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1. N Inputs channel H8000 input H8000A input H8000FW input 1 AES EBU 1 SPDIF 1 Analog 1 Analog 1 2 AES EBU 2 SPDIF 2 Analog 2 Analog 2 3 AES EBU 3 Analog 3 Analog 3 4 AES EBU 4 Analog 4 Analog 4 5 AES EBU 5 AES EBU 1 SPDIF 1 AES EBU 1 SPDIF 1 6 AES EBU 6 AES EBU 2 SPDIF 2 AES EBU 2 SPDIF 2 7 AES EBU 7 Analog 1 AES EBU 3 AES EBU 3 8 AES EBU 8 Analog 2 AES EBU 4 AES EBU 4 Thus using the H8000FW as an example the fifth channel of MAIN Inputs shown to the right of the inputs may be connected to the first channel of AES EBU in the corresponding default input or any channel of AES in Fire Wirel in or Fire Wire2 in or ADAT in g e 2 an g lt i 2 3 y _ O 6 7 8 g e gt Ke a Ss lt GSSSsEas9 000089009 2 090009909 The MAIN Inputs block is configured using the inputs menu under the SETUP key This example shows e o M K e gt E OL E gt e gt gt e Analog in 1 and 2 connected to MAIN Inputs 1 and 2 e ADAT in 1 and 2 connected to MAIN Inputs 3 and 4 e AES EBU in 1 and 2 connected to MAIN Inputs 5 and 6 e ADAT in 1 and 2 connected to MAIN Inputs 7 and 8 HAIN lreuts AES EBU in 1 gt IM AES EBU in 2 1N ADAT in 3 gt IN ADAT in 4 CONFIGURING THE DSP INPUT SOURCES Any DSP input may be fed from any of the gt MAIN Inputs block outputs or from any E outpu
2. o7wogq t Pw owrw7wogq st Pw wi OwWogqart Pw 14 2 13 J 4 J5 J6 Jz 18 This example shows DSP A and DSP B running in series with Main in feeding DSP A which feeds DSP B whose outputs feed Main out OwWwoart Pw OWwogart Pw Ja O S 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 onwogq st Pw OQ WogqrtW Pw 7 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 This example shows DSP A and DSP Bas two separate four channel units with DSP A using the first four channelsand DSP Busing the second four ino Urey H aoth ADORO COOOOQODOO I AA ao a e Oo F ADF O OA O pe COQOOOOORO ul ae N A y O F O This example shows DSP A and DSP B entirely bypassed with Main in feeding Main out with altemate channelsexchanged e9 jii a N N OF o Fun tO KF A an anor oOo F 0 u nat OO OF OO initia Ul Ue Ayyy eO OF OO 54 Routing Configuration Because of the large numbers of routing options 10 Analog A B 11 AES B 12 ADAT A gt E and possible configurations routings are most P 8 gt 8 13 SP DIF A gt B usefully loaded as presets which can be accessed by pressing and holding the PROGRAM key In those cases where the factory supplied routings are not sufficient time may be saved by picking the nearest one and making such modifications as are required The resu
3. The system tempo is defined on the tempo Ei FH Fanner Tempo menu page in the SETUP area In the simplest ET Source Internal Average 2 Taps aECTrLa lt tap gt atc Pe case set Source to Internal and manually enter the appropriate Tempo Alternatively you can tap the tap soft key to the beat and the H8000FW will calculate the tempo for you Change the number of taps used in this calculation with the Average parameter You can derive the system tempo from several other sources by using the Source parameter Tip 1 amp 2 A switch connected to the tip of pedal inputs 1 or 2 defines the system tempo Midiclock A MIDIclock signal sent from a sequencer to the H8000FW s MIDI input defines the system tempo ext1 8 The value of external modulators 1 through 8 defines the system tempo See The Concept Behind Redirection Extemal Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 amp 2 on page 108 for information regarding the extemal modulators Parameters in the PARAMETER area that random 0x synchronize to the system tempo are denoted by RESNE diyshape constant d ampshape lin inct t_ before their name such as t_length 3 panshape spread Notice that changing t_length or any t_ Bi Demondela i 100 random ox parameter changes the corresponding length a didchape constant length 1 7 note EQS ee a parameter to reflect the interaction between the length 34 me Panehape gt spread multit
4. that most programs have a four digit number associated with them The first two numbers define the bank that a program belongs to Here One Time Rhyno belongs to bank 66 One Way Phaser belongs to bank 36 Onirica Ritmica belongs to bank 13 If you move the cursor on this menu page the Orville Banks Virtual Racks upper right hand corner will briefly display the U ne ine mne DICT 3617 One Way Phaser 3 E bank name for the highlighted program Here 7119 One May Ring nod Oniri One Time Rhyno belongs to bank 66 Virtual Racks The banks provide a loose grouping for related programs with a name indicating their nature of function Here One Way Phaser belongs to bank 36 Ai Orville Banks __ Phasers Seat PE i i i j ne Ha aser 4 Phasers You will note in passing that if all of Sile One Hay Kine ued h 1319 Onirica Ritmica IRIE the programs were placed in numerical order they would effectively be sorted by banks This fact will prove handy once you start searching for programs You can see a list of the H8000FW s banks by loading the program H8000 Banks In the se ie A Pests g Bank 11 Dynamics 1 presets PARAMETER area is a list of all the H8O00FW s GRITSIRABCE TE recs 11 presets banks with their associated numbers for you to scroll through 119 Categorized by You User Groups This is extremely handy You can use the i Seethy Two Reverser Group Setup usergrp menu page i
5. jand gt Jumps between decades or the alphabet depending on the status of the Sort by parameter in the Criteria menu page Criteria Determines the behavior of the list Will routing configurations be presented numerically or alphabetically Will you be able to view factory configurations User configurations Configurations on Memory Cards Save Saves routing configurations without overwriting original configuration You have the option to rename the configuration update Saves routing configurations to User Memory with a single key press remove Deletes the selected routing configurations from User Memory or Card These SOFT KEYS behave exactly as they do in the PROGRAM area See Loading Programs on page 125 Saving a Program on page 129 and Deleting a Program on page 132 for more details gt To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 The parameters on the following routing and levels menu pages are saved in the Routing Storage area e SETUP dspA used to assign sources for DSP A e SETUP dsp B used to assign sources for DSP B e SETUP inputs used to assign sources to the input block e SETUP joutputs used to assign sources to the outputs e SETUP format used to define digital protocols for AES EBU and S P DIF inputs
6. CXL Bypass start self tests The H8000FW will skip from Powering On directly to Initializing When the Initializing message appears you can let go of the CXL key This facility is a timesaver to allow the H8000FW to powerup more quickly 5 Run factory self test programs do not play with these as some can erase Hit SELECT to start Test all internal memory setup and ptograms 2 Used to update the H8000FW s software using a Memory Card or the Windows based Oupdate program Do you really want to lose all 8 Clear internal programs and setup This the stored information key does the same thing as format internal on the service menu page in the SETUP area The purpose of this special key is to initialize the unit at the factory and to fix a memory problem that might prevent the unit from working correctly Press the Yes SOFT KEY to go ahead or NO to abort The need for this operation should be quite rare If problems arise that require its use more that once the factory should be contacted Be aware that this command will delete all User presets 154 PROGRAM setup Loads Mute into both DSPs instead of Do you want to lose the current their current programs Press the lt Y S gt program and load MUTE SOFT KEY to go ahead or No to abort This function is used in the event that one of the las
7. Tast gt next gt menu page in the SETUP area One important piece of information to be Ai Band Filter Motherboard Info Foiatid in this ated 16 vont s Electroni Harduare ID 73E8120600000308 ound in this area is your H8000F W s Electronic Pirate 00 38 28 02722 1970 7 4 1O4 Hours total power 1243 206 Serial Number which is the first 8 digits of the Hardware ID number on the screen to the right You may be asked for this by a dealer or an Eventide representative The Time Date figures are not currently used so their values are unimportant The Hours total power refer to the total number of hours that have elapsed since the unit was built 1248 in this case and the total number of hours the unit has been powered 206 in this case A brand new unit may show as many as 300 powered up hours to cover burn in and factory testing 153 Start Up Options There are several secret keys that can be depressed during startup to perform special functions These keys should be pressed and held down during the second start up screen the one with the H8000FW in large text You can release the key once the appropriate special screen appears Special Key Function Do you really want to clear all the Erase the Memory Card Press the Yes information stored on memory card This includes pre recorded cards SOFT KEY to go ahead or NO to abort lt Yes gt lt No gt
8. Note It is also possible to set fange to a negative value Doing so allows the value of the parameter being modulated to decrease while the extemal controller isincreasing The range describes how the parameter will fil Demondelay mix setup node peda a a LE respond to the external controller Smaller values range 100 type absolute result in small changes larger values result in 0 0 CO nix 0x EEEa donet larger changes When type is set to absolute and the external controller is all the way down the parameter will take on its minimum value in this case When type is set to absolute and the external controller is all the way up the parameter will take on a value determined by range 66 in this case 107 When type is set to unipolar and the external mode pedal 1 Capture Hidi controllet is all the way down the parameter will Cue cubipelar mis D take any value you select Here you selected 10 Let s call this the origin When type is set to unipolar and the external controller is all the way up the parameter will mode pedal i Capture Hidi range 6 take on a value determined by the orig and the JEREMI are Biba ar O a Te a range Here 10 plus 66 76 When type is set to bipolar the parameter takes on the value of the origin when the external controller is halfway up or halfway down if you re a pessimist The final parameter on the external modulat
9. Ai Interface Hodule assign 3 setup mode high Capture Hidi Go to the external menu page in the SETUP area Press the external SOFT KEY repeatedly i _ until you see assign 3 setup in the upper VC a external mat Toa OT right hand corner Ai Interface Hodule assign 3 setup You can set mode to anything you like we re mode pitch uheel lt teem Te i z channel omni going to set it to pitch wheel on channel LiP omni the omni parameter on the midi menu page in the JC external S a oer a SETUP area needs to be set to off in order to assign a specific channel i Interface Hodule 5 P DIF in setup Now when you move the pitch wheel both P Capture Hidi pitch wheel range 100 005 DIF in 1 and A OUT4 Wet Dry are modulated type absolute CE O a U done Select the MIDI base channel on the midi menu page in the SETUP area i Interface Hodule j OUTA Het setup mode assion 3 Dee i C pitch wheel gt range 100 type absolute Bh iz Lh done If you actually followed along with your H8000FW you d be wise to go back to these two parameters and set mode to Off so that your input levels and wet dry ratios don t start doing freaky things in response to the pitch wheel in the future The very first time you switch on the H8000FW you will find that assigns 1 8 are set to high this is so that any programs which u
10. Storage volumes System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Right click on this entry and select Uninstall Then hit the Start button at the bottom left of the screen and move the mouse over All Programs If you see an entry called either H8000 Drivers or Eventide Inc move the mouse over this and click on Uninstall Answer Yes ot OK where appropriate Then disconnect the FireWire cable and re install the drivers as described in Installing Drivers on Your PC Check your FireWire card First look at Control Panel System Properties Device Manager under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers or similar You should see the name of the manufacturer of the chip set used on the card which should be described as OHCI compliant Further information may be available on the card manufacturet s Web Site hard to find for no name cards 175 Device Manager Action View Help H amp e2 28 A i Y Computer Disk drives Display adapters lt 2 DYD CD ROM drives E Floppy disk controllers JB Floppy disk drives a H E IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 8 IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers amp Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Eventide recommends cards using a Texas Instrument chip set In particular the following chip sets are not recommended for use with H8000FW Manufacture
11. Additional icons lt Back Cancel 162 eLeave the Create a box checked and hit Next When you see the box below hit Install Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing Eventide Dice on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location C Program Files E ventide Additional tasks Additional icons Create a desktop icon i cme e Please wait i Setup H8000 Drivers Installing Please wait while Setup installs H8000 Drivers on your computer e After about a minute you will see the following screen Hit Continue Software Installation For the easily frightened Windows The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is Logo testing has various requirements important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or that are inappropriate for professional destabilize the correct operation of your system either A immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends audio equipment SO these drivers do not that you stop this installation now and contact the software vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing need to comply Continue Anyway STOP Installation A browser window will also open showing
12. M 24 Bit Recording M Software Monitoring Process Buffer Range Rewire behavior Maximum Scrub Speed Scrub Response e From the Driver drop down list select Aggregate Device as shown above You now will be prompted to restart Logic Pro for the new settings to take effect 188 An Example of Using Logic Pro with the H8000FW The following example illustrates using the H8000FW as both an insert and a bus effect with Apple s Logic Pro 7 We are using the ageregate audio device we set up in the previous section consisting of Built in Audio channels 1 and 2 and the Eventide H8000FW channels 3 18 The routing preset we have selected on the H8000FW is 20 Firewire 8 Track AB which is preset to process channels 1 4 using its machine A and channels 5 8 using machine B In Logic Pro we have configured the routing with the aggregate audio device as follows e Audio 1 receives input in channels 1 and 2 and sends output to channels 1 and 2 e Audio 2 receives input from channels 7 and 8 and sends output to channels 1 and 2 Audio 1 also has an insert plug in that routes output to channels 3 and 4 and a bus which outputs to channels 7 and 8 on the aggregate audio device These settings are reflected in the following illustration of the Logic Pro Mixer screen F Untitled lso Mixer The following diagram provides the logical overview of the routing between Logic Pro the aggregate audio device and the H83000FW
13. The warranty does not extend beyond repair or replacement as stated herein and in no event will we be responsible for consequential or incidental damages caused by any defect and such damages are specifically excluded from this warranty Our sole obligation is to repair or replace the defective unit as described herein The warranty DOES NOT COVER any damage to the unit regardless of the cause of that damage The unit is a complex piece of equipment that does not react well to being dropped bounced crushed soaked or exposed to excessively high temperatures voltages electrostatic or electromagnetic fields If the unit is damaged for these or similar causes and the unit is deemed to be economically repairable we will repair it and charge our normal rates The warranty DOES NOT COVER shipping damage either to or from Eventide If you receive a new unit from us in damaged condition notify us and the carrier we will arrange to file an insurance claim and either repair or exchange the unit If you receive a new unit from a dealer in damaged condition notify the dealer and the carrier If we receive the unit from you with apparent shipping damage we will notify you and the carrier In this case you must arrange to collect on any insurance held by you or your carrier We will await your instructions as to how to proceed with the unit but we will charge you for all repairs on damaged units Who is covered under the warranty The warranty
14. the SETUP area then the second parameter on the screen channel selects which MIDI channel the MIDI message will be accepted on relative to the base channel found on the midi i 00S Iterace Modules krok Selur mode mod wheel Capture Hidi channel 1 Cbhaset O ee Dee type unipolar i s knob 100 00 U done menu page in the SETUP area If the value of base xX is greater than 16 the result wraps around For example if base channel were set to 10 and channel were set to base 12 the actual MIDI channel used would be 104 H H 10 12 22 22 16 6 SIX MIDI Running Status It s worth noting that MIDI commands are often sent on a MIDI connection only if the command being sent differs from the last command sent Between the occasional command messages are data messages A data message pertains to the last sent command message These are known as Running Status You could send a MIDI command message to the H8000FW with the MIDI parameter on the midi menu page in the SETUP area set to disabled If you then change the MIDI parameter to enabled you must re send the MIDI command message before the MIDI data messages will be accepted Try sending a different MIDI command to get things started or try cycling power on your MIDI source Automatically Selecting a MIDI External Controller As opposed to manually selecting a MIDI controller along with its proper chan
15. L main order to get the correct frequency response First load the program Filter_Q loupass Do some long calculations involving ta ae transmission coefficients and dispersion laws to arrive at the proper filter cutoff frequency and resonance Enter them Notice the asterisk that appears after the name This is to tell you that the program has been changed and that you will lose the changes if you don t do a Save See Saving a Program on page 129 To avoid going through the entire arduous math the ext time you want to mimic the frequency response of your neighbor s television you should save your tweaks as a new program Press the PROGRAM key to enter the program area Press the PROGRAM key a second time and then Tools SoundingSpi ral Spare CAT ik press the Save SOFT KEY Check that there is e enough Space and then place the cursor over the rename field and press SELECT Use the fancy typewriter to give your tweak an endearing name Then place the cursor over Enter and press SELECT to return to the Save menu page To leam how to entertext see Entering or Changing Text on page 20 ta Turn the KNOB on the top line to select an 001 SoundingSpirals Hhere Internal unoccupied program slot Then place the cursor over Save and press SELECT 44 After selecting save you can verify that your program is now listed under the list menu pag
16. Select suitable configurations for input or output and then click and drag from the Speaker list at the left to the Device channels table to connect the H8000FW channels to the WDM outputs or inputs Selecting Direct Out connects all channels 173 Global Settings DPC Page A Deferred Procedure Call DPC is a Windows driver mechanism that can consume a lot of CPU time at critical periods which can reduce the performance and reliability of audio applications and drivers See http en wikipedia org wiki Deferred Procedure Call for technical information WDM systems are particularly sensitive to such problems Problems caused may include drop outs or in serious cases Locking and Unlocking of the system This will often be accompanied by relay clicks from the H8000FW To analyze these problems this page includes a DPC Latency checker which can help analyze the delays introduced Reset amp Enable DPC Latency checker Recommended WDM lt Operation Mode by DPCs 1 1 1 1 1 Normal Mode I 2000us 4000us 6000us 8000us 10000us 15000us 1000us 500us If you temporarily enable this and let it run for long enough for any problems to have occurred then move the cursor over the Recommended WDM Operation Mode field you will be given a description of the computer s performance Max Latency 216 us If there are problems you will be recommended to change the Operation Mode Be aware t
17. _ a FEA HE using higher sampling rates e g 96kHz some programs are unloadable Assuming you re using a higher sampling rate with Show set to any these programs have lines through them To avoid this unpleasantness leave Show set to loadable In the same way some programs may only be loaded on DSP A and may not be loaded if DSP B is selected Similarly some programs come in two versions a monolithic version for 88 96k operation and a single machine version for 44 48k operation Normally only the relevant one of these is visible but if Show is set to any both of these can be seen as shown by Static Flanger in the screen above Finally Machines determines if only programs that run on a single DSP will be shown A amp B Seach Ra aa riha SRI ae z Location All Show loadable only those that are monolithic will be shown Machines J A oni ILA only or if both sorts of programs will be ae ee oe rerig shown any on the listi menu page A amp B is useful if you know that you want a dual machine configuration and don t wish to be bothered by monolithic programs Similarly if you want to only see the most powerful programs set it to Il A only 124 Loading Programs Programs are loaded by first selecting a program to load in the PROGRAM area You select a program to load by sorting through the available programs see the preceding section Use the up and down CURSOR keys or the KNOB
18. and then to compare the files If they are identical it sa good indication that the data sent from the H8000FW hasbeen recorded accurately Controlling One H8000FW from Another H8000FW The H8000FW can send system exclusive messages detailing all changes to its parameters both effects program specific and SETUP values The H8000FW is designed so that a sequencer can receive and then play back these values to the same the H8000FW but we can also use this feature to slave one H8000FW to another To slave one H8000FW to another 143 set the parameter sequence out found on the MIDI enabled system exclusive on idi serial enabled device ID 1 midi ext menu page in the SETUP area to off rogram load off remote on sequence out off on the slave Ceervice ni di ext od_con a ELET e On the same menu page set the patameter Sequence to new on the master e On the same menu page set the parameter MIDI to enabled on both units e On the same menu page set System exclusive to on for both units e On the same menu page set device ID to a common value for both units e Connect either the MIDI Out port of the master to the MIDI In port of the slave or connect their serial ports Using the serial ports will require a special null modem cable with pin 2 of each end connected to pin 3 at the other and vice versa Now changes made on the master are echoed on the slave Be sure to leave sequence out to
19. interface to the Mast parameter Curve modules behave just like graphics but their function is a little different Here we have loaded the program Band curves Distort from the Inst Distortion bank Eerma ee ooo i c asol On the curves menu page in the PARAMETER 0 480 0 440 prain a shifts info area we find two curves Think of the audio signal being processed by this program as ranging in amplitude from 1 to 1 The curve sets up an arbitrary relationship between the input amplitude and the output amplitude The x value is the input amplitude and the y value is the corresponding output amplitude In the example above an input amplitude of 1 8 results in an output amplitude of 0 480 By making the input amplitude slightly different from the output amplitude you can obtain a subtle distortion 137 We could get a little wackier How about Ai Band Distort curves making an input amplitude of 0 667 result in an fo hi a t67 pooo rE 0 500 i 0 440 output amplitude of 5 No sweat By making the input amplitude radically different sain mee shifts info from the output amplitude you can obtain a garbage compactor distortion 138 Storing and Loading Setups As you will have deduced from reading the foregoing text there are many adjustments you can make to the H8000FW Wouldn t it be nice if you could save them somewhere either to get back to the same state
20. the H8000FW This section describes how to establish a functional interface between the H800FW and Logic Pro which permits you to seamlessly route audio to and from either environment The final section provides the logical overview of the process and includes a process diagram for you to better grasp the steps involved Because Logic Pro supports only one core audio device at a time and because only one sample clock can be in effect we must combine audio sources into a single aggregate audio soutce described below Creating an Aggregate Audio Device Before you proceed you must first create an aggregate audio device that allows Logic Pro to employ more than a single audio interface To do this eSelect your Macintosh HD icon When the Finder window displays go to Applications gt Utilities gt Audio MIDI Setup The following screen displays eoe Audio MIDI Setup Audio Devices MIDI Devices System Settings Default Input Eventide H8000 TE Default Output e Eventide H8000 RJ System Output Built in Audio B Properties For Built in Audio B Clock Source Default Configure Speakers Audio Input Audio Output Source Internal microphone iS Source Internal speakers EZ Format 44100 0Hz I 2ch 16bit E Forma 44100 0Hz 2ch 16bit ie Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute Thru Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute M n a n a M n a n a Ln Br 0 50 0 00 LQ 0 65 12 24 2
21. 107 129 142 Bypass atea 93 accessing 5 Bypass Status LEDs 94 blinking 6 94 location 6 solidly lit 6 94 bypassing 93 199 Index actually bypassing DSPs 94 actually bypassing system 94 dsp bypass 94 machine 94 muting 38 94 panic muting 38 tly bypass 93 system bypass options 93 w power off 8 career advancement 37 checksum 150 151 152 contrast adjusting the 14 controllers See external controllers controlling one H8000 w another 145 conversion A D or D A See A D or D A conversion copying programs 132 crashing reformatting internal memory 156 what to do if a particular program crashed H8000 157 creating your own programs See Patch Editor area cursor moving 7 19 Cursor keys location 7 use 19 curves type of parameter 138 Cxl key location 8 D A conversion 89 rate of 82 dead DSP ins outs 73 See routing and I O Identifier examples of 73 O K use of 73 deleting programs 133 deleting routing configurations 70 140 device ID 143 factory default 98 selecting 98 use 98 digital demons 97 98 147 avoiding 147 Digital inputs 81 adjusting level of 76 effect on external clock 87 hooking up 22 OK 86 89 reading the status of 85 89 slipping 86 89 unlocked 86 89 Digital outputs 81 hooking up 22 level control 79 sampling rate of 82 display adjusting cont bright 14 gen description 16 distortion intentional 138 overdriving inputs 77 dry confusing
22. 114 unknown input bits 92 unlocked See Digital inputs updating programs 132 updating routing configurations 70 140 user groups 46 121 127 Uset supplied Crystal Oscillators connections 149 voltage selection 9 wet dry ratio 68 94 word clock jacks 13 word length See bits
23. 8 a T Q band equalizer between each of its inputs and outputs It behaves 7 like eight independent equalizers on nD Let s say you want to use these inputs equalizers on a pait of ADAT AESIEBU Y inputs a pairt of S P DIF inputs and a pair of AES EBU inputs Further assume you ve loaded Backward Garden on DSP A and you want to use it to effect a monophonic pre amplified guitar that s being played into stereo cabinets You also want to record the Backward Garden effect to ADAT channels 7 and 8 Our routing configuration looks like the diagram above Note that H8000FW extra inputs and outputs are not shown in the interest of making it remotely readable Let s run through how we d actually set this up i 331 3410 Grafic Ea Input Date Ortions Starting with the input block we need to make IN D SFDIFI DIN 11 12 AESI1 12 sure the S P DIF inputs are enabled Do this at in ADAT ADAT the bottom inputs menu page in the SETUP ara inputs e ces area Then we need to make sure the appropriate MAIN Inputs are selected Do this at the top inputs menu page in the SETUP area We re not i od BEST Grafic Ea ial Inputs planning on using input 2 so it doesn t really matter what gets assigned there Now we need to assign the ADAT S P DIF and AES EBU inputs to the first six inputs of DSP B Do this at the DSP B menu page in the E U E E ou
24. DIG DAT in 1 OUTL Dal in 2 SOUT DAT in 3 gt OUTS Dat ind 0UTA Ai 10 HSO00 Barks FIREWIRE 1 Citrus AIN outi OUT HAIN outs gt OUTS AIN out gt 0UTZ HAIN oute gt 00T6 AIN out gt 0UT3 MAIN out gt OUT AUN outa gt 0UT4 HAIN out gt 0UTS The first four channels of MAIN outputs those connected to the default Analog outputs get their signals from DSP B channels 1 to 4 The second four channels of Main out those connected to the default Digital outputs get their signals from DSP B channels 5 to 8 The ADAT outputs are directly connected to AES inputs 11 to 18 AES outputs 11 to 17 are fed from the ADAT inputs FireWirel outputs are not connected FireWire2 outputs are fed from Main out Further Input and Output options There are a number of alternative inputs and outputs which may take the place of the normal ones For example all members of the H8000 family have an S P DIF input on an RCA connector that may be used in place of AES EBU 1 amp 2 These options may be controlled from the Input Output Options page under inputs on the SETUP menu Just hit the inputs soft key until you get there The screen below is for the H8000FW but a similar page appears on all members of the family Ai d H i Barks Input Daet Ortions AESI1 12 ADAT 62 DIN 1 2 Allows the Selection of Either AES EBU or S P DIF for the First Digital Input Pair at d0
25. Each step numbered 1 10 in the diagram is duly described in the next section The numbers display in the diagram at or near the initiation point of the process Note that each directional line between entities represents a single stereo pair 189 Routing Diagram Between Aggregate Audio Device Logic Pro and the HB000FW Hard Drive Audio Source LOGIC PRO Input D plug n Autlio Output is mixed 190 Step by Step Descriptions of the Routing Process Flow The audio source from the hard drive is sent to Audio 1 Once it is received it encounters the I O plug in insert a plug in that routes the audio to an external audio device The insert outputs the audio to channels 3 and 4 of the aggregate audio device since channels 1 and 2 are reserved for final speaker output The aggregate audio device subsequently sends the output from its channels 3 and 4 to the H8000FW s input channels 1 and 2 As the aggregate audio device s first two channels are internal audio its input channels 3 and 4 correlate to the H8000FW s channels 1 and 2 its channels 5 and 6 with the H8000FW s channels 3 and 4 and so on As defined in its Routing Preset 20 the H8000FW s DSP machine A processes channels 1 4 its DSP machine B process channels 5 8 Processing is performed to the audio on the H8000FW and the processed audio is output from its channels 1 and 2 to the aggregate audio devices input channels 3 and 4
26. For the sake of providing an example we re i Galaxy Borders 2 ort and Search g gt Sort By Mame Inputs any Search By all Outputs any going to externally modulate the knob eE Ai Skan saiti Hachi parameter found in the program Interface msg oe SS Modules To load it set the parameters on the Criteria menu page in the SETUP area as shown here 98 Then use the left and right CURSOR keys to skip mr talary Borders through the programs by their first letter to the i ee ave e LUE eee 7012 Inter DSP_Send 00 programs that begin with i Then use the up 7013 Interface Hodules list to eek os and down CURSOR keys to find the program Interface Modules and press the SELECT key This program was designed for folks who are Ai Interface Module Joimple Param Adjins hf ader _ percentknob 0 j j i j hfader mon xknob mon 0 00 interested in creating their own programs see ar EATEN apknob ae knob mon 0 00 tapknob mon 0 0000 ine Paral retaining mgaval ns sued Simple knob doesn t do anything useful but it will serve us well for the purposes of this demonstration With the cursor highlighting Knob on the inputs menu page in the LEVELS area press Capture Hidi range 200 00 and hold the SELECT key until the external oe Co he absolute U done modulation menu page shown to the right appears The SELECT key trick is how you remote con
27. If you re using the analog outputs on an H8000FW not an H8000 explicit analog parameters control the level before digital to analog conversion Again unless you have a good reason iei reter ineuts EE for doing otherwise leave these at zero A better place to adjust the analog output level gt analog 1 9 0 dB 90 to 3 dB is on the bottom joutputs menu anaa Te page in the LEVELS area These adjustments are made after the digital to analog conversion Making yout adjustments post D A will generally result in lower noise and distortion than making them pre D A gt Note These parameters can be remote controlled via MIDI orthe foot pedal jacks To leam how read Setting Up the Extemal Controllers on page 94 Extemal Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 98 Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 79 Digital Setup Note to H8000FW users many of the screen shots in this section are taken from the H8000 Your screens will differ insofar as you have four plus eight AES EBU inputs and outputs not eight This discrepancy shouldn t matter DIGITAL SETUP OVERVIEW Before we look at the H8000FW s digital setup in detail let s take in the big picture e The H8000FW sports twelve AES EBU inputs outputs two S P DIF inputs outputs and eight ADAT input outputs as well as 16 channels of FireWire e All of the H8000FW s analog to digital conversion and digital to analog conve
28. The audio is now input back to I O plug in on Andio 1 The audio now proceeds to encounter the bus we inserted The bus routes the audio and sends one stream to the Audio 1 output and a second stream to the Bus 7 input The bus audio is subsequently sent to the aggregate audio device s channels 7 and 8 outputs as defined in the Logic Pro session From here it is routed to the H8000FW s input channels 5 and 6 Processing is performed on the audio using the H8000FW s machine B after which it is sent through the H8000FW s output channels 5 and 6 back to the aggregate audio device input channels 7 and 8 This audio stream now is routed to Audio 2 as defined in the Logic Pro session Finally outputs from Audio 1 and Audio 2 are mixed as defined in the Logic Pro session and returned to the aggregate audio devices output channels 1 and 2 which are in fact the speakers All that s now left to do is listen 191 The Macintosh Control Panel This is similar to the Windows Control Panel but is simplified by not needing to support WDM See the Windows Control panel section on page 170 for a description of each field It may be launched from your DAW application or directly from the Applications folder where it hides under the unlikely title of Eventide Control Panel The Mac panel does not contain the DPC analyzer featured on the Windows panel so the Operation Mode must be set by trial and error Start with Normal mod
29. The wizard has finished installing the software for H8000 Audio Click Finish to close the wizard Now click Finish All done Time for a nice cup of tea Note If for any reason the drivers did not install propery unplug your Firewire cable from yourPC wait several seconds and insert it again You willbe prompted by the New Hardware Wizard to insert your drivers CD asoutlined above Go through the process again until you receive the Windows confirmation message that all drivers were successfully installed If this fails go to the Troubleshooting section on page 175 166 Configuring the H8000FW for PC Output Once all software drivers have been installed perform the following steps to enable PC output through the H8000FW eGo to Windows Control Panel and double click Sound and Audio Devices below amp Control Panel File Edit View Favorites Tools Help O 0 B Ka Search Folders F Address gt Control Panel 7 lt Daye Vi Control Panel s Automatic Date and Time Display Accessibility Add Hardware Add or Administrative B Switch to Category view Options Remov Tools Updates s MTEL a Te o re BW D See Also y Folder Options Fonts Game Intel R Intel R Internet Java PROSet Wired Options Controllers Extrem 2D eo b amp Keyboard Mail Mouse Network Network Setup Phone and Portable Media Connections Wizard Modem Devices a BQ Power Options Printersand
30. and can switch up to 1A at 30V dc Relay 1 is connected between ring and sleeve while Relay 2 is connected between ring and tip All of these connections are electrically isolated from the H8000FW See the separate Programming Manual for information on controlling the relays j OPTICAL INPUT AND OUTPUT JACK These send and receive digital audio to and from other ADAT capable devices using a standard light pipe connector They also support SMUX operation carrying four channels at 88 2 or 96kHz To use signals from the ADAT input select them at the 11 inputs menu page in the SETUP area To route signals to the ADAT output select them at the outputs menu page in the SETUP area These jacks may also be used as optical type S P DIM 1 2 AES EBU DIF connectors The optical input may be BN 34 42 AES ERE assigned to one pair of AES11 18 which will disable that pair as AES inputs If AES11 12is_ selected as an optical input it cannot also be selected as an electrical S P DIF input so the DIN11 12 control is disabled The optical output may be fed from any one pair from AES11 18 Clearly if either of these connectors is used for S P DIF the corresponding ADAT signals will be disabled k MIDI MIDI is used for instrument to instrument digital communications The H8000FW sends and receives Eventide system exclusive messages that allow a MIDI sequencer or foot pedal among othe
31. by the green indicator to select it It is allowable but not greatly sensible to give R n m Device type Eventide H8000FW multiple units the same nickname You can tell Device nickname nicks H8000FW which is which by looking at SETUP clock the New nickname enter new nickname and click Change Change Master unit see below will have the displayed Sample Rate see below while the non Master Status roced slave unit s will be set to FIREWIRE1 EEE A E R E A Receiver Status Locked Locked Status This shows the Lock status of the selected machine It should always be Locked if not find and fix the problem before continuing Measured Sampling Rate This shows the measured sample rate of the se ected machine The Master unit should match the Global Settings value see below Any slave non Master units may display a slightly different value this is OK Receiver Status This shows the FireWire received Lock status of the se ected machine It should always be Locked if not find and fix the problem before continuing Global Settings Bus Page Master If you only have one H8000FW connected this will always be the Master Note that in this context Master only refers to the computer H8000FW FireWire link the H8000FW may itself be synchronized to another source If you have more than one H8000FW connected one of them will be selected as the Master and the others will be automatically
32. exti By setting Mode to continue successive Hode continue CC run edal j taps of the Source be it the soft key a foot pedal or whatever will simply extend the current system timer without resetting it to zero Taps Several programs use a tapped delay line For a particular tap the UP and DOWN CURSOR keys select among three parameters dly Adjusts the delay position of a particular tap the number of milliseconds before the tap Ivi Adjusts the level of a particular tap pan Adjusts the stereo pan position of a particular tap Use the LEFT and RIGHT CURSOR keys to select the particular tap for which you re adjusting parameters The graphic to the right of the parameters represents the delay position and level of every tap in the bunch Textblocks All right maybe a textblock isn t really a parameter but you ll find it hiding among patameters so we might as well discuss it here Se S amp H Flange Hell Four mod delays per channel whose dela You ll typically find these creatures on an info imes cid Pane orc madi tied bu 4 Sample i and Hold circuits Decrease Glide for menu page in the PARAMETER area As the insanity increase for flange Quad name suggests this is just a block of text that you can read for your own enlightenment If all of the text fits on the screen that s the end of the story If however all of the text doesn t fiton MIESEN times and pans a
33. it s easier to find things by name using the knob if you have previously set Sort By to Name on the Criterta page Note that Usergroup 1 is a Factory group with a selection of the more interesting programs in the H8000FW This group cannot be changed The names of presets included in it can be found in the H8000FW Presets Manual 120 Categorized by Recent Use We will go into more detail in the next section F z but the H8000FW keeps track of what programs RRqgR I ars 4713 Latticeverb 3410 803 Rumble Tone ist e you ve recently loaded You can find this list and reload those programs from it by setting Search By to User Grp on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area Then go to list and use the and gt SOFT KEYS to find the Most recent list this is the first list in this section think of it as Usergroup 0 If you mostly work with the same programs this saves you having to find them every time 121 Searching for and Loading Programs Before reading this section please be sure to have read and fully understood the preceding section Categorizing Programs on page 117 This section and its predecessor are worthy of study as they make finding the right program for your work much quicker and easier You would probably like that The Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area At SoundingSpirals Sort and Search lets
