Eventide H90

[Shaw]

No doubt most of you guys have already seen this, but here it is anyway.  Eventide H90 — essentially 2 H9s in the same box with lots of improvements.


I recently relocated to Thailand and have been rebuilding my studio.  I left an H9000 size whole in my rack (that’s what I used before), but honestly, I don’t need that much power or that many channels.  I may grab a pair of these (one for my guitar chain, and one as an effect insert for my DAW) and place them on a rack shelf in that space. 
But talk about adding new life to your old synth!!!  These things are powerful!

[Sacred Synthesis]

Yikes!  900 buckaroos.

[Shaw]

Yikes!  900 buckaroos.

A pretty penny for sure, but is there a competing product on the market that approaches what this can do?

[LPF83]

Yikes!  900 buckaroos.

A pretty penny for sure, but is there a competing product on the market that approaches what this can do?

The Line 6 Helix or Boss GT-1000 comes to mind.

But considering that a single Eventide H9 is ~$500 and this is two of them with a superior knob interface, it's not too bad of a deal... particularly considering MSRP of the Helix or GT-1000.

One consideration for me is that I have almost all Eventide FX in plugin form, and for most of them I paid maybe $29 on sale.   I do use the SP2016 reverb plugin all the time... it's so transparent and beautiful sounding that the idea of having that on a pedal that can have another effect feeding into it is an attractive proposition.

[Shaw]

Yikes!  900 buckaroos.

A pretty penny for sure, but is there a competing product on the market that approaches what this can do?

The Line 6 Helix or Boss GT-1000 comes to mind.

But considering that a single Eventide H9 is ~$500 and this is two of them with a superior knob interface, it's not too bad of a deal... particularly considering MSRP of the Helix or GT-1000.

One consideration for me is that I have almost all Eventide FX in plugin form, and for most of them I paid maybe $29 on sale.   I do use the SP2016 reverb plugin all the time... it's so transparent and beautiful sounding that the idea of having that on a pedal that can have another effect feeding into it is an attractive proposition.

Kinda hard to compare the Helix or GT-1000 to the new H90.  They are just different machines.  The Helix and GT-1000 are both very guitar centric with amp / cab sims being their primary focus.  The H90 obviously has none of that as Eventide focuses on effects... and arguably, the Helix and GT-1000 can't approach the H90 in the effects department.

I thought of Strymon, but you could buy Strymon's top three pedals, spend more and have less.

Eventide has hit the mark on this one IMHO.

[jg666]

At Andertons the H90 is on pre-order at £999 and the H9 Max is £649. I will wait to see a few reviews and also to see if the H9 Max drops in price after this is released.

[jg666]

Loopop has a review and comparison video...