Eventide Space

[Michael Zacherl.]

James, it makes sense what you say, and I can see your point!
It's some sort of "disconnection" ... as you say, it doesn't seem to integrate into my setup.
And there were moments where I found this unit just boring ...
Michael.  

On 10.2.2012, at 15:22 , James Coplin wrote:

> I have a Space and I don't care for it all.  The reverbs just don't sit
> well with my sound sources.  It always sounds like there is another track
> running alongside my sound - it never sits as a nice sheen or even layer.
> I'm not sure that makes sense but I can't think of any way else to
> describe it.  In my case, I think I just don't care for Eventide reverb
> algorithms.  I've had a similar response to every Harmonizer of theirs
> I've had in my studio.  To my ears, I've always preferred the Lexicon
> reverbs.  I recently sold my TC Electronic outboard reverbs.  They sounded
> great but were to "real" for my purposes.  I had mainly purchased the
> Space as a dedicated reverb for my modular but I think I'll just add a
> second Kurzweil KSP8 to my setup instead.
> 
> James R. Coplin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org
> [mailto:music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Zacherl.
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 7:43 AM
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: Eventide Space
> 
> 
> ok, I had this box for a couple of days for a test:
> very nice sounding reverbs, some nice special fx, but most of them just
> can't keep up with the harmonic structure of my sounds. They just diminish
> ...
> it's happiest with something simple like a sine wave.
> well, a guitar delivers something like that, eventually.
> 
> however, I found some issues which are strange to find in this league
> (with the current software v3.2):
> - some algorithms are pretty easy to overdrive internally, but without
> the red clip led going on!
> - the three momentary (!) foot switches are certainly sturdy but awfully
> loud.
> - the `shimmer` algorithm has some very bad tuning input. in fact it
> should be possible to set the two delay lines
>   to max. +/- 2400 cents but the related x and y pots jump in 4ths and
> 5ths and such.
>   If you're fast enough you could use the encoder but then again you find
> yourself turning in more than 200 cents
>   for eg a minor 6th intervall.  apparently that's adressed in v4 which
> is in public beta right now.
> - when editing your hand is obscuring the display
> 
> the good thing of this test is, I didn't find the Roomverb M1 in my
> Chameleon that bad, compared to the Eventide.
> I managed to program some presets which sound quite similar on both units
> (just reverbs of course)
> 
> when working with Space I could see it's origin and the experience
> Eventide have in this field.
> I wouldn't say it's overpriced but for that money a small computer w/
> audio interface and some SC or Pd patch would do much more for me.
> 
>  ;-)  Michael.
> 
> On 18.3.2011, at 01:52 , Michael Zacherl. wrote:
> 
>> Did you listen to this?
>> http://soundcloud.com/sourcedist/moog-voyager-thru-eventide-space-reve
>> rb-pedal
>> m.
>> 
>> On 12.3.2011, at 11:11 , Jonny Stutters wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Anyone got any thoughts on the Eventide Space (played with it at NAMM
> maybe)?  I'm sorely lacking a good reverb and this looks like a nice way
> of getting one that wouldn't interfere with the open-source stuff (ie.
> doesn't need a DAW to host it).
>>> 
>>> Video demo:
>>> http://vimeo.com/groups/8729/videos/18703423
>>> 
>>> Jonny
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