34. lt run gt softkey at the beginning and end of a measure and the H8000FW will calculate the time for you Now load up a loop program such as Reich loop params input 3 dE timer equals 1 bars Loops 2 The loop time is automatically set to 1 m timer notice the lower left corner timer 2 000 sec the system timer notice the lower left corner US ps a a Tn You can use the timer equals parameter to define how many bars the timer will equal Not all loops are set up to work with the system timer only those that explicitly show the system timer value Notice also that all of the programs that use the timer can be overridden by simply entering a new loop time value Back to the timer menu page in the SETUP Delay Timer Time 2 00 sec area By setting Source to tip 1 or tip 2 you Hode restart format Ctenpo erun pedals can use a foot pedal in place of the soft key to calculate the length of a measure Tap the foot pedal at the beginning of the measure and again at the end of a measure By setting Source to ext1 ext2 ext8 you can use any of the external modulators in a similar fashion See The Concept Behind Redirection Extemal Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 amp 2 on page 108 for information regarding the extemal modulators See Foot Pedals 1 and 2 on page 94 for more information regarding the foot pedals 135 i Reich Loops 2 Delay Timer Time 5 17 sec Source
35. on note mode poly E external dunp nexteroa 7 i Bi 1 Khz Oscillator serial setup Press it again to get a third menu page i anaiei caries hone baud rate 115200 data bits stop bits 2 f nidi external dunp nexteroa Press it twice more to return to the original menu page Pressing a SOFT KEY repeatedly that is zo stacked puts the H8000FW into self destruct mode Just kidding It has no effect When you press a SOFT KEY it becomes highlighted The middle section of the screen is a menu page corresponding to that highlighted SOFT KEY Use the cursor keys to move around on the menu page Use the KNOB the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the SELECT key to change and enter values See Using the Cursor Keys the SELECTkey the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB on page 19 Before moving on we ought to say that not all SOFT KEYS are menu pages Some SOFT KEYS are triggers A trigger is a key that riggers an event get it You ll always know the difference between menu page SOFT KEYS and trigger SOFT KEYS because menu page SOFT Output 18 0 dB below maximum level KEYS are rectangular whereas srigger SOFT KEYS Status Normal are hexagonal On this screen Operate and Operate G TEATA a T info are menu pages and On Off is a trigger 18 Using the Cursor Keys the SELECT key the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB We use the CURSOR keys the KNOB the SELEC
36. than the bad news examples above might lead you to believe 73 CONTROLLING LEVELS The Level Meters Now that you re comfortable routing signals in the H8000FW we can explore the Level Meters decay time 0 30 sec Once you understand the Level Meters you can eT ees SS eter STi LE A SoundingSpirals meter setup lt Source inputs post fade order 1 4 5 8 adjust levels along the signal path There are eight individual meters to the left of the display By altering the Source parameter on the meter menu page in the LEVELS area you can change the point in the signal path that the meters measure Your choices are inputs measure the level at the input block as defined on the inputs menu page in the SETUP area In post fade mode the meters reflect level cuts made on the inputs menu page in the LEVELS area In pre fade mode the meters do vor reflect these cuts machine inmeasures the level at the inputs to the currently displayed DSP To measure the level at the inputs to the DSP zoz currently displayed press the PROCESSOR A B key In post fade mode the meters reflect level cuts made on the dsp A or dsp B menu page in the LEVELS area In pre fade mode the meters do zor reflect these cuts machine out measures the level at the outputs to the currently displayed DSP To measure the level at the outputs to the DSP of currently displayed p
37. use of DSP ins outs 35 72 See I O Identifier user groups 46 121 127 what to do if a particular program crashed H8000 157 quotes effect affect 38 jungle gym 118 US Supreme Court 134 RAM 118 rates See internal or external clock redirection 109 See also place holders benefits of 111 example 111 mods 110 trigs 110 uses of 109 111 relay jack 11 95 remote controlling parameters See parameters renaming programs 133 routing dead inputs 35 72 73 diagram 51 example See examples 67 69 main steps in 67 troubleshooting 76 un routed digital inputs effect on Ext LED 87 routing configurations See a so routing and Routing Storage area loading 25 Routing Storage area accessing 7 70 140 deleting 70 140 gen description 14 loading 25 70 140 parameters saved by 71 saving 70 140 updating 70 140 RS232 13 142 See serial port S P DIF See also Digital inputs and outputs input selecting 82 output selecting 22 82 specs 10 S P DIF jacks 11 Sampler module 126 sampling rates 44 1 kHz selecting 84 48 kHz selecting 84 88 2 kHz benefits of 85 reduction in max program size 85 selecting 85 96 kHz 202 benefits of 85 reduction in max program size 85 selecting 85 saving programs 44 130 saving routing configurations 70 140 scaling See external modulation menu pages secret keys 156 Select key location 7 self destruct mode 18 self tests bypassing 156 sequencin
38. Connect a 9 pin serial cable to this port to transfer information to and from a personal computer Do not use the null modem type of cable designed for file transfer between two computers it will not work With the Memory Card removed the BUSY LED on the front panel illuminates whenever a message is received at the serial port Note If the serial port is enabled and MIDI is enabled a command received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving the command to be ignored until the command is complete Se Setting Up the Serial Porton page 141 n FIREWIRE CONNECTORS Two identical IEEE 1394 FireWire connectors Typically one is connected to a PC or Mac and the other is available for daisy chain connections to other FireWire devices or may be left unconnected Note while FireWire is specified as being hot swappable meaning that connectors may be plugged and un plugged with power applied Eventide recommends that this NOT be done and that where possible FireWire connections be only changed when all equipment is powered down o AES11 18 input and output connector This DB25 connector carries the input and output signals for AES EBU signals 11 to 18 See Connecting AES 11 thru 18 to the H8000RW on page 156 p WORD CLOCK INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS The H8000FW sends a clock signal from its word clock output which can be used to synchronize other equipment to the H8000FW The H8000
39. Doing this will disable both the ADAT input block since there is nowhere to plug the ADAT cable and the AES signals for the chosen pair since it is being used for OPTO 1 2 Note also that this control supersedes the DIN 11 12 control so that if OPTO in is set to AES 11 12 DIN 11 12 has no function and will be disabled This is because if AES11 12 is being used for OPTO it cannot be used for either AES or S P DIF FireWire1 N FireWire1 in FireWire2 in FireWire2 in Analog in OS G anoart gt ww VE lama Ai 10 Hetil Barks neu Outeut Ortions clock ineuts EE E yy When OPTO in is set to ADAT the optical input connector is used for ADAT input and AES inputs 11 18 are available OPTO 1 2 are of course not available 3 gt IN 4 ADAT in 3 Se Ai 10 Henig Banks Input Outeut Drtions AES13 14 ADAT When OPTO in is not set to ADAT the optical input connector is used for OPTO 1 2 optical S P DIF input and the selected AES inputs are replaced by it and thus not available All ADAT inputs are of course disabled 10_HE000 Barks MAI Treats cer in 1 EELEE ADATS disabled 3 OPTO in 2 gt IM 2 ADATE d IM E ADAT disabled gt IN 3 ADAT gt IN ADAT4 disabled IWM 4 ADAT N jaart neus TEE E Erna 64 OPTO out allows use of optical output connector for optical S P DIF H8000FW only 1 2 ee 4c 5T 6 7 8 oawogat w The optical output connector is n
40. Driver Installation completed successfully Introduction Destination Sel Installation i Installation Install Succeeded 5 The software was successfully installed Click Restart to finish installing the software eClick Restart to restart your computer and conclude the installation 179 Configuring the H8000FW for Macintosh Output Once all software drivers have been installed perform the following steps to enable Macintosh audio output via the H8000FW Note Before proceeding be sure your Firewire connection between the Macintosh and the H8000FW is established and the H8000FW is configured to pass audio Viewing the H8000FW s Configuration To view the configuration of the H8000FW click Show All from the Sounds screen to return to System Preferences Then click H8000FW from the Other category below System at k Lod Accounts Date amp Time Other ng H8000 The following screen displays which lists the device settings for the H8000FW 180 Global Settings Sample rate 48kHz a X a X Operation Mode Safe Mode Level 3 H8000FW Unique Id 0015F40400400000 Sync Source Internal PAL version 3 2 0 1556 Driver version 3 2 0 build 1556 Device Settings Device type Eventide HSOOOFW Device nickname H8000FW New nickname enter new nickname and click Change Change gt Status Locked Measure
41. H8000FW The foot pedal that EEEE dup mera is hooked up to the jack and returned between the tip and the sleeve alters that voltage The pedals menu page in the SETUP area allows you to calibrate the foot pedal jacks for the particular foot pedals you are using The top menu page cd a calibrates jack 1 and the bottom menu page calibrates jack 2 just press the pedals SOFT KEY to toggle between the two The horizontal bar graph at the top of the menu page represents the current foot pedal position relative to the calibration To calibrate your pedal highlight the Calibrate parameter with the cursor and press the SELECT key Rock your foot pedal through its full range f Hit anu Key when done of motion from full minimum heel to full pray ibrate maximum toe and then press any key The Ai Hultitap Dela Pedal 1 setup e 94 heel and toe parameters will jump to reflect their new calibrated values You re done Now when you use that foot pedal to modulate parameters the minimum foot pedal position will correspond to no modulation and the maximum foot pedal position will correspond to maximum modulation If you want the opposite to occur maximum foot pedal position corresponding with no modulation and minimum foot pedal position corresponding with maximum modulation simply calibrate the pedal as discussed above and then swap the heel and toe values Pedals to be used with the H8000 shoul
42. Location All See Alphabetical order Now pressing the left or right CURSOR keys jumps through the 4911 Bazilica TRD alphabet Pressing the right CURSOR key here would cause us to jump to Reverb programs 4210 Bass Space 1711 Bass Rack EEEN PERAR git 3411 Beatbox Revy that begin with C The Speed indicator a little indicates that i 8 Diatonicshifts Presets Reverb 306 4911 Basilica FS RD E A1711 Bass Rack 22 TRDI IE 4810 Bass Space goa 3411 Eeatb R bh this program can be loaded and run for use at 88 2kHz and 96kHz sampling rates In the screen shown to the right only Basilica could not be run at higher sampling rates because it does not have the Speed indicator See Sampling Rates on page 81 for more information The monolithic indicator a Roman Numeral A e Diatonicshifts Presets tever EL 1024 Dtune_Hall 44 JEJ 3214 Dtune_VDIy_Hall_E J 88 f IF II indicates that this program uses the 63 Dual 2taps Chorus zeus processing resources of both DSP A and DSP B In the screen shown to the right the program la 62 Dual taps Dela Dtune_VDly_Hall_EQ is a monolithic program Note the II next to its name Think of monolithic programs as loading into DSP A and causing DSP B to disappear Any non monolithic program that you SELECT will load into the currently displayed DSP referred to by the letter in the upper left hand corner of the screen to load the program into the DS
43. Yes now and evey time connect a device O No not this time Click Next to continue Cancel 164 eClick the No not this time radio button followed by the Next button eThe second Wizard screen now displays Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Eventide HB000FW If your hardware came with an installation CD lt gt or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do O Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue e Make sure Install the software automatically is selected then click Next eThe following screen may annoyingly display again If it does select Continue Anyway Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware H8000 Audio has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation 165 eThe installation now proceeds Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software H8000 Audio A i Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard
44. and outputs e LEVELS dsp Aj used to adjust the Wet Dry mix for DSP A the output levels for DSP A and the input levels for DSP A 69 e LEVELS dsp B used to adjust the Wet Dry mix for DSP B the output levels for DSP B and the input levels for DSP B Notice that the analog and digital input levels located on the LEVELS inputs menu page and the analog and digital output levels located on the LEVELS output menu page are not saved in the Routing Storage area This is because these are usually set according to the external signal sources and destination and not changed according to the preset or routing Loading a Routing Remotely Via MIDI To load a routing remotely make sure MIDI is HIDI enabled pressure channel enabled program load is on and omni base channel 1 Pitch bend omni mode off a eara ttt E A mode is off on the midi menu page in the note mode poly A midi external S SETUP area Routings will load in response to program change messages on the MIDI channel that corresponds with base channel 2 In the example above base channel is set to 1 So if we send the program change message O Analog d prg 12 on MIDI channel 3 1 2 we would load a the routing Analog B gt A You can also load programs on DSP A using base channel 0 and on DSP B using base channel 1 See Loading a Program Remotely
45. and receiving Data Setting Up the Serial Port The serial port can be used to transmit data At Guitartuner serial setup i serial enabled DERG Ratu between the H8000FW and a computer Itis an ert aa another rr IBM PC type RS232 connector which looks like Aghi M stop bits f nidi external dump nextproa a modem or printer to a connected computer You can set up the serial port s parameters on the third midi menu page in the SETUP area Repeatedly press the midi SOFT KEY until you see the menu page shown to the right The first parameter serial determines whether the serial port is enabled or disabled If set to disabled messages will neither be sent out the serial port nor accepted at the serial port The second parameter baud rate determines the speed at which messages will be sent out the serial port and the speed at which the H8000FW expects to receive messages at the serial port Similarly data bits stop bits and parity all describe aspects of the messages sent out the serial port and aspects of the messages that the H8000FW expects to receive at the serial port For things to work properly these last four parameters must be set to the same values on both the H8000FW and the machine connected to the serial port Higher baud rates result in faster transmission times but most machines have a ceiling above which errors occur So set the baud rate to the high
46. are always available from the Support section of the Web Site The version numbers displayed i e 3 2 0 etc may differ from those you see during the installation Depending on the driver version the H8000FW may be known to the computer as either H8000 or Eventide Dice Make sure that the H8000FW is either powered down or its FireWire cable is disconnected Once you have located the dmg file double click it to view the contents A loading notification window briefly displays then the following two files Eventide_ pkg and EventideUninstaller display Eventide 3 2 0 1556 ale 2z z gt ET Q DEVICES SHARED y aA PLACES P h Eventide 3 2 0 1556 pkg EventideUninstaller SEARCH FOR Today L Yesterday 5 Past Week gi All Images i All Movies 5 All Documents items 1 000 KB available Double click Eventide _ pkg to proceed eThe first installation screen now displays 177 Welcome to the Eventide Dice Driver Installer DICE MAC OS X DRIVER RELEASE NOTES Introduction Destination Sele OS Support Universal binary supports 10 4 11 and up 10 5 2 and up on Mac Intel and PPC platforms Installatior installati n Version 3 2 0 Issues resolved CASE DESCRIPTION os fu A Kernel Panic could occur when unplugging stacked devices 10 4 11 10 5 2 When the previous master device is removed the new master 10 4 11 10 5 2 device s sync source Is now set to I
47. are sent back up Fire Wire2 The MAIN Outputs signals also feed the default outputs Analog out and AES EBU out in the normal way In addition AES11 18 in are connected to ADAT out and ADAT in is connected to AES11 18 out both without any effects processing The drawing above has a lot going on and may be a little hard to read so it might be more helpful to look at the routing screens that produce it Here we can see that FireWirel channels 1 to 8 Hi 10 Heg00 Banks MAIM Ineuts FMIRE in 1 gt N go ene IN are connected to MAIN Inputs He ia Ete eter in i LNG IN IN FHIREL in 3 gt IN 3 FHIREL in 7 gt FHIRE1 in 4 IMN 4 FHIREL in amp Ai 10 HeOOd Banks aoi FHIREI in 1 gt INI FMIREL in 5 gt INS DSP A gets its inputs from MAIN Inputs with FAIREL in 2 gt INZ IFMIREL in gt INE FAIRE in 3 gt 1N3 FMIREL in 7 gt IN the signals renamed to show what is connected to FAIRE1_in 4 gt IN4 FHIREI in amp gt IN MAIN Inputs i e FireWire 1 to 8 SS se ose a E A 10 Haiii Banks dsp out 1 gt INi dsp A out 5 gt INS DSP B its in from f DSP dsp out 2 gt IN2 ldsp A out amp gt ING gets its inputs fro the OpPIS dsp out 3 gt IN3 dsp A out 7 gt IN A dsp out 4 gt INA dsp out amp gt IN 61 FireWire2 out gt ANAL gt ANAZ gt ANA dsp E out d t gt N d gt DIGI gt DIGZ gt DIG3 dsp out 8 i gt
48. at a later date or to make another H8000FW behave the same as yours You can Access the Routing Storage area by ol ding down the PROGRAM key for one second The LED next to the PROGRAM key will begin to blink and the upper right hand portion of the screen will read Routings Next release the PROGRAM key and then hold it Factory Init __betups a Factory Imit e h down for another second Now you have reached the Setup Storage Area and the upper mii Th right hand portion of the screen will read Setups Here we find seven SOFT KEYS which in general behave as they do in the PROGRAM area except that PROCESSOR A B has no effect list Lists saved setup configurations for loading Criteria Allows you to sort through saved setups by number name and location internal or card Save Saves the current setup in a new slot or by overwriting another setup lt update gt Saves routing configurations to user memory remove Deletes stored setup configurations from memory or card jand gt Arrow soft keys See Loading Programs on page 38 Saving a Program on page 129 and Deleting a Program on page 132 formore details gt To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 139 There is one difference between saving a Setup Do you want the current presets and saving a Program It is possible to choose to be reloade
49. controller that program will be loaded If a program exists in both 48kHz and 96kHz versions the one most appropriate to the current sample rate setting will be chosen See Categonzed by You User Groups on page 120 This is extremely handy You can use the USergrp menu page in the PROGRAM area to assign programs to any of ten user groups in User Memory and another ten on the Memory Card Maybe you want to group all the programs associated with a certain project for ease of access later on Maybe you want to keep track of programs you really like First use the KNOB to select the group you t lt empty gt i Prog Chng i want to change on the top line HIDI map Factory Then to find an empty place to put it use the KNOB on the third line Prog Chng until the Preset in the second line shows none or lt empty gt Then on the second line choose the program you want to include in the group Here we ve y i Prog Chng i included the program 4_ReverseTetra in WIDI map Factory Group You ll see that you can usefully organize programs via user groups To remove a program from the Usergroup either turn the wheel at the second line to select another one or type ENT on the numeric keypad to set it to lt empty gt 126 The second line of this screen shows the programs according to the Search and Sort options on the Criteria page T
50. example you might want to filter a simple R 5 5 pite gt 5 DIG l er S 6 gt 6 yo 22 6 gt 6 DIG2 stereo signal You ll use digital inputs 1 and TT T gt T DIG3 2 and digital outputs 1 and 2 You don t g gt g 8 gt 8 DIG4 care what s happening on the rest of the 72 digital inputs and outputs You load the program Stereo Filter with an I O Identifier of 22 For convenience you load the routing configuration AES 8 track A only which makes connections as shown above Connections are in fact made to the dead inputs 3 through 8 and the dead outputs 3 through 8 but it doesn t matter in this case You aren t attempting to pass signals on these dead connections You re only using the live inputs 1 and 2 and the live outputs 1 and 2 Again making a dead connection isn t a bad thing as long as you don t fool yourself into thinking that it s actually passing a signal The moral Not all the inputs and outputs on a given DSP are necessarily live Exactly how many are live depends on the program that is being run To prevent signals from becoming lost keep the I O Identifier and its impact on your routing configuration in mind Before we leave this section we should mention that although we just asked you to always keep the I O Identifier in mind you will seldom need to alter a chosen routing configuration to suit a program in practice You ll find that things tend to work out better
51. external signals include MIDI signals and signals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and 2 see Extemal Contollers on page 94 to set these controllers up External modulation involves altering a parameter value over a range of values For example you could modulate a delay from 5 milliseconds to 25 milliseconds At different points in time the delay will be 5 milliseconds 25 milliseconds and all of the values in between An external trigger on the other hand has only two states It is zof continuous For example you could trigger a gate to open The gate can be either open or closed A trigger switches the parameter from one state to the other The various external modulation and trigger menu pages you will encounter are all variations on a common theme Although the length of this section might lead you to think otherwise all you re really doing on these menu pages is selecting the external controller that will modulate or trigger a parameter If the external controller you select involves MIDI then you will also have to deal with MIDI channels and possibly MIDI control numbers This adds length to our discussion but it shouldn t add complexity In the case of external modulation menu pages we re doing one more thing we re scaling the external controller to suit the range of modulation we would like Again the concept is simple but we ll have to get a little wordy in the process of describing it Apologies
52. field CXL Cancels the last entered digit It s like the backspace key on a computer T 4 KEYS Use these keys to increment or decrement a parameter s value When entering the name of a program the ff key toggles between capital to lower case letters and the 4 key toggles between insert and overwrite modes ENT Enter After you ve entered a numeric value with the NUMERIC KEYPAD press ENT to enter it In many contexts ENT behaves just like the SELECT key See Using the Cursor Keys the SELECTkey the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB on page 19 Q POWER Filip this switch to bring the H8000FW to life When the power is off the unit is bypassed i e most audio inputs are connected to their corresponding audio output R LEVELS Pressing this key accesses menus for metering and levels See Contolling Levels on page 74 S SETUP Pressing this key accesses menus for routing digital configuration MIDI configuration service utilities data dump utilities and program advance options The Back Panel OPTIONS Yen W g WORD CLOCK _SP DIF x A N A oT i a SL j 0 D Eventide o Bee a COCO a AC VOLTAGE SELECTOR Line up the dot with the triangle so that your preferred voltage is wp It is absolutely essential that you select the voltage corresponding to your local AC power Check this carefully before first powering the unit and after moving to a different country b FUSE HOL
53. ground and use pin 2 as hot Be aware that this will reduce the maximum output level by 6dB so you should usually reduce the output gain by 6dB to compensate gt See Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Outputs on page 78 If either pins 2 or 3 are unconnected you will get more noise than signal The H8000FW s analog inputs accept either mono or stereo 1 4 connectors or balanced XLR connectors The H8000FW s XLR input connectors are female Pin 1 is ground Pin 2 is phase hot and pin 3 is phase These may be connected to an unbalanced input as described above To unbalance the XLR or 1 4 jack use both pins 1 and 3 as ground and use pin 2 as hot If either pins 2 or 3 are unconnected you will get more noise and hum than signal These may be used as both line and guitar inputs depending on the input level setting Using a mono jack will correctly unbalance the input See Contolling the Level of the Analog and Digital Inputs on page 75 S P DIF Digital Audio Input Output Consumer S P DIF is a consumer digital audio standard with two audio channels encoded into a single connector Use these connectors to hook up the H8000FW to CD players DAT recorders and other audio gear using this format The connectors are two conductor RCA jacks Your plug should have the shield connected to the sleeve with the single shielded conductor connected at the tip 10 Eventide reco
54. information days weeks months and years down the road we d have you use the comprehensive Table of Contents and Index In particular a good understanding of The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme on page 51 and Program Load Save Delete Etc on page 117 and beyond are necessary to get the best from the H8000FW In order to use MIDI Program Change messages it is necessary to understand Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message as described on page 120 For information about using the H8000FW with a PC or Mac see Using the H8000FW with a computer Overview and Quickstart The Big Picture The Eventide H8000FW is a programmable multi channel multipurpose 96kHz capable dual or monolithic digital signal processor DSP 24 bit digital audio signal processor with UltraShifter capability That s a lot of adjectives It is the successor to a long proud line of digital signal processors that stretches back to a time when most audio manufacturers didn t know digital audio from Morse code The H8000FW is loaded with features that put it in a class by itself It has 12 AES EBU digital inputs and outputs eight ADAT digital inputs and outputs two S P DIF digital inputs and outputs and four analog inputs and outputs as well as 16 channels or FireWire for connection to a PC or Mac and very comprehensive routing capabilities for controlling them The H8000FW houses two independent signal processors each having eight
55. little arrows next to the first and last SOFT KEYS They indicate that if you press the area key you used to access the current display again you will access more SOFT KEYS The arrows are meant to imply that more pages exist in a nether world beyond the display For example press the SETUP key to see the More Soft Keys indicators Press the SETUP key again to get more SOFT KEYS Source Int 43 0 kH LLES eee Sample Rate 45000 DIN 3 4 OK DIN 5 76 unlocked ADAT OK DIN 778 Cunlocked gt f clock JENTE e E Hall_Oual_ 21 ap Source Int 48 0 mF SIN V2 Sample Rate 45000 DIN DIN ADAT OK DIN 7 78 Cunlocked _format_ _tempo_ _timer _ _pedals_ p Press the SETUP key a few more times to return to the original set of SOFT KEYS A Stacked SOFT KEY shown on the format and pedals menu pages above indicates that if you repeatedly press the stacked SOFT KEY you will access more menus The graphic is meant to imply that there are more pages lying below the top one For example repeatedly press the SETUP key until you see the stacked SOFT KEY midi Press midi Press it again to get a second menu page 17 system exclusive on serial enabled device ID 1 Program load sequence out E external dunp nexteroa HIDI setup pressure channel base channel 1 Pitch bend sysex speed 10 omni mode
56. maybe more than one routed digital input is unlocked e not synchronized to the external clock Use the right hand side of the clack menu page in the SETUP area to see which digital inputs are in fact unlocked To check which digital inputs are routed consult the routing menu pages discussed in Routing Configuration on page 55 89 Sample Rate Conversion SRC In general you need to make sure that any digital inputs are synchronized to the system sampling rate If for any reason you cannot synchronize the Al SoundingSpirals Sanple Rate Conv A Hode 1 2 on AES EBU 1 4 1 8 on H8000 or S P DIF 1 2 RYS SERIE ee ream para Input SR 172 44100 Input SR 3 4 44100 digital inputs to the system sampling rate use sample rate conversion SRC The sample rate conversion pages are the bottom menu pages under clock in the SETUP area By turning SRC Mode on for the appropriate digital input the H8000FW will adjust the input sampling rate to match the system sampling rate The sample rate before conversion is displayed in the Input SR x x field In this example our internal clock rate is 48kHz The SRCs are converting these 44 1kHz inputs to 48kHz The sample rate conversion algorithm is of a high quality and its presence is normally undetectable without the use of expensive test equipment Nevertheless the true audiophile will try to synchronize the input devices to the H8000FW withou
57. n a n a 2 n a n a X 2 n a n a X You may view the setup of the Aggregate Device by clicking the Configure Device button For more information on creating Aggregate Audio Devices consult Help from your Macintosh s menu bar Routing Audio to the H8000FW Now that you have created an Aggregate Audio Device you must configure the H8000FW to accept and generate audio signals To do this ePress the Program button on the H8000FW s front panel until it blinks Check to be sure the Routing screen is displaying e Using the front panel s keypad enter 20 then ENT Finally press the Select button 187 These actions establish the H8000FW s internal routing configuration The number 20 routing preset on the H8000FW Firewire 8Track AB supports 8 track input and output channels 1 4 are routed to and from the H8000FW s machine A channels 5 8 are routed to and from its machine B Configuring Logic Pro for H8000FW Input and Output To permit Logic Pro to send and receive audio from the H8000FW you must change to audio its settings to recognize the aggregate audio device we just created eOpen Logic Pro and from its Audio menu select Audio Hardware amp Drivers The following screen displays System Memory Requirement 37 0 MB Driver Aggregate Device 1O Buffer Size Recording Delay A r 0 Max Number of Audio Tracks _40 E 64 Busses Universal Track Mode C Larger Disk Buffer
58. off on the slave or MIDI feedback will lock up the H8000FWs in a very bad sort of way Sending A Program From One the H8000FW to Another To send a program from one H8000FW to another turn sequence out to off on the midi ext menu page in the SETUP area on both H8000FWs On the same menu page change the device ID of each the H8000FW so that they agree Then connect their serial ports or connect the MIDI Out port of the sender to the MIDI In port of the receiver Make sure the program you would like to send is running on the currently displayed DSP on the sender press the DSP A B key to toggle the display Make sure that the DSP you would like to run the program on in the receiver is the currently displayed DSP press the DSP A B key to toggle the display gt To read about using the serial ports see Setting Up the Serial Port on page 141 On the sender highlight dump program on the dump menu page in the SETUP area and press the SELECT key The program will be loaded on the receiver Before doing anything else you should change the device ID of one of the H8000FWs so that it is no longer the same as the device ID of the other Failure to do so conid cause problems later if sequence out gets set to on on both H8000FWs j If the upper left hand corner of the screen reads A the currently displayed DSP is DSP A If the upper left hand corner of the screen reads B the currentl
59. on page 125 formore details 70 Programs Effect on Routing Decisions r As you ll recall from the Quickstart section to prama re ST a i i 333 ar10 orafic Ey 44 the right of every program name in the atv oratic Ea ee J baspodes Yi PROGRAM area there are two digits called the 411 Gaspodes H I O Identifier On the screen shown to the right Q 10 Grafic Eq has an I O Identifier of 44 O 5 Grafic Eq has an I O Identifier of 88 Gaspodes Dly_2 has an I O Identifier of 32 Gaspodes Dly_M has an I O Identifier of 22 To understand why the I O Identifier is necessary we must first understand that although each DSP has eight inputs and eight outputs it is not necessarily the case that all of those inputs and outputs will be used by a given program As has been stated elsewhere in this manual each program is a unique algorithm The particulars of a given algorithm dictate how many inputs and outputs will be used just as they dictate what sorts of parameters are used For example a program that acted as a synthesizer would not need any inputs A program that turned a mono signal into a pseudo quad signal would only need one input A program that modulated one stereo signal with another stereo signal would only need two outputs So the I O Identifier tells us at a glance how many inputs and outputs a program uses The first digit refers to the number of active live inputs to the program and the sec
60. outputs and because of that reliance fail to do any business For example the setup shown to the right is bad news P The inputs to DSP A will never be heard because the ats program VocalVerb 2 doesn t use DSP inputs 3 and 4 _ Remember the first digit in its I O Identifier 2 ae Input block P means that only inputs 1 and 2 are live Inputs 3 through 8 are dead they re shown as dotted circles in the s LONINA diagram You won t hurt the H8000FW by hooking things up this way but you won t pass audio To the right we have another bad scene The program Big Voice has an I O Identifier of 22 That means that only DSP outputs 1 and 2 are live Outputs 3 OS through 8 are dead but in the block diagram to the right it is these dead outputs that are being used Again you won t hurt the H8000FW by hooking things up this way but you won t pass audio IIOP Aah SX dant WC aint deine deiner Fiil Of course making a connection to a dead 5 You are actually only using inputs 1 2 and outputs 1 2 input or output is not necessarily a bad thing ee You can make dead connections as long D gt 2 gt 2 1 gt 1 Anal 2 gt 2 ANA2 as you don t fool yourself into thinking that 3 3 gt 3 DSPA 3 3 ANA3 they re actually passing signals For D5 4 4 ae 4 4 ANA4 s 3 gt 5 gt 5 DIGI
61. systems that offer delay compensation can resolve the problem painlessly but otherwise the use of smaller buffers is worth considering Synchronizing connected audio devices For audio purposes a computer can be thought of as a device that shuffles processed data between its disk drives memory and peripherals As such it neither has nor needs the concept of a sample rate except for calculating delays or filters and such like This concept only becomes necessary when it is necessary to output audio to or from the outside world in which case it is set by the hardware conversion devices Things become more complex when you have more than one device that cares about the sample rate because if a device gets data at the wrong sample rate it will have to drop samples or insert extra samples to keep up This will cause clicks or distortion depending on its severity To avoid this we allow one device known henceforth as the clock master to define the sample rate and any other devices have to follow its lead 159 If you are using just one external audio device or an internal one such as a sound card everything is easy This device becomes the clock master usually automatically and the computer does what it has to do If you have more than one device commonly a sound card and one or more external audio thingies life is more complicated As before you have to define one device as being the clock master and must synchronize the othe
62. third parameter 0 0 knob 100 00 k W done appears con which selects the controller number to be used note on MIDI keyboard note number Middle C on an 88 note keyboard gives a value of 60 note switch Turns on when the specified midi note is received MIDI program Triggers when a MIDI program change message is received MIDI Clock Modulates as a function of the BPM beats per minute of a MIDI clock signal The value of this external controller is input BPM 480 value so 120BPM yields a value of 0 25 96BPM yields a value of 0 2 and so on This MIDI message is channel independent MIDI start Triggers when a MIDI start command is received This MIDI command is channel independent MIDI stop Triggers when a MIDI stop command is received This MIDI command is channel independent Manually Selecting the External Controller for Triggers External trigger menu pages are less common Ai Interface Module than external modulation menu pages A good Capture Hidi example of one is the nextprog menu page in re el the SETUP area you may have to press the niidi hesterna dune ESE SETUP key several times to find it As on external modulation menu pages mode selects the external controller that will do the triggering Our options are off No triggering at all trig 1 amp 2 These are placeholders that are assigned to actual external controllers on the jexternal menu page in the SE
63. were designed for use with Vocals Search By Effect causes the k land l gt SoundingSpirals Presets Delay 708 trigger SOFT KEYS to cycle through programs Bi somdinasp as Daa TE M 212 AHS Lucky Han 224 that contain each of the different effects types 213 Hackuard Carden 3 Mioa 214 EBadBadThing samplers reverbs delays etc In this example all 708 programs that the search turned up use a Delay D algorithm Pressing the trigger SOFT KEY would display programs that use a Modulation M algorithm Search By Src FX causes the trigger i SoundingSpirals Presets Vcl Dly 40 l i 1034 Voz Pro_ VintDly their intended source Given an intended source 3031 6 Vox Flanger amp Verb 3056 Vox Channel Strip e g guitar the gt trigger SOFT KEY cycles i 26 through effects types Here you see 48 programs that were designed for vocals Vel selected by the SOFT KEY that contain delay Dly algorithms selected by the gt SOFT KEY SOFT KEY to cycle through programs based on Search By User Grp causes only programs that r have been assigned to a selected user group to See EFIE F914 Pulsewave beshov sine esis ane cs 2 ORRKENS flip 5718 Crystal 0 between user groups 1 through 10 and the most recently used program l
64. when a omni 0 bank change cr value of less than 50 is received A third parameter appears con which selects the controller number to be used MIDI double Allows selection of any double byte MIDI control number When a control value of 50 of full range is received a trigger will occur The trigger is reset when a mode HIDI double Capture Hidi channel omni 0 00 ae pedals danp SE value of less than 50 is received A third parameter appears Con which selects the controller number to be used MIDI start Triggers when a MIDI start command is received This MIDI command is channel independent MIDI stop Triggers when a MIDI stop command is received This MIDI command is channel independent External Controller Selection Parametets Common to Both External Modulation and External Trigger Menu Pages For all of the above MIDI messages except for those involving MIDI clock if omni is set to on on the midij menu page in the SETUP area then the MIDI message will be accepted on any Ai 013 InterFace Modulesqknob setur o mode mod wheel Capture Hidi channel omni range 200 00 type unipolar i s knob 100 00 U done channel Although you can highlight the channel parameter here you cannot change it from omni You must go to the midi menu page in the SETUP area to change it If omni is set to Off on the midij menu page in
65. when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open If you re using two switches ring is high when the switch between ring and sleeve is closed but the switch between tip and sleeve is open e tip amp ring is high when the third switch is closed If you re using two switches tip amp ring is high when the switch between tip and sleeve is closed and the switch between ring and sleeve is closed damper Triggers when a damper control message MIDI control message 64 is received with damper 1 portamento Triggers when a portamento control message MIDI control message 65 is recetved with portamento 1 sostenuto Triggers when a sostenuto control message MIDI control message 66 is received with sostenuto 1 soft Triggers when a soft control message MIDI control message 67 is received with soft 1 hold 2 Triggers when a hold 2 control message MIDI control message 69 is received with hold 2 1 general 5 6 7 and 8 Triggers when a general 5 8 MIDI control message is recetved with value 1 note on Triggers when a MIDI note message is received MIDI program Triggers when a MIDI program change message is received 103 mod 1 2 3 and 4 Triggers when the mod 1 2 3 or 4 parameter passes 50 MIDI single Allows selection of any single byte MIDI control number When a control value of 50 of full range is received a trigger will occur The trigger is reset
