#SPECIALS ON EVENTIDE H910 PRO#
#SPECIALS ON EVENTIDE H910 SOFTWARE#

It's easy to forget that we've come so far in such a short time in just a matter of decades, we've gone from early warehouse-sized electronic musical instruments to having entire private music studios sitting on top of our laps. There’s no real logic to the ordering of factory presets and most seem maximised for wow factor, so some DIY reprogramming will almost certainly be essential.Spending our days surrounded by seemingly magical musical equipment, we can't help but occasionally take a look back in awe at how many technological developments in the 20th century were dedicated to music and sound.

#SPECIALS ON EVENTIDE H910 PRO#

I used it with electric guitar, piano and as a hardware insert with Pro Tools in a home recording situation where the H9’s stereo capability was put to very good use. The clarity of sound and the super low noise level are especially pleasing in all modes of operation. Both the input and output gain are adjustable so you can set the unit up for low output pickups or tweak appropriately for use with synths or for connecting into an effect loop, mixer auxiliary or interface. With the exception of signature sounds, it pretty much renders all of your budget effects obsolete.

#SPECIALS ON EVENTIDE H910 SOFTWARE#

Should you be old school enough to only have a laptop, there’s an appropriate software version to download that gives you access to all the same features. There’s also an X/Y pad function which turns your touch screen into a controller. Everything works in real time so you can manipulate effects while playing or mixing. You can edit and upload changes to your H9 or you can work on the hardware interface to make changes. There’s also a ribbon controller that lets you swipe parameters in an intuitive fashion. The H9 Control app presents you with a clear interface for each preset: parameter controls are presented as virtual knobs. In Expert mode you can map these buttons to other parameters, so the scope to edit and customise effects is huge. It’s a neat solution, but not always that easy to read if you’re off to one side. Press the button and adjust them using the rotary – this has a light ring around it which shows the initial setting and responds as you make changes. The X, Y and Z buttons are automatically mapped to the most common parameters for each preset. Alternatively, you can go though them using the right hand footswitch, but they only load when you press the left hand switch.įor live work you can also limit the number of presets available, so if you only use say, ten, you can streamline the interface. For example, you can use the Hotknob to set the rotary to work like an expression pedal and you can access any of the 99 presets by simply pressing the Preset button and scrolling – then they load automatically. The design is such that it encourages you to do all your editing, setup and studio work with it on your desk, before switching to hands-free operation (if you need it) on the floor. There are just five buttons, a rotary encoder and two footswitches.

The simplicity of the control layout hides a powerful interface. For these you’ll need something like the Eclipse V4 rack unit. There’s USB, MIDI in/out and expression pedal sockets in addition to the necessary audio connectivity, but no XLR/balanced or digital options. The H9 can be used as both a mono and stereo input/output device and it’s clever enough to configure itself depending on how you connect it. Pairing the H9, via Bluetooth, with an iOS device take editing, archiving and control capability to a completely new level. If you want to start customising with different algorithms straight away, you can buy the H9 Core for around £100 less this comes with just one algorithm, a pitch shifter. And you can have everything you need in one box. This makes the cost seem reasonable as the individual pedals cost between £369 and 429 each. It comes loaded with nine – delay (3), chorus, tremolo, pitch shifts (2) and reverbs (2) – and you can purchase more for £13.99 each. What makes the H9 special is that it can run any of the algorithms from the company’s pedals. It’s easy to assume that stompboxes are for guitarists, but the combination of sound quality and editability makes them ideal for any instrument player and, just as importantly, the producer or engineer. Eventide has been producing pro studio kit since the 1970s, the H910 Harmoniser, in particular, being a classic that’s associated with artists such as David Bowie.

Specials on eventide h910