Eventide Staff
On the H8000, presets and algorithms are the same thing. We call them programs to (hopefully) reduce confusion.
In this, it differs from (say) the Eclipse, where you have a smaller number of algorithms, and a larger number of presets based on them.
On my unit, when I power it up it says "Presets: 1493". I don't see "Programs xxxx". Nor does it change when loading a program.
If you are concerned, please give step by step instructions – what you do, what you see, etc.
I suspect that the number 1800 is marketing hype, which adds 48k presets with 96k only presets. But, I would argue that 1493 is plenty.