Fully exploiting the human eye’s ability to differentiate contrasting hues, the H9’s bold LED readout is immediately visible with bright red alpha-numeric characters against a pitch black background. If you’re too excited about your shiny new H9 Max to be fussed with studying manuals, you’ll be chuffed to find a handy quick-start booklet in the offing as well. For those who enjoy getting their inquisitive mitts on an actual printed manual, there are a pair of them here – a detailed User’s Manual and a comprehensive Algorithims Guide. I’d prefer that it held a longer cord - such is the case with Boss’s PSA-120 adapters (12 ft’) – but measuring 6 feet in length, this one is adequate. Hmmpph! Seems kinda like unnecessary corner-cutting on Eventide’s part, by my estimation.

Considering the largish price tag affixed on the tin, I am very disappointed that Eventide hasn’t seen fit to include a 6 ft’ USB-A to USB mini cord – if you want to connect the H9 to your MAC or PC, you’re responsible for sourcing your own cable. A single white Eventide-branded guitar pick an Eventide logo sticker and a soft, fancy-schmancy carrying bag are all neatly tucked in. There are a few nifty bits of swag stuffed into the carton. Keeping no stone unturned, they also developed an outstanding line of high-powered effects pedals – known as the Factor series.

Thus it caused no small ripple in the mid 2000s when Eventide started emulating their highly hailed studio rack effects in plug-in form. Since the company’s inception, they have proven themselves to be not only innovators, but also purveyors of exceptional, professional-grade processors. Suffice it to say, Eventide is a deservingly well-established, highly regarded force in the audio production industry. Next came an amazing multi FX contraption that could manipulate an audio signal’s pitch, delay, modulation and filter curves like theretofore unheard of – it was christened, “H3000”.

As the company continued its tireless pursuit of digital reverberation par excellence, Eventide blasted into the 1980s with one of the quintessential digital reverb units of all time: The Eventide “SP2016”. The wizardry-in-a-studio-box that got it all started for the fledgling New Jersey-based company was their revered H910 Harmonizer ® – this one is still an oft sought after effects processor. Eventide – an illustrious, respected name in most nearly every serious studio since the early 1970s.

Eventide h910 harmonizer setup