SeriesEventide Factor

Eventide pretty much owns it whens it comes to rack units effects that are used live and the studio. They have really taken a grip of the market that needs high quality sounds for professional and amateur guitars and musicians. They have really been pushing their foot pedals as of recent years with some great response and attitude. This is one of those pedals that seems to do it all in one convenient little package. This pedal has so many sounds that it is ridiculous! It basically can do it all. UTILIZATION Eventide Space Reverb/Multi-effects Pedal Features at a Glance: Features 12 of Eventide's signature reverb combo algorithms: Room, Plate, Spring, Hall, Reverse, Shimmer, ModEchoVerb, DualVerb, Blackhole, MangledVerb, TremoloVerb, DynaVerb Wide variety of spatial effects including basic reverbs, delays and unique combination effects Both guitar and line-level I/O Studio-quality sound Compatible with any source material: solo instruments, drums, vocals, or complete mixes Software upgradeable via USB 2.0 MIDI control via USB or MIDI in, out/thru Instant program change Real-time control with 10 knobs, MIDI, or Expression Pedal Tap tempo and MIDI clock sync 100 factory presets, unlimited through MIDI True analog bypass Rugged cast metal construction Reliable metal footswitches for instant preset access Mono or stereo operation Guitar or line level inputs and outputs Programmable HotSwitch SOUND QUALITY This pedals can do it all in my opinion. If you were looking for a pedal that had just about everything in it and you also needed it to be midi compliant than this might be the go to pedal for you. This pedal takes up a little bit of room on you pedal board, so just imagine connecting three Boss or Ibanez pedals together and you would get this unit. This is a pedals that has a variety and a load of possible sound and presets as well. This is a do it all unit and it will do it all and sound very dynamic and great. I would think that this peal is a foot pedal for the eventide Harmonizer. Sure it can't do all that the harmonizer can do but it does a fantastic job of recreating some of those most amazing effects sounds. OVERALL OPINION At new these units come in right at around $500 which sounds like a lot of money but you don't have to buy a load of pedals and mix and match until you find the right arrangement. This pedal sounds great and will do as much as 8 pedals or even more so in actuality it is cheaper than you would think. This is a nice price for an all in one unit that does everything that you can think of.

The Eventide brand has always made world class effects with inspiring amounts of flexibility in terms of crafting unique sounds. Until the Factor series stompboxes were released, it was hardly attainable as the larger, more powerful rack units offered were thousands of dollars. The TimeFactor is my first experience with the line, and so far I'm significantly impressed with what is offered. The unit features 10 individual time based effects (Digital, Vintage, Tape, Mod, Ducked, Band, Filter Pong, Multitap, Reverse, Looper), 100 factory presets, as well as midi capability. The front panel of the unit sports an impressive number of rotary controls for effects parameters as well as selecting effects to use. Touching on the looks of the pedal, the TimeFactor is very sleek and modern. An expensive looking pedal bound to add flash to your pedalboard. UTILIZATION The amount of real time control available through midi support and expression pedal compatibility, coupled with the stereo options in the I/O make this pedal a dream for gigging musicians. The sound quality may be not quite at the level of other boutique manufacturers such as Strymon and JHS, but the amount of presets and the room to create large volumes of instantly recallable patches makes up with quite a competitive edge. SOUND QUALITY The sounds of the TimeFactor are great. The loop feature is very well laid out with the footswitches, allowing you to create nice ambient moments inside a set. A lot of the presets are perfectly useable and make for light work dialing in a sound that fits for a particular part. OVERALL OPINION The Eventide TimeFactor is an excellent delay for gigging musicians especially. If you need midi control and enough storage room to fit patches for recall, you will be served well with this pedal. The direct competition to the TimeFactor is the Strymon Timeline. The TimeFactor can be had commonly for around $299 on the used market, while the Strymon is a rare catch altogether in the used market.

The Eventide Pitchfactor is a digital harmonizer, and also dabbles in delay, echo, chorus, flange and a bunch of other things including a synth and fuzz patch there are a bunch of hook ups including midi, usb and multiple in's and outs for wet dry setup or whatever you please! UTILIZATION The manual is a little hard to understand, but it gets you where you need to go, it definitely takes time and effort to learn how to use it effectively. There is so much to do and learn that it take months to really understand it in my opinion. It's simple enough to get used to, but after that it just gets deeper, its crazy how much is in it! SOUND QUALITY I use it with my guitar obviously, and also plugged it into piano and bass before. I LOVE this pedal, it is something that is always on my board and I utilize pretty much during every gig I play, its harmonies are second to none on the market other than literally playing them with another guitar player or some EXTREMELY expensive rack gear. It flubs a little on higher notes and fast passages, but not noticeably to be honest, I use it mostly for harmonies, but it has some great, delays chorus's in it also, I highly recommend this pedal to anyone looking for any of that stuff. It's honestly my favorite pedal on my board, its great. I'm not a huge fan of the synth patch or the fuzz sound though, its like they just decided to cram it in because they could. other than that though, amazing pedal OVERALL OPINION I've said pretty much everything I wanted to, it sounds amazing, its a little expensive, and the learning curve is a little sharp at times, but once you get it, its unbeatable as a harmonizer! I highly recommend it!

Eventide is known for their great sounding rack units for the studio and now are getting even more popular with the masses because of their great sounding and user friendly foot pedals. They have really done a great job building these pedals for the masses because it has brought a whole new customer base in the Eventide world without having to rack unit/ studio crowd involved. This is one of those pedals that really can do it all for the modulation and effects in one convenient box. UTILIZATION Eventide ModFactor Features: Studio-quality Eventide sound in a stompbox 10 time-tested modulation effects in mono or stereo MIDI sync, tap tempo, and an input for an expression pedal True bypass Guitar or line level inputs USB Phaser Flanger Chorus, PolyMod TremoloPan Undulator Vibrato Q-Wah ModFilter RingMod SOUND QUALITY This is a very light and weightless pedals that will give the user a plethora of possible tones in a larger box but smaller than 6 pedals hooked together on your pedal board. This pedal can do the modulation and all of the main stay effects that a guitarist would use for a gig or even in the studio. This is a such a cool pedal that have a great tone and an authentic sound for recreating some of the best modulations sounds in existence. This is such a remarkable pedal that it just screams to be played. It has so many tones inside that it would take you days to learn and figure out all that it can do. That to me is a little turn off because I am more of an MXR plug and play one to two controls knobs tops. OVERALL OPINION You can pick this pedal up for right are around $400 which is a great price for what this unit can do. It will take you a lot more of time and switching pedals in and out to get all that you can from this one unit. I would suggest going with this pedal if you need an all in one effects pedal but if you want to take it a step even further than I would suggest the Eventide space pedal even more.