Analog Heat MKII
Description
Nature has a way of turning something beautiful into an object of timeless beauty. Rocks erode into new textures. Plants wilt and turn pale or have new bright colors. Analog Heat MKII enhances the color, texture and temperature of your sound. Discovering your inner beauty. Gently or roughly. Make it glow.
Product information
Sound amplifier, sound destroyer
Connect and amplify any sound source. Samplers, drum machines, synths, vocals, master bus, whatever. It's a fiery furnace ready to ignite your music while preserving the structure and integrity of the signal.
Wheel of Fortune distortion
Each of the eight analog circuits offers its own unique way of processing sound. Clean gain, saturation, gain, mid drive, crunch, distortion, harmonic fuzz or high gain. You will find your favorite.
Sculpt the flame
Further control the frequency and overtones of your sound with a resonant multi-mode filter. Low frequencies, high frequencies, bandpasses, notches or peaks. Determine the level of low and high frequencies by setting the analog equalizer. The low-frequency/high-frequency effect of the equalizer adapts according to the characteristics of each effect scheme.
Join the movement
Add contour and movement to your amplified signal with a variety of modulation options. Run the envelope at your chosen volume and frequency range. Numerous controls include drive, filter, EQ and LFO. Make any parameter oscillate and intertwine in a coordinated or chaotic manner with a multi-waveform LFO with a wide speed range.
Brighter and better
Reliable precision encoders, durable backlit keys and a clear OLED screen: big, clear and bright. Perfect for performing in the dark. Animated visual feedback of the signal makes overview and understanding of the modulation easy.
Plug and play
Easily connect to other classroom-compatible devices such as computers, phones or tablets via USB. Use it as an audio interface, as a sound processor for a USB audio host, or configure the audio routing in many other ways to suit your needs.
Eight ways to improve sound
Take a look at the hot capacitors, diodes, and other nifty things that do their best to compress, crunch, pump, or distort your sound.
The first four effects circuits offer clean and non-destructive amplification. The next four provide increasingly aggressive signal suppression. Pure amplification - a high increase in internal voltage that preserves the integrity and content of the signal.
Saturation – Warm ribbon-style saturation adds a soft complexity to signal peaks. Equalizer controls slightly emphasize the effect.
Enhancement – Adds a tube glow to the signal while keeping it crisp and clear. The equalizer creates a little static at maximum settings.
Mid Drive - Reliable mid-range overdrive effect while maintaining clear overall signal peaks.
Rough crunch - a hard contour that compresses and deforms the peaks for an expressive effect. Equalizers set to the maximum emphasize the crunch.
Classic dist - Reliable distortion of upper and middle frequencies. Equalizer settings can increase distortion.
Round fuzz is a warm fuzzy distortion that magically adds banding and complexity to signal peaks. The extreme level of the equalizer confuses it even more.
High gain is the most aggressive gain of all. Lots of boost, great sustain. Extreme settings of the equalizer affect the sound chaos.
Full technical characteristics:
Sound processing
8 x stereo analog distortion circuits
1 × stereo analog multimode filter (7 types of filters)
1 × 2-band analog stereo equalizer
1 × envelope generator/envelope maintainer is assigned
1 × assignable LFO
128 custom slots
Equipment
OLED screen 128x64 pixels
MIDI In/Out/Thru with DIN Sync output
2 x ¼″ balanced audio outputs
2 x ¼″ balanced audio jacks
1 × ¼″ stereo headphone jack
2 × ¼″ CV/expression pedal input jacks
48 kHz, 24-bit digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters
High-speed USB 2.0 port
Audio outputs
Headphone output level: +19 dBu peak
Headphone output impedance: 36 ohms
Impedance level of balanced main outputs: +19 dBu peak
Basic output impedance: 440 ohms unbalanced
Audio inputs
Balanced audio input level: +19 dBu peak
Input audio input: 39 kΩ
Control inputs
Input level: -5 V to +5 V
Accepts CV, expression pedals, footswitches
Physical characteristics
Strong steel body
Dimensions: W 215 x D 184 x H 63 mm (including audio outputs, handles and feet)
Weight: approximately 1.5 kg
Holes for mounting VESA 100x100 mm
