Other early products included a two-second delay for telephone research and an electrostatic deflector for dispensing nanoliter quantities of chemical reagents. When Katz needed to rewind the analog tape back to a specific point on their Ampex MM1000 multitrack recorder, but limited space in the studio did not allow for a tape op (a person who would operate the tape recorder on behalf of the sound engineer), Katz asked Factor to build a gadget that would do the job, and the resulting device turned into an Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) success for Ampex.
The business was founded in the basement of the Sound Exchange, a recording studio located at 265 West 54th Street in New York City and owned by Greene. Use it to add lush and distinct reverb on any instrument for a signature sound.Eventide was founded by recording engineer Stephen Katz, inventor Richard Factor, and businessman/patent attorney Orville Greene. The SP2016 is more than just a reverb the original unit was the world’s first programmable effects processor. Use it as an automatic double-track for guitars and vocals, or conquer the ‘glitch’ technique. The H949 Harmonizer®‘s formal micro pitch shifting mode makes it shine for lead guitar virtuosos. Combine controls to create more layers and less predictable sweeps. The Instant Flanger‘s vintage modulation sweetness allows you to explore “true” time-based emulation of tape flanging. The Omnipressor®‘s flexible nature, with options to control all aspects of dynamic modification, including infinite compression, dynamic reversal, and side-chaining, makes it a must-have. Thickening instruments is H910’s bread and butter. The H910 Harmonizer® was the world’s first digital effects unit. Its unique combination of pitch shifting, feedback and more make it a huge hit. It can be used for smooth modulation and stereo decorrelation. It was the world’s first studio phaser and the first rack mount effects unit, period. The Instant Phaser‘s analog charm makes it truly unique. The interfaces for the plug-ins take on the classic “dark-meter” image, making them clean and easy to use.Īs a bonus, the H910 Harmonizer® and H949 Harmonizer® plug-ins include the dual version, enhancing your experience with these legendary emulations. Alongside this, these plug-ins offer the unique qualities and characteristics that made the original units so highly praised. live or in the studio.Įach plug-in has been modeled on the original Clockworks hardware to offer faithful emulation. Painstakingly modeling every aspect of these hardware units was neither quick nor easy, but now the must-have sonic beauty of these classic boxes is available for use with your favorite D.A.W.
Now, producers and engineers can evoke the classic effects heard on countless records from the last 50 years with the Clockworks Bundle. Over the course of the following decade, Eventide would release the world’s first Harmonizer®, the H910, along with other industry firsts: Omnipressor®, Instant Flanger, H949, and SP2016.
#1975 VINTAGE EVENTIDE H910 HARMONIZER PRO#
In 1971, in a New York City basement, Eventide Clockworks revolutionized the audio industry by creating the world’s first studio effects processor–the Instant Phaser and pro audio’s first digital device, the Digital Delay Line.