The mf’ing H90

Whizzinby

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Fucking awesome. Sweet jeebus. Beast mode pedal.

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It took me two days to wade through the base programs. Some truly epic presets programs. Most you don’t even have to tweak, just profit.

Figured it would be pretty easy then to demo the rest of the individual algorithms isolated, but there are a shitload of presets for each of the sub algorithms and I’ve only made it through the delay, reverb, and pitch stuff individually.

These dudes get it. You select a Hall algorithm, and there are 17 presets, all with a bunch of super unique and interesting varieties, then just one called “Hall” aka your dads hall reverb patch. :ROFLMAO: “Yep that’s a good hall, let me go back to one of those time warped wtf halls”.

Blackhole reverb…

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Wormhole reverb

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Dual verb…

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For much of my life I despised shimmer reverbs, but their shimmer algo is epic and not in that Strymon Sunday Shimmer sort of way. When you open the shimmer block and see presets Hells Gate, Dark Angels, and Demons Call…

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Same with the reverse algos. I’ve never been much of a fan of reverse stuff, but the reverse delay and reverb algos are the best I’ve heard.

Pitch stuff. Amazing.

iPad control app… you glorious bastards :chef

So far, could not be more impressed with the sounds in this thing.



The one bad thing:
What a dumb fuck naming convention and structure tree. User lists, bank lists, programs, presets, algorithms. Ok, I didn’t know there would be a test involved here, but that’s not too bad right? Except none of the shit means what you would conventionally think of them as. A program is basically a “preset” on any other device, but don’t confuse that with what they also call “preset” which is some subsection of “effects” arbitrarily called “algos”. You make it to an Init patch and stumblefuck around asking yourself “how do I add an effect?”…. “Oh yeah, I’ve got to go to the preset library to add an algorithm”

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Clearly they made the structure in their own dev dork bubble. I just need to get on their wave length which I’m sure I will with some more reps.

In the interim just all iPad control app, which there really isn’t enough chef kiss emoticons in the world to give out, for them having one…

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To much positives here to be normal!

Wheres the hate, the grumpy old fart complaints, the bitterness and negativity???

This can’t be healthy with all the praise!







The black hole algos is killer…. If they ever make a simple small black hole pedal….
Just need that one main algo, with three controll knobs. Mix, level, length.
 
To much positives here to be normal!

Wheres the hate, the grumpy old fart complaints, the bitterness and negativity???

This can’t be healthy with all the praise!







The black hole algos is killer…. If they ever make a simple small black hole pedal….
Just need that one main algo, with three controll knobs. Mix, level, length.

I owned the Blackhole pedal, and have been using @2112 Blackhole block library on the Axe for years, but it so awesome to have the full controls on the H90 and paired with some of their other algos. I was using it on both platforms as a relatively “normal” verb on those devices, but the “collapsing in on itself” variants are stunning on this.
 
I owned the Blackhole pedal, and have been using @2112 Blackhole block library on the Axe for years, but it so awesome to have the full controls on the H90 and paired with some of their other algos. I was using it on both platforms as a relatively “normal” verb on those devices, but the “collapsing in on itself” variants are stunning on this.
Reminds me I should get the Blackhole plugin on sale now.
 
Also FYI @Whizzinby I think there is a Knife Drop patch in there. I thought I saw you talking about the pedal

Yeah, the Knife Drop program is badass and one of the reasons I decided to try the H90. I was debating buying the Tricerachorus pedal before the KD dropped, so then via advanced Gear Math figured I might as well just try the H90 and have all the algos if I liked it.
 
I just sold mine. After honeymoon, I realized it sounded very hollow compared to both hardware and software effects. I a/b tested the H90 against them and then hit the for sale sign.
 
1. How many PTU credits does this count for?
2. How does the interface compared to the III?
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The VP4 is a decidedly better on-device editing experience. (Who would have ever thought you’d say that about a FAS device lol)

It’s easy enough to get around on the H90, just their dumbass naming convention and structure adds a layer of unnecessary confusion.

They get major points for the Bluetooth iPad Control app though. I’d amputate a testicle to get something similar in the Fractalverse.
 
I’ve got the H9 series plugins and forget about them most of the time, even though I think there’s loads of killer stuff. Tricerachorus is one of my favourite chorus’s when I remember it exists.

H90 should have even more cool stuff as well as presets which and match stuff. Sounds like an awesome pedal
 
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