66. you can assign ar Waa effects flags yourself on the effects menu i ies EE page in the PROGRAM area Here the Pitch and W effects ETTER Delay flags are on a P and D will appear next to this program s name on the list menu page Categorized by Intended Source Many but not all of the H8000FW s programs have been categorized by what source material they were designed for This is n addition to their effects type The list of sources is Guitar e Vocals e Drums Keyboard Special Effects Surround 118 Unlike categorization by effects type there is no way to see categorization by intended source on the list menu page in the PROGRAM area However as we will see shortly categorization by source becomes very handy once you start searching for programs When you save your own programs or your own Ai new Vorce e sign Source Flags tweaks of factory programs you can assign Guitar Special FX yes Vocals Surround no source flags yourself on the sources menu Drums Keyboard page in the PROGRAM area Here the Vocals MEIER sources and Special FX flags are on Categorized by Similar Programs Banks All of the H8000FW s programs are categorized by placing them in groups of similar programs 6621 One Time Rhyne 7 aga 3617 One Hay Ph 2 43 which we ll call banks You may have noticed 5115 One Hay Ring Hod 22311 24 aga
67. you search for programs based on their Sort By Name Inputs any Search By Effect Outputs any effects type intended source bank and several Location all Ae loadable other criteria Let s dissect each of these L_Tist lt parameters in turn Note that the programs displayable and thus loadable at any time are the result of the combination of the setting of these controls Also any program whether visible under the current settings or not may be displayed by entering its number on the keyboard Sort By determines how the results of a search are displayed on the list menu page Number sorts programs by their four digit number As was discussed in the previous section this effectively groups similar programs into banks All four of these programs begin with the two digits 38 which is the Multi effects bank Use the left and right CURSOR keys to jump from bank to bank e g from program 30xx to program 31Xxx to program 32xx and so on You can also type a number in with the KEYPAD you will jump to the program whose number comes closest to the one you typed Tip when you use the keypad if you enter the exact number you can select programs that are not otherwise visible Sort By Name sorts programs alphabetically This is a handy way to find a program if you 1024 Dtune Hall 44 G a E know its name Use the left and right CURSOR Miss Dunuich Distortion 24 TDIC ET 3017 Easternizer 2
68. 0 30 sec peak hold 1 0 sec this goal In the LEVELS area go to the meter See eter MOET TED menu page to reach this screen Adjust Source with the KNOB or the INC DEC keys to inputs The eight Level Meters now reflect input levels of the signals defined on the inputs menu pages in the SETUP area In this cursory introduction we only fiddle with the levels at the inputs but rest assured you can change levels almost anywhere in the A AS Rack ees signal path ie gt See S inputs outputs Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Inputs on page 75 Input Levels Wet Dry Ratios and Output Levels for Each DSP on page 77 Contolling the Level of the Analog and Digital Outputs on page 78 Of course it s always best to optimize levels at their source leaving the H8000FW s boost cut at OdB But if you can t then go to the jinputs menu page in the LEVELS area If you re using the analog inputs press it twice so that only the analog input levels ate shown Here you can boost cut the analog inputs by 30dB 90dB before they are digitally converted setting the gain before the converters gives the best characteristics H8000 menu page shown H8000FW has adjustments for all four analog inputs You can cut the analog inputs after digital f 1980s Back Input Levels AES EBU in 1 00de fA AT conversion and the digital inputs by 0db 100dB AES EBU im 6 7 000E D
69. 000FW comes with over one thousand factory programs on top of any that you may save to User Memory or Memory Card Many hundreds and each one is unique To help make finding a useful program for a given situation easy each program is categorized in several different ways These categories form a powerful database which is one of the key features of the H8000FW We discuss the different ways to quickly locate the right effect for your application below and recommend that you make an effort to understand this section fully the time taken will be well spent 117 Categorized by Eftects Type Although each program is unique all programs can be categorized broadly by the types of effects that they contain This is useful in that it allows you to compare programs with similar capabilities Samplers Pitch shifters P o Reverbs R e Delays D o Modulations M Complex C Equalizers and Filters E e dYnamics Y Programs can and usually do contain more than just one of these effects types The letters to the right of the names above are the shorthand notation as shown on the list menu page in the PROGRAM area Here Kick SnareReplacer is a complex C preset that uses samplers S delays D equalizers E and dYnamics Y Kill The Guy only uses modulations M and equalizers filters E When you save your own programs or your own i Hodul ation tweaks of factory programs
70. 2 AP IR D IH IC JE keys to skip through programs alphabetically C 2 e g from programs that begin with D to programs that begin with E to programs that begin with F and so on Sort By Effects sorts programs based on their fundamental effects types As shown here all of 1010 AHS BPHDDLSmi xed 2 Lucka Han 1011 AHSDH these programs use pitch shifters P delays D and modulators M If you were to use the KNOB to scroll up or down you would find other groupings Use the left and right 122 CURSOR keys to skip from grouping to grouping e g from programs that use PDM to programs that use RDM to programs that use PRDM and so on A The second parameter Search By causes the i SoundingSpirals Sort and Search a and gt trigger SOFT KEYS to perform Sort By Sumber Inputs any Search Bu Alt Meee searches using different criteria The default Location all pe loadable value All doesn t perform any search at all Every program in the H8000FW is listed on the li Sort By Search By Source causes the k land i gt trigger SOFT KEYS to cycle through programs ei Vox Pro_UintDly p 1620 2 Voice Vox Reverse that were created for specific source material 3018 FatFunk ocal Filter guitar vocals drums etc In this example the upper right hand corner of the screen indicates that a search turned up 63 programs that
71. 26 Memory Cards cate of 50 checksum error 152 fixing 152 reasons for 152 dumping data from 144 erasing 156 formatting 50 152 inserting 50 loading data to 144 memory maintenance 49 removing 50 slot location 8 use of 49 memory size internal 132 of typical program 132 menu pages info about 42 name of the current on display 17 Menu Pages selecting 18 Meters See Level Meters MIDI 7 pin cable 12 as external controller 95 base channel selecting 98 base channel use 98 calculating channel of receipt 105 capture 106 clock 99 double def 102 enabling receipt of msgs 97 global parameters 96 groups 115 In port 12 In port data indicator See Busy LED note mode selecting 98 note mode use 98 omni 105 omni selecting 98 omni use 98 Out port 12 pitch bend selecting range 99 port location 12 pressure selecting 98 pressure use 98 program change msg 127 accepting 97 sources of 127 sequencing 97 147 setup 147 touching up 147 single def 103 slowing transmission 99 system exclusive msgs 12 97 145 147 system exclusive accepting 97 Thru port 12 troubleshooting 106 uses in H8000 96 MIDI pedal board supplying power to 12 mod See place holders mod con See redirection and place holders mode See external modulation or trigger menu pages modulating parameters See parameters 201 modulation See external modulation monolithic 4 16 25 126 mounting and han
72. 4 Wet Dry 74 A OUTS Wet Dry 75 A OUT6 Wet Dry 76 A OUT Wet Dry 77 A OUT8 Wet Dry The MIDI group will continue to control whichever screen is displayed This looks useful how do we set up such a MIDI group All will become clear Configuring the MIDI Group The last key in the SETUP MIDI stack controls the MIDI group This operates just like any of the H8000FW s other controller screens with some added features e The parameters on this screen cannot Ai Octal Delays HID group setup mode HIDE single Capture Hidi be controlled by way of the MIDI channel omni operation normal con 70 on off gt group size group There s a reason for this The nos ete con 0 f nidi external dunp nextproa controller number con is the first controller number in the group This is most usefully set up by MIDI capture See page 98 for more on MIDI capture 115 The group size is the number of controllers in the group For example in the screen at the right the group is from 70 to 77 This is a useful location for the group as these controllers are unassigned by the MIDI specification and not generally used The active con displays the number from 1 to group size of any member in the group that changes This is useful as a way of checking that the group is set up correctly and is acting on recetved MIDI signals It will display as shown above if no group member has changed since power up If operation i
73. 8000 16 16 E Done E udo K 2ch 16bit alue dB Mute At the top of the screen the aggregate device comprised of the two audio devices we selected displays with its total number of input and output channels At the bottom of the screen each individual audio device is listed with its input and output channels 186 AS Note that the sequence the devices are listed is a very important consideration As Built in Audio precedes Eventide H8000FW in the listing it consequently reserves the first two of the total 18 audio channels for the Built in Audio device leaving channels 3 18 for the H8000FW This will be of paramount importance when routing the audio to the H8000FW After all parameters for the Aggregate Device are established your Audio MIDI Setup screen will display like this e608 Audio MIDI Setup Audio Devices _ MIDI Devices System Settings Default Input Aggregate Device Default Output Aggregate Device System Output Built in Audio Hey Properties For Aggregate Device 4 2 Clock Source Default Configure Speakers Configure Device Audio Input Audio Output Stream 2 P Stream 2 Source Default Source Default Format 144100 0Hz 8ch 32bt P Format 44100 0Hz 8ch 32bt P L Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute Thru Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute M n a n a 0 M n a n a 0 1 n a n a gt 1
74. A or dsp B menu pages in the LEVELS area The dsp B menu page is located below the dsp A menu page Output levels can be cut from 0 to 100 dB By pressing the DOWN CURSOR key to un gane the parameters individual output levels can be adjusted independently of the others Note All of the parameters discussed in this section can be remote controlled via MIDI orthe foot pedal jacks To leam how read Setting Up the Extemal Contollers on page 94 Extemal Modulation and Tigger Menu Pages on page 98 Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Outputs You can control the level of the analog outputs and the digital outputs These adjustments are made to match the H8000FW s output levels to other equipment and would not normally be used as level controls You should leave these levels set at OdB where possible in order to get the best possible audio performance 78 To adjust the level of the outputs from 100dB dut 1 0 8 dE DR to OdB go to the joutput menu page in the lout 2 0 8 dB sa ee Out 3 0 8 dE CUISE LEVELS area If you re using the analog outputs Dut 8 0 0 dB dsp C meter inputs tput on an H8000 not an H8000A or H8000FIV Out ir e i TL outputs 7 and Out 8 control the level before digital to analog conversion Unless you have a good reason for doing otherwise leave these at zero
75. A 171 Master 171 Sample Rate 171 Syne Source 171 Buffer Size 172 Unique ID 172 PAL Driver version 172 GLOBAT SETTINGS ADVANCED PAGE cos cai jsisscsstssasasleeidsibalcestisabestvaisieshoatisebu cts vachds dbus aia sts sides ase Lia d sass esas eoSa NE a Maa cha ean aes 172 WDM Enabled 172 Sample Rate Change Restriction 172 Operation Mode 172 In Out Speaker Configuration 172 Set WDM Channel Maps 173 GLOBAL SETTINGS DP GPA G Biss Secesveseeds dues cebu totsatccnta base cots sob ts Maasbegh seas Sate eaaaak ASE age NG ah SONS Bis SORES Ra DS bags 174 TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS SYSTEMS 175 INSTALLING DRIVERS ON YOUR MACINTOSH 177 CONFIGURING THE H8000FW FOR MACINTOSH OUTPUT 180 VIEWING THE H8000FW S CONFIGURATION scsscosssssssssescescescesecsesscescosssssecensscescessesecsesseascassaesessasseescessessesessesseaesoeseesacseescensenscneacsaeseeneenes 180 SETTING UP THE H8000FW FOR DEFAULT AUDIO OUTPUT cccscssssscssessessesceseccessesecsessesecssessessesceseceeseesecsessessesecaesseeseeeeessesscsecsesseseenees 181 CONFIGURING THE H8000FW FOR OUTPUT WITH LOGIC PRO cccccssessessesecsecsessesecsesseecseesseecesceescessesecsessesecoecseesseeceeeceeseesecsessesaeaeenees 183 ROUTING AUDIO BETWEEN LOGIC PRO AND THE H8000FW 185 CREATING AN AGGREGATE AUDIO DEVICE ccsscsscssssssscsscssessescesessessenscnsssssssscsssssscesessensensenscnsssssseneeseencenesuescentensenssassesatsssessaesaesecneeseees 185 ROUTING AUDIO TO THE FISQQOE Wi sissclssecsse
76. AT in i 0 0de ELELE C EELE 0dE ADAT in 2 0 0de ELELE T EEE 0d on the first inputs page this screen will may look See inputs ELEN different depending on your routing configuration and will definitely look different if you have an H8O00FW Assuming you set the Source of the Level Meters to inputs on the meter menu page in the LEVELS area the meters reflect the input levels after the boost cut is applied You want the loudest portions of the signal to approach but not reach the red clip LED at the top of the Level Meters If you do clip a signal you wort hurt the H8000FW but you may hurt your chances for career advancement a clipped signal typically sounds nasty gt For more information on setting input levels see Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Inputs on page 75 37 EFFECTING THINGS The effect on your affect of the HEOOOFW s effects will positively affect your popularity Anonymous Panic Muting In a moment you ll be loading and playing with programs but before you do let it be said that bypass A O bypass mathine dsp bypass the H8000FW can produce LOUD sounds with EEA very little warning in some of the programs in M burass some situations It would be nice to have a panic key to press in such a situation Let s arrange things so that pressing the BYPASS key mutes all of the H8000FW s outputs Go to the bypass menu in t
77. DER A 1 Amp Slow Blow fuse Always replace it with the correct value c AC PORT Connect an IEC standard 3 prong AC power cord here The center post is chassis ground AES EBU Digital Audio Input Output Professional Use these connectors to connect professional digital audio gear to the H8000FW These cables are differential with a shielded twisted pair Eventide recommends the use of purpose manufactured Digital Audio cables which have low capacitance and a controlled impedance to better carry AES signals Ordinary microphone cables will usually work at 48kHz but are likely to reduce range and add jitter and possibly distortion to the signal It is unlikely that long lengths of microphone cable will prove satisfactory for 96kHz operation 13507 One Way Phaser neutfOuteut Ortions d AES EBU INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS AES 12 Connect these inputs and outputs to other TERTE IAE OPTO in ADAT AES EBU specified gear If the parameter DPTO out ADAT DIN 1 2 on the inputs menu page in the SETUP area is set to AES EBU then digital inputs 1 2 are accepted at AES EBU input 1 2 jack Note that AES EBU 1 2 can be used as sync sources on the H8000 and H8000A but not on the H8000FW See Digital Setup on page 80 e ANALOG AUDIO INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS The H8000FW s XLR analog audio output jacks are male Pin 1 is ground Pin 2 is phase hot and pin 3 is phase To unbalance the jack use pins 1 and 3 as
78. DSP A go into DSP B The outputs from DSP B go to the x a Q Ke Q output block output block feeding ADAT inputs ADAT outputs the outputs AES8 A gt B All AES11 18 inputs go into DSP A The outputs from DSP A go into DSP B The outputs ie from 2 y 5 2 x qs 2 DSP B go S 3 Ao 2 o To J2 co to the 7 5 2 qf output A aa 7 block lt lt feeding the outputs 28 FireWire1 A gt B All FireWire1 inputs go into DSP A The outputs from DSP A go into DSP B The outputs from DSP B go to the output block feeding the outputs input block K2 g m 2 D i output block FireWire1 outputs Stereo Dual Machine Routings The following routings configure the H8000FW as two separate stereo units Analog Dual Stereo input block output block Analog inputs 1 amp 2 are sent to DSP A the output of which is sent to the first two analog and digital outputs Analog inputs 3 amp 4 are sent to DSP B the output of which is sent to analog and digital outputs 3 amp 4 AES4 Dual Stereo input block x O 2 Fe Bb D gt a S DS AES EBU inputs 1 amp 2 are sent to DSP A the output of which is sent to the first two analog and digital outputs AES EBU inputs 3 amp 4 are sent to DSP B the output of which is sent to analog and digital outputs 3 amp 4 29 4 channel Dual Machine Routings The following routings configure
79. DSP not currently displayed press the DSP A B key Updating saves any new parameter tweaks that OK to update 2690 Robot Voice 7 you ve made to a user program Press the lt update gt SOFT KEY If a program with the same number exists in User Memory a confirmation page comes up The U shows you that you are updating the version in User Memory a would indicate it is on a Memory Card This feature is particularly useful if you want to 7 gt i 210 Amp u lation tweak a factory program just one key press 310 E a 210 _ Amp u lation will save your tweak with the same name and fy 211 AHS DHX Twist k number and it will always be displayed together with the factory program This is possible because the H8000FW allows up to three programs for each number one factory one user and one on a card Strictly speaking you can have four as both monolithic and non monolithic versions of Factory programs may have the same number 131 Renaming a Program Deleting Ai Robot Voice Save Preset s To rename a program simply load it and then 2691 Robot Voice Where Internal press the save SOFT KEY in the PROGRAM area Place the CURSOR over the rename field LSave_as MUTA OR Ermen ey and press SELECT Change the name and select the Enter button to exit the typewriter Here you changed Robot Voice to new Voice Back at the Save menu page make su
80. ELECT key on the parameter mix above we arrive at the external modulation menu page shown to the right This is the same menu page we discussed n erminably in Extemal Modulation and Tigger Menu Pages on page 98 We won t rehash it here To change the hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 After making an assignment you can exit this a Herrers sete AN Pode exprazsion screen by pressing the done SOFT KEY You ittsmew sles lett r Tui tas type absolute may notice that the H8000FW flashes Control ii eee Teen oe done will be lost if preset is not saved if the parameter you are remote controlling belongs to a program as opposed to a global parameter such as an input level This means that you must save or update the program to ensure that your remote control will still be there the ext time you load the program Of course if you don t care if the remote control is there the next time you load the program then don t worry about it See Saving a Program on page 129 Assuming that the mode on the above menu page was set to something other than off when you exited mix will be underlined This indicates that it is remote controlled The underline blinks to add an element of fun and excitement to the H8000FW s display and to cheer you up when you re feeling glum You can return to the remote control menu page by highlighting delay and holding the SELECT key agai
81. Eventide HSOOOFW Operating Manual for software version 5 3 Eventide Harmonizer Ultra Shifter and Eve Net are trademarks of Eventide Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Part No 141103 Manual Release 1 5 15 September 2008 2004 2008 Eventide Inc One Alsan Way Little Ferry NJ 07643 USA Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 IMPORTANT SAFF TY INFORMA TION wcsssicc iiss Oe aaa ae sabes Sa RG he ES setts HEU td RB LE 1 HOW TO YSE AIS MANUAL a a N a 1 OVERVIEW AND QUICKSTART 3 THE BIG PICTURE niniaren Eo oi AEA NEA E A E AEA NEAS R a aas S aa es 3 KNOBS KEYS AND JACKS The Front Panel ossos The Back Panelini oraa OE a EE EE EE E eE RE aaa bes Suasene desi Stade abana dea neat AEE K EAE OAE SEPE AES EBU Digital Audio Input Output Professional ssssssssssesssesseresseirssseirssserrsssserresssereesssereessseessstreesrssereessser 9 S P DIF Digital Audio Input Output Consumer weirs ricitiiurnnieaidiatonidaiduyandiueian Gateceianies 10 GETTING AROUND AND ALTERING PARAMETERS ois 5 tstectsssscestoige ati cis REA Ae a E EA E EAEE EAER a AES deaesityees Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast of the Display Understanding the Display and SOET KE YS rrie EA NEE EO ANOT E O N ER 16 Using the Cursor Keys the SELECT key the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB Ganged Parameters asss Entering or Changing Text QUICKSTART OR NEARLY INSTANT GRATIFICATION seccccstssuces
82. FW This means that if you change something on the H8000FW while sequencing and echoing 145 then your changes will also be sent with the echo information to the sequencer This might be useful for editing or touching up a sequence The sequence out capability can also be used to allow one H8000FW to control another Connect the MIDI out from the master to the MIDI in of the slave and the slave will follow the master Similarly connect the MIDI thru of the slave to the MIDI in of a third H8000FW and it too will follow the master 146 Connecting usersupplied crystalsand extemal clocks User supplied Crystal Oscillators H8000 and H8000A only A user supplied crystal oscillator may be installed to give sample rates beyond those offered by the H8000 such as 32kHz or 44 056kHz This oscillator should be installed in the socket at location Y401 on the H8000 s motherboard The oscillator should run at 256 times the desired sample rate and should be similar to the Fox 1100E type used elsewhere on the motherboard Fox Electronics Florida tel 813 693 1554 See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 to enable the use of User supplied Crystal Oscillators Since this socket connects directly to the H8000 s internals incorrect usage may damage the H8000 s circuitry and is NOT covered by the Warranty Pin Connections based on 14 pin DIP socket 1 no connection 8 output 7 Ground 14 5v at 100mA maximum 147 Servi
83. FW can also slave to another device s word clock output q STATUS LEDS These two LEDs indicate the status of the FireWire subsystem The top LED should be lit when a FireWire cable is connected The lower one should flash from time to time to show activity especially when a connected device becomes locked or unlocked If it flashes rapidly and continuously a bad connected device or connection is indicated 13 Getting Around and Altering Parameters Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast of the Display i Hall_Dual 2Tap D display adjustments cont ell Before we begin to describe the H8000FW s interface we ought to make sure you can see the display To adjust the contrast of the display press f display C mise the SETUP key four times then press the leftmost SOFT KEY under the display menu Turn the KNOB to adjust contrast or press the DOWN CURSOR key and turn the KNOB to adjust brightness bri ght _ The Areas of the HROOOFW The H8000FW s interface is divided into several functional areas You access each area by pressing its key You ll know which area you re in because the LED next to its key illuminates except for the BYPASS area but that one s obvious The areas are PROGRAM Press the PROGRAM key to access this BBE DE Sole 225i area Inside you ll find utilities for sorting programs 0 Arie Hellou ee 241 Hicked 22 loading programs saving programs del
84. FW without delay digital demons will unleash a raging fury inside your helpless unit So make sure that doesn t happen If you aren t actively using the sequence out feature it s wise to leave it off See Sequencing With MIDI on page 145 If you re recording a fresh sequence out use new Your H8000FW will send messages in a more robust ASCII format than the old protocol Select old if the H8000FW will be responding to a sequence recorded in the earlier protocol system exclusive If set to on then any system exclusive message that is recetved by the H8000FW will be accepted and dutifully obeyed If set to off then all system exclusive messages will be ignored This switch does not prevent the H8000FW from sending system exclusive messages however You can use this parameter in conjunction with sequence out by leaving sequence out on and system exclusive off while recording a sequence and sequence out off and system exclusive on while playing the sequence back This eliminates the possibility of those digital demons dancing their mean dance in the H8000FW device ID All system exclusive messages to and from shis the H8000FW will have this device ID If you re using more than one H8000FW you can set each one s device ID to a different value This would let them share a common MIDI chain while allowing system exclusive messages to be sent to a specific H8000FW Normally the device ID is left at 1 the factory default You ca
85. Heii Banks IheuL OWE Oetions When set to AES EBU the first 2 default digital inputs ace AES EBU and the S P DIF inputs are not used 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MT inris E Ea Ai 10 HS0i0 Banks IieutrDuteut Detions DIN 1 2 SPDIFi 2 ERER IOO Seo es oles FireWire in SP DIF an i Si Ea CRR E OR OE amp sail lt f4 HO E ROE u When set to S P DIF the first 2 default Es qe digital inputs are S P DIF 1 2 and the first AES EBU XLR connector is not used E eo e LE w A 10 H8000 Banks A 10 H8000 Banks DIN 1 2 AES 1 2 AES EBU in 11 gt IN 1 DIN 11 12 AES11712 AES EBU in 12 gt IN 2 OPTO in ADAT gt OPTO out ADAT IN 4 AES11 12 is active and the second set of S P DIF signals S P DIF 3 4 are not available A 10 H8000 Banks A 10 H8000 Banks DIN 1 2 AES 1 2 S P DIF in 3 gt IN 1 DIN 11 12 SPDIF3 4 S P DIF in 4 gt IN 2 OPTO in GUON OPTO out GLOI IN 4 UME inputs om my ice TE m inputs j Cara autputs The second set of S P DIF signals S P DIF 3 4 are used in place of AES11 12 which is thus not available 63 OPTO in controls the function of the optical input connector H8000FW only SP DIF The optical input connector on the rear panel is normally used for ADAT It may alternatively be used to send an optical S P DIF input called OPTO 1 2 in place of one pair of AES11 18
86. Hz or external Frequency Response Sample Rate 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kKHz 96kHz 0 0 1dB 20Hz 20Khz 20Hz 22kHz 20Hz 41kHz 20Hz 44kHz 0 3 0dB 5Hz 21Khz 5Hz 23kHz 5Hz 42kHz 5Hz 46kHz Digital Inputs Outputs AESwith SRC Additional S P DIF uses ADAT SM UX FIREWIRE and relay AES 44 1 AESchannels 44 1 48 kHz 88 2 96 kHz 44 1 96kHz bypass44 1 96kHz 96kHz H8000FVV 4 8 2 44 1 48 kHz 8 4 16 2 44 1 96kHz Analog Input XLR Balanced Inputs gt 20kOhm bridging Impedance Full Scale Input Level Dynamic Range Signal to Noise Ratio THD N Crosstalk Analog Output Impedance Full Scale Output Level Dynamic Range Signal to Noise Ratio THD N Crosstalk 26dBu gt 110dB gt 110dB A weighted lt 0 002 1Khz 3dBFS lt 100db 20 Hz to 20kHz 1dBFS lt 50 Ohm 26dBu gt 110dB gt 110dB A weighted lt 0 002 1Khz 3dBFS lt 100db 20 Hz to 20kHz 1dBFS 194 Remote Control Inputs Up to 2 foot pedals or 0 5V control inputs or 6 foot switches or combination Remote Control Outputs 2 isolated relay closures rated at 1A 30VDC MIDI Connections 5 pin DIN output and thru 7 pin DIN input with output capability Memory Card Interface 68 pin PCMCIA 2 0 JEIDA 4 0 for data storage Supports the following PCMCIA type 1 SRAM cards PCMCIA ATA cards Compact Flash cards with suitable adaptor Factory Preset Capabilities at 48k sa
87. O AA O O A A ANEN 49 THE COMPREHENSIVE INPUT OUTPUT SCHEME Snyrti ne atria e Nia ies a Vaa ead eee ed pated debates 51 ROUTING CONFIGURATION ia i a E ARR NA RRRA NAERA E buss ated tides ass oslacba deta ATETA IAEN 55 CONNECTING REAL WORLD INPUTS TO THE H8000FW ccccsscsscssesscsecsesscsscossssscsssescessescesecsesseescossssseseessesseescesecsessenscascnssaseessessesaeeneseeeees 55 CONFIGURING THE MAIN INPUTS 55 Configuring the DSP input sources 57 Configuring the MAIN Outputs 57 CONNECTING TO THE H8000F W S OUTPUTS snno a a E A a EE a a 59 Configuring the outputs 59 FURTHER INPUT AND OU PUT OPTIONS a ea a sass aaaea a aaa p aa a a aaar dasnen a a ASE aa aaa a as aaa aa aAa aaa aaa e Aaa AAAS SAE OEA AAAS ESEE ESSR 62 DIN 1 2 Allows the Selection of Either AES EBU or S P DIF for the First Digital Input Pait sssssssssssssssssssssesssssrrrissressssrrresessssrerren 63 DIN 11 12 Allows the Choice of Either AES EBU or SYP DIF for AES11 12 ceccsscssssesessessssssesessessesnesseessessessessessseesesseeneesenesees 63 OPTO in controls the function of the optical input connector H8000FW only OPTO out allows use of optical output connector for optical S P DIF H8000FW only ces cssessessssssssssesessssssseesesnssesssasssnssnsssseseatsansaneaes 65 Sionat low Fxg tape acct des seca class cata dts A cai Daucus ses AE OEE vid ascat day be deat qoideda ese dain duaie vias tat ea tae A ARRERA 66 Storing and Loading Routing Configurat
88. OFT KEY Otherwise press the no SOFT KEY Now you can assume that the checksum Bi Empty service cr fix internal information error was no big deal get a cup of coffee and CORZTUETXYTIFYEE clear setup O fix card go back to work not advised OR you can format card ERE ni di ext j_mod_con display assume something nasty is going on and take immediate action advised Assuming you take the latter smart course of action the first thing you ll want to do is to save all of your important programs routing configurations and setups to a card see Copying Programs on page 131 or to an external storage device see Dumping Data and Receiving Data Dumps on page 142 Then return to the service menu page in the SETUP area 148 Highlight format internal and press the SELECT key You ll arrive at the screen shown prassing YES ulil fix the cbacksun for the internal ram to the right Pressing the eyes SOFT KEY will delete everything you have stored in the H8000FW returning it to the state in which it left the factory Do not do this lightly Pressing the nd SOFT KEY will abort the mission Internal memory checksum errors should occur infrequently if ever Should they occur more frequently than almost never contact Eventide as something is definitely amiss 149 Fixing PCMCIA SRAM Memory Card Problems Note the following only appliesto PCMCIA static RAM memor
89. P vot currently displayed press the PROCESSOR A B key Doing so will toggle the display to the other DSP If you want Parameters Simply loading programs probably won t prove satisfying for too long you ll want to mess with the parameters on the programs you load This is accomplished in the PARAMETER area Very 41 chorus 1 params feedback ao 2 O ms Polarity bipolar Lsweep Rsueep 0 43 Hz triangle chrion chr2 off gt gt little can be said generally about what you ll find in the PARAMETER area because every program in the H8000FW is a unique algorithm Each unique algorithm i e program calls for its own unique parameters gt To leam more about the algorithmic nature of the H8000FW s programs read the separate Programmer s Manual A huge number of the H8000FW s LFO s delay times reverb decays etc are designed to synch Tempo 130 EPH e Internal 2T to a system tempo defined on the tempo menu format Cer tiner _pedal _ page in the SETUP area Say you re working on a song that s at 130 BPM Simply set the system tempo to 138 and most of the H8000FW s LFO s delay times will be appropriate for the song No more calculators You can also derive the system tempo from a MIDIclock signal applied to the H8000FW s MIDI input Simply set Source to Midiclock Parameters that synch to the system tempo are ai i i trate whole notefm depth 2 00 Hz identified b
90. Regionaland Scanners and Scheduled Security Faxes Language Cameras Tasks Center gs Bohne amp Speech System Taskbar and User Accounts Windows Wireless Start Menu Firewall Network Set eThe following tabbed screen now displays 167 Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Volume Sounds Audio Voice Hardware Sound playback D Default device C Media Wave Device C Media Wave Device E DSP Wave 8000 Eventide Dice Audio Sound recording Default device 4 C Media Wave Device Volume MIDI music playback bg Default device ZED Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth C Use only default devices eSelect the Audio tab then for Default Device select Eventide Dice Audio Waming If this option doesnot display in the Default Device s drop down list the software drivers were not propery installed Please reinstall the drivers as described in the previous chapter eClick Apply This action establishes the H8000FW as the primary output device and overrides your installed sound card In this example it overrides C Media Wave Device on your machine it will be whatever sound card is installed on your PC Configuring the H8000FW for Throughput Follow these steps to enable throughput between your PC or Macintosh and the H8000FW eFrom the H8000FW s front panel press the Processor A B control button until A displays in the upper left corner of the f
91. SPDIF 1 2 if you want to sync to it or use it at 96kHz See DIN 11 12 allows the choice of either AES EBU or Y P DIF for AES11 12 H8000FW only on pag 63 4 Channel series Routings With a series routing the signal goes into DSP A and has an effect added then the effected signal goes to machine B where another effect is added both to the original signal and also the effect from DSP A This is useful if DSP A is say a coloration and DSP B is a reverb but may be less appropriate if they are say both pitch shifters as the shifted signal from A will be shifted again by B Analog A gt B All four analog inputs go into DSP A the output input block x O Q To a 8 from DSP A goes into DSP B the output from DSP B goes into both the analog outputs and AES 1 4 27 AES4 A gt B All four AES1 4 inputs go into DSP A The outputs from DSP A go into DSP B the outputs from DSP B feed both the analog input block x O 2 To Pa a outputs and the digital outputs 8 Channel series Routings All the following routings take 8 inputs and pass them through DSP A then DSP B and then feed the outputs via the output block Again all of the analog AES1 4 AES11 18 ADAT and FIREWIRE1 outputs are connected in parallel to the output block even though for clarity only one set of outputs is shown ADAT A gt B All eight ADAT inputs go into DSP A The outputs from
92. Select sources for AES11 18 outputs at SETUP outputs third menu page outputs fourth menu page Select sources for FIREWIRE1 outputs at SETUP joutputs Select sources for FIREWIRE2 outputs at SETUP joutputs page fifth menu page sixth menu Once the routing is configured you can at your discretion change evels at The analog inputs Use LEVELS inputs Use the bottom menu page for pre A D adjustments Use the top menu page for post A D adjustments note using the pre A D control will give a better signal The digital inputs Use LEVELS The inputs to DSP A Use LEVELS The inputs to DSP B Use LEVELS The outputs of DSP A Use LEVELS The outputs of DSP B Use LEVELS 66 inputs dsp A dsp B dsp A dsp B e The analog outputs Use LEVELS output e The digital outputs Use LEVELS output You can also alter the Wet Dry ratio inside each DSP at LEVELS dsp Aj or LEVELS dsp B These levels parameters are discussed at length in Controlling Levels on page 74 Now let s assume we ve loaded a multichannel effect on DSP B such as 8 10 Grafic Eq This program effectively places a 10 DSP A running Backward r Garden VO 22 ADAT outputs i BS po 52 x 8 co r Q s 2
93. T key and the NUMERIC KEYPAD to navigate and manipulate the menu pages found in the PARAMETER Patch Editor LEVELS BYPASS and SETUP areas We ll discuss their use in the PROGRAM and Routing Storage areas in a bit Use of the cursor keys is straightforward The LEFT and RIGHT CURSOR keys move the cursor left and right respectively The UP and DOWN CURSOR keys move the cursor up and down respectively Go figure Use the KNOB NUMERIC KEYPAD or the 1 4 keys to alter the value of a numeric parameter fback 40 trate whole note shape triangle For example spin the KNOB on this screen to RATA change the value of MIX or enter a new value directly with the NUMERIC KEYPAD pressing ENT when yov re done Use the KNOB or the t keys to alter the value i 50 fback 40 of a text parameter For example spin the ate whole note KNOB ot press the key to change Shape from Sine to Triangle on this screen Numeric parameters and text parameters cover 99 of the parameters you ll see in the H8000FW but there are a few more esoteric parameters you ll encounter One such oddball is the trigger parameter You place the cursor over a trigger parameter and trigger it by pressing SELECT It will trigger something no doubt fascinating to happen Other oddballs include Taps and Graphics See System Tempo on page 134 See Graphics and Curves on page 137 The left and right cursor keys behave
94. TUP area Until you understand the concept of redirection discussed below don t pay any attention to these You can read about redirection in The Concept Behind Redirection Extemal Assigns 1 8 and Tigs 1 amp 2 on page 108 102 tip 1 amp 2 ring 1 amp 2 and tip amp ring 1 amp 2 When a pedal input is used as a switch input it can operate in one of two modes supporting either 2 switches or 3 switches If amy controller references tip amp ring for a given socket that socket will be in 3 switch mode otherwise it will be in 2 switch mode In 2 switch mode tip is high when a switch connected between tip and sleeve is closed ring is high when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed To give an added control input a third switch may be connected so as to connect both tip and ring to sleeve This will require a 2 pole switch Refer to Drawing The drawing represents the connections that need to be made with the wires that are connected to the tip ring and sleeve Alternatively the same results may be obtained by pressing the 2 switches simultaneously to simulate the third switch In 3 switch mode ring sleeve e tip is high when a switch connected between tip and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open If you re using two switches tip is high when the switch between tip and sleeve is closed but the switch between ring and sleeve is open e ting is high
95. We reserve the right to substitute freight carriers Although we will attempt to honor your request for a specific cartier it is frequently necessary to select a substitute because of difficulties in communication or scheduling This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from location to location c 1999 2000 2003 Eventide Inc 198 input bits 92 2 switch mode 101 3 switch mode 102 44 1 kHz 86 48 kHz 86 88 2 kHz 86 96 kHz 86 A C cord 9 A D conversion 89 rate of 82 about menu page 42 ADAT jacks 11 no ADAT 96kHz 11 AES EBU See also Digital inputs and outputs jack 1 2 input selecting 82 output selecting 82 specs 9 AES EBU jacks 9 Analog inputs unbalancing XLRs 10 adjusting level of 76 hooking up 22 measuring the level of 75 Analog outputs unbalancing 10 hooking up 22 level control 79 measuring the level of 75 asterisk 130 Atari 2600 50 automating mixdowns 97 banks selecting when saving programs 44 baud rate See serial port beer effect on H8000 49 bits input 81 92 input less than 24 bit 81 92 input display 92 least significant 92 most significant 92 output 81 93 unknown 92 blinking underline 114 brightness adjusting the 14 bugs first course of action 154 what to do if a particular program crashed H8000 157 Busy LED location 8 Memory Card write indicator 8 MIDI In Serial port indicator 8
96. _YintDl ys sath Hel uses the routing configuration for DSP A When 1031 Piano amp Vocal Halls I 44 RIO you are done with the monolithic program and load DSP specific program DSP B s previous routings will be restored it will reappear You can identify monolithic programs in the PROGRAM area by a Roman Numeral II next to their name e g DynoMyPiano_Ambience and Piano amp Vocal Halls in this screen shot While the functioning of DSP A is quite independent of DSP B and vice versa we can route signals between them Each DSP can accept eight input signals and produce eight output signals The signal routing between the various ins and outs and the two DSPs is comprehensive and can be manually configured in just about any way imaginable However for the purposes of this Instant Gratification section we ll stick to a sample of the routing configurations that come as presets in the H8000FW Besides you ll probably use these preset configurations most of the time because they cover the most obvious and necessary routing configurations To leam how to manually configure the routing configuration see The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme on page 51 To access the preset routing configurations press and hold down the PROGRAM key for one second to enter the Routing Storage area The LED next to the PROGRAM key will begin to blink and the upper right hand corner of the display will read Routings Use the UP and DOWN CURSOR
97. abled on H8000FW so it need not be enabled A SoundingSpirals Sanple Rates U Then you can select WORDCLK as the external a Sample Rate 45001 DIN OK clock source on the clock menu page in the DIN unlocked ADAT slipping DIN 7 78 unlocked SETUP area f clock _inputs dsp A outputs The rate of the external clock is displayed in the Sample Rate xxxxx field In the example shown two screens above the actual frequency of the external signal is 48001 Hz External sampling rates can range from 30kHz to 53kHz and 61kHz to 99kHz See Sampling Rates on page 81 for information on speed modes See Word Clock Termination on page 90 for information on connecting Word Clock Selecting a clock source when connected to a computer H8000FW only When an H8000FW is connected to a computer by FireWire the clock source is set by the computer and the source control on the H8000FW is disabled This is because it is important that the computer and the H8000FW remain synchronized 87 The Status of the Digital I Os When Using the External Clock oie i ock menu i The right hand side of the lcl enu page E eT the SETUP area displays the status of the digital iyitikii a br unlocked ADAT Slipping DIN 7 78 unlocked inputs f clock STi aca ae Ce DIN 1 2 reflects the status of the digital inputs 1 2 either the AES EBU 1 2 input jack or the S P DIF 1 2 input jack depending on IN 1 2 on th
