Eventide H90 Harmonizer®

The fine folks over at Eventide have been big supporters of Pedal of the Day for years now – we’ve reviewed just about every one of their modern pedals, and have been lucky enough to be included in their last several new release days as well. Today, we’re doing it once again, and with possibly their biggest, most grandiose effects unit to date. The H90 Harmonizer® takes everything that we all love about the now-famous H9 Max, and pushes it to the very limits of what you thought was possible in a stompbox of any kind…

The H90 Harmonizer® is Eventide’s next-generation multi-effects pedal. Whether you want high-quality bread and butter effects or experimental sounds unheard, the H90 has everything you need to inspire your creativity with an intuitive UI designed with players in mind. Discover why top artists and producers have chosen Eventide through the years with 62 effect algorithms and hundreds of Program combinations curated for a variety of instruments and genres. With its comprehensive I/O and flexible routing options, the H90 is designed to be the heart of your rig.

The H90 features modern ARM-based architecture derived from the world’s most powerful effects processor, Eventide’s flagship H9000 Harmonizer. This paves the way for the ongoing creation of more advanced effects processing techniques. As a result, the pedal not only offers the iconic reverbs, delays, modulation, and pitch-shifting effects of the H9 Max but goes far beyond with 10 new powerful algorithms including state-of-the-art, fast-tracking, and warble-free Polyphonic Pitch Shifting. Eventide’s proprietary SIFT (Spectral Instantaneous Frequency Tracking) technology clears the road ahead for next-gen effects both long imagined and unimaginable.

Seven new algorithms exploit the H90’s raw power:

• Polyphony – Pitch shift chords with ease using SIFT technology. Create rising or sinking chorus and crystals-type effects. Use Freeze to generate pad textures.
• Prism Shift – Generate three voices from a single chord whose intervals are separated, staggered, and pitch-shifted to create four arpeggio types spanning up to three octaves.
• Even-Vibe – Authentic Uni-Vibe emulation reimagined in stereo with envelope followers.
• Head Space – Vintage four-head Tape Delay with classic and modern creative tone shaping controls for grit, spatiality, and character.
• Bouquet Delay – Bucket Brigade Delay (BBD) with modulation, LoFi, and Modern flavors; includes Pitch jump and Self-oscillation performance functions.
• Wormhole – A mega-sized hyper-modulated reverb with pitch warping performance.
• Weedwacker – Two-stage, serial overdrive reminiscent of a famous green pedal.

Three algorithms from Eventide’s acclaimed rackmount processors place these legendary effects at your feet:

• Instant Phaser – Authentic emulation of the world’s first studio Phaser from 1971 notably used in Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”
• Instant Flanger – Authentic emulation of the world’s first studio Flanger heard on countless hit records.
• SP2016 Reverb – The legendary Room, Stereo Room, and Hi-density plate from the original studio rackmount.

That’s not all. All previous H9 Max algorithms have been enriched with features previously only available on the dot9 pedals and plug-ins. Others have been enhanced to take advantage of the new advanced pitch-shifting. Two of these already impressive algorithms can be combined into a Program to create novel, inspiring sounds. H90 Harmonizer’s dual algorithm design features true spillover between Programs, series or parallel effect routing, and flexible I/O.

Two mono inserts allow you to incorporate outboard effects in any configuration or combine them for one stereo insert. Optimize your signal flow with instrument or line level operation and full gain controls to incorporate H90 into your rig or make it the centerpiece. Dual Mode lets you do things like connect using the four-cable method or process two independent stereo instruments at once! Let the H90 Harmonizer take you beyond the effects horizon.

As you can see, there’s a LOT going on with the H90 Harmonizer®, and we COULD keep giving you more info, or…..you can grab your headphones and check out our in-depth demo video below. You know you want to hear it and see how it works, and that’s exactly what we’re giving you! Once you’re done with the demo, head on over to the Eventide website for ALL the info you could ever want or need on the H90, as well as the rest of their extensive gear lineup. Can’t live with out an H90 Harmonizer®? Help support Pedal of the Day and grab one via one of our Affiliate Links by clicking your favorite retailer below!! We can’t thank the Eventide crew enough for their continued support, and we’re so happy to be a part of this incredible effect release – Cheers!!

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