Latest User Reviews

THE PIONEER

By Marcus

Sound Quality 40%
Build Quality 40%
Usefullness 50%
Mojo/Funk 80%
Reliability 30%

This was a new magical device in 1974. We could change pitch without changing the length. The introduction above says it had ‘de-glitch’, it did not. De-glitching was an optional board for the H949. The more pitch change you choose the more glitching you get. I still love it for doubling at the smallest pitch change it will do.

FIRST CLASS, AND INCREDIBLY EXPANDBLE

By Ed Driscoll

Sound Quality 100%
Build Quality 100%
Usefullness 100%
Mojo/Funk 100%
Reliability 100%

If the shelf life of the Eventide H9000 is anything like its predecessors, the H9000 will be around for a long time to come, with numerous updates coming from Eventide. But right out of the box, with many presets ported over from the H8000 and the H9, the H9000 is the Swiss army knife of processors. Use it on guitars, basses, synths, vocals, mix reverb, etc.

VERY POWERFUL, VERY COMPLEX

By Steve

Sound Quality 95%
Build Quality 90%
Usefullness 100%
Mojo/Funk 75%
Reliability 90%

The Eventide H8000 is not a box for the faint of heart, it is a very complex beast to get your head around, particularly the setup and routing of the inputs and outputs. Once mastered of course it becomes second nature, but you do need some patience. Sound quality is absolutely pristine and quiet.

This is NOT a box you buy for it’s “character” or for the “colour” it can add to your sound, it is way too clean and precise for that, which also explains the love affair most have with the much earlier H3000 with it’s inferior sonics and coloured sound.

The question is, do you want something that offers the pristine sound quality modern digital can provide, and that can also be had from a plugin, or something much older, with more ‘mojo’ and colour, and probably less reliability? It is a tough call, but certainly for those desiring a hardware effects box that can just about do it all, and do it with superb sound quality and an almost endless list of capabilities, then look no further.

Excellent

By Arnaud Cambon

Sound Quality 100%
Build Quality 90%
Usefullness 90%
Mojo/Funk 100%
Reliability 90%

Exceptional multi effect. 4x the power of a DSP4000. it produces effects that only eventide can produce. it’s really a high end machine that I never want to have to sell. I preferred it to the eclipse and much more powerful than the legendary H3000.

WILD EFFECTS AND AMAZING QUALITY

By Nina

Sound Quality 100%
Build Quality 100%
Usefullness 100%
Mojo/Funk 100%
Reliability 100%

Eventide effects units are built to the highest standard with the professional studio in mind. The DSP 7000 is no difference. It’s build like a tank and features analog (XLR) as well as digital (AES/EBU, SPDIF) input/output. It has word clock which lots of effect processors are missing and you can build your own effect algorithms if you connect it to a computer via mid (in/out/thru) or serial port. It’s basically the stereo version of the Eventide Orville. The sound quality is simply amazing and the preset effects range from bread and butter reverbs, delays and modulation effects to really wild experimental stuff. I especially love the reverbs. They are from another world! I might sell some of my effect processors at some point and replace them with plugins but i would never sell my Eventide! In fact i really want to get a second one. This unit really brings something to the table that is not available in a plugin to this day and I have tried them all.

FAR BETTER THAN IT GETS CREDIT FOR

By Chris

Sound Quality 100%
Build Quality 90%
Usefullness 90%
Mojo/Funk 100%
Reliability 90%

This thing is fantastic. The H3000 gets all the hype but any of the Eventide Ultra-Harmonizers sound stellar.

ELEKTRAGEN

By Carlos

Sound Quality 85%
Build Quality 90%
Usefullness 85%
Mojo/Funk 75%
Reliability 90%

Doesn’t have the mojo as the H3000. However the Reverb with doubler is excellent on horns. Many veterans will tell you the H3000 is the one to get but this piece seems to sit in the mix just right.

Review

By Steve Knight

Sound Quality 80%
Build Quality 90%
Usefullness 70%
Mojo/Funk 60%
Reliability 90%

REVIEW

By Anonymous

Sound Quality 65%
Build Quality 85%
Usefullness 80%
Mojo/Funk 65%
Reliability 50%

ELEKTRAGEN

By Carlos

Sound Quality 100%
Build Quality 90%
Usefullness 100%
Mojo/Funk 100%
Reliability 90%

This is one of my all time best fx processors ever and will never be beat; ever so don’t try just buy. That’s right boys & girls this lil sucka has the balls and warmth of tape. You can run a Casio through this gal and it sounds like a friggin church organ. Its layout is jacked with the 1 knob but just run it midi & your all good. Now I’ve had 3 of these suckers and 2 had issues, so be wise if ya buy. But never underestimate the H3000. Yes the Reverb’s are not as strong as the Lexicon yet they are a more creative Verb.

The reason they are so sought after is the sound output you get with the fx bypassed. Like running it through a Studer or SSL desk it just adds punch and clarity, compression & warmth on any sound with fx bypassed. It sounds so freaggin gooooood. The best effects in the box are the Phaser, Flanger, Compression, Delay baby & Shimmerish , Dual H910, Canyons, Stutter & Hell. Be warned these babies are temperamental due to age but the sound is all worth it. Please take care of this jem.

WIZARD IN A BOX

By Simon Alexander

Sound Quality 90%
Build Quality 65%
Usefullness 90%
Mojo/Funk 85%
Reliability 75%

This box has pretty much all the effects you can ever use under it’s lid. Sonically, is so clever, but like a lot of early tech from the 80’s it suffers with some real annoying issues. Make no mistake about the quality of what it delivers… From reverbs to quirky delay to pitch shifts, it’s so clever and the quality of what it produces sonically.

To this day, H3000’s are really commanding good prices because they have their own distinctive sound. The operation is easy to use and presets can be recalled either by keypad or by a rotary dial selector. The 2 x 40 display is really nice too, but there is one major issue ALL H3000’s have… and that’s the psu HUM ! It’s deafening!

Like a few other items I can mention from the 80’s that were make in a metal chassis.. this thing is annoyingly noisy! I put my transformer on thick rubber grommets and it’s helps, but you can still hear it. The rotary dial is also very delicate and if they break, there are no spares… Gripe aside, I simply love it’s diversity and difference. The chorus patches are phenomenal and other than the fact the presets follow no logical order of storage, you’ll find something interesting to use, somewhere.

YES YES YES!

By Bernd

Sound Quality 75%
Build Quality 85%
Usefullness 95%
Mojo/Funk 100%
Reliability 95%