Presets

Featuring the wonderfully unique dynamic reversal of the Omnipressor. COMET TRAIL PATH is a medium room 'verb with a slow attack, and long decay. It begins to bloom between your input notes (OMNI-RATIO). The reverb is cut off by further input, and 're-triggered' by very low - or near silent - levels (THRESHOLD). A relatively short RELEASE time smooths out the tails. The expression pedal accelerates & decelerates the comet speed as it flys by. Or ... it changes the apparent size and reflectivity of the medium room in a parked position. The HotSwitch punches in an infinite reverb, which fades away nicely over 10 seconds when unlatched. Combine both controls for hands-free manipulation of complex drones, and the accumulated wall of sound.

Need a secret weapon in your sonic arsenal? Get to know the DynaVerb algorithm. I've been carving out string ensemble, space FX, gated and envelope shaping presets with it, and there's still something new to discover each time. And, of course, it happens to also do INFINITE & FREEZE. With two-band EQ, and a complete set of tools in the OmniPressor. Similar to the Ducked Delay preset, input notes will control the entrance & exit of frozen sound. But the process is over a full-featured reverb, which will make for a smoother drone. The 'envelope' of the reverb increases level gradually here, but then drops out fairly quickly when it senses the next input note. With a little tweaking, this preset could become a decent crescendo / orchestral emulation. The HotSwitch triggers a drastic change. Gradual 'verb buildup switches to near-instant RELEASE (from 0.250 S to 0.005 S). ATTACK is fine-tuned from 0.075 S to 0.125 S. These settings worked out best for me, at that particular THRESHOLD level, and with the input levels that I'm giving it to work with. Always tweak these 3 controls together to your own taste. OMNI-RATIO is the key to discrete effects, and a change there usually means re-tweaking THRESHOLD, ATTACK, and RELEASE. The expression pedal adds the DECAY - INFINITE - FREEZE variations, and will default back to a meaty 15 seconds until fadeout. And a quick note: You can always use SIZE as a variable for bending the apparent pitch of these frozen sounds. A little goes a long way here. Limit the range of a SIZE sweep, after selecting your up-or-down direction. Short throws can sound just as omninous. A large, fast SIZE change freaks out the reverb, and comes across as noisy with artifacts. That is, unless you're actually looking for noisy artifacts ...

This GATE CRASHER preset simulates an EHX Freeze technique [Fast toggle - instant attack & instant decay]. Use it with chords for synthesizer 'orchestra hits', or palm-muted to bring back memories of the ubiquitous '80's drum sound. The relatively high THRESHOLD setting ensures that most - but not all - notes get the gated 'verb treatment. The expression pedal mappings lengthen the compression envelope times in a wetter mix. It blends toward a softened ambient room. Still gating, but with rounded edges. The 1:1 ratio on the HotSwitch effectively disables the gate effects, and brings up a brighter large room.

The H9 has various compressors and my favorites are in EQCompressor (duh!), Ducked Delay, and DynaVerb. Yes, if you shut of the delay and reverb in the latter two algorithms you have feature-rich compressors just waiting to squish something. This, of course, was totally intended by Eventide. I'm posting a compressor preset for each of these algorithms to raise awareness and to give one generic example of how one accesses these compressors. Please read the "info" tab in the top right corner of the control app for more detail information on operation. 9/7/2022

July 31, 2015 - 11:04 pm The low THRESHOLD and extreme inverse compression settings (OMNI-RATIO) break up the trailing reverb in unpredictable ways. Clamp down on your notes, and you may hear long bursts of ambience, sliced & diced reflections, or nothing at all. There's nothing natural about REVERB FRAGMENTS. The expression pedal further decimates the reverb with pitch shifts & changing room characteristics. It can introduce subtle effects; all the way up to total chaos. The HotSwitch toggles from the instant onset of dynamic reversal, to a gradual fade-in of shattered FX.

Use an expression pedal or the HOTSWITCH for an infinite sustain freeze-effect.

Start out with the THRESHOLD control relatively high ... around -6.0 dB. Then carefully adjust the THRESHOLD for your own particular strength of pick / finger attack. Fractional deciBels between -6.0 and 0.0 dB can make a big difference in the output. This preset starts out with a 'slow gear' effect, with a ramping attack & 1-second RELEASE time. The expression pedal lengthens that envelope decay to 4 seconds. Make adjustments to that 'recovery' time so that you don't step on the next notes played. The HotSwitch shifts the envelope to fast attack + quick release. Clipped, funky notes (plus a THRESHOLD that worked better for my picking style). Combinations of HotSwitch'ed & expression pedal allow you to create many different envelope shapes on-the-fly.