I was just thinking about the experiences I’ve had with various pieces of gear, plugins and some of the new hybrid stuff.
– My H8000, and how painful it was to use while sitting in front of my DAW without EVE/NET to edit it.
– The H9 pedal, amazing device, with editing that is much easier because of the H9 control app.
– TC Electronic’s TC2290-DT, a plugin – with a really cool hardware controller. Great workflow experience!
– All these one-off plugins by eventide – like Blackhole, that are amazing… but mapping the knobs on my FaderPort16 is not ergonomic;
– I am also using Softube Console 1 – which feels like a REAL console;
I want an H9 in my DAW! And I want to turn physical knobs.
Of all of these device vs. controller/editor experiences – There is a common thread. We like the tactile feel of editing with hardware; but if the hardware is in a rack or on the floor, it’s very inconvenient.
I have one wish:
An official H9 Max plugin. VST3/AU. The interface already exists – H9 Control. Call it H9v.
A USB-connected desktop box with a small footprint – like a 3/4 size Factor Pedal, that controls the H9 plugin. Add two more knobs for Algorithm and Preset. Just like the TC2290DT. A studio H9. And like the TC2290DT, you can use the box as a license dongle that requires the user to plug it in every 30-days to keep their plugin activated.
Even better if the H9v was part of the same licensing model as the hardware H9. So you can have an H9v and a couple of H9’s on the pedal board. Making the transition from Studio to Live rig seamlessly Eventide!
