Heartbreaker Synth Overview

Installation Instructions

Download the Heartbreaker installer from your account.
Run the installer and follow the on-screen steps.
Open your DAW, rescan your plugins, and load Heartbreaker on a MIDI track.

System Requirements

Works on both macOS and Windows
Delivered in VST3 and AU formats
Compatible with all major DAWs (except Pro Tools)

Troubleshooting

If the synth doesn’t show up in your DAW, rescan your plugin folders.
Make sure you installed the correct format for your system.
If you encounter issues, restart your Computer.’

File Size

Mac – 55mb
Win – 35mb

Presets & Top Controls

Access the menu by clicking the Heartbreaker text.
Click the preset bar to browse factory sounds
Save your own using the save icon (stored in user folder)
Volume icon controls global output level
Music note icon adjusts master pitch (-12 to +12 semitones)
Keyboard icon shows or hides the on-screen keys

Oscillator Section

Heartbreaker has 3 oscillators. Each oscillator has its own section accessed by selecting between OSC 1, OSC 2, and OSC 3. Each includes:

Wave: Wavetable selector
Oct: Octave control
Blend: Morphs the wavetable

Clicking the Oscillator title opens the unison controls:

– Poly/Legato mode
– Voices slider for stacking
– Detune for spread
– Center to mono the stack

Filter Section

Filter Velocity on/off
Cutoff knob for tone shaping
Reso knob (from -6dB to +6dB)
Mode selector with 7 filter types:

(Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Dark LP, Lowshelf, Highshelf, Ringmod

Envelope Section

Attack
Decay
Hold
Sustain
Release
Curve: shapes both attack & decay

Multi FX Section

Two layers, toggled by clicking the ‘Multi FX’ title:

Layer 1:

EQ knob with preset curves (lowcut, highcut, midcut, lowmidcut, all cut)
Chorus mix
Drive amount
Distort (6 types: linear, atan, sin, asinh, tancos, curve)

Layer 2:

Arps (6 melodic/arpeggio types)
Comp (6 dynamics settings: smooth, dynamic, tight, aggro, control, warmth)
Sauce (6 vibes: numb, shiver, scorch, haze, shimmer, dusk)
Space (6 reverb environments) [not related to the reverb section]

LFO Section

Each knob has preconfigured LFO settings.

Filter: (fast ramp, ramp up, slow ramp, short ramp, smooth ramp, sine fast)
Pitch: (vibrato 1, vibrato 2, pitch drop 1, pitch drop 2, vibrato+drop combos)
Morph: morphs selected oscillator wavetable
Gate: (sidechain 1, 2, 3, frozen, pearls, random gate)

Delay

Mix
Feedback
Left Rate
Right Rate

Reverb

Mix
Filter
Decay
Room

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