98. also Search By Source where Source refers to the type of input the program was designed for The searchable sources ate e Guitar Vocals eDrums Keyboard eSpecial FX Surround Press the or gt SOFT KEYS to flip through programs designed for these different Sources Here we see 50 programs that were designed for use with Drums The CURSOR Pi tch5 3rd Pitch 5th Pitch 1 oct Pitch 5th Sort By Number Inputs any Search By Source DUDE gage Location All Show loadable Hachines 7 amp Diatonicshitts Presets Drums 30 910 DesertPercussionl FEAR ID ICTETY E 311 DesertPercussi onz 22 Ll 44 O08 223i keys and the KNOB behave just as they did when we Searched By Effects You can also Search By Src FX In this mode the SOFT KEY flips through the different sources here we see programs designed for use with Gtr The gt SOFT KEY flips through the different effect types here we see programs that use a Dly algorithm If you Sort By Name as shown here the programs are no longer displayed in numerical order but rather are displayed in alphabetical order 40 Sort By Aumber Inputs any Search By Srethx DUCT eee Location All Show loadable Hachines 1710 Acoustic Gtr Rack parka IR D IH IC JE g1 Eass Rack 2 PIR IDIHICIE ER Inputs any Search By Effect Outputs any Show loadable Hachi
99. ams shown have a Y icon to the right of their name indicating that they perform dynamics processing among other things Press the jor gt SOFT KEYS until you i 2713 Backward Garden 3 2 ID TE see the set of programs that contain delays RE dh n CIE f th FEDRI Notice that all of the programs shown have a 217 Garden Halo Fano D icon to the right of their name indicating eC Vist that they perform delay processing among other things Now you can use the left and right CURSOR keys not the SOFT KEYS we ve been discussing to jump through the programs by century Pressing the right CURSOR key from the screen above jumps from program numbers that start with 2xx to programs that start with 3 x as shown here Pressing it again would jump to fA _SoundingSpirals Presets Delay 708 j 240 Hhiriy Hellou 73000 programs with numbers 4xx You will recall that 310 Delays a2 n 311 4 Diatoni fts 44 the first one or two digits form the bank d 311 8 Diatoni its s g number so using these keys will jump from bank to bank 39 Use the KNOB or the up and down CURSOR keys to move the highlighted section of the screen up or down Press the SELECT key to load the highlighted program Once you do the H8000FW moves you to the PARAMETER area so you can tweak the program Notice that 8 Diatonicshifts is now the currently loaded program Back in the PROGRAM area you can
100. analog conversion is done at the system sampling rate S P DIF The digital inputs 1 2 are received at either the fl Soundingspirals select Inputs AES EBU 1 2 input jack or the S P DIF 1 2 IN 7 AES EBU 7 8 input jack To select between the two use the DIN 1 2 parameter on the bottom inputs menu page in the SETUP area The digital outputs 1 2 are sent out at both the AES EBU 1 2 output jack and the S P DIF ao E CHS i72 T oul copa oR DOUT 1 2 5 P_ DIF 1 2 output jack To select between the two formats use the DOUT 1 2 parameter on the bottom format menu page in the SETUP area To be clear signals will be present at both the AES EBU 1 2 output and the S P DIF 1 2 output but they can only be one format SIP DIF selects a consumer format while AES EBU selects a professional format Use the AES EBU format unless you have a compelling reason to do otherwise Note The digital inputs 1 2 need not be assigned to the same protocol asthe digital outputs 1 2 In other words digital inputs 1 2 can be received at the AES EBU 1 2 input jack and digital outputs 1 2 can be sent via the S P DIF protocol or vice versa Similarly on the H8000FW S P DIF inputs 3 4 can be used in place of AES 11 12 Their protocols are fixed gt See DIN 11 12 allows the choice of either AEY EBU or Y P DIF for AES11 12 on page 63 SAMPLING RATES The H8000FW can operate over a range of sampling ra
101. anding the Display and SOFT KEYS Every area in the H8000FW makes use of the display so understanding the display is critical A generic screen of the sort typically found in the PARAMETER area is shown below It exemplifies various aspects of the display that remain constant no matter what area of the H8000FW you re in DSP Display Indicator It it reads A The current program running on the everthing you see on the screen pertains to DSF indicated in the upper lelt corner DSP A Wil reads B everything on the inthis case DSP A screen pertains to DSP B Use the PROCESSOR AB key lo toggle between the two H neither an A or B appears a single monolithic program is using lie processing resources of both OSP s and DSP B ellecdively disapears Name af the menu page displayed feedback 5 z Information displays depth 4 0 ms Polarity bipolar and adjustments rate 0 20 Hz Lsweep wave Sine ee T_T JET chorus 2 edie eee eas Pe l K More Soft Keys a More Soft Keys indicaler i indicator Stacked solt keys By repealed pressing them Highlighted salt key YOU Can access more pages indicates active Trigger soft keys make below menu page something happen First in the upper left hand corner of the screen is either the letter A the letter B or the beginning of the program name This is the DSP Display Indicator If it reads A then everything else on a DSP sensitive screen is in ref
102. anding the Display and SOFTKEYS on page 16 G PROCESSOR A B Press this key to toggle the display between the status of DSP A and DSP B The upper left hand corner of the display changes when you press this key the A toggles to B and vice versa Both DSPs are always running but the display only shows the parameters pertaining to one of them at a time If you re running a monolithic program this button does nothing H PROGRAM ROUTING Press this key briefly to access program functions such as loading saving deleting etc The DSP you are loading into or saving from is referred to in the left hand corner of the display A or B To load into or save from the other DSP press the PROCESSOR A B key If you load a monolithic program indicated by a roman numeral II next to its name it will effectively load into DSP A and DSP B will disappear If you load a normal program next it will load into DSP A and the Thru program will be loaded on DSP B See Program Load Save Delete Etc on page 117 Press and hold this key for one second to access the Routing Storage area where routing configurations are loaded and saved See Signal How Example on page 66 Press and hold this key again for one more second to access the Setup Storage area where setup configurations are loaded and saved See Storing and Loading Setups on page 139 Press and hold this key again for one more second to access the Usergrou
103. ap musical duration 1 8 note in this case and the system tempo 78 BPM in this case You can also override the t_ parameter by i z and A z adjusting the naked parameter length in this ae deen reo CORA ond z1 ampshape Lin_inc case However if the system tempo is changed the Panshape spread multitap naked parameter will revert back to its calculated value 134 If you want to make the naked parameter Z 100 random Dz impervious to changes in the system tempo turn sae dlyshape constant amnpshape Llin_inc the t_ parameter to off gt 2000 ms panshape spread multitap See midiclk Out on page 98 to see how to synchronize other equipment to this tempo setting System Timer Much like the system tempo the system timer s n Time 2 00 sec provides a common reference point for Source soft key restart format Crenpo erun pedals measure based parameters such as loop times note that the system timer is used in far fewer programs than the system tempo Set the system timer using the timer soft key in the SETUP area Let s say you want to use loops in a song with measures that are 2 seconds long MeasureTime BeatsPerMeasure multiplied by 60 divided by BPM Using this nifty formula or some prior knowledge you can simply set the Time parameter to 2 00 sec Alternatively with Source set to soft key and Mode set to restart you can tap the
104. applies to the original purchaser of a new unit from Eventide or an Authorized Eventide Dealer Demo units are also covered by this warranty under slightly different circumstances see below Units that are used or have been used as part of a rental program are not covered under any circumstances It is your responsibility to prove or to be able to prove that you have purchased the unit under circumstances which effect the warranty A copy of your purchase invoice is normally necessary and sufficient for this If you have any questions about who is an Authorized Eventide Dealer call us Units with the serial number plate defaced or removed will not be serviced or covered by this warranty When the warranty becomes effective The one year warranty period begins on the day the unit is purchased from an Authorized Eventide Dealer or if the unit is drop shipped from Eventide on the day shipped plus a reasonable allowance for shipping delays This applies whether or not you return your warranty registration form 196 When we receive a unit this is how we determine whether it is under warranty 1 If the unit was shipped from our factory within the past calendar year we assume that it is under warranty unless there is evidence to the contrary such as its having been sold as used or rented etc c 1999 2000 2003 Eventide Inc 2 If the unit was shipped from our factory more than a calendar year ago we assume it is not under wa
105. ata and Receiving Data Dumps on page 142 OR copy all valuable internal programs and routing configurations to a different Memory Card copy the faulty Memory Card s programs and routing configurations to internal memory and then to another Memory Card see Copying Programs on page 131 Finally return to the service menu page in the SETUP area Highlight format card and press the SELECT Do you wish to delete all presets key Pressing the eyes SOFT KEY will erase awi banks that ara ees oa tha memory card the contents of the Memory Card and reformat m it Press the nO SOFT KEY to abort 150 You might also put a label on the card using adhesive tape indelible marker etc indicating the date and that a problem occurred Keep track of this kind of problem and make multiple backup copies Have you been introduced to Mr Murphy He s got this law that says Changing the Internal Battery A small button type battery is mounted internally and powers the H8000FW s memory when the power is off This should last about five years before it needs to be changed longer if the H8000FW is left powered up much of the time The number of hours for which the unit has been operating powered and unpowered can be found under SETUP service information This battery should be replaced by a qualified technician only since it must be replaced when the H8000FW is powered up in order to preserve the internal memory conten
106. ate routing configuration for the task at hand and either load it from the Routing area or make it from scratch you ll learn how in the Operation guide Then you ll load appropriate programs into DSP A and DSP B being mindful of the I O Identifiers and their bearing on the routing configuration or you ll load a monolithic program This may be an over simplification You may very well select appropriate programs for the task at hand and then determine an appropriate routing configuration for those programs Once the routing configuration is set and the programs are loaded you ll probably tweak the parameters on those programs to fit the situation When you re done using a program you ll probably save your tweak for future use Doing this much will give you an appreciation of the horsepower under the hood of the H8000FW But on doing this much won give you an appreciation of the amazing versatility of the H8000FW In addition to simply loading routing configurations you can manually configure things any way you like See The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme on page 5L In addition to altering levels at the inputs you can alter and monitor levels at any point in the signal path See Contolling Levels on page 74 Programs and routing configurations can be saved to and loaded from removable Memory Cards as well as internal memory See Memory Cardson page 49 In addition to using system bypass DSP A and DSP B can b
107. bilities next DIG2 alone is selected then DIG3 and DIG4 are ganged together then DIG3 is alone then DIG4 is alone and lastly we arrive at our starting point all four parameters are ganged together Gangs are much easier to use than to describe so take a minute and play with the gangs on this menu page You will find gangs sprinkled liberally throughout the H8000FW as their presence facilitates many tasks Entering or Changing Text In some menus it will be necessary to enter or change text For example you will often change text when saving a new program The method by which this is done is straightforward albeit a bit tedious To play along go to the PROGRAM area and press the Save as SOFT KEY You may have to press the PROGRAM key a second time to see it Move the cursor over the rename field and press SELECT Here s how it works eThe upper left portion of the display contains the text that s being changed Here we ve entered I Can Type Fas we re not quite done 20 eThe CURSOR keys take you around the virtual keyboard eSELECT enters the currently selected letter equivalent to actually pressing a key on a real keyboard eThe amp key toggles between insert and overwrite modes Alternatively you can place the cursor over Ovr Ins and press SELECT e The KNOB moves the insert overwrite point on the top row eThe key toggles between capital and lower case letters and gives you ac
108. brating 95 200 inverting min amp max settings 96 location 11 specs 95 use 95 Foot pedal jacks specs 11 formatting internal 150 151 156 fuse location amp specs 9 gain structure 76 77 ganged parameters See parameters graphics type of parameter 138 H8000 controlling one H8000 w another 145 digital implementation overview 81 gen description 3 gen procedure for using 47 info about 155 overview 3 hard drive 118 high speed mode 126 I O Identifier 35 72 See also routing def 35 72 examples of 36 72 73 Inc Dec keys location 8 use 19 info menu page 42 inputs See Analog or Digital inputs internal clock 84 tate choices 81 84 rate selecting 84 reading actual rate 85 selecting 84 internal memory checksum error 150 fixing 150 formatting internal 150 151 156 internal memory formatting 150 151 156 Knob location 8 use 19 Level Meters calibration 76 decay time of 76 location 5 peak hold of 76 pts in sig path at which to monitor 51 75 use 76 levels changing input 37 possible pts in signal path to change 51 67 Levels area accessing 8 gen description 15 Levels key location 8 lightning flash 126 loading data from ext device 143 files 144 internal 144 Memory Cards 144 program 143 setup 143 loading programs 41 126 loading programs on stage 127 loading programs remotely 127 loading routing configurations 70 140 Longdelay module 1
109. ce and Start Up Options Fixing Internal Memory Problems The H8000FW uses solid state memory circuits to store programs the routing configuration and setup These circuits use a long life battery to keep them alive while the H8000FW is turned off Whenever the computer in the H8000FW updates that memory it performs an operation called a checksum and stores the result A checksum is a calculation whose result characterizes what is stored in memory A second run of the checksum calculation should result in the same characterization zf the memory hasn t changed When the H8000FW is turned on it runs a checksum calculation on the memory and compares the result against the stored result If there is a discrepancy the H8000FW reports an error In the unlikely event that an internal memory Ezri a a B CEFEJA information checksum error occurs there may be a critical gt foraat Internal C clas satip Ix car problem with what is stored in memory The m renat caa M service ni di ext ETT NEEG service function fix internal on the service menu page in the SETUP area will remove the checksum error by forcing the new checksum result to be saved This will not get rid of the corruption in the data however i After pressing the SELECT key on the above TT Te te ee menu page you will arrive at the menu page per the eternal ran shown to the right If you want to go ahead CRE with the procedure press the eyes S
110. ceived setups and programs Note The current setup and the currently running programs will not be altered dump card This function dumps all setups and programs stored on the Memory Card If recetved at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the H8000FW will erase your Memory Card and replace its contents with the received setups and programs If there is no Memory Card in place or if the Memory Card is too small the incoming data is ignored dump internal This function dumps the contents of the internal memory This is the same as using dump files dump setup and dump program for each DSP It dumps all the setups and programs stored in internal memory along with the current setup and the programs running on DSP A and DSP B If received at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the H8000FW will replace all of its setups and programs load the two new programs on their respective DSPs stop all operations and start as if from power up using the new setup and programs If the device to which you sent the dump has the ability to send it back again such as a sequencer you can use this as a way to back up your H8000FW WARNING If for any reason thisdump gets corupted in some way and you send it back to the H8000FW you will lose allthe information you are trying to back up as wellas the H8000FW s contents If youdo a backup in this way especially to a computer it would be a good idea to do it twice to two separate files
111. cess to Enter Over very special characters such as and amp Alternatively you can place the cursor over Caps and press SELECT eThe numeric keypad enters numbers a decimal point or a minus sign eCXL will delete the current character When you are finished naming the thing that needed naming place the cursor over Enter and press SELECT or use the ENT key on the keypad If you change your mind and don t want to name the thing that you thought needed naming place the cursor over Quit and press SELECT QuickStart Or Neary Instant Gratification All right all right Areas displays SOFT KEYS parameter this scroll that BUT WHAT CAN IT DO Let s cut to the chase and get you up and running Besides if you played with the box a good deal before moving on to the finer points of operation those finer points will stick better to the ol gray matter Here are the steps we will take First we ll connect the H8000FW to the rest of your gear eOn page 25 we ll route signals between all of those inputs outputs and DSPs you ve been reading so much about eOn page 37 we ll set the input levels so that things don t distort eOn page 38 we ll learn how to mute the H8000FW in the event of feedback 21 eOn page 41 we ll run programs on DSP A and DSP B and we ll run monolithic programs Moreover we ll tweak their parameters e Finally on page 44 we ll learn how to save the pr
112. d Sampling Rate 48000 Hz Receiver Status Locked Locked Note Initially the Available Devices Device Nickname and Master Device will read something cryptic like MyProduc 12345456 Feel free to rename it to something a little more descriptive After the H8000FW is selected as your output device go ahead and test your connection eFrom the Sounds screen select the Sound Effects tab Beneath the listing of installed sound files select Eventide H8000FW from the drop down list following Play Alerts and Sound Effects Through e Now click on any listed sound file and you should see the LEDs on the left side of the front panel light up this reflects that the signal has been received and is being processed by the H8000FW Of course if you have speakers connected you ll hear the output as well Setting Up the H8000FW for Default Audio Output eClick on the System Preferences icon when its window displays select Sound 181 000 System Preferences lt ShowAll Personal m U amp e a Q Appearance Dashboard amp Desktop amp Dock International Security Spotlight Expos Screen Saver Hardware A A am o Oo m Y Bluetooth CDs amp DVDs Displays Energy Keyboard amp Print amp Fax Saver Mouse Internet amp Network Q Network QuickTime Sharing System 2 G amp G Accounts Date amp Time Software Speech Startup Disk Universal Update Access Ot
113. d default outputs are also shown The outputs are configured using the outputs menu under the SETUP key There is one page for each output block including the MAIN Outputs described earlier i 10 Hiii Barks AlN outi HAIN out gt 0UT2 ADAT in 6 gt 0UT6 HAIN outs gt 0UT3 ADAT in 7 gt 0UTF HAIN out OUTA ADAT in amp UUT 00T1 ADAT in 5 ADAT outruts i 0UT5S 59 Here is an example of a mixture of signals feeding the ADAT outputs The other blocks are shown below as unconnected in the interest of clarity Main out e o M K e gt BO LENE ft Pw e o M B e gt O LENE e gt E o ADAT out Ai 10 H000 Barks ADAT Dutruytz s Pore ae eee mADAT in 5 ars Note that on software V4 6 and earlier the Main out CU ee ADAT in G gt OUTS n TAE ER Eaa in 7 0UTF block signals are named according to the ee E ADAT in amp UUTE pM ae outputs y corresponding default output 60 Here is a complete example using the H8000FW FireWire1 in t 2 3 4 1 a U V Y W AAN N m Sa psi Pe ee 7 8 e Fire Wirel in feeds the MAIN Inputs which connect to DSP A e DSP A feeds DSP B which feeds the MAIN Outputs e The MAIN Outputs ate connected to Fire Wire2 out Thus we have 8 input channels on Fire Wire1 which go through the 2 effects blocks one after the other and
114. d ideally have a resistance of about 10K MIDI Setup In the H8000FW MIDI can be used with programs that explicitly call for MIDI signals For example some programs in the H8000FW act like synthesizers that a MIDI keyboard can play with programs that explicitly call for some sort of external controller For example the program External Detune calls for an external signal to adjust the amount of detune that is applied to an audio signal You can direct a MIDI controller to do the adjusting To remote control any parameter in the H8000FW including input and output levels To change programs via MIDI program change messages Se Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message on page 126 To advance to the next program or select the previous program See Triggering the Next or Previous Program to Load on page 129 To synchronise the H8000FW s tempo generator to an external source by using MIDIclock See System Tempo on page 134 To synchronize external equipment to the H8000FW s tempo There are several MIDI global parameters that pr neotio Panke Tobal coniare HIDI enabled system exclusive on bear on how all of the above uses of MIDI serial enabled device ID 1 r Program change 1 function These parameters are found on the sequence out off A midi EAR rE midi menu page in the SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key a few times to find it The midi menu page is
115. d when you load this saved setup whether when the setup is reloaded it will automatically load the programs that were loaded when it was saved This brings the machine state as close as possible to that when it was saved To do this set with programs to yes A few things to be awate of e The programs are not saved as part of the setup so they must still exist on the machine e The current routing is always saved as part of the setup e After loading a setup a small number of non critical settings such as screen brightness will not be restored until the system is restarted Miscellaneous Setup Options This menu contains a number of assorted setup options that are unrelated to the other pages Key hold is the time for which a key must be Ai new Vorces misc setup e wheel speed 100 z A expert mode held down to trigger Key Hold functions such Sica cane ne as Mord Clock disabled display service misce CEGE HET Routing Storage on page 14 Setup storage on page 15 Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 Expert mode allows more or less information to be displayed on certain programs as well has hiding some warning messages depending on its setting For more information see page 43 wheel speed this controls how quickly the wheel changes parameters High values result in quick changes low values in slow changes 100 is the normal setting 140 Appendix A Utilities Transmitting
116. delay level 90 the program 1980s Rack that is loaded on horus chorus level 100 verb level 0 DSP A 42 Pressing the PROCESSOR A B key toggles the Ei Ahiriy Hellow display from parameters for the program level 15 dB depthi 1 8 ms delayl 337 ms depth 2 3 ms i 2z 200 ms ratel 0 40 Hz running on DSP A to parameters for the ge Seiad en We program running on DSP B After pressing the delays _ PROCESSOR A B key we get the screen to the right Now we can adjust parameters for the program Whirly Mellow that is loaded on DSP B If you load a monolithic program pressing the Size Seven Taosthaer y PROCESSOR A B key has no effect because Ragged Only machine is avai Fop eea Inputjwith current preset monolithic programs use the resources of both DSPs Monolithic programs make DSP B effectively disappear Many but by no means all of the programs in Herre A Small Crowd key hold 1 0 secwheel speed 100 the H8000FW currently support an expert extra sync no Mord Clock disabled 4Cdisplay service misce CEGE NET mode feature The expert mode parameter controlling this feature is found on the misc menu page in the SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key a few times to find it A setting of B ides all but the most relevant menu pages in the PARAMETER area Conversely a setting of 9 reveals all of the available menu pages in the PARAMETER ar
117. differently than you might expect in the PROGRAM area Please see Loading Programs on page 38 fora brief introduction and Loading Programs on page 125 fora more detailed discussion See wheel speed on page 140 19 Ganged Parameters In some cases there ate multiple related AERE a ES TES F 3 dsp out i parameters that are usually adjusted together To pef mut it dsp out d f make such mass adjustments easy a feature clock J inputs r A E exists that gangs parameters together The outputs menu page in the SETUP area contains dsp bout 5 O gt MGL dsp E out 6 gt DIGZ a good example of ganged parameters The dsp A out 3 DIG3 dsp A out 4 5 gt Dita purpose of this menu page is to assign signals to SES a outputs the AES EBU digital outputs Such assignments are typically made in quad or stereo gangs So all four parameters are initially ganged together Spin the KNOB and all four values change Now let s say you only want to change the assignments to DIG1 and DIG2 Press the DOWN gare a E ee CURSOR key to un gang DIG3 and DIG4 Now Ermiri ee spin the KNOB only the values for DIG1 and os a out DIG2 change Going further let s say you only want to change the value of DIG1 Again press the DOWN CURSOR key to un gang DIG2 Now spin the KNOB only the value of DIG1 changes Press the DOWN CURSOR key repeatedly to cycle through the various gang possi
118. dling 49 mute See bypassing naming See text neighbor s television 44 Numeric Keypad location 8 use 19 OK See Digital inputs overdriving inputs 77 panic muting 38 Parameter area 134 accessing 7 gen description 15 use of DSP A B key in 134 Parameter key location 7 parameters altering numeric 19 text 19 curves 138 expert mode 43 134 for which DSP 42 ganged 20 graphics 138 modulating 95 modulating box level 95 remote controlling 95 100 114 taps 137 textblocks 137 trigger 19 underlined 114 parameters saved in Routing Storage area 71 Patch Editor area accessing 7 gen description 15 pedals See foot pedal jacks place holders 101 103 109 See also redirection filling 110 mods 110 scaling 111 trigs 110 Power switch location 8 Program area accessing 6 gen description 14 Program key location 6 programs See monolithic unloadable at high sampling rates 85 126 algorithmic nature of 41 72 banks 120 copying 132 deleting 133 effects type 118 how categorized 118 intended source 119 loading 38 41 126 remotely 127 remotely via MIDI pgm chg msg 127 remotely via trigger 130 which DSP 41 loading Mute at start up 157 most tecent 126 name of the current on display 17 recently used 122 renaming 133 saving 44 130 reasons for 130 saving vs updating 118 searching 38 123 sending to another H8000 145 storage 118 typical size 132 updating 132
119. e If you experience significant dropouts or Locking Unlocking in normal use drop down a level mote if necessary Safer higher numbered Operation Modes are more likely to be needed if you have a slow computer heavy network use or have significant FireWire use by other devices e g external hard drives Be aware that this safety comes at the price of increased latency Sample rate 48kHz s Operation Mode Safe Mode Level 3 Sync Source Internal H8000FW Unique Id 0015F40400400000 PAL version 3 2 0 1556 Driver version 3 2 0 build 1556 Device Settings Device type Eventide HSOOOFW Device nickname H8000FW New nickname enter new nickname and click Change Change Status Locked Measured Sampling Rate 48000 Hz Receiver Status Locked Locked 192 Troubleshooting Mac systems Where possible disconnect network cables or avoid network use during critical playback If you encounter dropouts or Locking Unlocking use the Control Panel see above to change the Operation Mode to a safer setting Using FireWire drives as well as the FireWire audio interface e g that to the H8000FW should be avoided Since much of the I O on a Macintosh is performed in software you need one of the faster CPUs to do serious multi channel work Using the H8000FW with Windows running under bootcamp prior to OS 10 5 is not recommended 193 Electrical Specifications Sample Rates 96kHz 88 2kHz 48kHz 44 1k
120. e inputs menu page DIN 3 4 and DIN 5 8 on the H8000 reflect the status of the remaining XLR AES EBU inputs If you intend to use these inputs you must ensure that these inputs are synchronized to the external clock source as shown by the OK indication on the right hand side ADAT reflects the status of the ADAT inputs you must ensure that the ADAT inputs are synchronized to the external clock source if they are being used Typically when using ADAT your clock source will be either the ADAT signal itself or a WORDCLOCK to which the ADAT is also synchronized The H8000FW also shows the status of AES11 18 and FIREWIRE 1 2 the same synchronization requirements apply The status of the digital inputs will be slipping DIN 1 2 will read slipping if its sampling frequency changes suddenly or if itis unstable This means that signals are present but they are not synchronized with the external clock input The greater the discrepancy between the external clock and the input the greater will be the distortion Slight slipping can be acceptable in non critical applications as the occasional clicks it produces are often masked by the source material Better however to enable sample rate conversion where available and be rid of it OK the input is synchronized to the external clock source and everything is cool unlocked no signals are present the signals sampling rate is changing suddenly the signals sampling rate is very u
121. e Ganged Parameters on page 20 for more about gangs Press and hold the SELECT key for one second i Interface Hodule la F DIF in setup 4 mode off eee The menu page to the right appears range 100 0dB tupe absolute os CZ To change the one second hold time see A dones Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 i Interface Hodule 5 P DIF in setup Set the mode to assign 3 Press the done Capture Hidi C high 3 range 100 0dB SOFT KEY to save the assignment and return to eas type absolute O O ME the inputs menu page in the LEVELS area f dones Next let s highlight A OUT4 Wet Dry on the dsp Aj menu page in the LEVELS area h DUT ME Dia iio i MTE one i00 OUT Het Dry 100 OUT Het Dry 100 Remember to press the DOWN CURSOR key to A OUTA Het Dru 100 CRUESA SL ae is un gang parameters 110 Ai Interface Hodule A OUTA Het setup Press and hold the SELECT key for one second fi lntertace Module lA DUTA Bet satu mode assign F Capture Hidi high 3 range 100 Set the mode to assign 3 Press the done PA type absolute 0 0 mE SOFT KEY to exit U done To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 At this point we ve assigned the placeholder mod 3 to modulate both P DIF in 1 and A OUT4 Wet Dry Now let s fill in this placeholder with an actual external controller
122. e actual external controller manually Wow Thats pretty abstract If it doesn t make sense yet read through this section and then re read this paragraph There are eight external assignment placeholders i Demondel a assion 1 assign 2 assign 8 mode pedal 1 mutantin Hidi Sn b EN Hy sers S type absolute Th h ld 1 100 0 mix 66 z ere are two external rgger placeholders g and fig 2 108 These placeholders are selected as the mode A Filtera type setup mode assign 3 Dame eT on external modulation or trigger menu pages C lou S range 3 steps type absolute littered throughout the H8000FW For example Mp TTSS Re assign 3 can be assigned here And here Capture Hidi Tow 3 range 2000 ms type absolute 0 0 7 jdelay O ms done And here CO Capture Hidi Tow gt range 100 type absolut 00s C eS Dx And anywhere You see that a single placeholder can modulate or trigger many different parameters A single placeholder is filled by an actual i Eurhetenec assign 3 setup J mode mod wheel mie oe E external controller at ove place the external channel omni menu page in the SETUP area A single e a Je ee external ELETA T FLE placeholder is filled by on one actual external controller In the example screen shown to the right the actual external controller mod wheel has been selected to fi
123. e as the MIDI map The default setting is that of the Factory Usergroup group 1 If no MIDI map is selected none the program Aa loaded by a MIDI program change message will ii mahlad tal ine re ss be in the same bank as the one currently selected on the visible DSP For example the PROGRAM screen to the right shows that program 1410 is currently selected for DSP A This means that the current bank is 14 covering programs from 1400 to 1499 If a MIDI program change message of 32 is received the H8000FW will load program 1432 into DSP A If the parameter Omni mode is set to on the program will be loaded into the current DSP 127 Alternatively if omni mode is off a MIDI tup Program Change message sent using the base pressure channel f f Pitch bend channel will cause the program to be loaded in sysex speed 10 midichk out off DSP A while a MIDI Program Change message sent using the channel one greater than the base channel will cause the program to be loaded in DSP B The system will be switched to A or B as appropriate just as if the PROCESSOR A B button were pressed The normal rules of course apply so that if you try to load a monolithic program it will always load into DSP A Note that MIDI Controller 0 Bank Change will allow you to set the bank remotely All the above parameters are found on the second midi ext menu page in the SETUP area Note To aid in troublesh
124. e chart below Be aware that as described above the external outputs must be fed from the MAIN Outputs block The available outputs are Analog AES EBU ADAT FireWire H8000 2 channels 8 channels 8 channels H8000A 4 channels 4 channels 8 channels H8000FW 4 channels 12 channels 8 channels 16 channels CONFIGURING THE OUTPUTS The MAIN Outputs block is used as a binding post to select the outputs that are to be fed from DSP A or DSP B Each unit in the H8000FW series has a number of default outputs which are always connected to the corresponding output of the MAIN Outputs block as shown below MAIN Outputs H8000 output H8000A output H8000FW output channel 1 AES EBU 1 and SPDIF 1 Analog 1 Analog 1 2 AES EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 Analog 2 Analog 2 3 AES EBU 3 Analog 3 Analog 3 4 AES EBU 4 Analog 4 Analog 4 5 AES EBU 5 AES EBU land SPDIF 1 AES EBU land SPDIF 1 6 AES EBU 6 AES EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 AES EBU 2 and_ SPDIF 2 7 AES EBU 7 and Analog 1 AES EBU 3 AES EBU 3 8 AES EBU 8 and Analog 2 AES EBU 4 AES EBU 4 The remaining non default outputs may be connected to any of the MAIN Outputs channels or to any of the non default external inputs with the exception that FireWire outputs may not be directly connected to FireWire inputs The H8000FW example below shows that ADAT out 1 may be connected to any MAIN Outputs channel or any ADAT in channel The permanently connecte
125. e in the PROGRAM area Note that there is a U to the left of the I O Identifiers this shows F C 10 H8000 Banks 11 Hute that this was saved as a User Program A would indicate that the program was saved on a Memory Card Now you can load your tweak and feel edgy and irritated even when the neighbors are on vacation To read about using Memory Cards see Memory Cardson page 49 Using User Groups to Organize Useful Programs The H8000FW contains an easy to use facility for organizing programs that you find useful You may want to keep a collection of your favorite programs You may want to keep a collection of effects that were used on a particular project You may want to keep a collection of programs for use during a show See Categorized by You User Groups on page 120 for more info Go to the Uusergrp menu page in the PROGRAM 233 Seethy Tuo Reverb 223 000 area There are twenty groups in which we can Group in collect programs ten stored internally U and ten on a Memory Card C Let s say we want to collect the currently loaded program Seethy Two Reverb in Group3 Simply move the cursor to Loaded Program and hit SELECT This will put the name in the top row or you could use the knob or keypad to find it but this is easier Then move to the second row and turn the KNOB until Group3 appears and press SELECT This will c
126. e may be thought of as the feed to an 158 external digital to analog converter feeding a speaker while the passing of the buckets represents the FireWire connection So if the chute becomes empty the speaker will pop or click while if it overflows things may get in the wrong order It also takes time for any given piece of coal to get from the pile to the chute as the buckets have to be filled and emptied before this can happen This time is the latency mentioned above It will be apparent that the size of the buckets directly affects the latency as smaller buckets can be filled and emptied more quickly But to avoid the chute becoming empty bad they will have to be passed more quickly which may be tiring So there is probably an optimum size for these buckets to provide a good compromise between the latency on one side and the energy requirement computer power needed to pass them Enough of coal for now The latency is usually almost directly proportional to the buffer size but the use of small buffers requires more computer power The default setting is usually a good compromise but if low latency is important and you have a fast computer it may pay to reduce it Some simple math for those so inclined if you are running at 48kHz a 1024 sample buffer will introduce a latency in the order of 1024 48000 seconds or 21mS milliseconds So to send and return to a FireWire device will take 42mS which is noticeable Those
127. e muted or bypassed independently of each other See Bypassing and Muting on page 92 In addition to loading programs from the front panel programs can be loaded remotely via MIDI program change messages or external triggers See Loading a Program Remotely on page 125 The digital inputs and outputs have comprehensive sample rate and word length parameters to complement any digital installation See Digital Setup on page 80 Any parameter anywhere in the H8000FW can be remote controlled via MIDI or the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and 2 Se Setting Up the Extemal Controllers on page 94 Extemal Modulation and Tigger Menu Pageson page 98 and Remote Controlling Parameters on page 113 47 Existing programs can be altered or entirely new programs can be created in the Patch Editor See the separate Programmer s Manual 48 Operation Mounting and Handling Normally the H8000FW will be rack mounted in a standard 19 inch rack If the rack will be taken on the road the H8000FW should be supported at the rear It is advisable to keep the rack well ventilated and in a dry dust free environment so that heat and moisture won t cause degradation of performance Contrary to some reports we have found that soda beer splashed liberally about the front panel does wot enhance the reliability of the H8000FW Since the H8000FW has few internal connectors it should hold up well under road conditio
128. ea Settings between and 9 reveal an increasing number of menu pages in the PARAMETER area Leave expert mode at 9 if you like lots of parameters to tinker with at if you find lots of parameters annoying or somewhere in between if your tastes fall somewhere in between See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 for information on the other keys on this screen It should also be mentioned that any parameter on any menu page can be remote controlled via MIDI or the rear foot pedal jacks Telling you how to do this entails discussing voluminous topics such as setting up MIDI globals setting up foot pedal globals and navigating a remote control menu page Such a discussion wouldn t be in keeping with the concept of this Quickstart section gt If this really piques your interest go ahead and read Setting Up the Extemal Contollers on page 94 Extemal Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 98 Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 43 Tweaking and Saving Tweaks Different sets of parameter values for a single program are said to be different tweaks of that program As you play with the parameters on the preset programs you are tweaking those preset programs For instance let s say you want a program that mimics gt the frequency response of your neighbor s aL Filter a television as heard through your wall You want PAPEETE gt 1 0 q to tweak the parameters of a filter program in
