Multichannel routing for hex systems · macOS
Hex Inception
Get all hex guitar audio channels into your multichannel audio plug-ins — no matter what DAW you have.
The problem: Conventional DAWs may stop at mono or stereo inputs relegating your multichannel audio input plug-ins inaccessible.
Hex Inception’s canonical logical order is 1: DI / Auxiliary 1, 2: DI / Auxiliary 2, then 3–8: String 1–6. These slots feed a hosted processor inside Hex, whose selected mono/stereo audio outputs return to the DAW. This is logical order, not a universal physical-device or high-to-low string map. Direct mode uses the selected Core Audio device; Reamp / Resynth uses the Hex Inception 8ch virtual device with its own track-to-virtual audio device routing.
Inside Hex Inception
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Is this you?
- 01You run multi-channel audio input plug-ins (MIDI Guitar 3 Hex, GK2MIDI, PatchWork) and want to overcome the limitations imposed by Logic Pro, Live or Bitwig.
- 02You want maximum flexibility for your hexaphonic pickup system across various DAWs and hosts.
- 03You want to re-amp or re-synthesise multichannel material you've already recorded.
What it is
Hex Inception is a macOS plug-in built to solve one very specific problem: getting multichannel hexaphonic guitar audio into software your DAW cannot normally feed with six or more input channels.
Load it on a track, choose your multichannel audio device, and host your multi-channel audio input plug-in directly inside the plug-in. Hex Inception handles the connection between your hardware, the host DAW and the hosted plug-in, providing up to eight discrete audio channels where conventional DAW routing may otherwise stop at mono or stereo.
For MIDI Guitar 3 Hex users, that means the six individual string signals — plus the additional D.I. channels available from compatible hardware — can be delivered straight to MIDI Guitar 3 Hex inside any DAW. You keep working in your preferred DAW while retaining the multichannel input that hex processing requires.
Flexible MIDI output routing allows sending MIDI from generator plug-ins (like MG3, GK2MIDI) when some DAWs won't allow it.
Hex Inception isn't just another guitar processor; It's the missing connection between hexaphonic hardware, multichannel plug-ins and DAWs whose native input architecture was never designed for them.
Version 1.0.3. introduces routing presets.
Two workflows
- Direct mode — connect directly to a compatible multichannel audio interface for real-time playing and processing
- Reamp/Resynth mode — route previously recorded multichannel material back through a hosted processor via the included 8-channel virtual audio device
- Explicit, visible routing: assign physical hardware channels to the logical inputs the hosted plug-in expects
- Buffer size, input status, channel activity and routing state readable from the plug-in interface
- Up to eight discrete audio channels
Specifications
System requirements
The macOS minimum reflects the 1.0.4 release. Your DAW, hosted processor and audio-device driver may have higher requirements. Build minimums do not establish compatibility with every OS, device or host, and no measured CPU or RAM minimum is published. Try the desktop trial with your own hardware and host before buying.
Your DAW. Your hex plug-ins. No channels lost.
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