The mf’ing H90

[JiveTurkey]

Would you want me to say everything is great and excellent value?? I doubt it. I would have to change my name to Dave!

 

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Eagle is like the person that has a crush on a "ugly" person and keeps hanging around them but then talks bad about them around his friends lol.

He sure likes to hang around H90 threads lol. I think they secretly love it lol.

 

[paisleywookiee]

The Timefactor sounds so much better. This was my problem with the H9 before. I replaced a Timefactor with one and regretted it instantly. The H90 is just more of this . H9/90 reverb is so bad it isn’t even funny.

You have the goldest of gold ears.

 

[ejecta]

You have the goldest of gold ears.

 

[Whizzinby]

 

[László]

Everyone likes what they like but you’re not in the minority in knowing the H9 and H90 doesn’t sound like shit. I’m no pro but I have a good friend who’s played on quite a few albums and he still does session work out Nashville and remotely as well. He has an H90 on his board and he uses it quite a bit and never gets told his sound sounds like “glossy digital shit”. It may not be your thing and you can certainly prefer other units who do the same effects but to say it sounds like shit? Laughable.

I play on tracks I compose professionally (though there are plenty of occasions when I hire a better player). I know a lot of players who use, and like, the H9 and H90.

We see them on Tim Pierce's and Pete Thorn's board, among others. I mention them because I sometimes watch their videos and am always amused when they use gear I like.

My son's used his on every project since he got one - he's played on, mixed and produced several records that went gold, and toured the US and Europe with one on his pedalboard.

I point this out mainly to slip in a dad-brag about him, of course.

Eagle's opinion about the H9 is as valid as anyone else's. It's interesting to hear what other people like, dislike, play through, etc., but it doesn't change my decision to have two of them on my pedalboard.

My choice is tempered by 34 years of sitting in front of studio monitors listening to crazy little details no one else cares about. But I'd love to hear what Eagle is using on his board. Might be some cool stuff!

We live. We read. We learn. It all helps, even when we disagree.

Incidentally, I used to argue about gear as passionately as anyone else. But then I realized none of it matters. What sounds right to a player is a very personal choice and you can't really make a mistake if your music makes you happy.

If your music also happens to make other people happy? Go party! That's a bonus! I've had the pleasure of listening to some very fine playing on this forum!

 

[Eagle]

I spent many years with Lexicon PCM TC2290 and a H3000se . These days I tend to use axe 3 fx only.
You get used to them and the way they blend together. The H90 just sits on top and has a tone in everything that imo is pretty fake sounding. The reverb in particular. I was perfectly happy with the Timefactor but made the mistake of assuming the H9 would sound the same.

 

[Eagle]

For me there are FX that sound like FX and then environments

 

[TJontheRoad]

I had both the H9 and H90. I didn’t think they sounded like shit, but felt there are better effects available. There’s a certain hollowness to the Eventide effects I don’t care for. A certain lack of warmth and depth that I could find elsewhere.