129. ection for more information on using the H8000FW with a PC orMac H8000 AE S1 2 SPDIF 1 2 ADAT H8000A AE S1 2 SPDIF 1 2 ADAT H8000FV V AES11 17 SPDIF 3 4 OPTO 1 2 ADAT Note If the clock source is unlocked not connected to a valid digital source the external clock will be invalid If the external clock is invalid the system sampling rate will revert to the last valid zuternal clock rate Selecting the External Clock The external clock is derived from the inputs Ai SoundingSpirals Sample Rates Source AES ERU 1 2 DILE Bee shown in the table above or the word clock Sample Rate 48001 DIN 3 4 OK oe DIN 576 unlocked input It cannot be derived from any other pal LE A i MIN yee unkoeken digital inputs To set the system sampling rate to the external clock s rate set the Source parameter on the clock menu page in the SETUP area to one of the available options S P DIF and OPTO will be available if selected under the inputs menu page The system sampling rate will now be the sampling rate of the selected external input 86 Alternatively you can use Word Clock as a ce hold T O secuwheel ed 100 clock source H8000 H8000A users must enable R aSeT haan extra sync no Word Clock before use on the misc or clock Hord Clock enabled Cdisplay service ise LEVE NET menu pages respectively in the SETUP area Word Clock is always en
130. either the bypass A field or the Machine dse apa bypass B field The corresponding Bypass M herass Status LED will light when a DSP is bypassed To un bypass a DSP press its bypass x field again Its corresponding Bypass Status LED will grow dark See Remote Controlling the Bypass Functions on page 112 93 Extemal Controllers External controllers are inputs to the H8000FW that allow the modification of parameters from a source outside the H8000FW These include the foot pedal jacks 1 and 2 the relay jack and MIDI In addition to changing parameters such as delay times pitch shift LFO rate etc in programs the external controllers can be used to modulate box level patameters such as input levels Wet Dry mix and even screen contrast Why you would want to modulate screen contrast is not obvious but it s nice to know you can gt See Setting Up the Extemal Controllers on page 94 Extemal Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 98 Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 In addition external controllers can be used to advance through programs Se Loading a Program Remotely on page 125 Here we will discuss the global setup of these external controllers SETTING UP THE EXTERNAL CONTROLLERS Foot Pedals 1 and 2 Each foot pedal jack accepts a stereo tip rine RITTER sleeve 1 4 connector see diagram below 7 2 M o Between the ring and sleeve is a fixed 5 volts toe JE provided by the
131. elect the professional protocol set DOUT 1 2 to AES EBU H8000 display shown H8000FW is slightly different To be clear the signal assigned to digital outputs 1 2 will come out both the AES EBU 1 2 port and the S P DIF port regardless of your choice Your choice simply defines the digital protocol the signal will use Both AES EBU 1 2 and S P DIF use the same protocol as defined on this menu page Use the professional AES EBU protocol unless you have 22 a compelling reason to do otherwise you are a professional aren t you Eventide does not recommend the use of S P DIF above 48kHz sampling Unless you re only using the analog inputs and Sample Rates O Source int 48 0 kHz ge Ea FAT iE ot outputs you ll need to make sure all of the digital Sample Rate 48000 AES 13 14 unlocked unlocked AES 15 16 unlocked devices in your studio or rack are slaved to the FUREN IRE AES L8 unlocked same clock source The H8000FW can generate its own clock at 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz or 96kHz as selected by Source on the clock menu page in the SETUP area If you use the H8000FW s internal clock be sure a fA that the digital devices that are connected to it SEC Hode 1 2 off EAT SRC Hode 374 off Status 3 derive their clock signals from the H8000FW If a ae ie you ate unable to synchronize AES EBU inputs 1 4 or S P DIF inputs 1 2 turn on the H8000FW s sample rate conversion SRC algori
132. els 5 8 1 8 on H8000 eS P DIF 1 2 in can replace AES 1 2 in eS P DIF 1 2 out is driven with the same signal as AES 1 2 out e ADAT out can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT inputs eJn addition for the H8000FW eS P DIF 3 4 in can replace AES 11 12 in eS P DIF 3 4 out is driven with the same signal as AES 11 12 out e ADAT1 8 out can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT AES11 18 or FireWire inputs e AES11 18 out can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT AES11 18 or FireWire inputs eFireWire outputs can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT or AES11 18 inputs eFireWire outputs can not be fed directly from FireWire inputs 24 LOADING ROUTING CONFIGURATIONS As was stated in the Overview the H8000FW houses two separate DSP engines DSP A is always running a program and DSP B is always running another program or they combine their forces to run one large program monolithic mode When using both processors separately the program running on DSP A does not necessarily have anything to do with the program running on DSP B and the program running on DSP B does not necessarily have anything to do with the program running on DSP A The display can only show the parameters for one of them at a time use the PROCESSOR A B key to toggle between displays When running monolithic programs DSP B effectively disappears The monolithic program PT eslie simalar az M k 1027 DynohyPi ano
133. ely to the left of the display The top four LEDs indicate the status of the system sampling rate Solidly Lit When one of the top four LEDs is solidly lit the system sampling rate is exact 0 05 the LED corresponding to the system sampling rate will illuminate Blinking When one of the top four LEDs is blinking the system sampling rate is between one of the fixed rates zbe LED corresponding to the nearest sampling rate will blink Of course if you select one of the fixed rates 44 1 KHZ 48 kHz 88 2 kHz or 96 kHz the LED corresponding to your selection should light solidly The bottom LED EXT has four possible states Not lit at all When the bottom LED is not lit at all none of the digital inputs are routed This would happen only if the DSP A and DSP B inputs and the main outputs were either unconnected or only connected to the analog inputs no digital signals whatsoever Solidly lit When the bottom LED is solidly lit the sampling rates of all routed digital inputs are locked to the internal clock rate and all is good This should be the normal state Blinking regularly When the bottom LED is blinking regu arly at least one and maybe more than one routed digital input is unlocked f Source Int 48 0 kHz ILE Er Use the right hand side of the clock menu page DIN 374 OK i a Sample Rate 43000 DIN 5 6 unlocked in the SETUP area to see which digital inputs are LLNS Ds ta EE
134. enamint a PONAM ins oa E ER E A E A OEE E A EE a EE meek Cnaeniueniseats Deletino a Pro r t ennai Space the cust a a a a i heo ea e aaa ia aa a i ie PIATRA TEER EA E A E E E TE E E EAE EE E scat System Tempo SVOME NOMEN aia n R Aa a a E an n TE E Taps 136 T ODEDIOG NEE naa E EA EEE OREA Graphics and Curves STORINGAND ELOADING SETUPS rea E scutes E O A aids E E E ATE ATAS 139 MISCELLANEOUS SETUP OPTIONS mranata e a E A T A T E A A E eset lis 140 APPENDIX A UTILITIES 141 ERANSMITTING AND REGELVING DATA a N A a E E E A aea 141 Settine Op the eraad PO esia i aE AE ERE E AEAEE EAEE EAEE ASE EEn EREA 141 Dumping Data and Receming Data DUMPS scccsvsccitascts cc aaa aE AE i E AN EE AEA S TAEA A E A AE 142 Controlling One H8E000FW from Another H8000FW nssesssesssssssssisssessesssesssessreesrresrressessressereseenseesneesnreneeseenesee 143 Sending A Program From One the H8000FW to AUG OF sssivctasaisusvsieiatanuasaiarensusaesiicaniuavaioustevarajientacaiganatunanas 144 Sequencing Wah MD n rnea E cave EE AAA EA AA E T EA AAE DAA AS 145 CONNECTING USER SUPPLIED CRYSTALS AND EXTERNAL CLOCKS s csssssesseseesessesecsecsessesecssessesceeeseesceseesecsessesecaeaeeaseaseescessesecsessesecneenees 147 SERVICE AND START UP OPTIONS dreistan eristi ntan codes oseesedacdacdssbachacotcatasvastoseeseasedesuesaesbebiestaideisesdecdobslacoscavevsaldecd olde LASAK EE TEAS 148 Fixmno Tnterhal Memory TOUCHES nresnan
135. er Br 0 50 0 00 2 pr 0 68 12 24 eFrom the Audio drop down menu select Open Aggregate Device Editor eThe following window now displays below It is from here that you designate which audio input devices to include in the new aggregate 185 Audio MIDI Setup System Settings Properties For Audio Input Ch Volume Slider 2 oe Oe Aggregate Devices in Out Add and remove aggregate devices on your computer ng ee Selected Aggregate Device Structure Clock Use Audio Device In Out Resample alue Done 0 68 12 24 40 68 12 24 _ eClick the button beneath the Aggregate Devices area A listing of all installed audio device drivers subsequently displays Click in the checkbox to the left of the device to select it for this aggregate device Also select one of the devices for the aggregate s internal clock For this example we ll be using the Eventide HW8000FW and Built in Audio as our audio devices Click Done eWhen we re finished the setup looks like this Audio MIDI Setup L System Settings Properties For Audio Input Ch Volume Slider 2 Oo Aggregate Devices In Out Aggregate Device 18 18 Add and remove aggregate devices on your computer Structure nng Clock Use Audio Device in Out Resample Built in Audio 2 2 S Z Eventide H
136. erence to DSP A If it reads B then everything else on a DSP sensitive display is in reference to DSP B Press the PROCESSOR A B key to toggle the display between the two DSPs The screens in the PROGRAM PARAMETER and Patch Editor are DSP sensitive Both DSPs are always running but the display only shows the parameters for one of them at a time The DSP Display Indicator lets you know which one you re modifying Look to it often If there is no A or B in the upper left hand corner of the screen the H8000FW is running a monolithic program Monolithic programs use the signal processing resources of both DSPs They use the routings for DSP A While a monolithic program is loaded DSP B effectively disappears The remainder of the upper left hand corner of the screen always shows the name of the program currently running on the DSP referred to by the DSP Display Indicator In 16 the example shown above we re running a program 1218 Chorus on DSP A The upper right hand corner of the screen always describes the menu page you re looking at In the example shown above we re looking at the chorus 2 params menu page Situated along the bottom of the display are the so called SOFT KEYS The four physical keys located below the display select menu pages or events corresponding to these SOFT KEYS They re called soft because their function changes depending on context The More Soft Keys indicators are the
137. ers discussed in this section can be remote controlled via MIDI or the foot pedal jacks To leam how read Setting Up the Extemal Contollers on page 94 Extemal Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 98 Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 76 Input Levels Wet Dry Ratios and Output Levels for Each DSP You can control the input level for each input of each DSP the wet to dry ratio of each channel of each DSP and the output level for each output of each DSP All of these settings are saved and loaded with a routing configuration in the Routing Storage area See Signal How Example on page 66 The input level for each input of DSP A is SoundingSpirals Hachine Input controlled on one of the many stacked dsp A INI tain 1 3 dBA INS Gain 1 3 dB IN Gain 1 3 dB a ING Gain 1 3 dB menu pages in the LEVELS area You can cut the A INF Gain 1 3 dB A IN Gain 1 3 dB A ANd Gain 1 3 dB iA IMS Gain 1 3 dB input signal from 0 to 100 dB By pressing the DOWN CURSOR key to un gane the parameters cuts can be made on single inputs independently of the others The input level for each input of DSP B is controlled on the isp B menu page located Prr gate tna am Ea E INF Gain 12 6 dEB IN Gain 12 6 dE below the dsp Aj menu page in the LEVELS E INA Gain 12 6 dB INS Gain 12 6 dE r dsp E area Again you can cut the input sig
138. erstanding the System Sampling Rate and External Syne Indicator When Using the External Clock wees 89 Sample Rate Conversion SRO ennaii i Ea esis a EAEE EE EE E TE EA E KAE ERTA RT NS 90 Word Clock TCV ATION a a a a a a a a a o aariaa a ie 90 Word Length Bits 91 Taput Word TSAI OL rriren eE EEE A EAEE EA R EE E A R N ah 91 Output Word LEnoth ais Eae eE E REEE EE RA EE ER EAKA EEE a A 92 BYPASSING AND MUTING groin E E a E e E AE TE tes 92 Sistemi BIUS r EA se ici cea ONE E T EE E RET A 92 M ihine BY PUSS oii e a E EEE EEEE E EE EE ENE E EE ENAA KAA CREEN 93 EXTERNAL CONTROLLERS aena ereer aeeoea ra rea aeeie a eE a EE Re SE R Epe E Ee SE aT EE Raa ASEO aa EE EEO aA a E Ee Ee EE iae oa PEKARE EA ETRE 94 Setting Up the External Controllers 94 EVA CA GIS TAI EE SETENE AS T T NE NE E ATE E 94 MIDP S etapin an a aE asa n naen a a aa at 95 External Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages 98 Manually Selecting an External Controller for Modulation ossessi 100 Manually Selecting the External Controller for TTIRRTS ssssessieseireseiresrirsrirssrisssrirssrirssrirssrirssrressrressrreesrreesreress 102 Esterna Controller S CLOCTION arinaa a asia aa anani 104 Parameters Common to Both External Modulation and External Trigger Menu Pages 104 MIDI Running Status 105 Automatically Selecting a MIDI External Contour sssssssissssssisssisssresirssisssisssisssrsssressresiessiessressressressressressesseess 105 BODINE the TeXtern l COMTIO NEE serana aT A E EAE nia M
139. esscceecotegssucrsatscessdsansceovasessvesesauans coanahesavensebvaas a E EEE E PaK RAPE ERE 21 Hooking Up and Internal Routing 22 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ROUTING inienn a a a R Eaa E EE ar a r E a a E ae 24 Loading Routing Configurations 25 Factory Routing Configurations 27 4 Channel Seres ROnnnoS a te shia A a ESA a A AE ea Aa Giana ia aa Aa EA Sanep taaa en aht nent anaa ntaa taena 27 8 Channel series ROUNO ie su nas ais tas E tan Nailed E tale tana Shana E E EEE 28 Siereo Dual Machine Rontnosa aaeei tai aein aeaoe Tannas naa S iaeiei Taian 29 4 channel Dual Machine Rontin Sneon ina A T a E A E e TA AE E TE 30 4 Channel parallel ronings earren aasin iE a i E T ani ETA ETE D ea TE Ranina 8 Ghannel parallel TOnUnOS erea SEEE Vase Vey eds esa VETE Hove dss Vag a EIVA D KETSA Hosea da DEEE TER FEE on MIAME Compleix FireWire ROntnos ssis i vans Na S AENA VEENA Vianna es a iti OVAA NE ESEE aSa EANES TOL ON enti OOE T A AT AA AAT AA T IE A EAS A E E AOT O ta ES A A T E A Senno Inpnr ELV ie eaae E cada ha taste E EE R E E a RT A E A A O EA Effecting Things Panie Mutno irta A A ORE ETA EERE A E E E A E ER EDGE PHORUM Se nernel ina R O OE E a AE E aE S A TEA a ERARE IROUIA E NIAE ENET E EESE E EET E TOA E E E A O E Tweaking and Saving Tweaks Using User Grodps to Organize Useful Programi e aia aE A E E A A EAA A AE E clea EEA EN AN 45 Wrap Up 47 OPERATION 49 MOUND and AGN AIG a E E T TOR AT T E E T E E EE O OS 49 Memory E aTh aa PORCH a IEE OT AO IA A E
140. est value you can on both the H8000FW and the machine connected to its serial port that results in error free transmissions The data bits are normally set at 8 the stop bits are normally set at 2 and the parity is normally set at none You should only need to stray from these values if the device the H8000FW is communicating with is constrained to some other values If that is the case change the values on the H8000FW to match the other device To aid in troubleshooting the BUSY LED will illuminate when data is transferred at the serial port provided no Memory Card is in place Ifthe serial port is enabled messages sent out the MIDI Out port are also sent out the serial port Note If both the serial port is enabled and MIDI is enabled a 141 command received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving the command to be ignored until the command is complete The pin out for the serial port is 1DCD 2RXD 6 DSR 3 TXD 7 RTS 4DTR 8 CTS 5 ond 9 nc For most applications only pins 2 3 and 5 need to be connected Dumping Data and Receiving Data Dumps fi Ring Modulator HIDI data dumps You can dump data from the H8000FW for a dep Internal l f h O lt dump setup external storage or for use in another o lt dump files lt dump card H8000FW To dump go to the dump menu Pedals Mo nextprog page in the SETUP area The dumped data will be system exclusive a
141. eting programs and grouping programs of your choosing into user groups Press the PROGRAM key to access additional SOFT KEYS See Program Load Save Delete Etc on page 117 ROUTING Storage Press and hold down the PROGRAM key for one second to access this area The LED next to the PROGRAM key blinks Here you ll find utilities for loading saving or deleting routing configurations See Signal How Example on page 66 To change the hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 14 SETUP Storage Press and hold down the Factory a ets A PROGRAM key again for one second to access this area The LED next to the PROGRAM key blinks Inside you ll find utilities for loading saving or deleting setup configurations See Storing and Loading Setups on page 139 To change the hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 USERGROUPS Press and hold down the PROGRAM key again for one second to access this area The LED next to the PROGRAM key blinks Inside you ll find utilities for renaming or deleting User Groups See Using User Groups to Organize Useful Programs on page 45 PARAMETER Press the PARAMETER key to diff i et parane Ti ME refdiy 216 ms dsize 23 r refdiy 300 ms refdly 12 dE in trim OC dE r refdiy i2 dE the currently loaded programs Continue pressing the AP Gterrer METO mcr ar E PARAMETER key to access additional SOFT KEYS if a
142. ever with various settings of range the parameter being modulated knob in this case and the external controller doing the modulation it is possible to pin the parameter being modulated at its minimum or maximum values That s what s going on in the example to the right ith the pitch wheel all th n th jf Ai Interface Hodule knob setup D Ea pRO N WAEA eWay dow ERS VAME TT Pitch wheel Capture Hidi of knob is 100 channel omni range 200 0 0 0 knob 100 00 i 5 done With the pitch wheel all the way up the value of knob is 100 That s no good Ai Interface Hodule knob setup n ae Pitch wheel Capture Hidi channel omni range 2700 00 Adjust the value of the parameter being 100 0 i knob 100 00 modulated to remedy this situation see further donet examples below In this case you re going to Ai Interface Hodule knob setup mode pitch wheel oO Capture Hidi manually change the value of knob to while channel omni range 200 00 type enit TE o pee ox eee the pitch wheel is idle at 58 Because you did this and because range is set to fl Interface Module knob setup a Pitch wheel Capture Hidi 200 the patameter now behaves channel omni range 700 00 type unipolar 0 0 IER 100 00 done H See how it behaves Oh behave Behave Ai Interface Hodule knob setup mode pitch wheel Capture Hidi channel omni range 200 00 type unipolar 100 0 dknob 39 99 done H
143. facturer s support personnel Eventide is not able to provide such support for non Eventide applications There a few general issues that will apply to the use of the H8000FW with any workstation application or computer Among these are e Making connections between the H8000FW and the computer e Setting the sample rate and buffer size for the system e Synchronizing connected audio devices 157 Making connections between the H8000FW and the computer All recent Macs and many PCs support FireWire Those PCs that do not support FireWire can usually be upgraded with an inexpensive plug in card The H8000FW is connected to the computer using an IEEE1394A FireWire cable which is widely available from computer stores and typically ranges in length between 3 and 15 feet Cables longer than 15 feet 4 5m are not supported by FireWire without the use of special adaptors This cable can be connected to either FireWire connector on the H8000FW allowing the other one to connect to a following FireWire device if desired While FireWire is designed to be hot pluggable meaning that it can be connected to powered on systems Eventide recommends that where possible it be connected between units when their power is switched off The reason for this is to avoid certain rare conditions which can damage the unit being connected Setting the sample rate and buffersize forthe system A number of settings can be made that affect the performance
144. from the pedals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and 2 These jacks are setup on the pedals menu page in the SETUP area See Foot Pedals land 2 on page 94 to set them up tip 1 amp 2 ring 1 amp 2 and tip amp ring 1 amp 2 When a pedal input is used as a switch input it can operate in one of two modes supporting either 2 switches or 3 switches If amy controller references tip amp ring for a given socket that socket will be in 3 switch mode otherwise it will be in 2 switch mode In 2 switch mode e tip is high when a switch connected between tip and sleeve is closed e ring is high when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed To give an added control input a third switch may be connected so as to connect both tip and ring to sleeve This will require a 2 pole switch or a few diodes Alternatively the same results may be obtained by pressing the first two switches simultaneously to simulate the third switch See drawing on page 103 100 In 3 switch mode e tip is high when a switch connected between tip and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open e ring is high when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open e tip amp ring is high when the third switch is closed mod wheel MIDI control message 1 typically assigned to the mod wheel on a MIDI keyboard chan pressure MIDI channel pressure message
145. g See MIDI serial port 142 baud rate 142 data bits 142 enabling 142 fast communications 142 parity 142 pin out 143 stop bits 142 use 142 Serial port data indicator See Busy LED location 13 setup clearing 154 Setup area accessing 8 gen description 15 Setup key location 8 Setup Storage area gen description 15 signal flow 51 slipping See Digital inputs slowing transmission 99 142 soda effect on H8000 49 Soft Keys highlighted meaning of 18 location 6 More Soft Keys indicators 17 stacked 17 triggers 18 use 17 speeding transmission 99 142 start up options 156 storage space internal 132 storing data externally See dumping data sysex speed 99 System Bypass key location 5 system exclusive msgs 12 97 145 147 system sampling rate 87 88 between fixed rates display of 86 90 exact display of 86 90 source of 81 System sampling rate and external sync indicator blinking 5 location 5 solidly lit 5 System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator def 86 90 meaning of when synced to internal clock 86 90 taps type of parameter 137 Tempo system 135 text deleting 8 entering 20 textblocks 137 Timer system 136 trig See place holders trigger See external trigger triggers Soft Keys 18 troubleshooting 76 erratic behaviour first course of action 154 what to do if a particular program crashed H8000 157 tweaks def 44 203 underlined parameters
146. g digits are the bank number The bank is a loose grouping of related programs whose name appears briefly at the top right of the screen when a program is selected by moving onto it The screen on the right shows that the selected program is part of a bank of Distortion Tools 38 Let s go through an example Say you want to fii Piano Hall Sort and Search Sort By Number Inputs any use a delay based program First go to the Search Bur Effect Dutputs any Location All Show loadable Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area and set Search By to Effect and Sort By to Number Then go to the list menu page The and SOFT KEYS search through programs as defined by Search By on the Criteria menu page Since we opted to Search By Effects the and gt SOFT KEYS search through all of the available programs to find those that contain certain types of Effects eSamplers S Pitch shifters P eReverbs R Delays D e Modulations M Complex Effects C equalizers or Filters E dYnamics Y Yov ll know which set of effects is currently z 3 p i 210 Amp u lation displayed by the information provided in the 214 BadBadThing at Haniac Fil terran z ve upper right hand corner of the screen In this example the set contains 35 programs that use Dynamics compressors gates etc Notice that all of the progr
147. g rates ADATinputsand outputs are unusable at 88 2kHz and 96kHz on the H8000 and H8000A The H8000FW but not H8000 H8000A supports the SMUX protocol allowing the ADAT inputs to pass four channels at 96kHz The System Sampling Rate A Digital Audio Primer All digital audio systems operate by expressing the value of the audio signal at any instant in time as a digital number This number is sampled recalculated at regular very short intervals The rate at which the value is sampled is known as wait for it the sample rate sometimes known as a clock All the internal parts of the H8000FW family including the A D and D A converters and the digital outputs run at a single sample rate known as the system sampling rate This rate may be determined either by an nzernal clock or by a single external input If any external input is used as an audio source it must have exactly the same sample rate as the system sampling rate or things will get out of step causing one or more of the digital values to be lost This will result in clicks or distortion a bad thing For example at a sample rate of 96kHz an 0 001 difference 10 parts per million more accurate than most clock sources will cause a probably faint click about every second A very small difference in sample rates as in the example above results in s pping meaning that the sample points slip past each other in time Depending on how severe the sample
148. ge By recording parameter changes to a MIDI sequencer you can automate your mixdowns Simply play back the recorded MIDI sequence at the H8000FW s MIDI In and you will see the changes you recorded played by the sequencer assuming MIDI is enabled system exclusive is on the programs that were loaded when the sequence was recorded are loaded during playback on their respective DSPs and the device ID set during recording is set during playback However if you manage to configure the MIDI connections between your various pieces of equipment such that the system exclusive sequence out MIDI messages of the H8000FW loop back into the H8000FW without delay digital demons will unleash a raging fury inside your helpless H8000FW So make sure that doesn t happen If you aren t actively using the sequence out feature it s wise to leave it Off Leave sequence out on and system exclusive off while recording a sequence and sequence out off and system exclusive on while playing the sequence back unless you require the echo feature discussed below All adjustments made to the H8000FW while the parameter Sequence out is set to on are sent out the MIDI Out port and the serial port not including Patch Editor commands This includes any changes received at the MIDI In port If the MIDI sequencer is sending data to the H8000FW and receiving data from the H8000FW at the same time it will receive an echo of the commands it sends to the H8000
149. gile e Treat them with respect e Don t lie to them e Don t store them on your dashboard or in your toaster e Avoid shocking them with static electricity or any kind of electricity for that matter gt Forinformation about Memory Card problemsand how to fix them see Fixing PCMCIA SRAM Memory Card Problems on page 150 50 The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme All right the word comprehensive has been used a Analog out bit much in this manual so far but it s appropriate e o n e gt KAE SeS Pw The various t 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 inputs outputs and DSPs can be connected in just onrogqart Ppw e o M K e gt C LE Ff Ww e o MEN K e AKOLE gt SeN about any way you can think of The Eventide H8000FW series can have a large OQnvogqat w Q nogqt we 5 fe T m lt number of inputs and outputs allowing a huge range of connection possibilities The illustrations shown in this section are derived from the Routing utility which runs on at PC running Windows 95 or above and may be downloaded from the Eventide Web Sit www eventide com The core of the H8000FW consists of two separate effects processors or machines shown above as DSP A and DSP B Each of these has eight inputs and eight outputs Also shown ate two terminal blocks MAIN Inputs shown above as Main in and MAIN Outputs shown above as Main out which are used to co
150. hange out to in and vice versa The Usergroup will be saved automatically every time a change is made Now for quick access to your collections set Sort By Aumber Inputs any Search By to User Grp on the Criteria menu earch By User trp DUI ose Location All Shou loadable page in the PROGRAM area Ai _Gaspodes Dl y_2 Presets Groups 3 Go to the list menu page and use the k and Q23 _Seethy Tuo Reverb ana g 313 amp Pitchshifters gt SOFT KEYS to find Group3 There s the 410 Gaspodes Dly_2 Seethy Two Reverb 45 You can also change the names of the groups to yreoups Usergroups 5 something more useful than group Press and a rouf hold the PROGRAM key until you see the P frours i Routing Storage area Do it again until you see Ee Ke E the Setup Storage area Do it again Now you ll see all the Usergroups To rename a group highlight it with the KNOB ES Then tap the PROGRAM key so you can see the J 4 Groups rename SOFT KEY Press the rename key of and use the typewriter to enter a better name When you re finished use the Enter key to save your chosen name See Entering or Changing Texton page 20 46 Wrap Up So there you have it The procedure we followed in this Quickstart section is more or less the procedure you will follow whenever you use the H8000FW First you will determine an appropri
151. hat files are stored on your computer s hard drive Instead of using a hard drive however the H8000FW uses RAM memory either internally or on a card The load times are much faster and the unit is more durable and quieter than it would be were a hard drive to be used When you want to use one of the H8000FW s programs you load it When using both DSPs there are two programs that are loaded or running on the H8000FW one on DSP A and the other on DSP B Of course if you want to you can run the same program on both DSPs There will be two instances of that program running and the parameter values set for one will not affect those of the other All of the non monolithic programs in memory are available to either DSP except for large sampler programs and some long delay programs these can only be loaded on DSP A Monolithic programs use the resources of both DSPs As such only one monolithic program can run at a time and it uses the routing configuration of DSP A You can save a program that is running in two ways The first is to use Save you won t overwrite the old version of the program The second way to save a program is to update it this performs a one click write to User internal Memory Of course you can delete a program from memory if you wish you will quickly find out that you cannot delete the presets that came with the H8000FW Categorizing Programs The H8
152. hat the safer higher numbered modes will add latency so you should try and find the source of any problems first You should also check that your system has the latest Network drivers In particular the use of Microsoft Outlook with an Exchange server but not POP3 or IMAP has been reported to cause significant latency increase It is desirable to keep all network activities to a minimum when doing critical sessions 174 Troubleshooting Windows systems In most cases the Windows drivers will install correctly and everything will be fine If the system does not operate as expected here are a few things to try 1 Manually uninstall any existing drivers To uninstall a functioning driver connect the 2 H8000FW Firewire cable to your PC and power up the H8000FW Look at Control Panel System Properties Device Manager under Sound video and game controllers You should see an entry called either Eventide Dice or H8000FW E devicemanaser ox File Action View Help gt H f6 2 3 Rea 3 Mice and other pointing devices i Monitors H A 8 Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT Vy MR Processors J 4 SCSI and RAID controllers H 9 Sound video and game controllers Audio Codecs L CMI8738 C3DX PCI Audio Device y E MU E DSP Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Video Capture Devices Media Control Devices Standard Game Port Video Codecs
153. he LEVELS area you may have to press the LEVELS key a few times to see it Change the value of the system parameter to mute as shown above with the KNOB or the INC DEC keys Now press the BYPASS key The A and B LEDs begin to blink you ve muted the H8000FW To un mute press the BYPASS key again Formore information see Bypassing and Muting on page 92 Loading Programs Assuming you ve loaded an appropriate routing Ai new Yorces Presets 1183 configuration the H8000FW should be ready to 229 Panner Del ays 22 0 230 Random Verb Long process All that remains is to load a monolithic oot A Ee program or to load a program into each DSP i list ames To load a program enter the PROGRAM area The two normal menu pages you immediately find here list and Criteria work together to give you access to the H8000FW s hundreds of programs in a way that suits your needs In this section we ll only focus on two parameters on the Criteria menu page Sort By and Search By Of the two Search By is the most important parameter to understand The remaining parameters are discussed in Loading Programs on page 38 You will see that each program has a three or A amp u lation Distortion Tools 64 Stereo Chorus four digit number and a name The program 910 DesertPercussi onl number has two parts the last two digits are a number between 0 and 99 the remainin
154. he bypass menu page in the LEVELS area See Bypassing and Muting on page 92 D Bypass Status LEDs A illuminated DSP A is bypassed B illuminated DSP B is bypassed both A and B blinking system is bypassed Se Bypassing and Muting on page 92 E SOFT KEYS These four keys select the menus or events described immediately above them on the bottom line of the display See Understanding the Display and SOFTKEYS on page 16 F THE DISPLAY The display tells you what s going on In the upper left hand corner of the display is either the letter A or B or nothing at all A indicates that what is shown on the display reflects the status of DSP A Similarly B indicates that what is shown on the display reflects the status of DSP B When neither letter is shown the H8000FW is running a monolithic program that uses the processing resources of DSP A and DSP B Note the menu pages in the BYPASS LEVELS and SETUP areas have some displays that are common to both DSPs In these areas the A or B is irrelevant However in the PROGRAM PARAMETER and Patch Editor areas menu pages are DSP specific The remainder of the top line displays the name of the program running on the currently displayed DSP and the current display area you re working in The bottom line is dedicated to the four SOFT KEYS directly below the display The middle section of the display changes depending on what you re doing See Underst
155. he wheel or keypad can be used to move through them in the same way as on the list screen A tip it s easier to find things by name using the knob if you have previously set Sort By to Name on the Criteria page Note that Usergroup 1 is a Factory group with a selection of the more interesting programs in the H8000FW This group cannot be changed The presets included in it can be found in the H8000FW Presets Manual The third line Prog Chngj allows you to assign a MIDI Program Change value 0 127 to each program in a Usergroup This allows Usergroups to be used as MIDI maps enabling their members to be loaded via MIDI program change messages If you are not using the Usergroup as a MIDI map think of this as a slot number The bottom line of this screen also appears on A Seethy Tuo ReverHUser Group Setup the SETUP MIDI screen shown below and ea 54134 De Mona 4440 x x pros Chng tells you which group is the current active MIDI CIETE oa map If the selected group Group 7 in the example shown above is the active one it will show MIDI map In order for the MIDI map feature to be operational the parameter MIDI on the first enabled system exclusive o i enabled device ID 1 midi menu page in the SETUP area must be set to enabled and the parameter MIDI map on that menu page must be set to the number of the Usergroup that you wish to us
156. her es The Sound options screen now displays eos a gt Show All Sound Effects Output Input Choose a device for sound output Name Port Internal speakers Built in Audio Eventide H8000 FireWire Settings for the selected device The selected device has no output controls Output volume ag _ Mute M Show volume in menu bar After selecting the Output tab Eventide H8000 displays as an output device along with its port type Firewire Highlight it to select it as your output device and to override the default output device on your computer 182 Configuring the H8000FW for Output with Logic Pro If you wish to use Logic Pro as your audio editing and authoring platform in tandem with the H8000FW do the following eOpen Logic Pro and from the Audio drop down menu select Audio Hardware and Drivers TIEN Options Windows 1 Audio Window Loop Browser Sample Editor Audio Mixer EXS24 Instrument Editor Import Audio File TDM DSP Usage Audio Configuration Sample Rate Punch On The Fly v Auto Input Monitoring Pre Fader Metering Set Audio Record Path A Refresh Freeze Files The following screen displays e From the Core Audio tab be sure the Enabled checkbox is selected and Eventide H8000FW is selected as your driver e You now will be prompted to restart your computer for the new settings to take effect 184 Routing Audio Between Logic Pro and
157. his menu page If you manipulate your external controller and this bar graph doesn t change something is wrong To see how this works if you select mode pitch wheel jiggle the pitch wheel on your keyboard and then leave it alone you will see the screen shown above The bar graph reads 50 00 halfway between full minimum and full maximum If you pull the pitch wheel all the way down mE Interface Hodule knob setup you ll get the screen to the right The bar graph Capture Hidi ao poe i channel omni range 200 no reads 0 00 full minimum Similarly if you crank 0 0 D2 tapec unipolar ee the pitch wheel all the way up the bar graph W donet t reads full maximum The next parameter we come to is range After all this discussion you may have forgotten that what you re actually doing is modulating a parameter but that is what you re doing And parameters come in all shapes and sizes like people For example you must be able to modulate a delay time from 5 milliseconds to 25 milliseconds with a full rock of the foot pedal just as you must be able to modulate a pitch shift from 0 cents to minus 4800 cents with a full rock of the foot pedal The range parameter allows us to do just that 106 With range set to 2800 the external controller s range corresponds to the full range of the parameter s values different types of parameters will have different full ranges which in this case is from 100 to 100 How
158. i a didi te 148 Fisxino PEMCLASRAM Memoty Card Probs iisi i a t eene E OROEN ET ES OERO ETA 150 Changing the Tinternal Batrina a a a a a a a a a shies Cleat SOUD et E EEA E EE E E ses Be he gs A E OE E EAE A A dle ee Software Version and Accessories Srar Up OPHIONE inia AE AEE E TETAN aT A A EEVA E E AAA AE E SESS GONNECTING AFS 11 THRU 18 TO THE FB 000F W i aare AAEE AA AEs 156 APPENDIX B USING THE H8000FW WITH A COMPUTER 157 MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE H8000FW AND THE COMPUTI SETTING THE SAMPLE RATE AND BUFFER SIZE FOR THE SYSTEM ccssssscsessssssesecsesseccnessssescsccnesssncnsssesesceecnessenesesacaecsessuesaeaeseesesesaeaeensecees SYNCHRONIZING CONNECTED AUDIO DEVICES eeoa A EA ATEA EE EAER E tone R gis ee 159 INSTALLING DRIVERS ON YOUR PC 161 CONFIGURING THE H8000FW FOR PC OUTPUT 167 CONFIGURING THE H8000FW FOR THROUGHPUT sccsssssssessessesecsecsessesscssessescesesceseescesecsessenscaesaseeseeseseesessesessessenscnecaeeaseessesseesessessessesaees 168 THE WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL 170 DDEVICEVSE FLING S hie d ts ons stiensle e aan a vaseushuceudascotastescsatouesdoswaselvesceeusies sds a a tadetes alovecesbtecclenss Lastuvevensecuteves Staessen 170 Device Type 170 Device nickname 171 Status 171 Measured Sampling Rate 171 Receiver Status 171 GLOBAL SETTINGS BUS PAGE narrari eroro ha TO AORA AON OTEO TAO EN AA
159. ill correspond to the parameters on the H8000FW s screen This allows a multi controller such as the Peavey PC1600 to control the H8000FW with very little configuration required For example referring to the parameter screen at the right the MIDI group from 70 77 would give you the following results Ai Basement Drums 70 predelay predel a PCR hi decay 0 0 dE decay time 1 9 sec hi freq 4000 Hz room size 70 1 4 lo decay 70 0 dE 71 decay time diffusion 10 0 lo freq 100 Hz EEA in eq out eg _expert gt 72 room size 73 diffusion 74 hi decay 75 hi freq 76 lo decay 77 lo freq 114 Each parameter would be controlled over its full range for example in this preset 10 freq has a minimum value of 10 Hz and a maximum value of 1000 Hz This means that the minimum MIDI value 0 would give you 10 Hz and the maximum MIDI value 127 would give you 1000 Hz In this example using a MIDI single controller the resolution will be limited to the 128 steps offered by MIDI meaning that the minimum change possible is 1000 10 128 or about 8Hz MIDI double controllers numbered 0 to 31 will give better resolution If you then changed to a different screen say Hachine A Hix A DSP A in the LEVELS area the following would OUT Het Dry 100 jA OUT Het Dry 100 apply DUTA Het Dry 100 j OUTS Het Dry 100 _dsp A 70 A OUTI Wet Dry 71 A OUT2 Wet Dry 72 A OUT3 Wet Dry 73 A OUT
