KVR Audio

seangm · Post by **seangm** » Tue May 21, 2019 4:02 pm

I see this is on sale for $67 at JRR Shop (after adding to cart). I've never used the hardware but the video demos of the plugin sound really good on Youtube. Does anyone have any opinions on whether this is plugin is worth it at that price.

Thanks.

Harry_HH · Post by **Harry_HH** » Tue May 21, 2019 4:48 pm

I’ve got most of the Eventide plugins, including this one. For me, its seldom used, maybe because for the basic effects I use different, I think better sounding stuff. The multieffects
are impressive, but hard to get sitting in the mix.
This is vintage plugin, in my category ”nice to have it”, but in many level time has passed this monster, if you compare it to developers, as Soundtoys, Valhalla, Sugarbytes, Zynaptiq or Unfiltered audio. Don’t get me wrong, Eventide has many great plugins.
This one is not the best one, for me.

meloco_go · Post by **meloco_go** » Tue May 21, 2019 5:56 pm

From what I have read on the internet it doesn't include program #533. Why would they do that?

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Tue May 21, 2019 6:06 pm

meloco_go wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 5:56 pm From what I have read on the internet it doesn't include program #533. Why would they do that?

seangm · Post by **seangm** » Tue May 21, 2019 6:17 pm

meloco_go wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 5:56 pm From what I have read on the internet it doesn't include program #533. Why would they do that?

I"m not familiar with that preset, is there something unique about it?

steve.lindqvist · Post by **steve.lindqvist** » Tue May 21, 2019 6:42 pm

seangm wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 4:02 pm Does anyone have any opinions on whether this is plugin is worth it at that price

Simply, yes! I used to work with the original H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer hardware and this plug-in is just the bee's knees - sound wise. Don't quote me but I think there are actually 18 of the original 21 algorithms (deepening on the version) but that doesn't hurt the case. The operation and graphics are pretty old school, but so is the sound in a good way. A very nice tool if want to finish or shine up boring tracks.

lnikj · Post by **lnikj** » Tue May 21, 2019 6:47 pm

Microscope or perfect vision required to use it.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Tue May 21, 2019 7:21 pm

Unfiltered Audio BYOME and NI Molekular and some other MultiFX plugins are quite strong competitors... I really like Eventide, but do not see enough additional value to justify 67$.
Please change my mind...

steve.lindqvist · Post by **steve.lindqvist** » Tue May 21, 2019 7:25 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJo5g_TsEIo

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Tue May 21, 2019 7:47 pm

You gonna change my mind, you ...

ians · Post by **ians** » Tue May 21, 2019 7:49 pm

Is it NKS compatible? Plugin Boutique suggest it is, but I can't find that info anywhere else.

meloco_go · Post by **meloco_go** » Tue May 21, 2019 8:10 pm

seangm wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 6:17 pm
meloco_go wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 5:56 pm From what I have read on the internet it doesn't include program #533. Why would they do that?
I"m not familiar with that preset, is there something unique about it?

It is "Vocal Doubler" preset, often times the unit would be permanently loaded on this setting.

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue May 21, 2019 8:33 pm

I don't think it's really worth it as it currently is, but I have high hopes that this sale means they will soon release an update for it as they recently did with the 2016, Instant Phaser and Instant Flanger, which lifted all of these three to a totally different level - the H3000 Factory is quite old now and back then they did not model the actual hardware but instead just ported the algorithms over. The AD/DA section which was developed by Dave Derr is said to be - alongside the digital algorithms - a major contributor to the sound of the hardware. So it would make a lot of sense that they tackle this now for an update.

simmo75 · Post by **simmo75** » Tue May 21, 2019 8:55 pm

steve.lindqvist wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 7:25 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJo5g_TsEIo

Really impressed with this video. I just changed my mind on this and bought it. Thanks for posting Steve.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Tue May 21, 2019 9:00 pm

I’ve demoed it several times but found it underwhelming. Not only is the interface hopelessly outdated, but the majority of the effects have since been surpassed by other plugins. Soundtoys covers a lot with Little Microshift and Crystalizer. Even Eventide have better options for multiple pitch shifted delays. And Valhalla covers most of my needs for delay, chorus, and other modulation effects. Plus, as others mentioned, companies like Unfiltered Audio and Zynaptiq have far more interesting complex effects.

Eventide H3000 Factory