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harddriver
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As many of you know I have explored most of the lore of EVH over the years. For the past ten years plus I have been using two Boss PS-5's in a W/D/W to replicate the Eventide 910/949 and H3000 Micropitch emulations and I was quite satisfied with their performance but there was an issue that they only detune +- in 5 cent increments which gets closer to the EVH micropitch settings of +9 -9 cents but I always felt the -5 cents detune was off quite a bit since he was using mostly .999 cents of detune on FW, DD, 1984 which is more subtle in it's effect. So I finally picked up a new Pitchfactor from Musicians Friend since Sweetwater was out at the time of purchase.
I spent some quality time with the Pitchfactor yesterday so here are my thoughts... While I was actually quite satisfied with the Boss PS-5's which sounded good the quality of the detunes in the H910/949 and H3000 Micropitch is noticeably better than what the Boss's provide, probably due to higher sampling rates and the proprietary alogrithms that Eventide uses to emulate their analog units, my signal chain audio seems to have improved in fidelity and crispness as well. So I have to honestly admit the Eventide lives up to the hype in almost every way, the unit is easy to use and change parameters and I was apprehensive that it would be complicated but it is not. I used the mono input in while using the Line Level settings on both input and output, the unit then splits the mono signal into two L/R stereo outputs so you do not need to run stereo inputs to it(WINNING!).
The H910/949 only does negative detune from .908 to 1.092 cents for both Pitch A and Pitch B and it does replicate the more correct subtle detune that you hear on FW, DD and 1984, 5150 and OU812 and for me that in itself would be worth the $499.00 price of admission as a resident Ed head. The difference between the detune of the H910/949 and the micropitch is noticeable almost more analogish for lack of a better term to describe it.
In addition to the H910/949 the H3000 Micropitch +9-9 cents detune also outshines the Boss units in replicating FUCK Balance more chorusy detune settings.
So I am aware in the past I have fully endorsed the Boss PS-5 and other detune units like the MOOER if you just would like a good detune within a lower budget range but the Eventide detune quality and fidelity is on another level IMHO. I also had the same experience when I switched out my old trusty Boss DD-5's for the new Boss DD500 delay/echo, the improvement was very noticeable. So if you are a Ed head like I am and you would like to hear a more era correct emulation of H910/949 and Micropitch I recommend it highly. I regret not diving in back in 2009/2010 when they first came out so I am a decade late to the party but still glad to be able to experience it now.
I spent some quality time with the Pitchfactor yesterday so here are my thoughts... While I was actually quite satisfied with the Boss PS-5's which sounded good the quality of the detunes in the H910/949 and H3000 Micropitch is noticeably better than what the Boss's provide, probably due to higher sampling rates and the proprietary alogrithms that Eventide uses to emulate their analog units, my signal chain audio seems to have improved in fidelity and crispness as well. So I have to honestly admit the Eventide lives up to the hype in almost every way, the unit is easy to use and change parameters and I was apprehensive that it would be complicated but it is not. I used the mono input in while using the Line Level settings on both input and output, the unit then splits the mono signal into two L/R stereo outputs so you do not need to run stereo inputs to it(WINNING!).
The H910/949 only does negative detune from .908 to 1.092 cents for both Pitch A and Pitch B and it does replicate the more correct subtle detune that you hear on FW, DD and 1984, 5150 and OU812 and for me that in itself would be worth the $499.00 price of admission as a resident Ed head. The difference between the detune of the H910/949 and the micropitch is noticeable almost more analogish for lack of a better term to describe it.
In addition to the H910/949 the H3000 Micropitch +9-9 cents detune also outshines the Boss units in replicating FUCK Balance more chorusy detune settings.
So I am aware in the past I have fully endorsed the Boss PS-5 and other detune units like the MOOER if you just would like a good detune within a lower budget range but the Eventide detune quality and fidelity is on another level IMHO. I also had the same experience when I switched out my old trusty Boss DD-5's for the new Boss DD500 delay/echo, the improvement was very noticeable. So if you are a Ed head like I am and you would like to hear a more era correct emulation of H910/949 and Micropitch I recommend it highly. I regret not diving in back in 2009/2010 when they first came out so I am a decade late to the party but still glad to be able to experience it now.