160. in fact unlocked As before you can ignore those in parentheses Blinking irregularly When the bottom LED is blinking sregu arly at least one and maybe more than one routed digital input is slipping relative to the internal clock Use the right hand side of the clock menu page in the SETUP area to see which digital inputs are in fact Slipping 85 Digital inputs that are not routed i e are not connected to inputs block or AES outputs will not affect the status of the EXT LED See The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme on page 51 Using an External Clock When you use the external clock the system sampling rate will be that of the external digital signal The system sampling rate is the sampling rate used for all internal processing The external clock s sampling rate is derived from the digital inputs shown in the table below or the word clock input Unless sample rate conversion is on bottom clock menu page in the SETUP area you must ensure that AES EBU inputs 3 4 and 5 8 on H8000 if used are synchronized to the selected clock input Since no sample rate conversion exists for the ADAT AES 11 17 and FireWire inputs you must ensure that they are either synchronized to the source of the external clock or are in fact the source of the clock See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 to enable disable Word Clock input See the H8000FW FireWire Interface s
161. inputs and eight outputs imaginatively dubbed DSP A and DSP B The two processors can be run in parallel in series or in any mutant variation thereof In addition the H8000FW can run monolithic programs that use the processing resources of both DSP A and B to run just one large program The variety and depth of the programs that the H8000FW possesses are truly amazing from lush reverbs to choruses to flanges to delays to pitch shifters to dynamics to EQs to filters to distortions to synthesizers to samplers to ring modulators and everything in between The H8000FW can do it all And if that s not enough DSP A boasts nearly three minutes of sample time 7 addition to the 44 seconds of delay time found on both DSP A and DSP B And for the user who is interested in making his or her own programs if the huge number of factory programs aren t enough the H8000FW continues the modular programming paradigm that made the DSP4000 and its offspring famous Programs are composed of individual building blocks or modules that allow the user to create original programs Inspiration and creativity are given no bounds As you read this manual it may be easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees Always bear in mind the following eThe H8000FW houses two independently running DSPs digital signal processors They are lovingly referred to as DSP A and DSP B Although they are both always running you can o
162. ion menu page is just a duplicate of the parameter you re modulating Its value reflects the applied external modulation so you can see the result of all your futzing as you futz the external modulation s value will be ADDED to the parameter s value Additionally you can adjust the value of the parameter while you futz as we did in the example above Ifyou modulate a gang of four or more parameters they will not be shown on the external modulation menu page because there isn t enough room to fit them all In practice scaling is even more flexible than we ve described here It s one of those things that s much easier to do than to describe The Concept Behind Redirection External Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 amp 2 Redirection allows a program developer to use an external controller in his program while allowing one to assign which actual external controller is used at a later time An external controller placeholder is used in the program and you fill in a specific external controller for that placeholder Redirection also allows you to select a placeholder on an external modulation or trigger menu page If you select the same placeholder on several external modulation or trigger menu pages you can change the actual external controller that fills that placeholder by making one change If redirection didn t exist you would need to go to each and every one of those external modulation or trigger menu pages and change th
163. ions siisii aia riirii 68 Propratis Efer on Ronina TD edsin ri EE E A A N OTA E Praca O E 71 Controlling Levels Te TA Me E a n a Bei RA Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Inputs sssssssssssssssssss Input Levels Wet Dry Ratios and Output Levels for Each DSP Controlling the Tevel of the Analog and Digital Output cs iasxeisascacesseostastutinuecednsitstdancctdes dest antandendiadeaudsiginvaaudsacendanecadeesastitecascetadadeabistatadentss 78 DIGMANSE TU Por anenee lonuscusslveden E R E E A a E a e a ae aaas Ae E A E ETRE ES EE 80 Digital Setup Overview 80 S P DIF 81 Sampling Rates The System Sampling Rate A Digital Audio Primer Ulstiggstpe Titer nae COCR enn E EE A css desl sed pt cig a ais satlehiga 405g AEA AE igiaisent RAR on ta bastifea hs Selecting the Internal Clock s Rate The Status of The Digital Inputs When Using the Internal ClotR ecscssssesssssssesssssssessssessesessesseassssssseasensesseasensess 84 Understanding the System Sampling Rate and External Syne Indicator When Using the Internal Clock nsss 85 ISG a OI ETARA E AEAT A SAIE AAAS TAN AEEA SE E AATAS AAE 86 Selecino the External Chokar a e a lsh a a a a Neen aa ul atta sea ta li 86 Selecting a clock source when connected to a computer H8000FW onby sssssssssssesssessersserisssissrissresseesseesrresrresrrssersse 87 The Status of the Digital I Os When Using the External Clot iasiwsiescsussiatetavsiessssasaievisnanisaaiainieaitacaiaadns nienageaasenont 88 Und
164. ireWire1 5 8 In addition the 8 ADAT input channels are sent out over FireWire2 Thus the H8000FW is used as a 4 channel A D and also provides two 4 channel effects which would typically be used as an insert as well as an 8 channel ADAT input feed D c B ag gt EXC 2 za EC 3 lt O To A ey i5 ta O D E 5 6 22 4 o D gt Ee A 7 JOO a gt 5 3 oa xs 666m R 77 K gt DO O aw Gl T E E we aN GE OF a z Be a N z ie e aes GE E i a co Om oi am U ADAT amp AES8 I O There is a lot going on here FireWirel in is connected to ADAT out ADAT in is connected to FireWirel out AES 11 18 in are connected to FireWire2 out while FireWite2 in is connected to AES 11 18 out In addition DSP A and B are fed in series from the analog and AES4 inputs So the H8000FW is performing the role of an 8 channel dual machine effects unit while at the same time it is offering 32 channels of I O to the workstation D aot w Lop Ea Ez Kar MA IBE S3 EZAR ie e kS SE SEU mo KIO Ss oe Mot gt Ba ta ZI Qe Es ee es ae i ae eZ mo a Ss a a es g Eas Dea os oa 4 om of F os Ga of LY Pa Bi 5 4 r c Om f MG Fan si aad os OF HEO ey gt Ors iL EU Za lt E mw E om 34 The I O Identifier o g Qa T 2 Q While each DSP has eight input
165. ist Here we see the four programs that have been assigned to Group 123 The H8000FW has internal memory for Factory i 3 1 Vox Bright P Sort and Search programs those that came with the unit and Zort Bun Det fects inputs s1 Search By Source P Location All Show loadable Hachines User programs those that you have tweaked and saved or created afresh It can also save programs on Memory Cards Use the third parameter Location to filter which programs are shown on the flist menu page based on where they are saved the default value All shows all programs are shown regardless of where they are saved The fourth and fifth parameters Inputs and Sort By Effect I ts Outputs filter which programs are shown on E e R r Pe a loadable the list menu page based on how many inputs Location Factor Show H list lt or outputs they use Your choices are any any number of i o s stereo 2 or 3 i o s qUad amp 2 2 4 or 5 i o s 5 1 6 or 7 i o s and octal 8 i o s This allows you to only display programs suitable for your application i e if you are working in 5 1 you may not want to be bothered with stereo effects and vze versa Show determines if only those programs that i AHS Lucky Han Presets 1431 24 nhi 24 il IE a EAD are loadable will be shown on the list menu 10 page or if any program will be shown If you are
166. ist and reload those programs from it by setting Search By to User Grp on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area Then go to list and use the and gt SOFT KEYS to find the Most recent list it is actually the first Usergroup and is maintained by the system Loading a Program Remotely There ate two ways to load programs remotely The first is via a MIDI program change message and the second is by triggering the H8000FW to load the next or previous program in the current bank Let s discuss them in turn shall we 125 Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message The normal way to load a program remotely is by means of a MIDI Program Change message A MIDI Program Change message can be sent by a MIDI keyboard a MIDI sequencer ot a MIDI foot pedal Using a MIDI foot pedal on stage makes loading programs a breeze Unfortunately MIDI Program Change only supports programs numbered from 0 to 127 Since the H8000FW has well over a thousand programs each with a three or four digit number this presents a small problem One way one to get around this limitation is by using a MIDI map to translate between program numbers with MIDI Program Change numbers The H8000FW can use its Usergroups as MIDI i Group 1 maps Each program in a Usergroup can have a maT a A aad 1 Program Change number associated with it so that if this number is sent by a MIDI
167. it unless interested We apologize to those readers already familiar with the following subject matter Before the H8000FW can be used to connect to a PC or Mac suitable device driver software must be installed as described in the following chapters The necessary software will be found on the included H8000FW Drivers CD The purpose of these drivers is to tell the computer about the H8000FW and how to talk to it From time to time the drivers will be upgraded and new ones available at www eventide com These are currently available to registered owners only so be sure to send in the enclosed registration card You should also be aware that in many cases new drivers must be installed in tandem with associated new H8000FW software so be sure to read all relevant release notes before installing updates The H8000FW can be set as a sound device on any PC running Windows XP service pack 2 or later is recommended or any Mac running OSX 10 4 or later For serious multichannel use a fast computer will be necessary such as a 2 4GHz or faster PC or a G5 Mac ot better The H8000FW can be used with any application that supports Core Audio ASIO or WDM devices This will usually be a DAW application such as Logic ProTools Cubase ot Nuendo An example of the use of the H8000FW with Logic is provided later in this document but otherwise questions about the operation and configuration of these applications should be referred to their manu
168. ital signals supports the protocol you can see im E BITS 561 out 24 the word length at the inputs to the H8000 Go il LES Ere a to the format menu page in the SETUP area The fields on the left display the input word i S610 Robot Voice Dis WO Format 1 in 24 Mei 1 out 24 length 16 bits 24 bits and two unlocked signals piii ergs eer er y in AES E SCHS 1 72 out copy OK in this case The H8000 user can display and in off L EWPH 1 2 1 out off j igi MERE tempo _ _tiner _pedals_ change these settings on Digital channels 1 8 format MTS a T ELE j while H8000A and H8000FW can only show channels 1 4 If the input bits are unknown as in the case of an S P DIF input the field reads quite logically unknown If a digital input is unlocked not valid or not connected the field will read 91 Output Word Length The indicated output word length can be set on i SoundingSpirals Format Bits the right hand side of the format menu page in MEET E BITS 1 2 1 out 20 in 24 E BITS 374 1 out 24 the SETUP area Your choices for output bits in E BITS 576 J out 16 in iter l out 24 ate 16 20 or 24 format tempo _ _timer _pedals Unless a special dithering preset is in use this setting will not indicate the actual output word length but may be useful for external equipment S PDIF outputs do not support this word length indication Bypassi
169. k master by preferably hardware or software means 160 Installing Drivers on Your PC This section describes how to install the software drivers required to operate the H8000FW Multi Channel Effects System with your Windows XP or Vista based PC Those hip Mac people should skip ahead If you are updating your drivers with new ones read the release notes supplied with the update If an H8000FW update is also required perform this before continuing Your Windows XP or Vista should have the latest service packs installed If you are not sure go to http update microsoft com windowsupdate to check that your PC is up to date We recommend that you keep your machine up to the standard Microsoft specification we cannot guarantee results with outdated beta or experimental versions of Windows You may see cosmetic differences between the screens below and those on your computer depending on its settings and operating system You may also see interchangeable references to either H8000 Audio or Eventide Dice Before starting be sure your PC is equipped with a Firewire port If your PC did not come equipped with a Firewire port you must purchase a Firewire PCI card and install it See the recommendations under Check your FireWire Card on page 175 Leave the FireWire cable unconnected at this time eLocate the drivers file EventideInstaller exe setup exe on older drivers This will either be on the CD supplied
170. keys to place the cursor over the routing configuration you would like to load and then press SELECT Below we describe many of the preset routing configurations in English and complement that description with a block diagram The routing configuration name as saved in the H8000FW precedes each description To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 25 For a simple Analog in Analog out routing load Analog A gt B The remainder of the routing configurations will be discussed in the next section 26 FACTORY ROUTING CONFIGURATIONS Notes on the following configurations The input block and output block shown below are just binding posts to connect to they don t change the signal eReferences to AES11 18 SPDIF3 4 and FIREWIRE in the following text only apply to the H8000FW eIn most of the following routings ADAT out AES11 18 out and FIREWIRE out are also all connected in parallel to the output block the outputs shown in the diagram vary with the function of the routing but all the above are connected eFIREWIRE2 in and out are not used in most of these routings eSPDIF1 2 in may be used in place of AES1 2 by setting the DIN 1 2 control appropriately See DIN 1 2 allows the selection of either AES EBU or Y P DIF 07 page 63 eSPDIF3 4 in may be used in place of AES11 12 by setting the DIN 11 12 control appropriately You should use SPDIF3 4 rather than
171. lects the status of the ADAT input The status of the digital inputs will be slipping signals are present but their sampling rate is close to but not ocked to the system sample rate As described above this may cause clicks or distortion When the external signal is very close to the internal rate the status indicator may flicker between slipping and OK Some slipping may be acceptable for monitoring or other non critical applications but in general the greater the difference between the system sample rate and that of the digital input the greater the distortion Of course you can always just turn on the sample rate converter for the AES EBU 1 4 and S P DIF 1 2 inputs No sample rate conversion exists for the other external inputs so these should not normally be used if Slipping OK signals are present and their sampling rate is locked to the internal clock rate All is good unlocked cither no signals are present their sampling rate is very unstable or something is dreadfully wrong with them 84 If the words slipping or unlocked are in parentheses as shown above for the ADAT inputs this means that the respective inputs are not routed not connected to any inputs and hence unused and that the indication can be ignored Understanding the System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator When Using the Internal Clock The System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator is the box of five LEDs immediat
172. less of whether it is loaded on DSP A or DSP B gt A small number of programshave no I O identifier See Ifthe I O Identifieris not visible on page 71 for more information running 4_ReverseTetra 44 35 syndyno eysa Those DSP inputs or outputs that are no used by the program are dead no signals are passed by them Knowing which inputs and outputs a program uses can affect which routing configuration you choose to use You probably wouldn t want to place a program that only utilized two inputs after a program that utilized four outputs because two of those outputs would be connected to dead inputs Ofcourse it wouldn t hurt anything if you did but the signals at the two outputs connected to dead inputs would be lost This scenario is depicted in the diagram above It s important for you to think about which inputs and which outputs from DSP A and DSP B are dead in the context of the routing configuration you ve chosen Nevertheless things usually work out more easily than this brief warning might cause you to believe gt For more information on this topic including examples see Programs Effecton Routing Decisions on page 71 36 Setting Input Levels As we re sure you know getting a high but not Ai 1980s Rack meter setup distorted signal at every point in a signal path is post fade Source inputs order 1 4 5 8 essential The Level Meters help us to achieve decay time
173. ll the placeholder assign 3 Now all of the and here example screens shown above would actually be modulated by the mod wheel Moreover the value in parentheses above Capture Hidi mod wheel range 100 0 dB low would change to mod wheel iensor absolute done The external menu page is stacked Press pode note an the jexternal SOFT KEY repeatedly to cycle ae Capture Hidi through menu pages for assign 1 assien 2 asin 7 _ _ _e _ Lae Cae external acter Eye ELE assign 8 wig 1 and trig 2 These menu pages behave just like those that were discussed in Extemal Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 98 except that there is no range parameter This makes sense because a single placeholder can be selected to externally control a multitude of parameters Scaling is done on the external modulation or trigger menu pages littered throughout the H8000FW that have as their mode the placeholder 109 So redirection allows you to configure your external modulation and trigger menu pages to suit the particulars of your studio rack setup Let s say you frequently use a foot pedal the pitch wheel the mod wheel and MIDI controller 10 pan to do external modulations and MIDI Note On and MIDI Start to do external triggers Instead of explicitly assigning all of these external controllers on external modulation and trigger menu pages in the programs tha
174. lt can then be saved under a new name For completeness a description of each routing option follows All the individual routing pages are accessed SURESMTTELCAUNTE DIN 1 2 Cunlocked DIN 374 Cunlocked gt from the main SETUP page Sample Rate 48000 ADAT Mord Clack disabled Connecting real word inputs to the H8000FW Different versions of the H8000FW support a wide range of possible inputs as described in the chart below Be aware that as described above when using either effects unit DSP the external inputs must be connected to the MAJIN Inputs block This limits the number of channels that can feed the effects units to eight the number of inputs to the MAIN Inputs block In many cases external inputs may be connected to external outputs without this limitation as described later Analog AES EBU ADAT FireWire 2 channels 8 channels 8 channels 4 channels 4 channels 8 channels 4 channels 12 channels 8 channels 16 channels CONFIGURING THE MAIN INPUTS The MAIN Inputs block is used as a binding post to select the inputs that are to be fed to DSP A or DSP B Each unit in the H8000FW series has a number of default inputs which only connect to the corresponding input of the MAIN Inputs block as shown below The other inputs may be connected to any channel of the MAIN Inputs block gt See Further input options to select SPDIF 1 amp 2 or Analog 1 amp 2 on the H8000 55
175. m the base channel it will accept messages on note mode The H8000FW allows selection of mono and poly mode Poly means one channel has all the notes keyboards Mono means each channel plays only one note but you have multiple channels MIDI guitars wind controllers pressure If this parameter is set to channel then the last changed MIDI aftertouch message on a given channel affects all the notes played on that channel If it s set to key then a MIDI aftertouch message on a given channel affects only the note with which it is associated pitch bend When using a MIDI keyboard to play a synthesizer program in the H8000FW this parameter controls how many semitones a maximum MIDI pitch bend message shifts the original pitch sysex speed The lower the value of this parameter the slower the H8000FW will transmit MIDI messages This can be useful if the device being sent to is unhappy with faster tates 97 midiclk outWill make the H8000FW output a MIDI clock signal that represents its internal tempo SETUP jtempo This is a high accuracy signal to which other equipment can synchronize That s it for MIDI globals If you press the midi SOFT KEY one more time you ll see parameters pertaining to the serial port s setup Se Setting Up the Serial Porton page 141 EXTERNAL MODULATION AND TRIGGER MENU PAGES Many aspects of the H8000FW s operation can be controlled by external signals These
176. m the first Analog A B All four analog inputs get sent to both DSPs The first four outputs of each DSP are summed before being sent to the analog and AES1 4 outputs Se a 2 Fa Q output block AES4 A B All four AES1 4 inputs get sent to both DSPs The first four outputs of each DSP are summed before being sent to the analog and AES1 4 outputs input block x O 2 A D gt a 8 31 8 Channel parallel routings ADAT A B All eight ADAT inputs go into DSP A and DSP B all eight outputs from both DSP A and DSP B are summed at the output block ADAT inputs input block output block 2 Y 35 dq 2 3 g o N lt A Q lt AES8 A B All AES11 18 inputs go into DSP A and DSP B all eight outputs from both DSP A and DSP B are summed at the output block AES11 18 inputs input block output block AES11 18 outputs 32 FIREWIRE A B All eight FIREWIRE1 inputs go into DSP A and DSP B all eight outputs from both DSP A and DSP B are summed at the output block input block TTT CERIC Oiee FireWire1 inputs output block FireWire1 outputs Complex FireWire Routings These are for use with workstation software on a PC or Mac Analog amp Fite Wite AB Four channels are sent from the workstation over FireWire1 1 4 and pass through DSP A then DSP B and are then sent out on FireWire1 1 4 The four analog inputs are sent over F
177. meter controlling this a Dinosaur Legs mise setup key hold 1 0 sec feature is found on the misc menu page in the extra sync no pedals CO eT ereg SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key a few times to find it A setting of hides all but the most relevant menu pages in the PARAMETER area Conversely a setting of 9 reveals all of the available menu pages in the PARAMETER area Settings between and 9 reveal a proportionate amount of menu pages in the PARAMETER area Leave expert mode at 9 if you like lots of parameters to tinker with at if you find lots of parameters annoying or somewhere in between if your tastes fall somewhere in between While most parameter types are self explanatory there are a few special types that deserve specific mention Tf the upper left hand corner of the screen reads A the currently displayed DSP is DSP A If the upper left hand corner of the screen reads B the currently displayed DSP is DSP B Both DSPs are always running but only the parameters for one of them can be displayed at a time 133 System Tempo Most programs that have frequency or time parameters e g LFOs reverb decays and delays will synchronize to the system tempo This greatly simplifies the task of customizing a program to a particular song Simply set the system tempo to tempo of the song you re working on and BAM Everything falls in place
178. mmends the use of professional quality cables made of RG 59 U coaxial cable Ordinary hi fi type leads will probably prove inadequate Eventide does not recommend the use of S PDIF at sample rates above 48kHz f S P DIF 1 2 INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS noo GG To enable the S P DIF digital input 1 2 set DIN 1 2 MAF e yea on the inputs menu page in the SETUP area to S P DIF This will disable AES1 2 Note that these connectors can be used as sync sources on the H8000 and H8000A but not on the H8000FW See Digital Setup on page 80 g S P DIF 3 4 INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS To enable the S P DIF digital input 3 4 set DIN 11 12 on the inputs menu page in the SETUP area to aU tae S P DIF This will disable AES11 12 The input circuitry for S P DIF 3 4 allows better performance than S P DIF 1 2 and will operate better at 96kHz or with long leads DIM 11 12 5 P DIF h FOOT PEDAL JACKS 1 AND 2 Stereo 1 4 connectors The sleeve is ground reference the ring is 5 volts source and the tip is an analog signal from 0 to 5 volts Connect either foot switches foot pedals or control voltage sources to these inputs to modulate parameters or to trigger events including remote program loads See Foot Pedals land 20n page 94 i RELAY JACK Two relays are connected to this stereo 1 4 connector They can be controlled from suitable programs allowing the H8000FW to drive real world equipment
179. move is scratched out when a factory program is highlighted on the list menu page 132 Parameters I can t tell you what a parameter is but Lil know it when I see it US Supreme Court The PARAMETER atea is special in that the menus change to reflect the options available in the currently running program on the currently displayed DSP i The number of menu pages and their content vary from program to program Consequently very little can be said about parameters generally But that s not much of a liability parameters are easy to understand as you encounter them For the sake of your sanity it s important to 3 refdiy 100 db r refdiy 100 dB remember that the parameters you are messing I echo fbk O r echo fbk Ox with in the PARAMETER area belong to the program running on the currently displayed DSP For example on the screen to the right you re messing with parameters for the program Tiled Room that is running on DSP B Continuing our example pressing the PROCESSOR A B key toggles the display to DSP G SES ETETAEM feedbackl 40 00 i directionl reverse levelli D 00db A Now you re messing with parameters for the delayl 200 ms panl 1 00 lengthi 600ms reverb ivi 0 0db program Dinosaur Legs that is running on CFAE crustal chorus reverb Al DSP A Many but not all of the programs in the H8000FW support an expert mode feature The expert mode para
180. mpling Pitch shifting up to 16 channels Compressor limiter up to 16 channels Equalization up to 128 bands parametric single input 16 bands at 8 channels Sampling with time compression up to 174 seconds mono Digital delay up to 87 seconds mono in addition to sampler Power 100 watts 100 125V 220 240V AC 50 60Hz Size Inches 3 5h x 19w x 12 5d Cm 8 9h x 48 3w x 31 7d Weight 12 pounds 5 5 Kg net 17 pounds 8Kg shipping weight All specifications are subject to change or improvement at any time without notice or obligation 195 Warranty Information WARRANTY INFORMATION MODEL LIMITED WARRANTY The above identified Eventide unit covered by this warranty is built to exacting quality standards and should give years of trouble free service If you are experiencing problems which are not cleared up in this manual your recourse is this warranty What the warranty does and does not cover Eventide Inc warrants the above identified unit to be free from defects in workmanship and material under normal operation and service for a period of one year from the date of purchase as detailed below At our discretion within the warranty period we may elect to repair or replace the defective unit This means that if the unit fails under normal operation because of such defect we will repair the defective unit at no charge for parts or labor We also assume a limited responsibility for shipping charges as detailed below
181. n If you change the mode to off on the remote control menu page delay will no longer be underlined and nothing will blink How sad 113 Remote Controlling Triggers As we mentioned before some soft kevs are A Simple Sampler y time scale 100 00 AII 42 41 kn i Pitch 0 cents State lt lt ready gt gt Own as riggers because pressing them causes 0 000 sec loopmode off 42 414 sec an action to happen as opposed to displaying a Pain P ee eT as CT menu page An example of this is shown in the program Simple Sampler lt record gt play and stop are all triggers To remote one of the triggers press and hold Ai Simple Sampler 88ers P node off ERTANI the soft key for about a second This will then Pange sores type absolute bring up the remote control screen described ate amp up Ea done above allowing you to choose how you want to control it The flashing underbar indicates that this key is remotely controlled If you change the mode to off on the remote control menu page the underline will of course go away To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 MIDI GROUPS The use of MIDI groups allows an alternative way to control the H8000FW from MIDI with the minimum of setting up A MIDI group is a numbered sequence of MIDI controllers for example 70 71 72 77 When the H8000FW has been told to respond to this group these controllers w
182. n control one H8000FW from another by matching their device IDs 96 Press the midi SOFT KEY again to reveal the second menu page MIDI This is just the same as the MIDI i Gaspodes Dly_2 WIDI enabled Pig E E E gt base channel 1 Pitch bend parameter found on the top menu page It s ea NESS sag oces engadi 40 d licat dh f i f t d note mode poly midicik out off piee Here toe VOE comfonan MEXEIM sxternal _dunp nexteroa p convenience base channel Selects one of 16 MIDI channels to be the base channel from which MIDI channel numbers will be calculated elsewhere in the H8000FW Changing the base channel value will change the MIDI channel numbers of all configured MIDI controllers in the H8000FW by the same amount For example in the screen on the right base A S610 Robot Voice mode foot con ie er channel 3 Cbaset channel is set to the default value of 1 and the controller responds to channel 3 being two oo TT Pa eee external e OTe OCT eT more than the base channel I base channel was changed to 5 the controller would then respond to channel 7 Base channel has no effect if omni is set to on omni mode If this is n then a MIDI message on any channel is accepted and dutifully obeyed by every MIDI message recipient in the H8000FW This keeps things simple in simple setups If this is off then every MIDI recipient in the H8000FW specifies which MIDI channel offset fro
183. n the PROGRAM area to roup brout Y lt lt lt Preset 4422 3B X over Hall 22 OG assign programs to any of ten user groups in tipi ae cee ap User Memory and another ten on the Memory update gt fF Card Maybe you want to group all the programs associated with a certain project for ease of access later on Maybe you want to keep track of programs you really like First use the KNOB on the top line to select the group you want to change Then to find a place to put it use the KNOB on User Group Setup the third line Prog Chng If you want to use la u this Usergroup as a MIDI Map this number is HIDI map none the MIDI Program change number otherwise think of it as a slot number To find an unused slot keep going until the Preset in the second line shows none or empty See Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message on page 126 Now go to the second line and use the wheel or a Seethy Tuo Reveriser Group Setup Group Group l the keypad to find the program that you want to pe i _5413 A Reverseletra 1149 add to the Usergroup Here we ve included the Hai ae ae program 4_ReverseTetra in Group This line shows the programs according to the Search and Sort options on the Criteria page The wheel or keypad can be used to move through them in the same way as on the list screen A tip
184. nal from 0 EIN ne Ti cates to 100 dB By pressing the DOWN CURSOR key to un gang the parameters cuts can be made on single inputs independently of the others To change the wet to dry ratio for each channel of DSP A find the appropriate menu i page in the dsp A menu page stack in the LEVELS area At 180 the signal coming out of an output is completely processed At the signal coming out of an output is identical to the signal applied to the corresponding input For example if you set A OUT2 Wet Dry to 0 the signal at DSP A output 2 will be the same as the signal at DSP A input 2 A setting between 0 and 100 mixes the processed and input signals as you would expect Pressing the DOWN CURSOR key un gane the parameters and allows you to control the Wet Dry ratio of any channel independently of the others Use of the word dry may cause some confusion Normally if you set an effects box to dry the output of the box is the same as its input However the Wet Dry control on the H8000FW is zot at the box level it s at the DSP level To understand the ramifications of this pretend we re sending a signal from the inputs block to DSP B The program loaded on DSP B is a dense reverb and the OUTx Wet Dry parameters for all eight outputs of DSP B are set to 180 the output is totally processed Now let s say you connect all eight outputs of DSP B to the inputs of DSP A That would mean that
185. nd will be sent out the MIDI Out port and the serial port None of the MIDI parameters on the midi menu page in the SETUP area has any bearing on dumps except for the device ID The device ID is used as part of the system exclusive messages in the dump While the dump is occurring a running display of the number of bytes sent is presented for those keeping score at home You can reload the dumped information into the H8000FW by presenting it at the MIDI In port or the serial port provided system exclusive is set to on and MIDI is set to enabled on the midi menu page in the SETUP area Let s look at the five types of dumps dump program This function dumps the currently running program on the DSP referred to by the upper left hand corner of the screen press the DSP A B Rey to toggle the display If received at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the H8000FW will load the received program into the currently displayed DSP press the DSP A B Rey to toggle the display dump setup This function dumps the state of the H8000FW covering all of the parameters covered in the SETUP area except for routings 142 dump files This function dumps all setups programs and routings stored in internal memory Nove The factory presets are not dumped by this function If received at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the H8000FW will erase all of your saved setups and saved programs and replace them with the re
186. nder the Start button at the bottom left of your screen or from a shortcut on your desktop It s called Eventide Dice Eventide Dice Global Settings Sample rate 96kHz Locked Buffer Size Sync Source Internal G Master H8000FW Unique Id 0015F4040040D431 PAL version 3 2 0 1556 Driver version 3 2 0 build 1556 Device type Eventide H8000FW Device nickname H8000FW New nickname enter new nickname and click Change Change Status Locked Measured Sampling Rate 96000 Hz Receiver Status Locked Locked The Control Panel has two areas Global Settings and Device Settings The Global Settings area has three pages which can be selected by the tabs at the center right These are Bus Advanced and DPC These will be discussed below If you have multiple H8000FW units connected to your computer the Global Settings apply to all of them The Device Settings apply to the se ected unit see below with the exception that Sample Rate and Sync Source settings only apply to the Master unit see below Device Settings Device Type This will always be Eventide H8000FW 170 Device nickname Eventide Dice This allows you to enter an amusing nickname Locked for your H8000FW These will only be Sample rate 48kHz a lt a lt Sync Source Internal Master meaningful if you have more than one H8000FW connected at this time you can click on the nickname of each unit
187. nel and control number a feature exists that captures the first MIDI message sent to the H8000FW and uses it as the external controller This works on both external modulation and external trigger menu pages On the upper right hand side of the screen you i Interface Hodule knob setup will find a function called Capture Midi mode CAPTURE channel omni range 200 00 Highlighting this parameter and pressing the sic i ee SELECT key puts the H8000FW in Capture Beet mode The mode parameter reads CAPTURE The next type of MIDI message received by the H8000FW will be used for the mode parameter and the MIDI channel that it is received on will be used for the channel parameter Of course if you are in omni mode the channel parameter will remain omni regardless of what channel the message is received on To exit Capture mode without capturing just press the SELECT key again 3 Ai interface Hodule knob setup For example if on the screen above set to node pitch uheel CEFIRE IT channel omni range 200 00 Capture mode we send a pitch bend message tape cuni palace 50 0 knob 100 00 the screen to the right results The mode is set W donex to pitch wheel At this point we have discussed all of the parameters that are relevant to se ecting an external controller for modulation and triggering If the external controller you would like 105 to use doesn t involve MIDI simply select it wi
188. ng whatever the name of this card is Remove a Memory Card by pressing the Memory Card Release but don t remove a Memory Card when the BUSY LED is lit A program that was loaded from a Memory Card continues to run even if the Memory Card is subsequently removed The Memory Card only needs to be in place during PROGRAM and Routing Storage area functions such update as loading Save remove etc The BUSY LED is used to indicate that a Memory Card is being written to However if there is no Memory Card in place the BUSY LED indicates data at the MIDI In port or the serial port You may want to use this latter feature during a session that requires periodic use of a Memory Card Simply insert the Memory Card when you need to load something from it or save something to it Remove it when you are done loading or saving and the BUSY LED will be available for data indication When a Memory Card is inserted the H8000FW may report that the card is not formatted and offer to format it If the Memory Card has already been formatted and the format question is presented then there is a problem Try removing and re inserting the card Try blowing on the business end of the card like an old Atari 2600 game no spittle Formatting will erase all programs and banks on the card gt To manually format a Memory Card see Fixing PCMCIA SRAM Memory Card Problems on page 150 Note Like fine china Memory Cards are fra
189. ng and Muting Sometimes you ll find it necessary to bypass the H8000FW using the BYPASS key A number of bypassing options exist in the Al _Gaspodes Bly mm bupass A E A L LEVELS area There are two levels of bypass O bypass B machine dsp bypass O system H bupass system and machine System refers to the H8000FW as a whole whereas machine refers to each DSP System Bypass The three options that exist for system bypass are rly bypass Uses relays to hardwire each input to its corresponding output i e analog input 1 is connected to analog output 1 digital input 3 is connected to digital output 3 etc This may well NOT be the same as the current routed configuration For example if Analog in 1 is routed to Digital out 3 this will differ from the connection when bypassed Be aware of the following e When the H8000FW is powered down it is in rly bypass state e Because relay bypass directly connects the unit following the H8000FW to that preceding it the resulting impedance changes can cause a click or change in output level e Because the 1 4 analog inputs have no corresponding 1 4 analog outputs rly bypass effectively mutes those analog inputs that are mated with 1 4 plugs ADAT AES11 17 and FIREWIRE are not bypassed in this state 92 dsp bypass Makes each output of each DSP the same as its corresponding input For example DSP A s output 2 will be the same as DSP A s input 2 DSP B s outpu
190. nly view the parameters for one DSP at a time Use the PROCESSOR A B key to toggle the display between the two DSPs Both DSPs can be combined to run a single monolithic program see below eEach DSP runs programs that are stored in the system Programs are the algorithms that manipulate your audio With the exception of large sampler programs and some long delay programs any program can be run on ether DSP Like two separate effects boxes the parameters for the program running on DSP A are totally independent of the parameters for the program running on DSP B Like two separate effects boxes you can connect the outputs of one DSP to the inputs of the other or use them completely independently eSome processing intensive programs are designed to run on the resources of both DSPs These monolithic programs use the input output routing of DSP A While a monolithic program is running all parameters for DSP B disappear eDSP A and DSP B each have eight virtual inputs and outputs which can be patched to the eight main inputs each other or any of their outputs See the inserted routing guide for complete routing details Neverlose sight of the above facts They are the foundation upon which we will build our understanding Knobs Keys and Jacks If this is your first time learning the H8000FW don t be put off by some of the rather in depth descriptions that will follow they exist for your fu
