Eventide Blackhole Reverb Effectpedal

This pedal I use for analog synthesizers/drones. Some handy overlays indicate the various settings for presets such as Pulsar, Singularity, Nebula, Dark Matter, and of course Black Hole. All those names indeed do suggest what they seem. On more than one occasion I needed to throttle back the Mix and the Feedback knobs in order not to overdo some effects. Even at 50% they come out strong. The reverb is not the typical vintage raw hall style but rather nuanced like somewhat outerworld outerspace. The input is with a stereo TRS jack instead of two mono TS jacks which require clumsy fiddling with spiltter cables. With a special little knob the secondary functions can be set. But then in order to get the primary settings done, push that knob again and move a bit one of the knobs (Mix, for example) to get the whole thing settled. It's an undocumented feature, I guess. Minus point is that when the Mix knob is beyond 12 o'clock, when no sound is passed through, a hum is notiiceable. Other than that, it is a powerful pedal that works great on a snth.

I've installed the Blackhole plugin over a year ago and never used it, but decided to buy the pedal as well (cyberweek discount, couldn't resist) - I just prefer real knobs. It's found its place between my Minilogue and audio interface (thanks to its line level inputs), meaning I can experiment with reverbs without using plugings and even without launching my DAW.

It proved great company for my other reverb box, the NightverB. Both units have EQ but the Blackhole can also add resonance to the reverb, which makes it extra awesome. Same goes for the ghostly reversed reverb on the BH. If only it had the same amount of knobs as the NightverB...

Besides the BH and NV I think the Meris is the only other reverb box with line level inputs, so hopefully next Cyberweek...