Eventide H8000FW question

[dolo]

Originally Posted by CorkyTart

Do I understand this unit correct where you basically go FW out of the Eventide and into your computer and you have 8 channels of Eventide? Who here has one and what are their thoughts?

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CT

this is true! eight channels @44.1-96khz. plus 12 channels of aes/ebu i/o and four analog i/o.

[GYang]

Yes it works exactly like that and it's marvelous gear.

[CorkyTart]

Cool. When you look at the economics behind this setup, it actually seems inexpensive. Hell, a full blown UAD bundle will cost you a grand and a Waves bundle that beats the piss out of your comp may be a few grand as well.


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CT

[GYang]

Although it's not cheap 8000 FW is bargain, true.
It does almost everything on top level, and it has never ending capabilities.

[GYang]

Originally Posted by effectsnut

so how would that work with my lynx aes card and my rosetta 800.. i assume you
have to use the h8000fw as your interface by bypassing my lynx card in my program and use the eventide drivers for all the ins and outs to show up in my recording program...to bad they cant set it up as a vst plug ..i have an h8000A
im just considering the upgrade to FW

I have different, but similar DAW setup (but with 3 FW devices):

RME AES 32 Card
TC Powercore (PCI + FW)
Apogee AD-DA 16X via Firewire
H8000 via Firewire

What I found:

Powercore FW conflicted sometimes (not often, but should be mentioned).
After I put new PCI-e Firewire 800 (Siig) card, with 3 FW ports all conflicts resolved and I can use 16 ch of AES EBU digital transfer via RME card + 16 ch of Apogee conversion + 8 ch of H8000 Firewire processing + Powercore processing simultaneously in 24/96 operations flawlessly.

So, 40 channels, both ins/out, rock solid + huge processing.
Actually I don't need more and DAW with such capability (comparable to upper PT) nowadays actually costs just around price of high-end compressor.
It took some time to build it, but I am amazed how good this setup works.

[audiokid]

I'm looking at this and see from the date of this thread its been around for a long time. Are you guys still happy with it?

[waldie wave]

Very happy with this beast. It is marvellous. Still learning things about it. Owned mine since 2007. It is a keeper.

[roc]

So when you say you get 8 channels of eventide , do you mean 8 channels of the same reverb or effect on each channel or are you just talking 8 channels of conversion ?

How are you suppose to use this unit, I don't understand, forgive me ,
are you suppose to track though it to your DAW or use it as a hardware plug in .

Is it mostly for guitars or can I run my synths though it ?

Please , can someone explain the concept of the H8000FW in a studio application ?

Thanks

[roc]

Originally Posted by roc

So when you say you get 8 channels of eventide , do you mean 8 channels of the same reverb or effect on each channel or are you just talking 8 channels of conversion ?

How are you suppose to use this unit, I don't understand, forgive me ,
are you suppose to track though it to your DAW or use it as a hardware plug in .

Is it mostly for guitars or can I run my synths though it ?

Please , can someone explain the concept of the H8000FW in a studio application ?

Thanks

Anybody ?

[audiokid]

I don't have one, but would love too own this. From my limited understanding you can use it with an a analog console, hybrid rig or DAW hardware inserts or as a firewire plug-in which is really cool too. Analog inserts is what I would be most interested but the firewire does sound interesting. This has 4 stereo channels (8 mono) so its like having four stereo effects in one box.

But I also think you can layer all 8 channels to make it one big ass stereo effect, yes?

[italo de angelis]

The FW connection will allow the use of the H8000FW as an external device you can run from your AUX Sends of your DAW software mix. Pretty much like you would do with a real mixer, with Sends & Returns or mixer channels for return.
Obviously flexibility depends on routing capability of your DAW.
Also, since the H8000Fw requires installing its own Firewire drivers, you can have conflicts if you have a Firewire audio interface...UNLESS your DAW allows aggregation of drivers, like Logic or ProTools. I believe more DAW software have added this to their latest versions, but you should investigate and check better.