191. nnect to them from the outside world Each block shown above has inputs on its left side and outputs on its right The MAIN Inputs block is where all the external analog and digital inputs are connected gt See Configuring the Main Inputs Each DSP may be fed from any output from either DSP or from the MAIN Inputs block In the interest of avoiding annoying feedback you will not normally connect a DSP input to one of its own outputs but if you really want to you can See Configuring the DSP input sources 51 The MAIN Outputs block may be fed from any of the outputs of either DSP or from the MAIN Inputs block Each channel has two inputs signals connected to then will be added together mixed Be aware that if two peak level signals are added in this way it can overload the outputs See Configuring the MAIN Outputs The first four channels of MAIN Outputs feeds four analog outputs as shown Similarly the second four channels feed four AES EBU outputs The MAIN Outputs block may also feed other outputs to be discussed later See Connecting to the H8000FW s outputs The example above shows DSP A being fed from the MAIN Inputs block and its outputs feeding MAIN Outputs DSP Bis shown as not used 52 This example shows DSP A and DSP B running in parallel both being fed from Main in and their outputs being mixed at Main out O wrogrt Pw O wWwogqrt Pw Ji VEE kk
192. ns Memory Cards All functions that work on internal user memory also work on Memory Cards The H8000FW supports three types of Memory Card 1 PCMCIA type 1 ATA 2 PCMCIA type 1 static RAM up to 4 194 304 bytes 4 megabytes 3 Compact Flash using a suitable adaptor The H8000FW does not support PCMCIA Linear Flash SmartMedia XM or other cards not listed above Of the above the most easily obtainable and cheapest is the Compact Flash card which is used extensively in digital cameras These can also be read by PCs and some Macs with the use of a low cost USB adaptor This allows saved programs to be backed up or organized on the computer A PCMCIA static RAM Memory Card will not maintain memory if the battery dies or if the battery is removed To change the battery without losing information change it while it s plugged into a powered up H8000FW A conservative estimate puts the lifetime of a battery at a year Like gambling on the stock market bet only what you can afford to lose Some static RAM cards use a rechargeable battery these must be left in the card slot of a powered up H8000FW every now and then in order to maintain their charge Insert a Memory Card by pushing it into its slot until it locks into place The Memory Card Release will lengthen and with a PCMCIA SRAM card the display will briefly read 49 Checking Memory Card or Checking GTR Library or generally Checki
193. nstable or something is dreadfully wrong with the signals The sampling rate at the digital outputs will be the same as the sampling rate of the external clock which is the system sampling rate in external A D and D A conversion will be done at this rate 88 Understanding the System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator When Using the External Clock The System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator is the box of five LEDs immediately to the left of the display The top four LEDs indicate the status of the system sampling rate Solidly lit When one of the top four LEDs is solidly lit the system sampling rate is exact 0 05 the LED corresponding to the system sampling rate will illuminate Blinking When one of the top four LEDs is blinking the system sampling rate is between one of the fixed rates he LED corresponding to the nearest sampling rate will blink Use the Sample Rate field on the clock Source AES EBU 1 2 IRM Gram menu page in the SETUP area to see the actual Sanne Rate ARtety DINAT p z unlocked ADAT slipping 8 unlocked f clock JETE E E E sampling rate e g 48001Hz in the example to the right The bottom LED EXT has two possible states Solidly lit When the bottom LED is solidly lit all of the routed digital inputs are locked and all is right with the world Blinking regularly When the bottom LED is blinking regularly at least one and
194. nternal 37 When changing a device s nickname it would sometimes not be 10 4 11 10 5 2 updated in the Ul Test scripts have been added to the dice command line binary 10 4 11 10 5 2 folder to run automated streaming tests on OS X Coma eThe Release Notes show information about the current release this is often rather technical Click Continue to proceed e The next installation screen below prompts you for the destination drive for the H8000FW drivers Standard Install on Macintosh HD Introduction Destination Sel Installatio Click Install to perform a standard installation of this software on the volume Macintosh HD Installation Change Install Location 4 Note that if your Macintosh has more than one hard drive the H8000FW drivers must be installed to your boot drive 178 eClick Install to proceed eNext a window displays to inform you that a restart is required after the installation process is concluded Installing this software requires you to restart your computer when the installation is done Are you sure you want to install the software now Cancel Gentine saon Click Continue Installation The installation process now begins A status bar displays the progress of the installation After the install completes a prompt displays to restart your computer next page e200 install Eventide Dice
195. o be helpful in various ways 1 Our dealers will assist usually without charge during the warranty period in a determining whether there is a problem requiring return to the factory and b alleviating user error or interconnection problems that may be preventing the unit from operating to its full capability 2 We are available for telephone consultation if the dealer is unable to assist 3 Ifa part is found to be defective during the warranty period and you wish to replace it yourself we will normally ship the part immediately at no charge provided your warranty registration form is on file We reserve the right to request that the defective part be returned to us Shipping within the 50 United States You are responsible for getting the unit to our door at no cost to us We cannot accept collect or COD shipments We will return the unit to you prepaid at our expense using an expeditious shipping method normally United Parcel Service In areas not served by UPS we will ship by US Mail If you are in a hurry and want us to use a premium shipping method such as air express next day air etc be sure you tell us and agree to pay shipping charges collect If you specify a method that does not permit collect or COD charges remit sufficient funds to prepay shipping Shipping outside the 50 United States If you purchased the unit from a dealer in your country consult with the dealer before returning the unit If you wish to retu
196. of your system The first of these is sample rate which is the rate at which the audio is converted from the analog world to discrete digital values or the other way around This is usually expressed in kHz or samples per second The sample rate is normally defined by the computer operating system or by the workstation application and can be set from a menu or dialog box See the manual for yout application to find out how to change the sample rate You should not change the sample rate directly from the H8000FW when it is connected to the computer as this can cause problems for some applications change it on the computer and the computer will automatically change the H8000FW setting where necessary Higher sample rates give better audio performance but use more disk space for recording and place heavier demands upon the computer The buffer size setting determines the a ency of the system Latency in this context is a measure of the delay introduced by sending audio to and from a computer and an external device such as the H8000FW To help explain this an analogy may be helpful Picture a large pile of coal representing the digital information stored in the computer Each piece is one digital value The job here is to fill buckets the buffers with coal from the pile and pass them to a colleague who then empties them into a chute leading to the outside world The chute must be kept partially full but not allowed to overflow The chut
197. ograms you ve tweaked for future use HOOKING UP AND INTERNAL ROUTING Before we concentrate on what happens inside the H8000FW we ought to get it hooked up to the rest of your rack See The Back Panel on page 9 for information on the jack typesand their specifications Hook up the analog inputs to suitable output or the outputs of a preamplifier The gt i 1980s Rack Pre D Gain sources such as an analog mixer s effect sends analog 1 20 5 dB analog 2 20 5 dE connections may be made with either balanced XLR connectors or unbalanced 1 4 connectors You can plug a guitar into the 1 4 jacks but you will need to turn up the input gain This happens at the bottom inputs menu page in the LEVELS area See Setting Input Levels on page 37 e Hook up the balanced analog outputs to suitable input recipients such as an analog mixer or an amplifier e Hook up the AES EBU S P DIF and or ADAT digital inputs to suitable output sources such as a computer interface or a keyboard with digital outputs e Hook up the digital outputs to suitable input recipients such as a computer interface ot a sampler You can specify whether the S P DIF and in er tue a ae AES EBU 1 2 output signal uses the consumer or professional protocol at the il _format EC Te ELE G second format menu page in the SETUP area To select the consumer protocol set DOUT 1 2 to S P DIF To s
198. om the H8000FW Most of the information in this manual also applies to H8000 and H8000A when running software version 5 2 or later The first and second chapters of this manual are the most important ones The first is the Overview and Quickstart section In it you will find essential information regarding the front panel the back panel and the general structure of the H8000FW After these preliminaries are out of the way you ll start using the H8000FW and learning the basic methodologies that you will employ whenever you use the H8000FW The Overview and Quickstart section is not meant to be complete It s meant to get you up and running fast circumventing thornier issues in favor of speed If you would like to know more about a particular topic discussed in this chapter look to the abundant references contained therein They ll point you to chunkier discussions in the remainder of the manual Ideally we would have you read through the Overview and Quickstart section with the H8000FW in front of you following the examples After you finish the Quickstart section we d have you play with the H8000FW for a while Once the initial new box euphoria wears off a bit we d have you sit down and read the Operation section A true appreciation and mastery of the H8000FW cannot be obtained without reading the manual We d have you consult the appendices only when you need specific technical information Finally when you need to find
199. ond digit refers to the number of active live outputs to the program The way these digits correspond to actual inputs and outputs is as you would expect ax the program has no inputs It could be an oscillator or sound effects generator 1x input 1 is live inputs 2 3 8 are dead 2x inputs 1 and 2 are live inputs 3 4 8 are dead and so on x the program has no outputs Perhaps it s a spectrum analyzer x1 output 1 is live outputs 2 3 8 dead x2 outputs 1 and 2 are live outputs 3 4 8 are dead and so on 71 If the I O Identifier is not visible this means either that the program has no inputs or outputs unlikely except for a small number of information only presets or that the program file does not contain I O Identifier information this will usually only apply to presets obtained from a DSP4000 or other earlier system Be mindful of the I O Identifiers when you select your programs and routing configurations You won t want to make connections to dead inputs or outputs unless you plan not to use those dead inputs or outputs You may find yourself frequently ignoring dead inputs or outputs especially if you load guad or octal routing configurations but only process stereo signals As long as you don t fool yourself into thinking the dead inputs or outputs are passing audio everything is OK Let s look at a few examples of routing configurations that re y on connections to dead inputs and
200. ons in the Routing Storage area See Ganged Parameters on page 20 for more about gangs The top menu page shown above for the E Bakari Garden hve Wor Gaia H8000FW makes cuts of OdB to 100dB in the digital domain Any cuts made to the analog input on the top page are after digital conversion The bottom menu page shown to the right for the H8000 makes analog boosts cuts of 30dB 90dB in the analog domain before conversion Except in rate instances it is usually preferable to optimize the analog input signal level on the bottom menu page that is 7 the analog domain 75 To monitor the input levels go to the meter E Backuard Garden meter setup menu page in the LEVELS area Change Source Aerian ina 3 8 S decay time 0 30 sec to inputs Select post fade if you would like peak held cee meter OT TEs to monitor levels after the aforementioned cuts Select pre fade if you would like to monitor levels before the aforementioned cuts It is possible to overdrive an input to the H8000FW decrease that overdriven level at the inputs page and show no clipping on the Level Meters when viewing post fade To avoid such a situation it is advisable that you boost cut the signals coming into the H8000FW at their source Doing so also results in a better gain structure The moral Use the boost cut on the jinputs page only as a last resort gt Note All of the paramet
201. ooting you can use the BUSY LED asa MIDI chaser With the Memory Card removed any MIDI signals sent to the MIDI In port cause the BUSY LED to flash If you re trying to send MIDI Program Change messages to the H8000FW but the BUSY LED isn t flashing when you do and the Memory Card isremoved you know something is wrong with the connections outside the H8000FW 128 Triggering the Next or Previous Program to Load Saving a The H8000FW can also advance to the next mode tip 2 Se program displayed on the list menu page in the PROGRAM area relative to the one that is 100 0 E midi Te ext Prog currently loaded or return to the previous program relative to the one that is currently loaded upon receipt of a trigger signal This will act upon the currently displayed DSP or both DSPs in the case of a monolithic program This feature is mainly useful for live performances where it is desired to move quickly from one known effect to another in sequence On the nextprog menu page in the SETUP area you ll find an external trigger menu page The top menu page selects a trigger to load the next program and the bottom menu page selects a trigger to load the previous program press the nextprog SOFT KEY to toggle between the two See Extemal Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 98 The best way to use this feature is to load the programs through which you d like
202. ormally used for ADAT It may optionally be used to supply one pair of AES 11 18 as an optical S P DIF output In this case all the ADAT outputs are unavailable ADAT connector unavailable The selected AES output pair is still available Analog out PDE sa TKI OM S t T T SP DIF opto 65 Ai d0 Heii Banks Iieur OWE Oetions DIN 1 2 AES 1 2 DIN 11712 AESI1 12 OFTO in ADAT OPTO out ADAT OPTO out is set to ADAT so optical S P DIF out cannot be used OFTO in ADAT OPTO out AESI3 14 OPTO out is set to AES13 14 so it is driven in parallel with AES13 14 ADAT out cannot be used Ai d0 Hetil Barks ADAT Outruts Cdisabled ENI ee sat re a a TT eae LLIB SI a E E Signal Flow Example Now that you re familiar with the actual menu pages employed in signal routing let s run through a realistic but fairly involved signal routing Four main steps are required for routing any configuration Select sources for the Main in input block at SETUP Select sources for DSP A s inputs at SETUP Select sources for DSP B s inputs at SETUP Select sources for the Main out output block at SETUP inputs dsp A dsp B outputs Recall that the analog and AES EBU outputs are always fed from here Optionally Select sources for the ADAT outputs at SETUP For the H8000FW
203. ot be used with an internal clock unless the external unit is synchronized to the H8000FW s digital outputs Se he Status of The Digital Inputs When Using the Intemal Clock on page 84 Selecting the Internal Clock s Rate To select the internal clock set the Source parameter on the clock menu page in the SETUP area to Int 44 1 kHz Int 48 0 kHz Int 88 2 kHz or Int 96 0 kHz 44 1 kHz The rate of standard compact disks The 44 1kHz sample rate indicator is illuminated The highest reproducible audio frequency is 20kHz 48 kHz The professional or broadcast rate The highest reproducible audio frequency is 22kHz 88 2 kHz Twice the rate of standard compact disks This raises the highest possible reproducible audio frequency to 40 kHz The cost of these 20k overtones is a reduction in the size of the programs the H8000FW can run Some programs will be unloadable when 88 2 KHz is selected Similarly if one of these programs is loaded you will not be able to select 88 2 KHz 96 kHz The current professional rate commonly used in DVD production This raises the highest possible reproducible audio frequency to around 44kHz Some programs will be unloadable when 96 kHz is selected The actual value of the system sampling rate can Source Int 96 0 kHa E ee a i DIN 374 unlocked be read in the field that reads Sample Rate Sample Rate 96000 DIN 576 unlocked ADAT Cunlocked DIN 7 8
204. ou that something has changed and you might want to save If you do want to overwnte the orginal version of a saved program use the lt update gt SOFT KEY disc ussed below 129 The program you ate saving is the one running p Mekat Voice O03 lt empty gt Space 9281 5k on the currently displayed DSP If you would like premor Needed 3 5k O rename to save the program running on the DSP not currently displayed press the DSP A B key before pressing lt save gt Pressing the save SOFT KEY results in the screen shown on the right The first line allows you to select which slot the program will be saved in If you select an occupied slot the H8000FW will ask if you want to overwrite that program when you place the CURSOR over Save and press SELECT If you select yes the overwritten program is gone The second line allows you to save to Internal memory or Card memory Placing the CURSOR over rename and pressing SELECT allows you to rename the program as described on page 20 Place the cursor over the save line and press the SELECT key to go ahead with the save If you chicken out simply leave this menu page without SELECTing save On the right hand side of the screen you can see both how large the current program is and how much space is available at the location selected by where Once you have saved the program it will appear a a Presets FER on the list menu page with a U for U
205. p Storage area where usergroup files may be renamed or deleted See Using User Groups to Organize Useful Programs on page 45 See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 to change the one second hold time required to enter the above areas I PARAMETER PATCH EDIT Press this key briefly to access parameters for the programs that are running The parameters shown are for the program running on the DSP referred to in the left hand corner of the display A B or nothing at all for monolithic programs To see the parameters for the program running on the other DSP press the PROCESSOR A B key Press and hold the PARAMETER key for one second to access the Patch Editor The patch shown is for the program running on the DSP referred to in the left hand corner of the display A B or nothing See the separate Programmers Manual for Patch Editor information See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 to change the one second hold time J SELECT Press this key briefly to select something highlighted by the cursor or to load a program on the PROGRAM screen Press and hold this key for one second to set up a remote control for whatever parameter is highlighted on the display See Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 to change the one second hold time K CURSOR KEYS Press these keys to move the cursor on the display The RIGHT CURSOR key moves the cur
206. pitch wheel MIDI pitch bend message breath con MIDI control message 2 typically assigned to the breath controller on a MIDI keyboard foot con MIDI control message 4 typically assigned to the foot controller on a MIDI keyboard Portamento MIDI control message 5 typically assigned to portamento volume MIDI control message 7 typically assigned to volume changes balance MIDI control message 8 typically assigned to balance pan MIDI control message 10 typically assigned to panning expression MIDI control message 11 typically assigned to the expression controller on a MIDI keyboard general 1 2 3 and 4 MIDI control messages 16 17 18 and 19 MIDI double Allows selection of any Ai Interface Hodule knob setup ee MIDI control number with very fine mode HIDI double Capture Midi i channel omni range 200 00 quantization Input range is 0 to 16383 A third feom 28 KERT Ct i a i 100 00 parameter appears con which selects the i donet t controller number to be used Your choices for con are 0 to 31 The MIDI control number con will pass the coarse value for the modulation and the MIDI control number con 32 will pass the fine value for the modulation 101 MIDI single Allows selection of any Interface Module knob setup ___ mode HIDE single Capture Hidi MIDI control number with coarse quantization FiFATAIEIPLen range 200 00 com r O O E Input range is 0 to 127 A
207. r Part Number Notes NEC D72873GC NEC a D72874GC May fail if too many channels or other FireWire traffic NEC uPD72874 VIA VT6306 Will work but with reduced performance If you suspect that the FireWire card may be causing problems consider replacing it they are cheap and widely available Symptoms may include erratic behavior or problems when using a lot of channels or when using other devices on the same FireWire bus 3 If you are using WDM drivers low cost applications on Windows make sure that the sample clock rate of the H8000FW is the same value as that of your project This will usually be one of the internal values 4 Perform the DPC Latency Test described on page 174 and change the Operation Mode if recommended 5 If possible disconnect all network cables from your computer Otherwise try to prevent any network activity during important playback 6 These drivers allow 64 bit operation on either Windows XP or Vista but this is not commonly used and is not supported by Eventide 176 Installing Drivers on Your Macintosh This section describes how to install the software drivers required to operate the H8000FW Multi Channel Effects System with your Macintosh Noze that the HW8000FW is compatible only with OSX 10 4 Tiger or later The driver is contained in a file called Eventide dmg This may be either on a CD or downloaded from the Eventide Web Site The latest drivers
208. r things to remote control the H8000FW In addition the H8000FW may respond to standard MIDI messages and may output standard MIDI messages The H8000FW has three MIDI ports IN the H8000FW accepts and processes MIDI messages received at the MIDI In port The connector is 7 pin and can also send MIDI messages to a suitably equipped system A normal 3 pin MIDI cable can be used as a standard MIDI input OUT the H8000FW sends MIDI messages to other devices via the Out port MIDI messages are also sent out the serial port if they are enabled THRU Any MIDI information received at the MIDI In port is echoed directly to the MIDI Thru port regardless of the H8000FW s configuration as long as the H8000FW is powered up With the Memory Card removed the BUSY LED on the front panel illuminates whenever a MIDI message is received at the MIDI In port Note If the serial port is enabled and MIDI is enabled a command received over either the serial port or the MIDI In port causes the port not receiving the command to be ignored until the command is complete See MIDI Setup on page 95 1 EVE NET RJ45 jack for use with Eve Net remote controllers See the Eventide Web Site http www eventide com for more information on Eve Net Do not connect this jack to an Ethernet network or electrical damage may result 12 m SERIAL PORT An IBM PC type RS232 connector that looks like a modem or printer to a connected computer
209. r tunis al eNO ONE 106 The Concept Behind Redirection External Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 Cm Qoccccsssssssssssssesssssessescsssssessssssseesssessesesssseesssssneseessaeseesssees 108 Remote Controlling the Bypass Te HMELIOUS iss oxen sesso car tvs tnousvng Yap igitess Sips uo enio Skoda buy Casini ke Receasapnen te aeregueone i 112 Remote Controlling Parameters Remote COORG LICE in ea a e E SE E A heme Ea tenn E OENE MIDI Groups Gonnieurine the MIDI Group S sitia e E AEE EOE A A A AEE ATEENA E EARE PROGRAM LOAD SAVE DELETE ETC COpeCOPI RING POSTAMESTER O EARE E E VOE EE dn vende T TRN EA E A Tatas Categorized by Effects Type Categorized by Intended Source Categorized by Similar Programs Banks 119 Categorized by You User Groups 120 Categorized by Recent Use 121 Searching Jorand I pading Propra seni aain RE A A EA NEE AA cout tates A a S 122 Bogdino TOON AUIS e tikes ab A I O AA A A A A E IEAA E sees A A 125 Eoadino a Progtdia Remotely ririo aona a E TA E EOT O E EE A EAR A T A RR 125 Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message ssssssssesesseserssrsrirsisrisirsersersersrrsresrrssresrssesseessrssresees 126 Triggering the Next or Previous Program to Tad ssc ies vars Watts Hana aa A aa Madani Savine a EPO RIAU semeai aa tua E en tude dane tap dais Uh ed a Wh Mudvad ea a aTa aaie MODY ULE Propran Sariana a aa The Size of a Program and Its Ramifications for Storage Updating a Prora esiisa E RE cls Mensch AE E A AS as E a E N R
210. rate difference is the results may be inaudible slight clicks will be masked by the signal but will be avoided by all those interested in audio quality Since it is unlikely that pure chance will allow any two or more external signals to have exactly the same sample rate it is necessary to synchronize lock them meaning that the external signals derive their sample rate from some common reference This may be either a signal from the H8000FW itself or an external signal feeding the H8000FW It is good 82 studio practice to establish a central high quality clock source to which all the digital audio equipment is synchronized usually by Word Clock The H8000FW family s digital inputs AES1 4 and AES5 8 on the H8000 incorporate optional sample rate conversion where new digital values are made up to fill in the gaps caused by a difference in sample rates Using the Internal Clock We L When you use the internal clock the system al EadBadThing Iie Hates sampling rate will be that of the internal clock ee ee ocen Sample Rate 96000 DIN 3 6 unlocked Unless sample rate conversion is on bottom ADAT lt cunlocked DIN 7 8 unlocked page under clockj in the SETUP area sipping will occur on any digital inputs unless they are externally locked to one of the H8000 s digital outputs The ADAT and AES11 18 and FireWire on the H8000FW inputs have no sample rate conversion and thus cann
211. re modified by 4 Sample the screen you ll see a double headed arrow to and Hold circuits Decrease Glide for insanity increase for flange Quad the left of the text in quad out Turning the KNOB scrolls the text so you can read the rest 136 Graphics and Curves Several programs use an interface reminiscent Of EEE eee ee ORT an analog graphic equalizer Two parameters are pee HN A Hast oil l im used an x value and a y value The x value is the EENEN horizontal position of the currently selected graphical point and the y value is the vertical position of the currently selected graphical point In our example to the right the x value is 12500 Hz and the y value is 12 6 dB With the cursor in the y field as shown above the LEFT and RIGHT CURSOR keys change the x value while the KNOB and NUMERIC KEYPAD change the y value With the cursor in the x field the LEFT and RIGHT CURSOR keys the KNOB and the NUMERIC KEYPAD all change the x value Use the UP and DOWN CURSOR keys to move between the graphic interface and other parameters on the screen For example pressing the LEFT CURSOR key Channeli n 0 several times on the above screen would change the x value and result in the screen to the right Spinning the KNOB on the above screen would CEOE E Fg r change the y value and result in the screen to the right Pressing the DOWN CURSOR key on the screen above would move the cursor from the graphic
212. re the old OK to update 2690 Robot Voice program name is present in the correct slot FIRA M Robot Vance 269 in User Memory in this case Since that s where the same program is with the o d name yov re going to overwrite it Place the CURSOR over save and press SELECT The H8000FW asks if what you re about to do is ok select Yes Now the program has the new name new Save Preset s 269 new Voice Voice Mhere Internal i rename save as TAC e mC oe a Program Because there is a finite amount of storage space in the H8000FW or on a given Memory Card you may want to delete some of your stored programs to free up room from time to time To delete a program go to the PROGRAM area and place the cursor over the program you would like to delete The program you wish to delete does not need to be loaded on either DSP On the screen to the right if you were to press Presets 1184 ys Robot Voice UPSSAP 0 the remove SOFT KEY you would be 10 Orville Banks g2 deleting the program Robot Voice It doesn t matter that it s not currently loaded Actually pressing the remove SOFT KEY f OK to remove 30 Robot Voice would result in the screen to the right To remove or not to remove Factory presets are distinguished from your saved presets by the lack of a U at the right hand side of the screen You can t delete any of the factory presets Thats why re
213. ress the PROCESSOR A B key In post fade mode the meters reflect level cuts made on the dsp A or dsp B menu page in the LEVELS area In pre fade mode the meters do sof reflect these cuts outputs measure the level at the AES EBU outputs H8000 or at the analog and AES EBU outputs H8000A H8000FW The S P DIF output level is equivalent to AES EBU 1 2 and in the H8000 the analog output level is 7 8 The ADAT output levels depend on which outputs were assigned to which ADAT outputs The levels reflect cuts made on the joutputs menu page in the LEVELS area there is no post fade pre fade distinction when monitoring the outputs The order parameter determines the order of Source i post fade signals Usually you will leave this at 1 4 5 8 order 1 4 5 8 ecay time 0 30 sec Your other option is to flip the first and last peak hold 1 0 sec ME eter ELER four inputs outputs on the meters 5 8 1 4 This is mostly useful for viewing an 8 channel signal on an Eve Net remote with 4 channel metering 74 The parameter decay time determines how long the meters take to go from full deflection to zero measuring an impulse The parameter peak hold determines how long the meters hold their highest reading The Level Meters are useful for two reasons First you can use them to verify that your internal gain structure is in good shape You generally want to keep levels near b
214. riction This setting determines which if any applications may change the Sample Rate Some WDM applications react badly to sample rate changes but equally it may be useful to allow them to set the sample rate to match the loaded project ASIO applications are usually more understanding Operation Mode This allows you to select between Normal and various Safe modes These modes allow you to trade latency for more reliable performance ranging from Normal to Safe Mode 3 Normal will give the lowest added latency while Safe Mode 3 will increase latency but be less prone to dropouts when the computer is overloaded This is described in places as the WDM Operation Mode but applies to all drivers See DPC below for further information In Out Speaker Configuration These allow you to set various WDM Channel map options See below 172 Set WDM Channel Maps WDM applications are often mainly i x Map Speaker Out Channels inclined to think in terms of sound Device Channels drag Speaker positions to Device positions cards and have trouble interfacing to a Input true multi channel system such as the M Output H8000FW Out Speaker Configuration As a result the H8000FW offers some 5 1 r e options to produce Channel Maps which disguise the H8000FW as the sort of configuration that the WDM application may be expecting Speaker Here we have an example of the H8000FW masquerading as a set of Surround Sound speakers
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216. rnal setup by holding down the SETUP key during startup gt See Start Up Options on page 154 If the system detects that a new version of software has been installed it will ask you if you wish to perform a Clear setup you should almost always answer yes as the old setup may not be compatible with the new software 152 Software Version and Accessories The H8000FW has expansion and upgrade fA Ring Hodul ator Nanas eee fix internal capabilities Information menu pages allow O format internal O clear setup fix card you to keep track of what options are inside an m format card E ei di ext mod _con f display H8000FW without having to open the box To access the information menu pages go to the service menu page in the SETUP area Highlight information and press the SELECT _ Name System ROM Revision 2 409 key to get a screen that looks something like ime Hon Jan 25 12 49 11 1999 ize 524288 Check EA00 the screen to the right next gt more gt exit gt The more SOFT KEY reveals additional P p ie name System RON information pertaining to the current page The Contains the code ae that operates the system less SOFT KEY returns from the additional next gt exit gt information The next gt SOFT KEY advances to the next Name memory card menu page lt last returns to the previous No card present menu page and lt exit gt returns to the service
217. ront panel s screen e Next press Program e Now from the H8000FW s keypad enter 12 then ENT eFinally press the Select control button These actions enable throughput on DSP channel A of the H8000FW 168 To enable throughput on DSP channel B repeat the steps outlined above except when selecting the channel using the Processor A B control button select B instead of A Otherwise all other procedures are identical You must also configure throughput from the H8000FW s Routing screen To access the Routing screen ePress the Program control button until it flashes the Routing screen now displays eFrom the H8000FW s keypad enter 14 then ENT eFinally press the Select control button The HW8000FW is now configured to playback audio from your PC To test if your connection works go ahead and play an audio file from your PC For instance go to My Music gt Sample Music and play either of the short audio clips there After you have selected an audio clip the LED indicators on the left side of the H8000FW s front panel will light indicating it s receiving the signal Of course if speakers are connected to the H8000FW you ll hear the output too 169 The Windows Control Panel The H8000FW has a computer Control Panel that is installed by the driver which allows remote control of sample sources and some fine tuning This may be launched from some applications or from the Eventide Inc section of All Programs u
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219. rs to it so that they all run at the same sample rate This is made more difficult by the fact that some devices sound cards especially cannot accept synchronization and must be made the clock master obliging the other devices to be synchronized to them All audio devices used together in a system MUST be synchronized to run at the same sample rate Synchronization is typically achieved by either hardware or software measures e Hardware synchronization is achieved by connecting AES S P DIF or Wordclock cables from the outputs of the clock master to a corresponding input of the other devices and configuring these devices to use this signal as a sync soutce eSoftware synchronization employs the use of sample rate conversion which uses a lot of computer power to make disparate devices compatible with the master sample rate It is available on Macs when creating Ageregate Devices or on some Windows applications using WDM drivers Again see your computer manuals for more details on these The FireWire link contains a sample clock to which the H8000FW can be synchronized if all other approaches fail but this is not recommended except as a last resort as the quality of this clock is not high and it can increase jitter or other bad things Note that on Macs this is not always available So to sum up eOne audio hardware device must be configured as the clock master e Any other audio devices in the system must be synchronized to the cloc
220. rsion is 24 bit e Only eight external inputs can be connected to DSP A and B e Whatever signal is sent to AES EBU output 1 2 is also sent to S P DIF output 1 2 e Whatever signal is sent to AES EBU output 11 12 is also sent to S P DIF output 3 4 e The H8000FW assumes that signals at the digital inputs are 24 bit No harm occurs if the input is in fact less than 24 bit subsequent processing will usually fill the lower bits o The system sampling rate is derived from either an internal clock or an external clock e The internal clock rates supplied by the H8000FW include 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz note that 32RHz and 44 059RHz are not supplied Unless the sample rate conversion option is ON bottom page under clock in the SETUP area you must ensure that Kg J any signal at the AES EBU 1 4 inputs or S P DIF 1 2 inputs is synchronized to the system sampling rate You must always ensure that ADAT and AES11 17 inputs are synchronized to the system sampling rate these have no available sample rate conversion e On the H8000FW the external clock may be taken from AES EBU inputs 11 17 S P DIF inputs 3 4 or the ADAT or FireWire inputs If they are used AES EBU inputs 1 4 and S P DIF inputs 1 2 must be synchronized to the 80 system sampling rate from wherever it is derived or sample rate conversion must be enabled e The digital outputs are at the system sampling rate and all analog to digital and digital to
221. s and eight outputs it s not necessarily the case that every program will utilize all eight inputs or all eight outputs of the DSP it s running on Every program is unique and uses only the number of inputs and outputs that are necessary for its function For instance a program that synthesized sound would not need any inputs A program that modulated one stereo signal with another would need four inputs two for the carrier and two for the modulator but only two outputs for the result of the modulation Again the function of a program determines how many inputs and outputs ate utilized on the DSP running the program Notice that to the right of every program name i Acousti cRoom Presets ll Src 143 in the PROGRAM atea is a two digit number 313 Conpressor_9 aot s ai press the PROGRAM key to get there This N17 Diatonicchitt_o Emr D two digit number is known as the I O Identifier In the case of the program BasicRoom shown to the right the two digit number is 24 In the case of the program Compressor_8 shown to the right the two digit number is 88 The first digit indicates how many inputs are utilized and the second digit indicates how many outputs are utilized If the I O Identifier for a program were 13 DSP input 1 would be used while inputs 2 through 8 were dead and DSP outputs 1 2 and 3 would be used while outputs 4 through 8 were dead A program will utilize the same number of inputs and outputs regard
222. s normal the external controller will directly control the parameters on the current screen This sounds right but can cause problems when moving from screen to screen For example suppose you are using a fader based controller like the Peavey 1600 and you push the fader all the way up to control say a vibrato depth Then you switch to another screen where the same fader controls the master output level The minute you touch the fader the level will go way up and the floor will be covered with bits of loudspeaker This can be prevented by setting operation to sticky If operation is sticky each member i At Amp u lation in the group can only be changed by hr aS Ea TH Decay 0 500 Sec Ratio Gain 0 0 dE attack 0 010 Sec MEFs L_info moving the controller through its current position The value will then stick and respond to further movements of the controller Looking at the top right of the screen you will see a small horizontal thermometer The arrow shows the direction to move the controller to pass through the current value while the vertical bar is the position of the current value Once the current value has been reached the thermometer will disappear and you will have full control 116 Program Load Save Delete Etc the H8000FW is like a jungle gym for sine waves Anonymous Programs are the algorithms used by the DSPs to process signals Programs are stored in the H8000FW in the same way t
223. scedeecessdeteacdstschidesusunsee at a e a cave Giescstesns sts suselsadbaadeses E E a 187 CONFIGURING LOGIC PRO FOR H8000FW INPUT AND OUTPUT csccssessescesecsessessesecsesesecseesseacessesesceseesecsessesecsesassaseaseeeecessesecsessesseaeenees 188 AN EXAMPLE OF USING LOGIC PRO WITH THE H8000FW ccccccesssssesssssssscsessssssessseessssssessssssessssesssssesesssseessessnsssseessessnesssssneesensseen 189 Step by Step Descriptions of the Routing Process Flow 191 THE MACINTOSH CONTROL PANEL 192 TROUBLESHOOTING MAC SYSTEMS 193 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS 194 WARRANTY INFORMATION 196 INDEX 199 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION e Before powering up the unit check that the voltage selector on the back panel is set correctly e Do not remove any covers or panels from the unit when the power is connected eNo operator access to the internals of the unit is permitted servicing must be performed by qualified personnel only eThe unit must not be operated with a damaged or ungrounded power cord eSuitable ventilation must be provided for the unit at all times In particular the rear and side vents must not be obstructed It is best if there is an inch or more clearance between the top of the H8000FW and the bottom of the units above and below How to Use This Manual This manual applies to the Eventide H8000FW For convenience this and other members of the H8000FW family may be referred to as H8000FW except where the H8000 differs fr
