Feedback can be further fine-tuned by specifying which frequencies are fed back through the low/mid/high cross-over network. The real Eventide H910 was adopted by industry luminaries like Tony Visconti who used it to create the unique snare sound on Bowie's Young Americans, Low, an. In typical Eventide fashion, features have been added such as the ability to infinitely feedback the signal, resulting in cascading reverbs that smear into oblivion. The Eventide ShimmerVerb combines a massively lustrous reverb with parallel pitch shifters to add ethereal layers making any signal, well, 'shimmer.' Oftentimes, producers would achieve the effect by using Eventide pitch shifting hardware such as the H910, H949, or H3000 or other rack mount units in combination with a reverb. Their innovation continued with the release of such gems as the H3000 Harmonizer in the late 80’s which many guitarists may recognize for its appearance on Steve Vai’s Ballerina 12/24. Now, this iconic sound has been refined and extended with a modern, unified interface that is great for adding dreamy ambiance to guitars, keys, synths, samples, and vocals. Eventide has come a long way since pioneering pitch shifting in the 1970’s with their first Harmonizer rack units, the most famous being the H910 and H949.

Looking at buying the H949 or H910, GENERATE, Elevate, H3000 Factory and Ultra Essentials Bundle. ShimmerVerb combines a massively lustrous reverb with parallel pitch shifters to add ethereal layers making any signal, well, 'shimmer.' Oftentimes, producers would achieve the effect by using Eventide pitch shifting hardware such as the H910, H949, or H3000 or other rack mount units in combination with a reverb. This production technique was popularized by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno on U2's The Unforgettable Fire. I all ready picked up the split EQ and I have been comparing a lot of products and just seem to keep coming back to Eventide and liking them the best VS others. The H949 also offered unique flange, reverse, and randomized pitching effects. Produced from 1979-1984, it introduced the MicroPitch effect, which used a proprietary single-sideband modulation technique for precise control of small pitch shifts.

Ethereal Reverb + Pitch Shifting Request Demo Building on the legacy of the H910 pitch shifter, the H949 Harmonizer® was Eventide’s first de-glitched pitch-shifter.

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