Another Ableton Rack is upon us and this week you get a rack that can work on any track. The Sound Heater.

The Sound Heater is a sound-warming, analog-inspiring, fuzz-melting rack. It’s based on 6(!) different Dynamic Tube effects that are being processed in Serial.

 

6 dynamic tube

 

They are set to different Tube Modes and have a slightly different spectral distribution of the distortion. Which makes almost any sound you throw at it instantly warmer.

The intentional use of multiple dynamic tubes effects with serial processing and micro parameter changes gives us a different and more controlled sound than we would get with just one dynamic tube device.

To finish it all up we use the Saturator on Sinoid Fold mode with control only over the Dry/Wet.

 

Macros

 

The 7 Macros of the Sound Heater are:

Drive: the main knob drives the tubes

Pre Gain:  controls the output of the first tube will introduce a lot of distortion into the chain

Post Gain: boost the overall output of the last tube before the saturate and filter

Envelope: add an envelope that makes the tubes listen to the signal and distort accordingly

Analog Filter: custom EQ8 with two high shelves combined to an analog-style Low-Pass filter

Saturate: a Saturator audio effect set on Sinoid Fold mode to add even more warmth

Dry/Wet: global Dry/Wet control for all the tubes

 

Installation

 

1. Double click on the downloaded file to open it up in Ableton Live

2. Click on the Save button at the top right corner of the device

 

Sound Heater

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