224. se one of these as a volume control input are not silenced It is recommended for the same reason that if you change these settings and then want to remove the change you set them back to high rather than to off 111 Remote Controlling the Bypass Functions It is often necessary to be able to remote control fi _Amp u lation Capture Hidi the system bypass function For this reason a special controller has been set up for this act ET ae eter purpose It can be found under SETUP external Press this key a few times until you come to it Another way to remote control system bypass ME a tLon O bypass system rly bypass which also applies to machine A and machine B SHa mtd E eed bypass is to use the SELECT and hold approach FM hypass_ on the LEVELS bypass page treating it as if it were any other parameter See Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 112 REMOTE CONTROLLING PARAMETERS Parameters can be remote controlled via MIDI Ai Horrors pitch params minpitch CL or the reat panel foot pedal jacks To remote 3600 cents ee i Ree SNF 10 control a parameter first highlight it with the pitch chorus reverb info cursor Here we ve highlighted the parameter mix With the cursor in place press and hold the SELECT key until the screen changes to the Capture Hidi range i100 x remote control menu page After pressing and MSi eenn F iis done holding the S
225. ser or C for Card at the right hand side of the i i piir screen to help you distinguish your saved programs from factory programs Here Robot Voice is a user program 130 Copying Programs To copy a program simply load it and then use Save to save it where you would like the program copied to You can copy a program from one place in internal memory to another from one place on a Memory Card to another from internal memory to a Memory Card or from a Memory Card to internal memory The Size of a Program and Its Ramifications for Storage Finite things overrun the world we inhabit There is a limit to the space available in the H8000FW for the storage of programs Not everything is perfect Roughly 460 kilobytes of space is available for storing your programs internally A program typically requires between 1 kilobyte and 20 kilobytes of space for storage In the worst case that means you can store 30 programs in internal memory A more realistic number might be 100 If that s not enough for you don t despair You can save programs on Memory Cards that can contain as much as 256 000 kilobytes of space And if you fill up one Memory Card you can always get another See Memory Cardson page 49 Updating a Program Like Save when you press the update SOFT KEY you are updating the program running on the currently displayed DSP If you want to update the program running on the
226. slaved to it Sample Rate The sample rate of the Master H8000FW may be set from here If you change this be sure that it matches your application or DAW project In particular WDM applications react badly to external sample rate setting changes If the lock indication to the right of this value does not say Locked there is a problem that must be resolved before continuing Sync Source This allows you to change the sync source of the Master H8000FW remotely If you select anything other than Internal it is wise to first be sure that the chosen source is solid The AES11 12 setting should also be used when DIN11 12 is set to SPDIF3 4 on the inputs screen 171 Butter Size This allows you to change the FireWire buffer size See Setting the sample rate and buffer size for the system for more information Unique ID This is the FireWire serial number for the Master H8000FW Due to the magic of computers the last 5 digits are the serial number in hexadecimal base 16 PAL Driver version Ai 10 H8000 Banks FireHire Board Info These are software version numbers for the driver and the H8000FW FireWire firmware The first three parts of the PAL Ferial 0034321 3 GOO Version 03 02 00 version are the same as the SDD Version shown under APP Version 0L 01 02 SETUP service Global Settings Advanced Page WDM Enabled This setting allows use with applications requiring WDM drivers Sample Rate Change Rest
227. sor right the LEFT CURSOR key moves the cursor left the UP CURSOR key moves the cursor up and the DOWN CURSOR key moves the cursor down We only break from this convention in the case of loading programs where the left and right cursor keys do some mote interesting stuff See Using the Cursor Keys the SELECTkey the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB on page 19 L THE KNOB Spin the KNOB to change the value of whatever parameter is highlighted See Using the Cursor Keys the SELECTkey the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB on page 19 To change the one second hold time alter the key hold parameter on the misc menu page in the SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key several times to find it M BUSY LED If a Memory Card is in place this LED illuminates when data is being written to the card Don t remove the Memory Card if this LED is lit If no Memory Card is in place this illuminates when data is present at the MIDI In port or at the serial port Use the latter feature to troubleshoot communication problems between the H8000FW and the rest of the world N MEMORY CARD SLOT Insert a Memory Card here to add new programs or to save yout own See Memory Cardson page 49 O MEMORY CARD RELEASE Press this key to release the Memory Card but don t press it if the BUSY LED is lit P The NUMERIC KEYPAD Use the numbers decimal point and minus sign to enter numeric values or to enter numeric text in a text
228. stacked the top menu page is shown to the right Let s look at each parameter in turn shall we MIDI If set to disabled all received MIDI commands are ignored However MIDI output messages including parameter changes program load bank change and the vatious dump commands are still enabled Set this parameter to enabled if you want to receive MIDI messages 95 serial Enables or disables the serial port If set to enabled MIDI commands can be received at or sent from the serial port Se Setting Up the Serial Porton page 141 program load This determines whether the H8000FW will accept and obey MIDI program change messages and allows you to select the number of the Usergroup to be used as a MIDI map Se Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message on page 126 sequence out If set to old or new then every time a parameter is changed or a program is loaded a corresponding message is sent out the MIDI port as a system exclusive message By recording parameter changes to a MIDI sequencer you can automate your mix downs Simply play back the recorded MIDI sequence at the H8000FW s MIDI input and you will see the changes you recorded played by the sequencer assuming MIDI is enabled and system exclusive is on However if you manage to configure the MIDI connections between your various pieces of equipment such that the system exclusive sequence out MIDI messages of the H8000FW loop back into the H8000
229. t 4 will be the same as DSP B s input 4 etc The routing configuration still applies This is the same as setting all the OUTx Wet Dry parameters on the dsp A and dsp B menu pages in the LEVELS area to 8 except that the output levels cannot be changed If ADAT AES11 17 etc are connected to external inputs they will not be affected mute Mutes all the main outputs If ADAT AES11 17 etc are connected to external inputs they will not be affected Put the H8000FW into system bypass mode either by placing the cursor over the system field and pressing SELECT or by pressing the BYPASS key Once the H8000FW is in System bypass mode the Bypass Status LEDs blink and the bypass A and bypass B fields are no longer available To get the H8000FW out of system bypass mode either place the cursor over the system field and press SELECT or press the BYPASS key See Remote Controlling the Bypass Functions on page 112 Machine Bypass The two options that exist for machine bypass are dsp bypass Makes each output of the bypassed DSP the same as its corresponding input The routing configuration still applies This is the same as setting all the OUTx Wet Dry parameters on the dsp x menu page in the LEVELS area to 8 except that the output levels cannot be changed mute Mutes the outputs of the bypassed DSP The routing configuration still applies Put the H8000FW into machine bypass mode O bypass A system mute by SELECTing
230. t of either DSP Note that the MAIN a 5 5 Inputs block s channel names change to show ale 6 6 what is connected to it in the example below it g is connected to Analog in 1 4 and AES EBU in 1 4 egawogrt Pw OQ ogart we OQw nDogqrt we CONFIGURING THE MAIN OUTPUTS The main outputs may be fed from any DSP output or from any of the MAIN Inputs Up to two signals may be connected to each output There are two pages one for channels 1 4 feeding the main Analog outputs as shown above and another for channels 5 8 feeding the main AES EBU outputs Here we have DSP A 1 4 and DSP B 1 4 feeding Main output channels 1 4 Analog This means that for example DSP A out 1 and DSP B out 1 are mixed together to feed Main out 1 O wWwogat w OQnrogqat e gt Pw Ai d0 Heid Barks HAIN Duteuts Analoga dsp out 1 t dsp out Z t i 2 35 4 5 6 7 8 dsp A out F C dsp A out d4 t OQ nrogqrt we Q Wogqrt Ww 57 Here we have DSP A 5 8 feeding MAIN Output channels 5 8 Digital a o HAIN Onuteuts 10_He000 Banks inputs j der a ees ino ule fN Faowrn OOMOO Faunmowr wo KF Feoaowr oO KF OO ae as aot wo K OO Fanmowt KF OO OQOOOGORO ul Ure a nowt wo KF O SEEE 58 Connecting to the H8000FW s outputs Different versions of the H8000FW support a wide range of possible outputs as described in th
231. t run programs caused the unit to lock up usually at startup Clears the internal setup and resets parameters in BYPASS SETUP and LEVELS to their factory default values This is an excellent first step if your H8000FW starts acting funny but you don t know why scuse me while I Alternatively you can use the Service menu page in the SETUP area to clear the setup 155 Connecting AES 11 thru 18 to the H8000FW AES EBU signals 11 to 18 are connected by means of a DB25 multi pin connector Adaptor snakes for this connector are available from several sources One example is DB25 XLR M F AES EBU DigiSnake available from Digidesign Inc s on line store teachable from http www digidesign com For installation purposes this connector can be wired as shown below AES11 12 IN 24 AES11 12 IN 12 AES13 14 OUT 4 AES11 12 INGND 25 AES13 14 OUT 17 AES13 14 OUT GND 5 AES13 14 IN 10 AES13 14 IN 23 AES15 16 OUT 15 AES13 14 IN GND 11 AES15 16 OUT 3 AES15 16 OUT GND 16 AES15 16 IN 21 AES15 16 IN 9 AES17 18 OUT 1 AES15 16 IN GND 22 AES17 18 OUT 14 AES17 18 OUT GND 2 AES17 18 IN 7 AES17 18 IN 20 AES17 18 IN GND 8 AES11 12 OUT 18 AES11 12 OUT 6 AES11 12 OUT GND 19 156 Appendix B Using the H8000FW with a computer This section of this manual covers use of the H8000FW with a PC or a Macintosh If you don t plan to use your H8000FW with a computer you don t need to read
232. t using sample rate conversion in order to achieve the best possible results Note that sample rate conversion is only available on the above inputs other digital inputs need to be locked if they are used Word Clock Termination Any cable has a characteristic impedance that should be matched to both the signal source and destination impedance for best results with high speed sharp edged signals such as Word Clock This becomes more important with longer cables Most Word Clock signals are generated with 50 Ohm source impedance whereas the BNC cables used to connect to them may have 50 or 75 Ohm impedances clearly the former ate to be preferred So we have covered the source and the cable what about the destination If we only have a single destination it is easy the destination must also be 50 Ohm this is ensured by the use of rmination An input will be either terminated meaning its impedance is set to 50 Ohm or un terminated meaning it has a high impedance that will not load the cable With multiple destinations only the one at the end of the cable _ _ __ needs to be terminated intermediate destinations need not and ee should not be terminated as long as the stub length of the cable to them is short These should be connected by the use of a BNC yy T connector or splitter attached directly to their inputs so as to 90 ensure the shortest possible stub ength Using mul
233. t you save you could instead assign assign 1 assign 2 assign 3 assign 8 trig 1 and trig 2 Then go to the external menu page in the SETUP area and assign the foot pedal to assign 1 the pitch wheel to assign 2 the mod wheel to assign 3 MIDI controller 10 to assign 4 MIDI note on to rig 7 and MIDI start to tng 2 Here are the benefits If you take the H8000FW on the road or to another studio and need to use different external controllers you don t have to re edit all of the programs you use Instead just reassign the placeholders If you get a new sequencer that has different convenient controllers than the ones you ve been using you don t have to re edit all of the programs you use Instead All right You get the idea We should run through an example to make sure you re clear about what s going on here While you re going to use placeholders to modulate system level parameters you would normally use them to modulate parameters in programs such as feedback chorus level pitch shift etc i Interface Hodule Input Levels Let s highlight the first digital input on the ADAT in 4 0 0dB er S P DIF in 2 0 0dB ADAT in 3 0 0dB inputs menu page in the LEVELS area in this AES EBU in 3 0 0dB analog in 1 0 0dB ane j AESEBU in 4 0 0dB analog in 2 0 0dB case the first digital input is S P DIF in 1 Remember to press the DOWN CURSOR key to un gang parameters Se
234. tes from 32kHz to 100kHz Because the higher sampling rates demand more of the signal processing resources some large presets will not operate at the higher rates These are identified by the absence of the symbol If one or two of these large presets is loaded the H8000FW will not allow Int 88 2 or Int Sample Rate 48000 DI unlocked 96kHZ to be selected and will not lock to any ADAT unlocked BIN 7 8 unlocked clock T LE ee E i BackwardGarden Sample Rates Hinrere 2 unlocked LOADED PRESET RUNS AT YEK OLY h unlocked digital source above 50kHz It may be necessary to unload both A and B presets before a higher sampling rate can be selected Similarly if one of these higher clock rates is selected or the system is locked to a digital source above 50kHz the H8000FW will not allow these larger programs to be loaded 81 In effect the H8000FW has two speeds a bit like gear ratios on a car In the normal lower 1717 Quade8 trafic Es 121 Stage Parametric speed range all presets can run but only 1219 Stereo 32 Grafic Eq sampling rates between 32kHz and 50kHz may be used In the higher speed range some presets cannot run those which do not have the symbol beside their name on the program screen e g Quad 16 Grafic Eq and Stereo 32 Grafic Eq in this screen shot but the whole sampling rate range may be used Note that because the ADAT protocol doesnot support the highersamplin
235. th the mode parameter If the external controller you would like to use does involve MIDI you have a choice You can explicitly enter it with the mode parameter selecting the proper channel and if you ve chosen MIDI double or MIDI single selecting the con number Alternatively you can use the Capture Midi feature sending the MIDI signal you would like to modulate or trigger with from your MIDI source and letting the H8000FW figure out the mode channel and con Note To aid in troubleshooting you can use the BUSY LED asa MIDI chaser With the Memory Card removed any MIDI signals sent to the H8000FW at the MIDI In port cause the BUSY LED to flash If you re trying to send MIDI messages to the H8000FW but the BUSY LED isn t flashing when you do and the Memory Card is removed you know something is wrong with the connections outside the H8000FW Scaling the External Controller The remaining parameters on the external modulation menu page pertain to scaling the selected external controller to suit the range of modulation desired The horizontal bar graph on the bottom of the left hand side of the screen displays the current Capture Hidi channel omni range 200 00 i tupe unipolar value of the controller you selected in mode on papay a_i Steers a scale of approximately 1 to 100 Use this bar W edone t graph to visually confirm that the external controller you have selected is actually finding its way to t
236. the H8000FW as two separate 4 channel units If a dual stereo preset e g 1030 2 Stereo Verbs is loaded in each DSP this will give 4 independent effects Analog amp AES 8 Track A B The four analog inputs and x oO 2 To 2 c output block outputs use DSP A The four AES1 4 inputs and outputs use DSP B ADAT 8 Track A B The first four ADAT inputs go into DSP A out from DSP A into the first four ADAT outputs The last four ADAT inputs go into DSP B out from DSP B into the last four ADAT outputs ADAT inputs input block output block ADAT outputs AES8 8 Track A B AES11 s n B 14 inputs a e x 2 A O 8 5 go into xe a 2 co DSP A a Q kan out from o S n u Wu DSP A to lt T the analog outputs and the AES11 14 outputs The AES15 18 inputs go into DSP B out from DSP B into the AES15 18 outputs 30 FireWire 8 Track A B FireWire a 2 5 1 4 inputs 2 x x 2 8 go into re c 5 a DSP A z 2 5 f i 7 j g out trom iL i DSP A to the analog outputs and the FireWire 1 4 outputs The FireWirel 5 8 inputs go into DSP B out from DSP B into the FireWirel 5 8 outputs 4 Channel parallel routings In a parallel routing each DSP has the same inputs and the outputs of each are mixed This gives two discrete effects unlike a series configuration where the effect from the second DSP is added to the effected signal fro
237. the release notes for this version of the drivers These show the issues resolved by this and previous driver releases They may appear rather technical but can provide useful information 163 eAfter about a minute you will see the box below You MUST restart your computer before continuing but need not do it immediately if you have other work to do amp Setup Eventide Dice 5 x D d ice Completing the Eventide Dice a g Setup Wizard To complete the installation of Eventide Dice Setup must restart your computer Would you like to restart now Yes restart the computer now eInsert the Firewire cable into your PC s Firewire port and the H8000FW s Firewire port which is located directly to the right of the AC power cord port eTurn on the Eventide H8000FW Windows XP will generate a two tone audio signal when it recognizes a Firewire connection Similarly when a connection is disabled or broken it will sound a reverse two tone signal e Windows will automatically detect that a new hardware device is connected and display the first New Hardware Wizard screen Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only
238. the signals at the inputs to DSP A are reverberant Now let s say you set the OUTX Wet Dry parameters for all eight outputs of DSP A to B not processed at all DSP 77 A s outputs would be identical to its inputs reverberant not the sort of signal we d normally call dry The important thing to realize is that the Wet Dry ratio control for each DSP is relative to that DSP It might be better thought of as a Wet Bypass ratio The Wet to Dry ratio control for DSP B can be found on the appropriate dsp B menu page B OUTA Het Dry 100 B OUTS Het Dry 100 E OUT Het Dry 100 E OUT6 Het Dry 100 located below the dsp Aj menu page in the LEVELS area To access the dsp B menu page dse BR eT a TT either press the dsp A SOFT KEY a few times or press the PROCESSOR A B key The dsp B menu page operates just as the dsp A menu page does It is worth noting that the Wet Dry controls do not operate as normal balance controls From 100 wet to 50 wet dry the wet signal reduces while the dry signal is constant The opposite applies from 50 down to 0 This gives a more useful control function with no 6dB dip or peak at the center setting Finally we can cut the level of each output of i A TE E OUTI Level 0 0dB E OUTS Level 0 0dB each DSP if we so desire This is done on the E OTi Level C idE B OUTS Level CdE i appropriate dsp
239. thm on the second and third clock menu pages in the SETUP area The H8000FW does not have sample rate conversion for AES11 18 or the ADAT inputs Depending on the particulars of your digital Ai I0 He000 Banks Sample Rates Source int 48 0 kKHa eS eee oe setup you may wish to slave the H8000FW to Sample Rate 48000 AES 13 ADAT unlocked AES 15 16 unlocked another device The H8000FW can slave to the FIREHIREL cunt ockeds AES 17 18 unlocked S P DIF 3 4 input the AES EBU inputs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 or the ADAT and FireWire inputs as well as a Wordclock signal These are selected by Source on the clock menu page in the SETUP area Note that the H8000FW cannot slave to AES EBU inputs 1 4 or S P DIF 1 2 To read about the digital setup in more detail see Digital Setup on page 80 23 Things to Know about Routing When you ate ready see The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme for more details Until then e The effects engine the DSP section of the H8000FW has eight inputs and outputs eOnly 8 inputs can be connected to the effects engine eOnly 8 outputs can be connected from the effects engine eThe analog inputs can only be used as input channels 1 4 7 8 on H8000 eThe analog outputs are always connected as output channels 1 4 7 8 on H8000 eThe AES XLR inputs can only be used as input channels 5 8 1 8 on H8000 eThe AES XLR outputs are always connected as output chann
240. tiple terminations is wrong both because twice 50 Ohm in parallel gives 25 Ohms wrong and also because it increases loading on the source H8000 and H8000A are shipped with termination in place meaning that they can be used at one end of a Word Clock cable without changes To use them in the middle of a chain the termination should be disconnected by removing the black jumper on the motherboard directly behind the Word Clock connector H8000FW has no internal termination and can be used in the middle of a Word Clock cable without change To use it at the end of a chain external 50 Ohm termination must be applied To do this you will need a BNC T piece as shown above and a 50 Ohm terminator as shown on the right These may be supplied with the H8000FW or obtained from one of many suppliers Connect the T piece to the Word Clock input the cable end to one side and the terminator to the other WORD LENGTH BITS Input Word Length As mentioned in the introduction to this section the H8000 assumes that the signals at the digital inputs are all 24 bit Things work out regardless of the actual word length of the input signals because for example the 16 bits in a 16 bit signal correspond to the 16 most significant bits in a 24 bit signal The 8 least significant bits are left blank to be filled in by subsequent processing If however the device sending the H8000 in 16 L BITS igital si in 24 E BITS 344 1 out 24 dig
241. to advance beforehand Use Save to save each one with a successively higher number Then place each of them in a single user group by using the user grp menu page in the PROGRAM area while each program is loaded On the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area set Sort By to Number and set Search By to User Grp Then use the and gt SOFT KEYS on the list menu page to select the group to which you assigned your programs Manually load the first one From there on out you can use the trigger The next or previous program is constrained to what is displayed on the flist menu page If the currently loaded program is the highest program in the list a next program trigger will load the lowest program in the bank Similarly if the currently loaded program is the lowest program in the list a previous program trigger will load the highest program in the bank Program If you ve tweaked a program or created your own program you ll probably want to store it for future use If you ve tweaked a program and don t want to overwrite the original version you should use the Save SOFT KEY in the PROGRAM area Similarly if you ve created your own program there zs no original version and again you should use the Save SOFT KEY in the PROGRAM area The asterisk after the program name reminds y
242. to highlight the program you want to load on the list menu page One It s important to note that the program will be loaded into the currently displayed DSP as indicated by the upper left hand corner of the display If you want to load a non monolithic program into the DSP not currently displayed you need to press the PROCESSOR A B key If the H8000FW is currently running a monolithic program no A or B in the upper left corner a non monolithic program will load into DSP A and the Thru program will be loaded into DSP B Some larger programs those not marked with a Als Luck Han Presets 2ane ler 32 96 will be unavailable for loading when the system is using a high sampling rate Programs using the large Sampler and Longdelay modules cannot be loaded on DSP B If Show is set to any on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area these unloadable programs will be displayed with a line through them on the list menu page To avoid seeing these programs when they can t be loaded set Show to the default setting loadable The last few programs that were loaded are also y i A saved in the Most recent group This means itis 2 Stereo Verbs 212 AHS Lucky Han i iSi 4130 5 1 Voz Bright Flate that you can quickly revisit the programs that EE aE you are currently using without having to look through all the programs to find them again You can find this l
243. tputs Ip SETUP area it s below the DSP A menu 67 pagel Strictly speaking assigning silence to the last two inputs isn t really necessary since we don t plan to use those outputs Now we need to assign analog input 1 to DSP analog i A s inputs 1 amp 2 Do this at the DSP Aj menu page analog in the SETUP area Again assigning silence to clock j inputs JE outputs Jp the remaining inputs isn t necessary because Backward Garden only has two live inputs its I O identifier is 22 Cool Let s assign the analog outputs now at the A 21 EERE EEE MAIN Outputs Aralas outputs menu page in the SETUP area We want fudit ae DSP A outputs 1 amp 2 at analog out 1 amp 2 to send to rE out 3 lt t iag anag i t the stereo cabinet Although we re not actually clock N inputs dee A CITI using analog outputs 3 amp 4 we still need to assign DSP B outputs 1 amp 2 to them so that the ADAT outputs can tap these signals Now let s assign the AES EBU outputs at the outputs menu page The first four AES EBU E n aut 7 G i ana Anas outputs are DSP B outputs 3 6 Recall that the dsp B out 4 lt gt ANAd clock outputs H S P DIF outputs simply tap AES EBU outputs 1 2 in this example dsp B out 3 and dsp B out 4 Finally let s assign the appropriate signals to the ADAT outputs Do this at the bo
244. trol any parameter in the H8000FW and is discussed in depth on page 113 For now we have a convenient method for getting you to an external modulation menu page You will also find explicit external modulation menu pages in the PARAMETER area ones that don t require you to press SELECT to see them See Remote Contolling Parameters on page 113 if you re really curious 99 Manually Selecting an External Controller for Modulation Ai Interface Hodule knob setup The first parameter mode selects the actual Capture Hidi range 700 00 external controller that will do the modulating type absolute 0 0 O knob 0 00 Our choices are as follows some are discussed f done in the section immediately following this one off No external modulation at all highThis isn t really a zodulator it doesn t evolve through time It pins the parameter at its highest modulation value mid This pins the parameter at its middle modulation value low This pins the parameter at its lowest modulation value assign 1 2 8 Trig 1 amp 2 These are placeholders that are assigned to actual external modulators on the external menu page in the SETUP area Until you understand the concept of redirection discussed below don t pay any attention to these You can read about redirection in The Concept Behind Redirection Extemal Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 amp 2 on page 108 pedal 1 amp 2 The input
245. ts Contact your Eventide Service Center to have this battery replaced IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY Q Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Q Replace only with same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Q Dispose of battery according to manufacturer s instructions 151 Clear Setup At the factory all of the adjustable parameters a fix internal O information in the H8000FW are set to nominal values fanaat ea aj fix card format card parameters to their factory defaults go to the Ea i dex od con I dispTay called factory defaults To return these service menu page in the SETUP area The parameters affected include gt everything in the BYPASS area gt everything in the LEVELS area gt everything in the SETUP area Highlight clear setup and press the SELECT i Do you wish to change all the setup and key Pressing the eyes SOFT KEY will replace levels settings back to the way they ith the were at the factory current parameter values with the actory Orville will reboot ges gt no gt defaults Unless you saved your setup before pressing lt yes gt it will disintegrate into digital dust see Storing and Loading Setups on page 139 Press the no SOFT KEY to abort If the H8000FW ever gets buggy try using clear setup before you do anything more drastic Alternatively you can clear the inte
246. ttom i 213 emeen EIE ARAT Dutputs in outputs menu page in the SETUP area Notice i ac that ADAT inputs are also connected to the ADAT channels that we weren t interested in using 3 through 6 We probably didn t need to H8000FW owners can set up AES11 18 and the FIREWIRE outputs in the same way And that s it Once you get the hang of it making custom routing configurations is no sweat When you are happy with things don t forget to save the routing see next section Storing and Loading Routing Configurations Nevertheless you don t have to wrestle with all those parameters every time you want to change the routing configuration As you ll recall in the Overview and Quickstart section we used the Routing Storage area for loading entire routing configurations in one go In addition to loading the preset routing configurations that came with the H8000FW you can also save your own configurations for future use Block diagramsand descriptions of the preset routing configurationscan be found in Loading Routing Configurations on page 25 68 Access the Routing Storage area by holding down the PROGRAM key for one second The LED next to the PROGRAM key will begin to blink and the upper right hand portion of the screen will read Routings Here we find several SOFT KEYS list Lists the routing configurations 10 finalog l iL Analog ABO 12 nalog 13 nalog
247. ture reference once you understand the H8000FW and need a quick bit of information For now concentrate on the names of the various knobs and jacks Their use will be explained progressively throughout the rest of this manual Eventide G MULTI CHANNEL EFFECTS SYSTEM HBOOO PROCESSOR 4 8 CO zo wC O 0 o 2220n oa o GO o The Front Panel Levels c POWER A Level Meters These measure the eight signals selected for input DSP A s eight inputs DSP B s eight inputs DSP A s eight outputs DSP B s eight outputs or the eight main outputs See The Level Meters on page 74 B System sampling rate and external sync indicator The top four LEDs display the system sampling rate of the H8000FW 96kHz 88 2kHz 48kHz or 44 1kHz When solidly lit they indicate that the system sampling rate is exact 0 05 When blinking they indicate that the system sampling rate is between one of the fixed rates the LED corresponding to the nearest sampling rate blinks The bottom LED EXT reflects the current external sync status See Understanding the System Sampling Rate and Extemal Sync Indicator When Using the Intemal Clock on page 85 See Understanding the System Sampling Rate and Extemal Sync Indicator When Using the Extemal Clock on page 89 C BYPASS Press this key to bypass or mute the H8000FW This key behaves differently depending on the settings made on t
248. unlocked XXXXX This will be accurate to the nearest Hz f clock Meat oe mee 83 Of course if you select one of the fixed rates 44 1 KHZ 48 kHz 88 2 kHz or 96 kHz the actual rate will be the same as the rate you select Note that when an H8000FW is connected by FireWire to a running computer the Source parameter cannot be changed you should change it from your DAW or other application to be sure that they remain the same They may also be changed from the computer Control Panel but this may cause trouble with some applications See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 forother sync options The Status of The Digital Inputs When Using the Internal Clock When using the internal clock the sampling rates Ai _BadBadThing Sample Rates Source Int 43 0 kHz Slipping ETAR DIN ok of the signals at the digital inputs must be exactly pAMMPMERIPN A ioci F ADAT Cunlocked gt DIN unl ocked equal to that of the internal clock unlikely or ff crock isIE a a OLA sample rate conversion must be turned on under the bottom clock menu page in the setup area The upper right hand side of the clock menu page in the SETUP area displays the status of the digital inputs DIN 1 2 reflects the status of the digital inputs 1 2 either AES EBU 1 2 or S P DIF 1 2 depending on DIN 1 2 on the input menu page DIN 3 4 reflects the status of the digital inputs 3 4 and so on Not surprisingly ADAT ref
249. use of word 78 DSP A B key location 6 use 6 16 41 42 75 126 143 DSP Display Indicator 16 areas where pertinent 16 gen description 16 DSPs both running 25 difference between 4 118 input levels of 78 measuring the input level of 75 measuring the output level of 75 monolithic 4 output levels of 79 wet dry ratio 78 where is DSP B 16 dumping data 143 files 144 internal 144 Memory Cards 144 program 143 146 setup 143 Electronic Serial Number 155 Ent key location 8 entering text 20 errors first course of action 154 EveNet jack 12 expert mode 43 134 Ext LED meaning of during external clock sync 90 meaning of during internal clock sync 86 external clock 87 display of rate 88 90 range of acceptable rates 88 selecting 88 soutce of 87 external controllers def 95 global setup 95 external modulation def 99 external modulation menu pages automatically selecting controller 106 bar graph 107 basic idea of 99 explicit def 100 manually selecting controller 101 MIDI capture 106 mode explanation of options 101 scaling 107 scaling use 107 use 101 external storage device See dumping data external trigger def 99 use in loading programs 130 external trigger menu pages manually selecting controller 103 mode explanation of options 103 use 103 External trigger menu pages 103 factory self test programs 156 foot pedal See foot pedal jacks foot pedal jacks 95 cali
250. ut not touching the red clip LED To achieve this it s always better to boost or cut an output Only if a signal level cannot be optimized by an output boost cut should you resort to altering an input level Second the Level Meters can be used to troubleshoot routing problems If for example you hear nothing at the output of the H8000FW and you ink your signal path goes from the analog inputs to DSP B to DSP A to the digital outputs you can use the Level Meters to check that signal exists at every point along the way The point in the path at which the signal dies will clue you in to what routing or level parameter has been set incorrectly Don t forget about the I O Identifier when troubleshooting See Programs Effecton Routing Decisions on page 71 Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Inputs i i Bi Backward Garden Input Levels Signals come into the H8000FW from the Bo Bae at a eee eT A i A l amp F DIF in 2 5 908 ll ies 0 0dB outside world via the input block Adjust the RES7EEU in 3 a 340 analog in ee is f hore ohti h ES EEU in 4 5 908 ELELO MLE SLE oost cut of each of these eight inputs on the oe ce inputs e inputs menu page in the LEVELS area Such boost cuts will often be made in gangs However you can boost cut any of the eight inputs independently of the others by pressing the DOWN CURSOR key Nove These settings are not saved or loaded with routing configurati
251. vailable access this area Here you ll find the parameters for See Parameters on page 133 The PARAMETER key also gives access to the built in ee eee ae oa Patch Editor Press and hold down the PARAMETER lt lt key for one second to access this area The LED next to the PARAMETER key blinks The Patch Editor allows you to create your own effects from scratch or to customize programs that already exist See the separate Programmers Manual for more information on the Patch Editor To change the hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 140 i Hall Dual 2Tap D Hachine A Hix LEVELS Press the LEVELS key to access this area fA OUTI Wet Dry 100 OUTS Wet Dry 100 OUT Ret Dry 100 OUTE Ret Dry 100 Inside you ll find level and Level Meter parameters ff OUTS Met Dry 100 iA OUT Het Dry 100 See Contolling Levels on page 74 SETUP Press the SETUP key to access this global f _i0_He000_Banks Sample Rates i i Source Int 43 0 kH Rea Ree a catch all area Inside you ll find routing parameters EGS A ee es DAT unlocked AES 15 16 unlocked FI REHI REL unlocked AES 17718 unlocked digital setup controls global MIDI setup global external setup display contrast brightness the pedal jacks setup dump data utilities next previous program advance and miscellaneous setvice utilities Press the SETUP key more than once to access additional SOFT KEYS 15 Underst
252. with your H8000FW or contained within a compressed zip file downloaded from the Eventide Web site If the latter open extract the zip file and copy the exe file to your hard disk The latest version of the driver can always be found on the Web Site 161 eRun the EventideInstaller exe file by clicking on it You will see the screen below The long number after Dice may be different Setup Eventide Dice 3 S xj R d ice Welcome to the Eventide Dice A E Setup Wizard This will install Eventide Dice 3 2 0 1556 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup eFollow the instructions and hit Next Setup Eventide Dice Select Destination Location Where should Eventide Dice be installed Gd Setup will install E ventide Dice into the following folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse C Program Files E ventide Browse At least 0 8 MB of free disk space is required Coneel_ eUnless you have a real reason to do otherwise accept the suggested folder and hit next If you get Folder Exists message answer Yes Pn lx Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing Eventide Dice then click Next
253. y t_ such as t_rate and t_fmrate dot ER l di t_fmrate and are adjusted in musical terms 2 67 Hz fm pan such as whole note and dot 1 8 You will find them in the PARAMETER area of most programs See System Tempo on page 134 Some parameters such asdelay loops use the system timer They are also denoted by t_ See System Timeron page 135 You will us find an jinfo or about menu Ale E ox Reve lint OUWE wally da a E Two reverse shifters with a feedback page in the PARAMETER afea In it you wall none input Tuned for vocals There is also a phase shifter at the end of the find general information about what the program does along with any notes concerning special parameters or non obvious things The parameters displayed in the PARAMETER area pertain to the program One running on the currently displayed DSP That might be DSP A DSP B or _ neither if the H8000FW is running a monolithic program The letter in the upper left hand corner of the display indicates which is the case If the program name is displayed without A or B the program is monolithic Assuming you re not running a monolithic program to fiddle with the parameters for the program running on the DSP not currently displayed press the PROCESSOR A B key Doing so will toggle the display to the DSP you want For example here we re adjusting parameters for 1980s Rack switches amp levels
254. y cards Ifa Memory Card checksum error occurs car sasare cord bes taeite EM ta Bad checksum CKO E your Memory Card has been corrupted in some way Itis possible that there is no loss of data Memory Cards can be corrupted by static electricity shock a loose battery older siblings a weak battery incorrect insertion into the H8000FW use in some other computer or a myriad of other causes As a result a Memory Card checksum error should not mediately send your heart into your mouth although an internal checksum error probably should Regardless of whether you are concerned about a Memory Card checksum error or not you should fix the checksum Bi Empt fix internal information format internal clear setup Go to the service menu page in the SETUP m fix card format card area M service hi di Zext nod_con j drspraw gt Highlight fix card and press the SELECT key Press the eyes SOFT KEY to force the new Pressi VES 7 fis the echoes mar and update the memory card checksum result to be saved If data is in fact corrupted this will not fix it Press the no ges gt no gt SOFT KEY to abort If you ate worried about the contents of the Bi Empt fix internal information Memory Card you should either dump the O feat internal C clear setup fix card contents of the memory card to an external display storage device see Dumping D
255. y displayed DSP is DSP B Both DSPs are always running but only the parameters for one of them can be displayed at a time 144 Sequencing With MIDI Most MIDI sequencers will receive system exclusive messages and store them for later playback on the originating instrument The H8000FW fully supports this Instead of sending keyboard presses and knob turns the H8000FW sends parameter change messages When a sequencer sends a parameter change message back to the H8000FW the corresponding parameter is adjusted This is true whether the display is showing the parameter or not Further you can operate the front panel of the H8000FW as you normally would wile it s receiving parameter change messages from a sequencer The H8000FW uses a new ASCII based sequencing protocol that is superior to the old protocol found on earlier Eventide products When you turn sequencing on you can select which of these protocols to use Unless you re reading an old sequence or have to ensure compatibility with older machines we suggest you use the new protocol To actually sequence set Sequence out on the alobal conti gure midi menu page in the SETUP area to new HIDI enabled system exclusive on serial enabled device ID 1 Program load on Every time a parameter is changed a idi external CANTI corresponding message is sent out the MIDI d nidi _ TE TT Out port and the serial port as a system exclusive messa

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