types like the classic low pass and high pass, as well as a bandpass, notch, or peak. Fine-tune—add and subtract your lows and highs by twisting the knobs of the 2-band adaptable EQ. Then fracture your sound using the noise gate.

Enter the Mod page for the next level of fun. Here you've got a useful tool kit of modulation options, each with two destinations. Take the incoming sound and shape it into a modulation source using the envelope follower, which can be sent to tons of parameters like filter, drive, or bit reduction.

Make the parameters wobble and weave in a coordinated or chaotic manner using any of the 3 multiwaveform LFOs with a wide speed range—all with their own individual settings and destinations. Be complex. Be simple. It's you who decides.

You have stereo input and stereo output plus two control inputs for control voltage, expression inputs, or foot switches. These can be assigned to multiple parameters of your effects. Full-sized MIDI in, out, and thru, with DIN-sync support for the classics, giving your sound flavor you never knew existed.

USB is onboard for easy connection to other class compliant devices such as computers, phones, or tablets, and for seamless computer integration with Overbridge—perfect for adding analog warmth to your sound explorations—on individual tracks as well as on the master bus. It can also double as a sound card, making it perfect for the nimble studio.

Glimpse into sizzling hot condensers, diodes, and other things that do their very best to squeeze, crunch, pump, or distort your sound. The first four effect circuits offer clean and nondestructive boosts. The next four provide increasingly aggressive signal crunching.

• Saturation: Warm tape-style saturation adds soft complexity to the signal peaks. Equalizer controls accentuate the effect subtly.
• Enhancement: Adds a tube-like glow to the signal while keeping it clear and defined. Equalizer controls introduce slight static at max settings.
• Mid-Drive: A solid mid-range overdrive effect, keeping the overall signal peaks well defined.
• Rough Crunch: A gritty circuit that squeezes and deforms the peaks to an expressive effect. Equalizers set to max emphasize the crunch.
• Classic Dist: Trusty distortion of upper and midrange frequencies. Equalizer settings can add impact to the distortion.
• Round Fuzz: A warm fuzzy distortion that adds fringes and complexity to the signal peaks in a charming manner. Equalizer extremes fuzz it up even more.
• High Gain: The most aggressive boost of all. Plenty of gain, great sustain. Extreme equalizer settings impact the sonic mayhem.

Overbridge allows your Analog Heat +FX to be used as a VST/AU effect plug-in. Connect the unit to your computer and conveniently smooth out the edges of digital sounds—bringing your mixes to life.