Algorithm Question

[joeydego]

The definition for the Blackhole reverb starts with “Blackhole is a reverb Algorithm on a truly galactic scale. Beginning life as a preset in the DSP4000, then later in the H8000, its lush sound and popularity encouraged us to feature it as one of the premier Algorithms in Eventide’s Space guitar pedal”. Giving the history of these algorithms this way is great. The H9 algorithms and the H90 after that, do the Plates, Band Delays etc originate there? Where do they come from originally? I know Omnipressor was a hardware unit, but what about some of these algorithms? It’s good to give the history. Did they start off in the H3000 if not otherwise stated?

[ndeshpande]

Band Delays originated on the H3000, Blackhole on the DSP4000. We have multiple plate algorithms spanning development from SP2016 through to Space. Many H9 algorithms came from our Factor line, and then some were developed explicitly for the H9 itself (UltraTap, TriceraChorus, Crush Station, Hot Sawz, etc). H9000 and H90 continue to enable algorithm development beyond what previous generations could do, and we’re always designing new algorithms.

If you’re interested in more, you’ll have to be specific. Our catalog is vast, and we’ve been continuously innovating for over 50 years so it’s hard to say which hardware generation an arbitrary algorithm originates from. This said, I’m stoked you’re interested in the history of these sounds, as they’re a deep part of Eventide’s fabric and inform the way I think about the sounds of tomorrow.

[joeydego]

The reason I ask really is primarily interest in the history, but also organizational. I’d love to be able to group all of the H3000 algorithms together in a list, and so on and so forth.
kind of like the SP2016 is essentially an entire 2016, it would be one algorithm populating it’s own list.
i wonder how much of an H3000 the H9000 is? I assume all of its greatest hits already exist in the H9000, but what’s missing, and why? Have those things been superseded by better algorithms?
I know I’m rambling, but it seems with the amount of firepower in the H9000, you’d think a user could nearly clone obsolete ancestors of it. I’d think the first step to do that is know what comes from where.

[joeydego]

P. S. I guess you can consider this a feature request: custom algorithm lists that include potential renaming/reorganizing.

[joeydego]

OK, some more poking around in Emote and clearly, I missed the Product Type selection under algorithms. This is very close to what I was asking for! 9602 seems to show up in a few different product lines, though (micropitch algorithm).

 

Would still be cool to make custom lists, favorite algorithms and have an additional tab for displaying them as they’re displayed in the manual.

[tbskoglund]

Glad that you found that, I was going to suggest checking this out.

Yes, a “favorites” feature is something we’d like to add in a future update.

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